■ 08/02/08 - Hellgate : London Who knew that Britain’s social heritage was all building up to this point; providing a rich tapestry of warriors and mages destined to protect the world from Hell. Well, it was, and a damn fine story driven action game it makes. But this is a title cleverly designed to be “replayed” rather than simply “played”, so it’s going to be a while before success can be declared.
■ 06/02/08 - Hellgate : London It’s hard to review a game like Hellgate: London. The true, spiritual successor to Diablo II – arguably the greatest action RPG ever to grace the PC – by the team that could and should make it great…this game has some crazy expectations to live up to. On one hand, you want to cut the game and the team a bit of slack because there’s no possible way they can succeed in every area. On the other hand, you know they created greatness once, so why can’t they do it again? Thus is the conundrum of the Hellgate reviewer.
