Hellgate London Beta - Sept 17 - Page 61

GaliemVaelant · 10-31-2007, 08:11 PM

I decided to give this game a shot, despite every bone in my body telling me it would be a ripoff.

I'm on the fourth act. I zone out of a hellgate, and not only has everything in the zone repopped, but two of everything has repopped. So, when one agroed, the entire zone did. Now, this mission consists of death rushing, and my character is trapped in a crowd of about 2000 mobs.

This is the biggest ripoff ever to come out of the game industry. I hope the developers of this massive piece of shit die of anal rape.

Dis · 10-31-2007, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by GaliemVaelant

I decided to give this game a shot, despite every bone in my body telling me it would be a ripoff.

I'm on the fourth act. I zone out of a hellgate, and not only has everything in the zone repopped, but two of everything has repopped. So, when one agroed, the entire zone did. Now, this mission consists of death rushing, and my character is trapped in a crowd of about 2000 mobs.

This is the biggest ripoff ever to come out of the game industry. I hope the developers of this massive piece of shit die of anal rape.

Hell I cant even log on

GaliemVaelant · 10-31-2007, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Dis

Hell I cant even log on

My problem is in the single player version. Would make sense for something like this to happen in multiplayer -- it would make you seek a group. In single player though, it reduced the game to die, shoot, die, shoot... Ugh. Not to mention that it's much, much buggier than the beta was. DX10 don't work at all. Every zone consists of a grey wireframe sphere and nothing else in DX10 mode.

I'm honestly impressed with the level of suck demonstrated by Flagship. They should remove the 'l' from their name.

Vardisk · 10-31-2007, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by GaliemVaelant

They should remove the 'l' from their name.

Flagshp?

My only gripe right now is that there is zero information about the servers being down. The login error finally says they're down but it directs ya to the website, which only says, "We are currently performing site maintenance." Awesome communication there.

Dis · 10-31-2007, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Vardisk

Flagshp?

My only gripe right now is that there is zero information about the servers being down. The login error finally says they're down but it directs ya to the website, which only says, "We are currently performing site maintenance." Awesome communication there.

Once again, an online game that isnt playable on launch. One of these days I will be shocked and awed at a smooth launch.

GaliemVaelant · 10-31-2007, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Vardisk

Flagshp?

My only gripe right now is that there is zero information about the servers being down. The login error finally says they're down but it directs ya to the website, which only says, "We are currently performing site maintenance." Awesome communication there.

Fagship Studios. "Heeeeey! Come join usss online, tiger!"

Spontaneous Cumbustion · 10-31-2007, 08:53 PM

It actually worked fine for me yesterday and most of today with the added benefit of not even having to buy the game since they were nice enough to keep the beta client and accounts working.

They downtime tonight was planned, they are trying to get the Halloween patch and ability to sub going. Though the timing to do it was dumb, it's not as if it's broken on accident.

Hachima · 10-31-2007, 08:57 PM

Why didn't they test the whole subscription system in beta have have people go through a mock subscriber signup then? Ohh wait that would be too smart. Got to wait for the magic patch at release =)

Kemuel · 10-31-2007, 09:02 PM

Any eta on when it's back up?

mek · 10-31-2007, 09:04 PM

Heh, well, beta was rushed, to say the least. A lot of stuff was barely tested or not tested at all, and a lot of changes were made at the last second. A new patch went out on release which caused some exciting new bugs, natch. It didn't take a rocket scientist to know this game would be rough around the edges for a few months after release.

GaliemVaelant · 10-31-2007, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by mek

Heh, well, beta was rushed, to say the least. A lot of stuff was barely tested or not tested at all, and a lot of changes were made at the last second. A new patch went out on release which caused some exciting new bugs, natch. It didn't take a rocket scientist to know this game would be rough around the edges for a few months after release.

Rough around the edges like the Hindenburg.

Aamina · 10-31-2007, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by GaliemVaelant

Rough around the edges like the Hindenburg.

Epic. Boy will I not be buying the game now. You've saved me some money.

mek · 10-31-2007, 10:16 PM

I don't think it's a terrible game, but it's not the Diablo-killer it was billed as. It might become that over a year or two of maintenance funded by subscribers, or it might crash and burn. This launch was definitely a terrible idea, I guess FSS ran out of money.

Hal2005 · 10-31-2007, 10:47 PM

I'm keeping pretty quiet on this one as my playtime has been about 6 hours tops, but there is too many bugs left for this to be a wow killer. Grouping is about as much fun as it was in Diablo. Bring 2 friends, clean most of the game; get bored, go play counterstrike or hit a bar.

The AI seems like it was ripped out of Diablo 1 which was the worst immersion breaker amongst the poor design flaws.

Spontaneous Cumbustion · 10-31-2007, 10:58 PM

I think it's fun enough for a casual player to kill 2 months with.

And it could turn into a longer term thing.

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10-31-2007, 08:11 PM	#901 (permalink)
GaliemVaelant An Excellent Driver Join Date: May 2003 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,818 +1 Internets	I decided to give this game a shot, despite every bone in my body telling me it would be a ripoff. I'm on the fourth act. I zone out of a hellgate, and not only has everything in the zone repopped, but two of everything has repopped. So, when one agroed, the entire zone did. Now, this mission consists of death rushing, and my character is trapped in a crowd of about 2000 mobs. This is the biggest ripoff ever to come out of the game industry. I hope the developers of this massive piece of shit die of anal rape.

10-31-2007, 08:53 PM	#907 (permalink)
Spontaneous Cumbustion Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Wilmington, DE, USA Posts: 524	It actually worked fine for me yesterday and most of today with the added benefit of not even having to buy the game since they were nice enough to keep the beta client and accounts working. They downtime tonight was planned, they are trying to get the Halloween patch and ability to sub going. Though the timing to do it was dumb, it's not as if it's broken on accident.

10-31-2007, 08:57 PM	#908 (permalink)
Hachima Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,081	Why didn't they test the whole subscription system in beta have have people go through a mock subscriber signup then? Ohh wait that would be too smart. Got to wait for the magic patch at release =)

10-31-2007, 09:04 PM	#910 (permalink)
mek homosexual Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 1,922 -29 Internets	Heh, well, beta was rushed, to say the least. A lot of stuff was barely tested or not tested at all, and a lot of changes were made at the last second. A new patch went out on release which caused some exciting new bugs, natch. It didn't take a rocket scientist to know this game would be rough around the edges for a few months after release.

10-31-2007, 10:16 PM	#913 (permalink)
mek homosexual Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 1,922 -29 Internets	I don't think it's a terrible game, but it's not the Diablo-killer it was billed as. It might become that over a year or two of maintenance funded by subscribers, or it might crash and burn. This launch was definitely a terrible idea, I guess FSS ran out of money.

10-31-2007, 10:47 PM	#914 (permalink)
Hal2005 Yay ? Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: --- Posts: 732	I'm keeping pretty quiet on this one as my playtime has been about 6 hours tops, but there is too many bugs left for this to be a wow killer. Grouping is about as much fun as it was in Diablo. Bring 2 friends, clean most of the game; get bored, go play counterstrike or hit a bar. The AI seems like it was ripped out of Diablo 1 which was the worst immersion breaker amongst the poor design flaws.

10-31-2007, 10:58 PM	#915 (permalink)
Spontaneous Cumbustion Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Wilmington, DE, USA Posts: 524	I think it's fun enough for a casual player to kill 2 months with. And it could turn into a longer term thing.