Flagship Studios First Project Title Announced 22
Voodoo Extreme has newsbits from around the interweb about Hellgate: London, the first title in the works at Flagship Studios. The home of well known ex-Blizzard employee Bill Roper is crafting a title that sounds a lot like the Blizzard hit Diablo. From the article: "The game is set five years after a war against demons has already been lost. London is depicted as a burnt out shell of itself. The demons are in the process of "hellaforming" earth to make it more suitable for their kind. A handful of humans have survived."
"hellaforming" (Score:4, Insightful)
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First, the demons took off in their hellacoptors. They then called on the Covenant to come down from Delta Hella. They remade their Humanity's DNA to form a spiraling Hellix. It was Hellatious, even though they just wanted to say Hello.
All I have to say, it be glad they're not Helzaforming.
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Cartman: You guys are hella stupid.
Stan: Why do you keep saying 'hella", Cartman?
Cartman: 'Cuz I'm hella cool, that's why.
I would say your on the money there Red Icclus.
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Where have I see this before. (Score:2, Funny)
screw the story synopsis... (Score:5, Interesting)
*# PC Gamer describes the game as Diablo played from a first person perspective and set in a post-apocalyptic London.
# Roper consders the game to be an RPG. His arguments: combat is entirely stat based, not twitch based. Hits, misses, and damage will depend on the stats of your character and their weapons; and ranged weapons cast spells (they're actually being referred to as "spell delivery systems").
# The game is set five years after a war against demons has already been lost. London is depicted as a burnt out shell of itself. The demons are in the process of "hellaforming" earth to make it more suitable for their kind. A handful of humans have survived.
# A third person view will probably exist, for melee fighting and whatnot. There will also be a third person "vanity mode" so you can view your character. Multiplayer will exist and support 16 to 32 players. Co-op gameplay will be emphasized, but deathmatch is a possibility. Roper says you will not be able to play as a demon.*
well, here's hoping that it's a good one. and not just a hack'n'slasher. played recently project snowblind.. had all the makings for a good game.. but ended up being average as the potential wasn't used to the full in the levels(the game itself was very much like deus ex - but the levels were built for a straight shooter).
Re:screw the story synopsis... (Score:1)
# Roper consders the game to be an RPG. His arguments: combat is entirely stat based, not twitch based. Hits, misses, and damage will depend on the stats of your character and their weapons; and ranged weapons cast spells (they're actually being referred to as "spell delivery systems").
Yeah, those two are what really worry me. Diablo was fun because it was a twitch game, and Diablo 2 even mo
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He also put emphasis on there going to be questing going on, and character customization, other important RPG elements, which I agree with.
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It's too bad that the term "RPG" now has this dual meaning. The two definitions are worlds apart. It means either "computerized stats-based avatar-building game", or "role-playing game". The former refers to strategy games like Diablo where players try to perfect chcaracter builds and collect ever-more fantastically rare and powerful items to either compete against each other or to make the game easier and easier.
That, obviously, has nothing whatsoeve
Re:screw the story synopsis... (Score:1)
Don't you mean slack'n'hash?
Info (Score:2, Informative)
They just say "Well, it's an RPG set in hallasized London. ANTICIPATE!"
Ooooh. I can't wait to... Do... Something. In London. I'm glad they released so much information on the game mechanics.
Burned out shell? (Score:5, Funny)
I bet the demons wouldn't fleece the human survivors for stupid amounts of council tax either...
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Source article has a lot more info (Score:2, Informative)
The article also explains why we don't have screenshots. Because PC Gamer has the exclusive on those.
Three words (Score:3, Informative)
Roper wasn't exactly the gaming genius behind Diablo.
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