Hellgate: London Preview

GameSpot has cranked out another hands-on preview of Hellgate: London, this time focusing on the game’s engineer class and high level quests.

As an engineer, your droid serves as your primary pet or companion in the game, and you can eventually boost its abilities and customize it in a number of ways. For example, give it a sword and it’ll attack foes with a melee attack. Then there are your bots, which aren’t as capable as droids but are much more numerous. Inhibitor bots are the most basic bots, and they are incredibly helpful. That’s because they can slow down enemies with their beam weapon, which makes them useful if you’re being rushed by multiple foes. Even better, inhibitors are laser designators, drawing a bright red beam onto enemies that are hiding behind cover or that are outside of your peripheral vision, so they act as extra pairs of eyes. It’s very difficult to be caught unaware if you have inhibitor bots. Then there are other bots, like the missile bot, which gives you a little extra firepower. If a bot or droid is destroyed, don’t worry–you can easily summon it back using the appropriate summoning skill (though you may have to wait for a short period of time to allow the skill’s cooldown timer to reset). Having a droid, inhibitor bots, and a missile bot on your side can make combat a lot of fun, since you’re basically a roving party of destruction.