Loading... Hellgate: London - Still Not an MMO

[Ethec]

At the end of next week, Hellgate: London will shutter its servers for good. The debate over whether this game was an MMO or not should have been over a long time ago, but when writers of blogs all the way up to print mags get it wrong, claiming that due to HG:L and Tabula Rasa are a sign of the times for MMO gaming, it's time for Loading... to set things straight.

This, plus some rampant speculation on an Elder Scrolls MMO, two "gearing up" articles on two of WoW's most popular classes, a F2P list celebrating FusionFall (as well as an exclusive quote from FusionFall Executive Producer Chris Waldron) can be found in Loading... Hellgate: London - Still Not an MMO.

[Combover]

First! lol

Well said on all accounts, Ethec. HG:L was not a MMO. TR was more of an experiment than a full game.

DCUO will rock this year! (and some of those other games you mentioned I guess)

[Kralle]

I really dont care about the distinction between MMO or whatchahmahcallit online game.

Hellgate London was fun it its own way, repetive over time but fun for the quick gaming fix in breaks.

Fabula Phrasa would maybe have been fun, if the infamous "they" would have followed the first designs with a bigger focus on skill base and evolving weapons and whatnot.
Like Horizons would have been better if the first designs would have been enabled.

Many games get toned down in early stages, just to become stale plae shadows of something "that would have been, if..."

Why games get toned down, yeaa time for development or wrong targetgroup analysis...no money...no idea....no clue...no time at all and much more.

It sucks, but thats how it is....its always easy to sit fat and allknowing in the armchair while blabbering about the "what ifs" and looking back with the arrogance of the "told ya so" viewpoint.

Damit, Hellgate was fun

[kitsunegirl]

I enjoyed Hellgate as that heavily armoured healer knight... that was fun. And sniping demons and whatnot? Yeah the game did have its moments... but the way the "online" portion was setup made it fail.

Its free to play! BUT you only get a tiny inventory, and all the best content and stuff is for payers! And then the subscription page bugged out half the time...

[Sardu]

If I had a dozen more arms and never needed to sleep, I'd use the Fallout 3 toolset to build a complete Hellgate conversion mod. That would be an awesome game, MMO or not.