07-18-2008, 02:18 AM
I actually bought the game a couple of months after it came out despite hearing all the complaints, simply because I pretty much expected all the complaints. To be honest, I still don't regret it. I had fun playing the game. But it could have been much much better.
I feel that WoW didn't kill it, rather that the comparisons to Diablo killed it. With everyone believing this was going to be the spiritual successor to Diablo 2, it didn't really deliver that. To be honest, the game felt like it combined the worst aspects of Diablo and WoW. I loved the theme behind Hellgate London, but the repetitive locations, repetitive quests, bizarre forked patches, and awkward subscription model hurt it too much.
Despite all this, I still play it on occasion. Single player though.
Bizarre. My first post on the lounge (i've lurked since Diablo 2 came out) is about Hellgate London.
I feel that WoW didn't kill it, rather that the comparisons to Diablo killed it. With everyone believing this was going to be the spiritual successor to Diablo 2, it didn't really deliver that. To be honest, the game felt like it combined the worst aspects of Diablo and WoW. I loved the theme behind Hellgate London, but the repetitive locations, repetitive quests, bizarre forked patches, and awkward subscription model hurt it too much.
Despite all this, I still play it on occasion. Single player though.
Bizarre. My first post on the lounge (i've lurked since Diablo 2 came out) is about Hellgate London.