While Nick reported yesterday that Hellgate:London was going to be a monthly subscription-based MMO, he may have spoken too soon, according to Bill Roper, CEO of Flagship Studios. While there appears that there will a full-fledged MMO, gamers will have other "options."
Roper noted that Hellgate: London is guaranteed to include some kind of free online mode that gamers will be able to access without any monetary commitment. This mode will likely not include the full MMO features of the game available to full-scale online users.
I opt for free.
This little tidbit is, in turn, subject to approval and evaluation by publishers EA and Namco Bandai.
So, while Flagship Studios has effectively kicked us in the nuts, I guess they want to make good; however, with only limited features and content, that's kind of like kissing your sister.
[Via ActionTrip, thanks Ted!]
[
Editor's Note: Chris Taran pointed out that sports references don't really go over too well on gaming sites, so here's an explanation. Bear Bryant was a legenderay college football coach at Alabama (SEC ftw). He said that "a tie is like kissing your sister." Playing Hellgate
for free is like a tie: You don't lose, since you get to play for free; but you don't win, since some content is being left out. Thus, kissing your sister. ]
Joseph Leray is a founding Destructoid editor and has better hair than you. He speaks French and needs to send us his updated bio in English, preferably.
Likes
Confuse Ray,
Feel My Blade
A Mabari War Hound,
Snot,
Spiral Arrow,
Argo,
Dan Smith's critical hit bark,
Rolling things up into my life
Meet the rest of the team
| BBcode help |
| [b]Bold text[/b] |
Bold text |
| [i]Italic text[/i] |
Italic text |
| [url]http://www.dtoid.com/[/url] |
http://www.dtoid.com |
| [url=http://www.dtoid.com/]Web link[/url] |
Web link |
|
| [img]http://www.example.com/robot.jpg[/img] |
 |
Post a comment! You can also post a photo below:
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
31 comments | showing # 1 to 31
|
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
Comments policy
Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?
Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!
Contest:
10:00 AM on 01.11.2007
| 
It seems EA is behind a lot of it too.
...
...it's too early, and I really need help.
So the free version of online will probably be like Diablo 2's online, whereas the MMORPG version of online will probably have something in common with Guild Wars and World of Warcraft.
Considering that many of you just wanted another Diablo, I don't think you have much right to complain.
Where's Ishaan 'blogging machine' Jaideep??
BTW Football sucks!
...that or NASCAR. But whatever's clever. (I played GOW last nite with someone named Mosher13 from D'toid. Entertaining. Someone get my Gamertag on the D'toid leaderboard or whatever. I can't do it.)
For the record I find all professional sports shallow and pedantic.
Speaking of GoW, I played it again for the first time in a long time last night and it's grown on me a bit. I went from actively disliking it because I thought (and still do kind of think) the controls are ass, to getting the hang of them after spending more time with the game. So maybe I'll try out some multiplayer in the near future. Maybe then Snaileb will you have the honor of pwning my ass.
Just to have some sort of on-topic comment, is anyone actually looking forward to this game? Nothing I've seen of it seems to warrant any real excitement.
Chris if you ever want to be on a good fuckin team or just want help on the campaign mode (I beat it on insane, but i'd love to do it again) Then hit me up on live. You'll really appreciate someone helping you through campaign mode, because you can get revived. Seriously, anyone who needs help really, Snail is there.
Gamertag : Snaileb
PS. Patch made the game 10x's better in my opinion. I was really good in the first place, but the reduction of tag/melee distance AND the freezing glitches taken out, its a whole new ball game.
P.S.S. : The new maps; if you play em you will lag. It's not anyone's fault but epic. Don't hate the game, hate the map.
The Bear Bryant quote is this: "A tie is like kissing your sister." Playing Hellgate for free is like a tie: You don't lose, since you get to play for free, but you don't win, since some content is being left out. Thus, kissing your sister.
I need to see what the difference between the feature sets will be on this. If they totally gimp the free play, they fail at the universe.
I got a very good idea. Imagine Hellgate: London as two games. The first, has single player and online multiplayer. This online multiplayer is a lot like Diablo 2, co-op version of the single player portion with some changes to make it better for co-op.
The second game is an MMORPG. It has a lot in common with existing MMORPGs, and needs to have a subscription just like them so they can constantly make new content and keep the massive servers up.
Ok, so the Diablo 2 fans would buy the first, and MMORPG fans would buy the second.
You know what? This didn't happen. They put them BOTH into the same game. With other MMORPGs based on existing game franchises, you'd need to buy it seperately and then pay for the fee. This one, you don't. You get it as kind of a bonus content.
Personally, I think it's a hell of a much better deal than anyone else here seems to be willing to admit.
This is retarded. Either commit it to a MMORPG, or keep it free like Diablo. Don't string people along, because your going to end up with a half-assed product that isn't deep enough to be considered a MMORPG, but shunning all the potential Diablo lovers.
You, as I'm sure many seem to, confuse what communism is? Being a communist isn't like supporting Nazi rule. Read it up.