Hell Gate: LOndon demo!!

I've been playing in the beta last couple weeks, just hard core mode all the way. Under the NDA I can't say much, but I am loving it so far. The things I don't like (the unspeakable stuff per ALU), I really have faith SF will resolve before release, and some of it afterwards with patching.

I'd also add regrading the comments about those screen shots and that the game does not look all that graphically demanding. You're mistaken there, single player spawns less monsters. When you in a 5 player group allot more swan, also some monsters swan more monsters, so it can become a frame rate nightmare quickly. His screen shots don't really reflect this and don't show the shear volume of monsters you deal with from time to time ... its just sows off some dx10.

The game likes a decent CPU too, and muti-cores are supported.

 

I just checked out "witcher" and saw its Atari and bioware ... been playing DDO last 1-2 years, as its based on D&D and had a couple friends that are all old D&D nuts.

I was really not all that impressed with biowares DDO game balance, or UI responsiveness. It was not a bad game (after all I played it 2 years), and the puzzles and some dungeon layouts were all a breath of fresh air after world of walk allot. Biowares commitment to their user base was also questionable.

So overall, I am a bit skeptical about their products now.

 

...skeptical about a Bioware product? Ouch you really have high expectations then.

Anyhow I loved this game and will definitely be buying the retail version.

 

Ignore me, I'm talking out my behind, turbine & atari did DDO and LOTR ... bioware did NWN1 & NWN2.

I'll keep my eye on the witcher ...

 

The thing about Witcher that bugs me, is that you can't customize the way your character looks. Otherwise it looks like a pretty promising RPG indeed.

 

Bioware didn't do NWN2...Obsidian did.

 

Bioware did KOTOR and Jade Empire IIRC, and possibly KOTOR 2 (Not sure about that)

 

obsidian did KOTOR 2 as well... bioware did stuff like baldur's gate as well

 

can anyone explain the online stuff a little better? like how do you switch to playing online and what's it like playing online? is the game mostly (or completely) instanced? etc....