Where everyone speaks!

Does the title ring a bell? No? Well, for those who are up to date with the gaming world I am sure the name is familiar. I first saw the preview for it on Techtv if I'm not mistaken. Heck, I thought the game was something to do with World War 3 till I read about it in the official website. The graphics are awesome, but I'm afraid my graphic card ain't up to its standards. Guess I have to skip this one. Oh yes, I forgot to mention the game is similar to Diablo as the creators worked on Diablo before. You play as a character from three groups. The Templar, Cabalist and Hunter. Although I did not see a writeup about the hunter class in the website. Got it off wikipedia.

You move your character around the post apocalyptic city of London from a save zone to another safe zone, battling hordes of demons as well as leveling up and adding points to your skills. Well, you get the point. I am not sure whether the monsters would drop items or gold. Did not see any of those event in the previews. Equipment wise? I'm not sure how you would get better equipment too. Weaponsmith anyone?

Like Diablo, the maps should be different everytime it is played. Randomly generated maps. Ah well, the movements of the character is a little weird especially when they start swinging/firing their weapons. They seem to be moving a greater distance than their feet moves! It's like gliding on the surface. The monster you'd encounter are uh, ugly. So yeah, you might get nightmares after playing it. I know I would freak out everytime a zombie lunges itself at me. Remind me to toss every single grenade I have before entering a room. =) Below is a brief introduction of the game.

For a clearing perspective of the game, you can visit the official website. Go google it yourself !

London, 2038.

According to legend, when the ravens depart the Tower of London, it will crumble to rubble and disaster will befall England. As man became more dependent on science, believing only in what he could define or create, ancient knowledge and rituals were lost to the antiquity of time. Prophecies that had stood as warning for untold generations were seen as archaic folly or ignorant superstition; so when the harbingers of evil began to manifest, few saw and fewer believed.

When the demons finally came, there was little that stood in their way.

Emerging from the swirling chaotic Hellgate, they overwhelmed humanity's defenses quickly and systematically. Even the nuclear and biological weaponry employed by a few desperate nations did little more than slow the apocalypse. The nature of the demons’ attack presented little in the way of strategic military targets to the generals of mankind’s armies. With no obvious headquarters to bombard, visible supply lines to cut, or known leaders to assassinate, the usual tactics of war were useless.

Only those that still practiced the holy, ancient, and arcane rights could stand against the dark invaders, using weapons and spells forged in the traditions of their forefathers. Their successes were scattered, and the leaders of the great military forces could neither understand nor accept their strange ways. This mystical resistance drew the immediate attention of the immensely powerful creatures, seemingly immune to the weapons of mankind. Soon, those that had preserved the knowledge of how to combat the demons shifted their focus from driving them back into the twisting nether to saving as many of their fellow humans as they could. They retreated to the relative sanctuary of the London Underground, a haven whose construction they had orchestrated decades before.

Now, the once great city lies in ruins. A massive, sinister gash in the fabric of our reality swirls and churns, dominating the horizon as it blends into a permanently darkened sky. The Invasion, the unspeakable cataclysm that befell London, eventually engulfed humanity. The powerful nations of man were eradicated, and the decades-long process called The Burn – the transformation of our world into theirs – had begun.

But mankind is a race of survivors. Men and women hide in the shadows of their former dominance, struggling to survive, yearning to strike back at their conquerors. These survivors banded together, and they are learning.

Learning how to travel undetected.

Learning how to forge weapons capable of piercing unfathomable defenses.

Learning how to harness the forgotten and arcane powers of magic.

Learning how to kill demons and close the Hellgate...

Text taken from official site http://www.hellgatelondon.com/storyline/intro/#fancy_panel