Hellgate: Londom demo thread

n3crius said:
Couldn't agree more. Very much looking forward to the release now.
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Wow, n3crius, that name rings a bell from a while back. I remember playing WoW with you (and your gf iirc) when it was first released. Will have to add you to my "Hellgate's equivalent of friends list".

Now I just need the Nvidia GT to be released so i can order/receive/build a new computer before release. My current one has seen better days.
 
jwhalley said:
Wow, n3crius, that name rings a bell from a while back. I remember playing WoW with you (and your gf iirc) when it was first released. Will have to add you to my "Hellgate's equivalent of friends list".

Now I just need the Nvidia GT to be released so i can order/receive/build a new computer before release. My current one has seen better days.
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Yeah we grouped up with a few others on WOW's release. What was your name in there? Definitely remember your forum name.
 
Running Beta here and the memory leak and crash every 30 mins is a pain but the game is Brilliant!!!!

Yes the graphics could be better but the game play is excellent and you forget the graphics within minutes of playing.

Definately buying the game.
 
jwhalley said:
It was Bellator a dwarf paladin. What was your main called? My memory doesnt go back that far.
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I remember Bellator. I was Eru. I'd be up for teaming in Hellgate.

It's getting close. Don't really want to start an *official* thread but maybe something to show who's up for grouping? I know guilds can be formed.
 
Played the demo through to level 5 with both classes now and really starting to get the feel for this. I think the demo will put a lot of people off because it only shows you a tiny glimpse and really doesn't show the full potential at all.

Now that I have access to the Beta forum I am more confident about the game, it looks like me and a mate will be playing this together and I think it's the ideal pick up and play MMO for busy people who don't have the time to invest in WOW etc.
 
For those of you suffering from the memory leak problem, you can fix it by dropping all in-game settings to medium. It's not ideal I know, but having done it myself, the drop in graphics quality isn't *that* painful to endure.

I managed to play for a good 3 hours in a row last night, which had previously been impossible, and my enjoyment of the game shot right up. I also re-rolled a marksman (having only been a guardian before) and I have to say it is a ridiculously fun character to play. Dual-wielding thermal bolters very much for the win! :D
 
Yeah I'm really tempted to start the Beta as a marksman now because dual weilding and grenade throwing was a lot of fun.

I'd quite like to have a gun in one hand and a sword in the other, I guess the templer classes are the best for that?
 
Cor blimey, seems like you either love this game or hate it :)

Personally I love it, but it does seem they've shot themselves in the foot by releasing a below par demo. They should have made a multi player demo and capped you at level 10 or something, because that's where this type of game really shines. I get the impression that most people here who didn't like it have only tried the demo and single player.

I really don't think the graphics are bad at all, as mentioned it was designed for random generation of levels, but not only that it's obviously been optimised for throwing 100s of monsters at you at once - a massive plus imo :)

With just the 3 of us playing last night there were hordes of them to wade through, we had a blast.

One thing has to be said though, the voice overs are a travesty ;) need to add a volume slider for those...
 
So i've sat here all day downloading this thing at 80k, and people are saying its rubbish.

I've still got 20% left, so i'm not going to cancel, but then i saw a post on the 1st page about a virused version of the game and you shouldn't dl from daily summit or other, which obviously, i am.

Whats the craic, is it ok now?
 
I have a lvl 7 engineer, think its a brilliant class, can dual weild pitsols, but ive dropped them now i have a sniper rifle, firefox launcher , both long range weapons and a machine gun for close encounters. The firefox is handy as it shoots rockets and when the xplode it lays down a carpet of fire and with my drones slowing down enemy movement very few things get close to me. Ive done 2 hellgates so far, now they are troublesome only time ive had to use my health injectors.
 
Mr.Bee said:
I want to give this game a go but the demo has put me off. Does it get a lot better later and is it worth a purchase?
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Definitely. If you're willing to see past the demo then the game might really appeal to you. The beta is so much better for me.
 
Never played demo but got a beta key it ok but not sure how long it will keep me intrested really the underground instants are looking the same once you played a few,not enough of rpg element for me really.
 
queamin said:
Never played demo but got a beta key it ok but not sure how long it will keep me intrested really the underground instants are looking the same once you played a few,not enough of rpg element for me really.
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This is my major issue that I have with the game. The 2 tunnels I entered in the demo were almost the same. I have stopped playing far better games than this due to repetitive level design - NWN2 and Oblivion. It's something that I hate in games and it the main thing I miss from the days of Baldurs Gate 1&2 where every dungeon was distinctive.

I do not have too much of a problem with the graphics and the game play.
 
After playing both the Demo and the Beta, I can say the demo most people have played really doesn't HGL any favours as far as winning votes goes.
I'm still not sold on the game, but after playing the demo I was extremely put off indeed. Since then I've had a Beta invite in my mailbox and I'm please to say it's a far, far better game. There's more variety in the locations (though not exactly massive, but far more than you get in the demo), the classes are all pretty fun, plenty of quests (though many are very samey) and the difficulty/number of mobs does rise somewhat.

Main gripe I have is that I really can't see the longevity in HGL. After playing WoW for years, as well as the new breed of online shooters like BF2, and becoming accustomed to its depth and polish, I fail to see how HGL can emulate it in such a way as to hold my attention for very long at all :(
 
I'd say the game starts to get good at level 6-7, the Demo stupidly stopped at 5 giving you no real feel for the game at all. The locations have been varied for me so far so I'm not quite sure what this gripe is all about. The london underground areas all have a simimilar look throughout, but surely this is to be expected?

Will deffo be buying this game.
 
MookJong said:
I'd say the game starts to get good at level 6-7, the Demo stupidly stopped at 5 giving you no real feel for the game at all. The locations have been varied for me so far so I'm not quite sure what this gripe is all about. The london underground areas all have a simimilar look throughout, but surely this is to be expected?

Will deffo be buying this game.
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I would agree with this, up to about lvl 8 i think, coming up against some quite nasty beasties. Was playing with a random person (GER i think) came back through a portal and all the mission said was 'Survive'. With this the 6 blademaster statues that were in the room came to life and backed me and my ally into a corner and proceeded to batter the living h*** out of us.
Unfortunately i have been having GFX cooling issues so my game locked up before i could finish the job.

I have foun it good fun, though a quick question, does anyone know if there will be a 1st person view in the full game, as the closest i could get was looking just behind the character in 3rd person.
 
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