 - Explore post-apocalyptic London: from ancient ruins buried beneath city streets to shattered cathedrals to the last remnants of humanity bunkered in the Underground
- Misery Loves Company: Dont be a glory hog fight online
- Infinite Replayability: Dynamically generated levels, chance events, and massive quantities of randomly created itemsUnderground
- Have it your way: Three unique factions with their own visual and gameplay style
- Beyond RPG: Experience new layers to the traditional hack-and-slash formula
- Hell Never Looked Better: Delivers a true, DX10 experience, while being fully scalable for optimal performance on older PCs
List Price: $19.99
Lowest Price: $16.14 
Product Description: Hellgate: London combines the depth of role-playing games with the action of first-person action titles. It is a world devastated by a demon invasion, where players must create a hero and battle through innumerable hordes of demons while completing quests and advancing through experience levels. Explore a desolate city scorched by hellfire where the survivors meld science and sorcery to gain a foothold against the minions of darkness and save the bloodline of humanity. A robust, flexible skill and spell system, highly customizable items, and a massive variety of randomly generated equipment allow players to create heroes that are truly unique.
London, 2038. According to legend, when the ravens depart the Tower of London, it will crumble to rubble and disaster will befall England. As man became more dependent on science, believing only in what he could define or create, ancient knowledge and rituals were lost to the antiquity of time. Prophecies that had stood as warning for untold generations were seen as archaic folly or ignorant superstition. So, when the harbingers of evil began to manifest, few saw and fewer believed. When the demons finally came, there was little that stood in their way. Compelling cooperative multiplayer experience - by creating unique and individualized game play instances within a vast online community, gamers get all the best parts of traditional massive multiplayer games Hellgate - London Game on 2 DVDs / Bonus Disc containing - Making of Hellgate - London; Official Game Soundtrack Amazon.com: It’s 2038, and London lies in ruins... From Flagship Studios – creators of the award-winning Diablo® series and the fathers of the action role playing genre – comes HellGate: London, the next benchmark in the evolution of the RPG genre. Combining the depth of traditional RPGs with the frenetic, visceral feel of first-person shooters, HellGate: London offers infinite replayability with dynamically created levels, monsters, items and events that gives each player their own unique hack-and-slash experience. A post-apocalyptic London has been overrun by hordes of terrifying demons, leaving the city desolate and scorched by hellfire. Those who were unlucky enough to survive now gather in the only sanctuary left, the Underground, banding together in order to gain a foothold against the minions of darkness and ultimately save the bloodline of humanity. It is no surprise that these sole survivors come from three of society’s most elite factions, each of whom are masters of a robust number of skills and weapons essential to demon-thrashing. The Templar, a secret society preserving the rites of the original Knights Templar, mix futuristic technology with ancient artifacts to create powerful weapons and armor perfect for short-ranged and melee attacks. The Cabalists are students of the dark arts and edges of science which often leaves them standing right on the line between good and evil. Their mystifying spells make them suited for mid-range combat. The Hunters are mysterious, highly trained ex-military operatives who lay waste to their foes with hyper-advanced weapons that blend theoretical science and the latest in technology – and their bullets can come from almost any distance. HellGate: London delivers an amazing gaming experience to PC gamers of all types – delivering the eye-popping DX10 visuals demanded by the hardcore, and scaling to ensure the masses of casual RPG players can still get the best performance on older PCs. Key Features - The RPG Authority – Flagship Studios was founded by the core creators of Diablo, one of the biggest PC gaming franchises in history with over 13 million units sold worldwide – they are the first, last and only voice in the world of action RPGs.
- Beyond RPG – Experience new layers to the traditional hack-and-slash forumla by experiencing the action RPG from the first-person perspective and through nontraditional character classes and playstyles.
- Have it your way - Three unique factions with their own visual and gameplay style, offering something for every type of gamer, whether they prefer the longer-range blasts of the Hunter or want to get up close and personal with the Templar.
- Infinite Replayability – Dynamically generated levels, chance events and massive quantities of randomly created items makes for infinite replayability -- no two experiences will ever be the same and every game will be it’s own unique event.
- Mad Skills – Each faction has three character classes that contain a wide variety of skills and spells that are fully customizable.
- London Calling – Explore post-apocalyptic London, even darker and gloomier than usual. From shattered cathedrals and landmarks to the ancient ruins buried beneath the shell of a once-great city, players will need to scour all of London in search of the unknown.
- Misery Loves Company – Don’t be a glory hog – fight online. Gather with friends or recruit strangers in Underground stations and venture out into mean streets of London together to erase the Demonic threat.
- Hell Never Looked Better – HellGate: London features all of the latest next-generation technology to deliver a true, DX10 experience, while being fully scalable for optimal performance on older PCs.
Minimum specifications:
OS: Windows XP SP2 or better
Processor: 1 GHz (or faster) Pentium 3
RAM: 512 MB or more
Video: 100% DirectX 8 compatible device w/ 64MB VRAM or better
(e.g., NVIDIA GeForce 3 (except 4 MX))
Audio: 100% DirectX 9 compatible device
Disc drive: DVD
Hard drive: 6 GB or more free space
Input: Keyboard and mouse
Internet: Connection required for multiplayerCustomer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-03
Can't beat it for the price!
I have an older computer running XP and this game runs very smoothly on it. Very nice graphics, frame-rate, and game-play. All-in-all I have found Hellgate: London to be very enjoyable and fun. I would recommend this game, and with the price at what it is ... you can't go wrong! Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-01
Were they serious?
I bought the game from target a week or so after it came out. And haven't touched it in maybe 7 months. Given that take this review with a grain of salt.
The game out of the package can only be described by one phrase. Not complete. I have heard there have been large patches and updates. I don't want to go too much into the details of the game upon release because it was so long ago, I just want to say. Try before you buy. Find a friend that has it and try it out, it has the potential for a great game but when i played it out of the box, it just was not there yet. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-09
Hellgate: London - A Dramatic Turnaround, an amazing game.
Hellgate: London started off painfully; the game didn't live up to the expectations of the users or developers and a great deal of bad blood was generated between the two.
Eight months have passed; the game that was reviewed by so many others isn't the game you see available today. With hundreds of user requested and developer promised changes, the core experience has grown, the community has seen new features brought to light and even more content has made its way to users.
The core game is an action role playing game. It's been dubbed an MMORPG - but that's just not the case. There's a full single player game in the box with six classes to play (guardian, blademaster, marksman, engineer, summoner and evoker) as well as FREE TO PLAY online multiplayer - a system very similar to Diablo.
There's also a subscription plan that includes great new content and some subscriber only features like weapons, armor and unique functions.
As of this writing the next evolution in Hellgate: London is on the way TODAY. Patch 2.0 will be dropping on the test servers. With 1.3GB of new content, the developers have really put together something that will wow users.
If you're looking for a great dungeon crawler with the option of pay-to-play for new content, Hellgate: London is a great choice. Check it out! Rating: 
Date: 2008-05-19
This game is addicting!!
The PC Gaming RPG arena was revolutionized with the rise of Diablo. Then, Diablo 2 was released succeeding upon it's predecessor. It was just plain addictive to slash and cut up all those monsters and demons that stood on your path. In addition, the story line contributed to the momentum of the game play.
Now, from the creators of Diablo and Diablo 2 comes Hellgate: London. Hellgate: London is not a continuation of the Diablo series, however, the style of play originates from the Diablo series. It is based upon a first person perspective. The choice and personalization of characters, plethora of weapons, and magical capabilities make this game fun to play. Do not juxtapose this game against Everquest nor World of Warcraft, since the style of game play is supposed to be different amongst those games.
However, the emphasis of moving up levels and going through each quest, make this game a must have for your game library. Also, this is one, very addictive game! Enjoy! Rating: 
Date: 2008-05-02
Sad Disappointment
Nowhere did I see that this game could only be played online. I will not play online games so this was a total waste of money. Shouldn't this be noted in the game discription? To rate Hellgate London I can't really give it any stars although the rating was manditory to post a review. |
