Hellgate: London

This game's always looked fun to me. I've seen people piss and moan about this game being fail, I've seen people dance and spaz about this game being utter glee. I've been considering getting it now that I've heard some of the bugs from release are being cleaned from the game. So what would you say?

Play the trial.  If you get to the end of it thinking, "More please" then you will enjoy the game.  Just don't subscribe.

Edit:  the rather over the top hate you see directed at the game I think comes mainly from players that were expecting something different from what they got. It's a fairly straight forward action RPG.  It's not an MMO, it's not a story driven FPS.  Think Diablo II with giant guns set in subway tunnels and abandoned buildings.  Or think DOOM with roleplaying elements tacked on.  Do not think Bioshock, do not think WoW. 

Personally I like it better than comparable games that have come along lately such as Titan Quest and Dungeon Siege II.  However, I think that's largely because I'm sick to death of using my mouse to click on stuff from an overhead perspective.  I find it much more entertaining to run around and shoot things in first person perspective with a WASD set up.   It's not War and Peace the game, but it's a fun diversion.

Depends on what class you play you may or may not enjoy HGL. If you play a guardian or other melee types it's kinda like Diablo 2 where you hack and slash at countless enemies that launch themselves at you irregardless of their own well-being, collect countless randomly generated loot and do "quests" well more like tasks but if you play the single player game there's a story with it. If you play the hunter class the game kinda becomes an FPS game of sorts, there's still number crunching but it stays in the background and you gotta aim to actually hit something. If you play the caster classes it becomes sort of a tactical game where your character's placement and spells can mean survival or death (kinda like the sorceress/necromancer class in Diablo 2). The game DOES offer oodles of fun for many many hours but it DOES get old eventually.

What Yeebo said. It's a great game and getting a lot better with each patch. I'd put it on my "most favorite games of all time" list for sure.

Hellgate is DEF. worth getting!!

I played it at my boyfriend's house && it was nothing but amazing.

You'd be foolish not to get it ~

Do you need to subscribe to play online period? Or can you still play online without subscribing?

I deem this post edited for the sake of knowledge!

Nevermind, I found a handy little chart that shows the difference between subscriber online and non-subscriber online play.

Its worth getting. I bought it and its one of those games you can play when there's nothing else to do. It's free online which is a bonus or you can subscribe. Either way its good.

Hellgate is a flawed game with addictive core gameplay. I would say wait for patch 1.0 before buying. Wait and see. If 1.0 comes off smooth, it will be a rockin' game.

Originally posted by Souldrainer

Hellgate is a flawed game with addictive core gameplay. I would say wait for patch 1.0 before buying. Wait and see. If 1.0 comes off smooth, it will be a rockin' game.

I was coming in here to ask if I should come give the game another try, you answered my question though, wait a bit more...

The game could have been a lot better.  I found myself bored after the first day of playing because it's just so repetative.

No one bothers grouping because there is just no point, so you just end up playing a single player game online.

Bugs are a problem, many from beta are still un-fixed.  Quite a lot of people can't even connect to the game most of the time because of un-explained server errors.

If you wan't to play an MMO go for a real MMO like wow or EQ2, while you have to pay a subscription for those you do get a far higher quality game to play.  As well as a community.