unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I actually had a great deal of fun in Hellgate London. What ruined it for me was the elitist microtransaction system. Creating new areas that you had to pay extra to get into was a horrible thing to do to the community.
Funny thing is, when it got released I torrented it and played it in SP with like 2 characters.
Then I did not touch it for a year or so, until a good friend of mine bought it in some sale and asked whether I would like to play with him. At that time it was already clear the servers would be shut down, so we had like two or three months left of online playtime.
Got to lvl 15 or something, but my Engie was vastly superior to his blademaster. Was pwning shit left and right, before he even got in range, made him a bit mad. Was good fun though
I thought the online system was okay. You paid a monthly fee like in WoW and got regular new content updates. But you could play vanilla without paying anything. Never got premium myself, but it seemed to be good content they added according to many players.
Problem is that there were quite some issues that needed fixing before cashing in which drove many players away.
I do feel sorry for the guys who paid for a lifetime subscription though. That must suck