Hellgate: London – I
Don’t know why the latest trailer for this game resonates so much with me, but I spent a few hours watching it over the past few days. Adding this to the first trailer and to what was basically a short film which followed it, I find myself thinking that the developers should try to make a movie on this idea. I’m quite sure it would turn out better than the game.
Why do I say that? For one, because it seems like a too ambitious project and the expectations are too high. I don’t think it’s possible to turn out quite like that and when it will be released and fall from way up there, it will fall hard. And then because I looked at all the gameplay videos I could find and feel that they more than support my assumption. For example, check out a random gameplay video I picked and another that briefly presents the available character classes (in order of appearance in it: Hunter: Marksman, Hunter: Engineer, Cabalist: Summoner, Cabalist: Evoker, Templar: Blademaster, Templar: Guardian). Granted that it looks extremely intense, but it simply doesn’t have “it”…
Of course, it could yet prove me wrong after release, but usually games look better in previews than they really are, so I’m not expecting that to happen at all. Still, after it will be released and I’ll get a new computer I might try to play it (with an Evoker of course, that’s not even a question) and see for myself. But I’d still rather see the movie…
