Hellgate: London Preorder, Beta, and special character

In case any Hellgate: London perspective players haven't heard there is now a special offer where you can pre-order Hellgate London and also get the bonuses of being able to play the beta, and get a special "dye kit" and "founders offer".

http://www.hellgatelondon.com/preorder

There are currently four pre-order options:

Pre-order from Best Buy and get a Biohazard character dye kit.

Pre-order from Gamestop or BarnesandNoble and get a Lava character dye kit.

Pre-order from Walmart and get a Royal character dye kit.

Pre-order from EA or GoGamer and get a Wasp character dye kit.

Excerpts from the Hellgate graphic novel (included in the collectors edition) can be found at the links below:
http://www.darkhorse.com/reviews/previews.php?theid=13-787
http://www.darkhorse.com/reviews/previews.php?theid=13-788
http://www.darkhorse.com/reviews/previews.php?theid=13-789
http://www.darkhorse.com/reviews/previews.php?theid=13-790

The single player demo can be found here. and mirror locations here.

 

That's pretty cool

 

one of the lamest pr's ever lol.

its like the bf2142 preorder campane. They advertised that you get an exclusive special weapon that you can only get if you preorder the game.

When the game comes out everybody finds out its just a replacement skin for an exsisting weapon, and the skin was so big that it was worse than the stock one, and the people you kill with it dont even see the new skin just the default one.

However do you know how many people fell victim to that little scam?? thousands preordered just so they could have a weapon nobody else had.

Well the dye kit is a color change, one you can get normally in game without any special offeres, im wiling to bet that these dye kits are not exclusive and can be had by anybody willing to put forth the effort in the game.

 

Also of note there is a collectors edition of the game which includes the following:

Special, Over-Sized Packaging and Art Design

# Hellgate: London Game 2 DVDs
# Bonus Disc containing: Making of Hellgate: London & Official Game Soundtrack
# Hellgate: London Map Poster
# 106 page DarkHorse Graphic Novel
# Unique in-game download pet - Mantawraith

 

supposed to bea good game

 

Here is another pre-order option:
http://hellgate.iahgames.com/preorder/

** note: It looks like this option may only be for International orders **

With this one you get to choose between 3 other dye kits, and you get a Hellgate alliance patch. It should also be noted that this pre-order option costs $10 less than the others

http://hellgate.iahgames.com/preorder/dyekits.html

 

Well it worked the first time why not do it again lol

 

here are the system requirements for Hellgate London

http://hellgate.iahgames.com/Common/content.aspx?templateid=b3e2b2b8-f855-4800-aea9-a96ccb703456

 

I'll just be getting the normal version thank you very much, I am done with special editions, I've discovered they are rarely ever worth it.

 

^^ yea ive also been hearing its really ez to run.

 

I'm playing on medium settings in DX10 at 1680x1050 with an 8600M GT GDDR3 and my boyfriend can play on low-medium settings in DX9 at 1280x800 with an X1400. It looks pretty sad on low DX9 settings though .

 

*update*
There is a 4th dye kit know as the Wasp and it is available by pre-ordering through both EA and GoGamer in the US.


The 106 page graphic novel that is included in the collectors edition is the same graphic novel selling for around $10-$13.

http://www.overstock.com/Books-Movies-Music-Games/Hellgate/2345502/product.html
http://www.amazon.com/Hellgate-Lond...8323353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191867854&sr=8-3

You can find excerpts from the graphic novel on Darkhorse's website:
http://www.darkhorse.com/search/search.php?frompage=userinput&sstring=hellgate&x=0&y=0

 

Almost level 12 with my engineer, I started her a few days ago, man is she fun - GO MY ROCKET BOTS!

Playing it at max resolution 1680x1050 at medium settings, runs great except the parts when 20+ monsters ZERG you in the underground tunnels. I don't see a thing so I spam....constantly. Stella, what's your(and BF's) characters level?

 

o sweet I've never played Diablo I/II.

Planning to preorder tommorow! and play a magic user or maybe a ranger xD

 

magic users are the way to go ^_^

 

this game looks really fun...i would be interested in playing, but first...

1. What are the system requirements for this game? I've read somewhere that it might run on low-end systems and that could be a plus for me..
2. Is there a monthly subscription??

 

the gameplay looks lame

i think it will get boring after a while

kinda repetitive


trailer movies are AWESOME though.

think they won something for such sweet movies

 

The requirements are quite low, it looks very scalable. On my x700 I'm playing at 1680x1050 at medium settings which is pretty impressive. I can't comment on the fps cause I didn't figure out how to display it yet, but its pretty lag free, with some spikes when 30+ monsters are ZERGING you.

The official requirements are:

OS: Windows XP with SP2 or Windows Vista
Processor: 1 .8GHz or faster (2.4GHz for Vista)
RAM: 1GB or more (2GB for Vista)
Video: DirectX 9.0c/10 compatible device w/ 128MB RAM or better and Pixel Shader 2.0 support; requires NVIDIA GeForce 6200/ATI Radeon 9000 chipset or greater
Audio: DirectX 9.0c compatible device
Disc drive: 8x DVD or faster
Hard drive: 6 GB or more free space
Input: Keyboard and mouse
Internet: Connection required for multiplayer

Please note that the DirectX 10 mode of the game is only available if you have Windows Vista and a DX10-compliant graphics card installed:

# ATI Radeon HD 2000 series (e.g. 2600, 2900)
# NVIDIA GeForce 8 series (e.g. 8600, 8800)

Yes and no:

 

thanks coriolis!

Sounds like a good thing for me...although my video card is on the bottom of the totem pole, it still seems like i should be able to play this game contently...and seeing as how, if i do play, i won't ever be a guild leader, will never have 12 characters, and i'm patient enough for customer support, i won't be paying that $9.95....

 

There's a rumour going around that nonsubscribers can not find nor equip Legendary items, though not sure if thats true or not.

 

Cori, I'm mostly playing a summoner--she's level 17 now. The boyfriend is playing a marksman and I think he's level 10 or 11 (I left for work at 5 and he was in bed when I got home so I don't know how much he played tonight). I've never played a pet class before and summoner is a blast to play. I want to try an evoker and a blademaster too, but I have to max out or get bored with this character first.

I've been running it with fraps up and the settings I listed earlier in the thread give me about 20-30 fps on average, with some dips a little lower when things get really busy on the screen.

 

Ok, so I got the pre-order code, got the account setup but the HG:L site is telling me that it will notify me when the beta begins. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the beta going on now? Am I too late to get in on this?

 

Unfortunately they send out the beta invites in waves . I had to wait about a week for my invite after ordering. They've said that the beta will continue until as close to release as possible, so hopefully for at least another couple of weeks.

 

ahhh, summoner, nice. Ive always liked characters with pets, so the engineer appealed to me. I was a warlock in wow, so i didnt want to be a summoner again

 

Good to know, thanks Stella.

*edit*
Just checked my email and the invite was there, cool! See you guys/gals on the server soon!

 

I was a paladin then shaman (after expansion) in WoW so I'm doing something different as well . My summoner is level 18 now!

Characters in HGL are Imogen, Imogin, and Annahra. I'm going to try and nab Stella when the characters reset, lol.

 

Here is a contest to win a free copy of Hellgate London Collectors Edition (for US residents). Good luck to all who venture to enter.

http://www.hellgateguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6888

 

I have a lvl8 Battlemaster named Edwinvancleef, then I lent HGL to my friend who proceeded to make one of every class and get them to lvl6. Being curious about the classes, I tried his engineer and I love it. Currently lvl...13? 14? Don't remember, haven't had a chance to go on in a week due to midterms and work, even now, I shouldn't be on NBR

 

Hellgate London has gone gold, and a single player demo of the game will be posted later today.

http://www.hellgatelondon.com/underground/hgl-gone-gold-demo-coming

 

wooo wooo wooo wooo I've wanted to play this game for so long. I'm going to jump on the demo the second it comes out.

edit: ITS OUT NOW!

 

yep, I'm waiting in line to download

 

For those that don't want to go searching for it. here is a link to a page you can download it from:

http://www.gamedaily.com/games/hell...es/hellgate-london-exclusive-demo/4251/67004/

(I'll be updating the initial post with the link as well).

Here is a list of mirror locations:
http://hellgate.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3517

 

It's also available on Gamershell.com's high speed servers. I'll be playing the DX10 version

 

you can get beta keys from the following locations:

From Falcon - http://hellgate.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3514
From xxdesmus - http://hellgate.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3507

 

The demo does not need beta key just install and play. And it does not have the dx10 mode probably because of the file size consideration. Performs similarly to the very last beta imo.

played with these settings (8600 ddr2 stock + 163.74 under vista), and I don't see any NDA during the installation so I assume we can talk about its performance now...


it runs okay with those settings indoor but can't say the same thing outdoor...