Game Informer Magazine Online recently reviewed Hellgate:London and delivered a particularly positive review when compared to a majority of other reviews. Could this be because Game Informer Magazine has a partnership with EBGames.com, one of the largest video game retailers in the United States or is Game Informer telling it like it is based purely on the game as a concept and it’s game play?
Here’s an excerpt from the review which you can find Here
Continuing the Diablo homage, nearly everything in Hellgate is randomly generated, from the maps you explore to the weapons you equip and the monsters you fight. Unfortunately, the environments prove to be the game’s biggest disappointment. The dozen or so tilesets are endlessly recombined into unique levels, but the set pieces quickly become all too familiar. The twentieth time exploring the same ruined building (albeit perhaps on a different side of the street) doesn’t exactly hold the same sense of wonder.
What Hellgate does, it does well – few games have core gameplay this strong. However, it doesn’t venture far outside of the scope of filling an XP bar or finding that next upgrade. The story isn’t much more than a thin excuse to kill demons, and the truly memorable encounters are few and far between. If you like faster-paced combat than you’ll find in the rest of the MMO genre, though, this could be a great fit.
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