[Hellgate: London] Hellgate Tokyo is a go 9/22

Roe

Remember that game Hellgate London that went free to play? There's a new expansion being released September 22nd, 2013.



Hellgate, described only as Diablo 2 in 3d, is having an expansion that will bring the game's setting from London to Tokyo. This game is Perfect for those who enjoyed Diablo 2 and didn't care for Diablo 3.

You can register and download a client at http://hellgate.t3fun.com/Home/Home.aspx

Here's a link to some gameplay. (London) Heres a PVP trailer. (Tokyo)

MyDcmbr

I got my key already.

I was thinking about making this thread too. I really enjoyed this game when it came out, it is actually what got me into MMOs in the first place.

Shanadeus

I wonder what they'll do with people who got lifetime subs.

MrVyngaard

Shanadeus wrote: »

I wonder what they'll do with people who got lifetime subs.

Nothing, most likely.

The Dude With Herpes

Yeah, I wouldn't expect anything for previous owners and/or subscribers. Flagship is long gone.

Also, There's already a thread for this in G&T. I'm not sure if it qualifies as an MMO, but hey, if Guild Wars does, I suppose this would too.

MrVyngaard

Probably qualifies as this iteration of Hellgate is being run as a F2P one, so even moreso than the original run where SP and MP were being supported side by side.

Not so with this "Resurrection".

PiptheFair

Shanadeus wrote: »

I wonder what they'll do with people who got lifetime subs.

toss their money in the air and laugh

The Dude With Herpes

PiptheFair wrote: »

Shanadeus wrote: »

I wonder what they'll do with people who got lifetime subs.

toss their money in the air and laugh

Not likely.

Flagship was so far in the hole when Hellgate launched that I doubt those lifetime subs made even a scratch on those debts. I wouldn't be surprised if Hannbitsoft didn't even see a dime of those dollars; instead opting to just straight up take the IP (and Mythos).

I don't think anyone enjoyed that money.

Just_Bri_Thanks

Flagship enjoyed the dollars immensely while it was spending them on development. Afterwards I would imagine that the investors got what scraps they could out of the smoldering wreckage with a sour look on their faces.

Nishu

I get the feeling this is just going to be pretty much the same game but with a different payment system. I'd loved to be proved wrong, the game had some fun things going for it, but a lot of it was just bland as could be.

Morvidus

I loved this game. I still have the DVD in its case, key and all. This game inspired my first thread here on PA forums.

Eat it You Nasty Pig.

man, another game I remember at some point being excited for

was it actually fun? and/or think it's worth picking up now?

MrVyngaard

Nishu wrote: »

I get the feeling this is just going to be pretty much the same game but with a different payment system.

If by this you mean a 3rd/1st person action RPG that smells strongly of Scent Du Faux Diablo while wearing a cheap imitation fur coat made by Hanbitsoft to make it look more appealing as it flaunts its tawdry charms by the wayside after a slight bout of plastic surgery through content patches to cover the cruel scars left by Flagship's mishandling of the goods?

Probably.

But then, I loved it once before, so I'll probably fall for its blandishments and templar-on-demon violence again too.

Eat It. Eat it, You Nasty Pig. wrote: »

man, another game I remember at some point being excited for

was it actually fun? and/or think it's worth picking up now?

Yes, if you like Diablo-style hack and slash RPGs. Wait for the F2P release though, as its most enjoyable with others.

MyDcmbr

MrVyngaard wrote: »

Eat It. Eat it, You Nasty Pig. wrote: »

man, another game I remember at some point being excited for

was it actually fun? and/or think it's worth picking up now?

Yes, if you like Diablo-style hack and slash RPGs. Wait for the F2P release though, as its most enjoyable with others.

In third person with GUNS!!

PEWPEWPEWPEWPEW!!

(I'll give you one guess what class I played)

MrVyngaard

MyDcmbr wrote: »

(I'll give you one guess what class I played)

You played all the classes!

MyDcmbr

MrVyngaard wrote: »

MyDcmbr wrote: »

(I'll give you one guess what class I played)

You played all the classes!

A... a little bit...

My main was a Marksman though.

Energeno

I'm way way too excited about this game coming back. I hope it's still as good or hopefully better than it was.

MrVyngaard

Energeno wrote: »

I'm way way too excited about this game coming back. I hope it's still as good or hopefully better than it was.

I think they removed the whole blister section out, and redid the boss there. No more Oculus or something to that effect.

Eat it You Nasty Pig.

okay, I'd probably play a modern postapocalyptic diablo, at least a little bit

MagicPrime

Hahahaha, I found my old Installation DVD of this a few weeks back in a box in my attic.

Shorn Scrotum Man

MagicPrime wrote: »

Hahahaha, I found my old Installation DVD of this a few weeks back in a box in my attic.

My collectors edition box sits on a shelf above my computer, right next to my collectors edition of Warhammer Online.

Gamers who come to my place look and just shake their heads.

That said, I'm excited about this beta. I actually really enjoyed the game, bugs and all.

VampireCactus

I'm sooooo excited. I adored Hellgate, despite its flaws.

captaink

This was a game that was almost good, but just had too much repetition and stupid crap to make it actually good.

Roe

New trailer added on OP.

captaink

These are new? I really can't remember what the old ones looked like. That is a lot of trailer for a relaunch.

The Dude With Herpes

The trailer really isn't new.

Just like the one on the website it is almost entirely just cutscenes from the game.

EDIT: Was it really almost 4 years ago that this originally came out? Jeez. I'm looking forward to giving it a go again when it is out F2P, but that's a long ass time for a company to hold onto a property and then rerelease it.

MrVyngaard

Look, it takes time and dedication by a localization team to produce engrish of the necessary quality to amaze AND bemuse the unwary new audience simultaneously.

You have to account for these things.

MrVyngaard

http://hellgate.t3fun.com/News/Notice_View.aspx?post_key=3

Get your global client torrent here, it's up.

Shanadeus

MrVyngaard wrote: »

http://hellgate.t3fun.com/News/Notice_View.aspx?post_key=3

Get your global client torrent here, it's up.

Love the comprehensive how-to:

1. Download the Hellgateglobal.torrent file to your drive (this takes about 5 seconds per .torrent file at cable modem speeds).



2. Open your torrent client software.



a. There are various torrent client software that you can use. In the Hellgate Global Download section, we'll put up a utorrent download link that you can use or you can download one from www.utorrent.com. Utorrent is an example of a torrent client software. You can use this one if you don't have torrent client software. Here is an instructional video on how to use/install Utorrent (video).



3. The Hellgateglobal.torrent file will prompt for download. Once this happens, click ok.



4. The torrent client software will now talk to a tracker server for 2 to 10 minutes, while it scours the Internet for people to swarm with.



5. As the tracker locates torrent users to swarm with, each user will be automatically labeled as either a “leech/peer” or as a “seed”.



6. A percentage will show the amount of files you have downloaded.



7. Once it hits 100%, open the folder and run the client.

Shifty_Calhoun

Has anybody got it working yet?

MyDcmbr

Shifty_Calhoun wrote: »

Has anybody got it working yet?

Beta doesn't start until Friday.

TheCrumblyCracker

Beta #2. For a game that was terrible once, with a build up that screamed "Diablo! Diablo!" without any of elements that made it feel like Diablo.

No. Thanks.

Resorath

I hope this is more fun than last time; as much fun as rotating between four different environments and shooting the same demons with my choice of three guns was, it just wasn't as addictive as diablo 2 which did the exact same thing (without guns).

The Dude With Herpes

The non-torrent is up now too btw. http://hellgate.t3fun.com/Data/Download.aspx

It just gives you a launcher and there are 4 parts to download.

I'm getting 1.5m/s so it's going pretty quick.

Roe

Currently half way through downloading. Does anyone here want to play a balanced class setup tomorrow?

MyDcmbr

Zooooooommmmmm!!!!


That's my impression of how fast it downloaded. I ran about 2.6mb/s average thru it.

Just_Bri_Thanks

I hate you people with your awesome internet connections. May you all choke on your near limitless supply of bits.

Lawndart

Oh hey, it's this game again.

While Borderlands pretty much delivered on the "loot-n-guns, together at last!" promise of Hellgate, I'm down for trying this out for free. I'm expecting the freeplay to be even more gimped than it was when Hellgate first launched.

But hey, random South Korean company, thanks for making a game downloader that won't minimize.

The Dude With Herpes

Roe wrote: »

Currently half way through downloading. Does anyone here want to play a balanced class setup tomorrow?

I'm either going to be a marksman or summoner. Those were my favorites before. Summoner wasn't very viable late in the game, from what I understand but it is rare that I enjoy games like this more than when I have an army of minions to do my bidding. Incidentally I will never get over the fact that necros aren't' in D3 and I don't think Witch Doctor will fill the void.

Marksman; I just enjoyed the style of play. I never really could enjoy the melee classes much because melee was so damn floaty. I never felt like I was hitting a single thing but just randomly swishing my swords through air and demons dying for no apparent reason.

MyDcmbr

Marksman was my absolute favorite class. I beat the game with that class.

Roe

I'm looking to play a tank class with either a 2 hander, or pistol/sword combo.