Hellgate: London, весьма многообещающая игра!

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ха скорее всего мы пошшупаем ее почти одновременно=) перацтво+8Мбит канал=)

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подвернулось мне тут вполне интересное обсуждение слухов по поводу новых классов

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1. IAHGames Video Interviews David Brevik
само интервью смотреть лень, но позабавила цитата оттуда:
…My original pitch was kind of Quake and Diablo mixed together for first person shooter but has lots of items and role playing elements like Diablo.

2. ролик, который засветился посте №170 выложили в хорошем качестве

3. Hellgate: London Collector’s Edition Contents Revealed
Special Packaging and Art Design
Hellgate: London Game 2 DVDs
Bonus Disc containing:

- “Making of Hellgate: London”
- Official Game Soundtrack
Hellgate: London Map Poster
106 page Dark Horse Graphic Novel
Unique in-game pet – Mantawraith

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тут есть вроде как все ролики по Хеллгейту
в этом ролике перс рипается

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Интервью с тов. Роппером. В целом очень мало нового, но тем не менее интересно... больше всего понравилось это:
Что насчет сетевого режима? Ходили слухи, что вы планируете приблизить мультиплеер к настоящим MMORPG, взяв за основу геймплей Guild Wars? Значит ли это, что мы получим аж две игры в одном флаконе?

[Билл Ропер]: Для начала хотелось бы прояснить один важный момент — для нас не существует термина «настоящая MMORPG». Многопользовательская онлайновая игра вовсе не обязана быть клоном EverQuest, как обычно происходит на рынке. В Hellgate: London отлично можно играть офлайн, выполняя разнообразные задания и сражаясь с компьютерными противниками. Но если вы захотите выйти в Сеть — то мы предложим вам еще один мир, в котором будут новые правила, измененный баланс и продолжение сюжета, виденного вами в «обычной» версии игры.

Отдельно отмечу, что у нас один персонаж на оба режима — все его умения, навыки и предметы, приобретенные в офлайне, будут доступны в онлайне. И наоборот. Так что если вы испытываете трудности в одном из режимов или он вам просто поднадоел — добро пожаловать в другой!

В онлайне вы, однако, развиваетесь чуточку быстрее и по другим правилам. Сюжет же здесь годится как для одиночного, так и для коллективного прохождения. Присутствуют и остальные элементы многопользовательской игры: вы можете формировать гильдии, покупать и продавать предметы на аукционе и т. п. Будут и свои уникальные локации, большинство из которых доступно только высокоуровневым игрокам с большим опытом.

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много роликов по игре в одном месте в нескольких вариантах качества, да еще и отсортированных (Game Media, Features, Gameplay, User Movies)

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изменения, вносимые патчем более чем месячной давности в альфа-билд игры:
Dearest Alpha Testers,
Rock!

We were thinking about leaving it right there, but decided it might be better to elaborate a bit on why you'll soon "Rock!"

In a nutshell, we've updated our Hellgate: London Alpha test. There have been so many changes, in fact, we'll need you to uninstall the original Alpha client you currently have and then install this brand-new build via our conspicuously placed download link on the main alpha.hellgatelondon.com page.

Changes & Additions:
† We made a major change to how our character database is organized and this required a character wipe.
† The tutorial has been completely redone.
† Gateways leading beyond Covent Garden Station have been opened!
† Hardcore mode has been enabled! In order to create a Hardcore character, you must have "completed the game" at least once, and you must be a "subscriber."
† Completing both Acts 1 and 2 currently signifies completion of the game, per account.
† Some subscriber-only features have been implemented.
† Flagship / Ping0 will periodically and arbitrarily flag some or all accounts as subscriber accounts.
† Many skills have been buffed, nerfed, and / or changed.
† Field and Splash damage has been toned down (most notably on the Firefox Launcher).
† Power cost of skills now displays and scales with your level.
† Many monster AI routines have been changed to make them more aware of aggressive players.
† Many monsters have been made tougher.
† Monsters will no longer ignore players when pets are present.
† Shulgoth's experience reward has been decreased.
† Faction-specific weighting for loot in favor of the player's class is now functioning properly.
† The drop rate of items has been lowered overall.

So... There goes some patch notes about a few of the changes we've made. We're sure we've forgotten many of the things we did, though. Hell, we barely remember yesterday! Maybe we need vacations.

Anyway... Uninstall. Download. Install. Play. Post on forums. Play more... Rock!

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еще решил запостить порцию информации двухмесячной давности...
перевод интервью шведскому игровому журналу:
Voices: Bill Roper confirms he'll do some voices again. He was behind the Knights, Orcs (peons, etc) in Warcraft 1, 2, 3. Zug zug!
Places: They mention Big Ben, St Paul's Cathedral, British Museum, the last with towering 10 meter tall demons.
Monsters: Monsters are resistant to different kinds of damages, a bit like in Diablo II, for added tactics.
Skills: Not much new info on the factions per se, but there might be some new skill names here, in English and all. (they only drop the names, not describe the individual skills)
Skills (EDIT): Oh, they say a Hunter gains "boosts" when scoring critical hits.. Not sure if that's "new"... Guardians get "improved" the more enemies there are around him... Evoker does lots of damage in many kinds... Summoners can regenerate their minions and player allies
Uniqueness: Bill Roper is more inspired by City of Heroes than WoW, although he "plays WoW a lot". He likes it especially because he thinks CoH manage to make the characters in that game end up as more unique than in WoW, so I assume that's a pretty big goal they have with HGL as well.
Item color schemes: Guilds can have color schemes for their gear. (I'm a bit unsure what this implies, if there'll be an optional palette or something, or if people *have* to use the scheme... The latter sounds a bit too silly though)
Item color schemes: FSS has earlier said that your gear will adapt to a common color theme to avoid a clown look , and they clarify here in that it sounds like if you have items of different colors, you can pick which item's color you want to use for your whole set. Personally, I'd prefer if this was optional too, but I'm unsure about that.
Uniqueness: "We have noticed that at about level 10 and onwards, it will be extremely hard to find two characters looking the same".
Difficulty: This was recently discussed on Guru, but reiterated again here -- the random areas outside the stations will have their difficulty decided by the number of players, not the players' levels. So it's not like Oblivion, but is like Diablo II. They've said elsewhere that there'll be experience constraints so a level 40 guy can't slay everything for level 10's.
Graphics: DirectX 10 will give graphical niceties and there'll be more to provide for monster computers, but FSS strive to make the game "playable on 2-3 year old computers". I'm bolding that part because it's so common people get shattered illusions on these things once they get the game. So max 3 years old is the recommendation they give in the article anyway. I would lower my expectations if you have e.g. a "lowly" Geforce FX (= Geforce "5") or the ATI equivalent, and only hope for the least pain in that case. Since 1 GB RAM has been commonly recommended the past 3 years, I do that too. And a CPU not older than since 2004.
Graphics: Graphics may be updated too, as other new content is released.
Then they have a table comparing free and subscribed gaming (I'll skip the Swedish pricing... It sounded like estimates and I doubt Roper was there in the interview to give them the figures... Besides, they aren't really useful for those who can't read Swedish)
Content upgrades: no / yes
Customer service: yes / yes, improved (I assume the 24/7 they've mentioned)
Character slots: 3 / 12+ (still feels a bit harsh on the free gamers... I'd hope for ~5 ... note the "+" in "12+"... no comment was given to that)
Storage slots: 20 / 40 (no idea if they're talking of char stash here -- I assume so)
Account stash: no / yes
Trading: yes, no elites / yes
Level cap: 35-40 / raised with new content released (surprising, controversial, and conflicting information, all in one -- last mention I saw in another source was "around 50", and LG says above this was wrong info and corrected -- I must have missed all that in that case )
"Shuttle" access (for high level areas): no / yes
Guild access: yes, can join / yes; can join, create, and be officer
Different server types: no / yes; for example: hardcore, "RPG mode", "Difficult Mode" (I don't know what any of those imply exactly besides HC and article doesn't tell)
Voice chat / buddy lists: yes / yes
Finally, false information (besides probably the level cap thing):

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пара симпатичных скринов

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так-с... в игре все таки будет 3 уровня сложности как и в Д2 - в общем классика жанра

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Вилли Веревкин просто столько лет занимался Дьяблой, что ничего другого делать не умеет

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держим пальцы скрещенными=)

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Содержание коллекционной версии

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2DreadKnight:
ха! эта новость уже была на предыдущей странице