G4 have taken their time reviewing Hellgate: London, adding it to their page about a month after release. Yet their review seems to be done on the first version of the game, if you are to believe the experiences of the reviewer. They also feature a video review.
"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."
Before Flagship Studios, there was Blizzard North. Originally known as Condor, the Redwood-based studio was acquired in 1997 by Blizzard Entertainment. At the time, Blizzard North was hard at work on the development of the game that would be the cornerstone of everything that came after: Diablo.
IGN : Remember Hellgate: London? The dark fantasy action role-playing game came out in 2007 for PC, a year before developer Flagship Studios went bankrupt. Since then, various free-to-play and online revivals have come and gone. Now, 17 years after the release of Hellgate: London, it’s back.
I remember some friends and I all bought Hellgate: London day one because it was made by some original Diablo devs. We had fun playing it, good memories.
PC Invasion: Hellgate: London is back on Steam, but it's not what you expect it to be. It's a single-player game in the vein of Asian MMOs.
Is it just me, or does 2/5 seem a bit low?
I know the game lacks polish still, but it isn't a 4/10, is it?!
Ha, G4.
Seriously thats worse then most reviews for Lair.... 4/10... I have yet to play it. is it that bad?