Hellgate: London Review

NZGamer has reviewed Flagship Studios’ newly launched Hellgate: London, deeming it well-made, but offering nothing new.

Expectations are admittedly high towards the idea of being able to play the game in third and first person which is strange as this has been offered in other games for quite some time. There really isn’t much difference in how you play the game, so if this is something you’re getting excited about experiencing, prepare to be disappointed.

Hellgate is quite similar to Guild Wars in its design in that its focus is on solo PVE which can be played with others. As this is an pseudo-MMO there is a subscription side to the game whereby signing up offers you a range of exclusive opportunities whose true value is yet to be determined. Free-for-all PVP is just one of these. We got a taste of this side of things and didn’t come away convinced. The core game still has plenty to offer with approximately 40 hours of gameplay in the solo campaign. Of course, the inherrent nature of an MMO is that the hours you can clock in outside of the main questlines is limitless.