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Hellgate London: Probably NOT pay to play.
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Well this is a huge disappointment for me. Hellgate London's multiplayer is to be a paid MMO.
This makes me sad.
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Update on Page 6: Seems they haven't decided if it's going to be paid to play or not. Roper was misquoted, or his quote was misinterpreted, or something, but the fact is they just don't know.
In addition to yesterday's announcement that Hellgate: London will be shipping in Summer 2007, developer Flagship Studios revealed this week that the game's multiplayer component is a subscription-based MMO. Speaking to Shacknews at CES in Las Vegas, CEO Bill Roper noted that the game is a full scale massively multiplayer game, with genre trappings such as guilds, continually developed content, a full social system, and raid-type gameplay.
Drawing similarities to ArenaNet's Guild Wars, the Hellgate MMO is heavily instanced. Group and solo PvE is the game's main focus; PvP will exist in a small scale form, but is not a major element of the initial launch. It will also feature a Hardcore mode similar to that found in Blizzard's Diablo II, a game on which many members of the Hellgate team worked. Hellgate's MMO will contain all of the missions and story from the single-player aspect of the game, as well as exclusive gameplay modes and content. Like the single-player game, the MMO will be comprised of dynamically generated areas and items. Further content will be continually added over time by a dedicated Flagship team.
Flagship expects to launch an open beta prior to the launch of the game. Pricing details have not yet been determined, though Roper noted that there will be some kind of trial or free play system for those looking to get a taste of the game without commitment.
"I think that just as Diablo and Diablo II started this religious argument over whether they're RPGs or not, I think that Hellgate will spark that same debate over whether it's an MMO or not," commented Roper, who added that the game has been designed as an MMO from day one. Check back this week for an extensive interview with Roper, delving more comprehensively into the online aspects of Hellgate: London.
This makes me sad.
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Update on Page 6: Seems they haven't decided if it's going to be paid to play or not. Roper was misquoted, or his quote was misinterpreted, or something, but the fact is they just don't know.
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Wonder if they'll do a Mac port, looks intriguing.
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Will there still be "free" singleplayer?
yes.
Can we at least play for free over a LAN?
If everything is randomized, what on earth would I pay for? The ability to play with other people?
This is bad. I hold out a little hope that it wont suck.
COOOOOCCCCKKKK
BAAAAAALLLLSSS
I was praying for a new bNet style fix
At least I've always got DiabloII
They want me to PAY for insatanced gameplay that is PvE centric?
Um-no thanks. It's called Guildwars, and they have PvP too.
GASP!
I am still going to rock the single player.
Pitty that there won't be a free D2/Diablo-esque online mode. I guess they saw the success of D2 and got a taste for money.
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thats exactly what I was thinking for a long time before this was announced.. some sort of guild wars type business model that allows for no subscription fees.
Then it was like a maybe PvP MMO3PS.
Now it's a PvE Diablo clone? WTF?
Somebody needs to make the next great Planetside.
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<ProfMoriarty> oh yeah. one time I PMed a picture of my penis to a forumer, and then I got a PM from Thanatos saying "nice girth"
scratch another game off the to play list. oh well.
It might be awesome, but I have little faith in Korean MMO developers who push out dime-a-dozen bland MMO games every day.
Basically, I've lost interest in this because I was going to play it as an aside to eve, my other current mmo. I cannot afford to play for two mmo game subscriptions. Unless the price is VERY low, or there is a pay by hour model, I wont play it enough to make this worthwhile. It does not and will not have enough multiplayer features to make me play it exclusively from eve, because I wasn't even interested in gw and I only play d2 on battlenet once every few months or so for a few days.
So in that case, they lose my subscription, and my game purchase.
I'm sure I'm not alone here. It's not very smart to make a bare bones mmo that tries to play with the big boys. It's not going to work.
Can't say I'm happy about still.
So... some people, along with Roper, might say that it isn't doing things worthy of an MMO fee? :roll:
And what if it's something like $1 a month, to help pay with their servers? Blizzard has their past sales to pay for Battle.net; what does Flagship have?
Still wouldn't pay for it either way though.
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Fuck. That.
On the other hand, it saves me some serious cash as I will not have to buy a new computer to run this game. Although as someone who plays Diablo II largely solo, I may not be out of the woods yet. I was looking forward to being *able* to play this game online, though. And that almost never happens.
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*sneaks out*
It will be fucking hotness.
Just....offline.
Pigdogs...
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Multi Diablo 2 esque action was what I wanted. Offline will be awesome I'm sure, but it just won't be the same...
Maybe in a year when I'm not playing City of Villans anymore or if the price is low I'll do it.