Hellgate London - Biggest Disappointment of the Year?

Primotech has published their game of the year awards for 2007, and they list Hellgate London as their most disappointing game of 2007.

Hellgate London is not a bad game, but it is the biggest disappointment of the
year.

The title showed so much promise: it was to be the first major
project from Flagship Studios, the newly created team staffed by high level
ex-Blizzard employees. With a game this similar to Diablo created by the people
who actually made Diablo, we can’t help but make comparisons, and unfortunately,
that’s where Hellgate falls well short.

The game lacks the same
addictive quality that made Diablo what it was. To top it all off, the fee
structure is unusual, to say the least. Not only do players have to shell out
full price for the game, but also need to pay a monthly fee if they don’t want
to be at a disadvantage when playing online.

And, if you were one of the
unfortunate souls to have paid for all of that, your online character may have
been suddenly wiped clean shortly after the game’s release.

You’ll
notice that we haven’t posted a review of the game. It’s because none of us have
been able to bring ourselves to play long enough to actually write one. Here’s
hoping that 2008 brings a better offering from Flagship.