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Frenzy
22-10-2007, 11:22 PM
And oooooh boy is it sweet. If were a Diablo 2 whore like me back in the day, this is like Diablo 3 but with sci-fi techy stuff, gorgeous graphics and...well, set in London. I've seen some great touches so far, like the 'home towns' being set in old tube stations like Liverpool Street that are accurately recreated, just with demons everywhere. Oh, and I found Wirts Leg.

Im afraid I cant post URLs yet, but you can get it on the HG:L homepage and its about 1.5gig (have no fear, they've got some speedy servers). And dont worry too much about system specs. The great thing is that it plays on older machines too. My brother has a crappy old GeForce 5600 GT and he can run it with low graphics in 1024x768 in a breeze, whilst my 6800 LE and a gig of ram can run it at high (even very high) in 1280x1024 with only a little lag. And, hell, it even runs in DX10 if you've got a brand new rig. Play it, then maybe we can all zoom around together online shooting and hacking at ex-Londoners. But the demo is offline only :(

skoo
22-10-2007, 11:29 PM
http://www.gamedaily.com/games/hellgate-london/pc/game-downloads/hellgate-london-demo/4251/7197/

Mat^
23-10-2007, 12:02 AM
I'm glad I found this before going to bed, since I know this'll take all night and then some with my connection.

Tempest
23-10-2007, 06:42 AM
I think I will actually buy this when it comes out. If someone can play it a bit and tell me how good or bad it is (I cbf to download it) that would be great.

Also: Will it have monthly fees for the online shite or will it be like diablo 2? Also will it be an open world (WoW like) or the like the lobby system in Diablo 2?

Frenzy
23-10-2007, 08:35 AM
I think I will actually buy this when it comes out. If someone can play it a bit and tell me how good or bad it is (I cbf to download it) that would be great.

Also: Will it have monthly fees for the online shite or will it be like diablo 2? Also will it be an open world (WoW like) or the like the lobby system in Diablo 2?

Sort of a combination. It is singleplayer or the multiplayer lobby system, just like Diablo and totally free, but you can upgrade your account to 'elite' status for something like $9 a month and get access to better items, a faster transport system and more character slots. And those character slots are important. Regular users only get 4 slots online (with 8 classes) whereas elite users get 24. Im not sure how popular this whole subscription thing will be, but theres certainly nothing forcing you to upgrade.