Hellgate: London has been getting quite a bit of coverage, first off is the preview from GameZone:<blockquote>The controls are quick and polished, having the same basic layout as every other shooter on the planet. The difference comes in the game’s performance, which is considerably faster than most of the shooters I’ve seen at E3. Ammo appeared to be unlimited for the machine gun-type weapon I was using, though I doubt it’ll be that way by the time the game is completed.
As the title suggests, this is a hellacious game. Backgrounds are finely rendered, free of pixilation, and are intricately designed. The demo did have some clipping, but that was the only serious graphical flaw. Look at the smoothness of the characters – their clothes, skin, etc. It’s all good. </blockquote>Needless to say, I am troubled by how consequently the game is compared to 'shooters'.
Next up is a four page preview from 1UP, which describes in detail various aspects of the game, including the RP ones:<blockquote>"Any time you go and talk to an NPC, they may have things they're interested in," says Roper. "If you want to help them out you can, but they aren't a part of the main world storyline. For example, you can go up to one of the shopkeeper type NPCs where you're going to buy and sell items, and he may say, 'I've had this big order come in to modify all these weapons with batteries and my supply is really low on batteries, so for every battery mod you bring me, I'm paying five times the normal price.' It's not a quest, but it's something that is a need or an interest that's a little task you can go do."</blockquote>Also, Killer Betties has a bit on the E3 and the game.
There's a new big (>200 MB) cinematic available both from the official game site and a mirror @ Gameguru Mania.
Finally, GameSpot has two videos available here.
Links: Hellgate: London preview @ GameZone, Hellgate: London preview at 1UP, Hellgate: London preview @ KillerBetties, Official Hellgate: London site download area, Cinematic mirrored @ GGMania, Videos @ GameSpot
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As the title suggests, this is a hellacious game. Backgrounds are finely rendered, free of pixilation, and are intricately designed. The demo did have some clipping, but that was the only serious graphical flaw. Look at the smoothness of the characters – their clothes, skin, etc. It’s all good. </blockquote>Needless to say, I am troubled by how consequently the game is compared to 'shooters'.
Next up is a four page preview from 1UP, which describes in detail various aspects of the game, including the RP ones:<blockquote>"Any time you go and talk to an NPC, they may have things they're interested in," says Roper. "If you want to help them out you can, but they aren't a part of the main world storyline. For example, you can go up to one of the shopkeeper type NPCs where you're going to buy and sell items, and he may say, 'I've had this big order come in to modify all these weapons with batteries and my supply is really low on batteries, so for every battery mod you bring me, I'm paying five times the normal price.' It's not a quest, but it's something that is a need or an interest that's a little task you can go do."</blockquote>Also, Killer Betties has a bit on the E3 and the game.
There's a new big (>200 MB) cinematic available both from the official game site and a mirror @ Gameguru Mania.
Finally, GameSpot has two videos available here.
Links: Hellgate: London preview @ GameZone, Hellgate: London preview at 1UP, Hellgate: London preview @ KillerBetties, Official Hellgate: London site download area, Cinematic mirrored @ GGMania, Videos @ GameSpot
All this spotted at RPGDot