The other day I played another round of subscription musical chairs. DAoC and EVE Online missed the open slot for subscriptions and the agile newcomer, Hellgate London was able to slip onto the one available chair. In non-metaphorical parlance, that means a I cancelled my DAoC and EVE accounts (four accounts altogether), and opened a Hellgate London account. This should reduce my monthly gaming outlay from around $50-60/mo to just $10/mo. I won’t fool myself into thinking this is a permanent setup. I’ve cancelled and re-opened my DAoC account so … Continue reading
Ok, so the fact that I mentioned the mini-game in my last post has generated more traffic on my blog than anything previous, so it seem folks aren’t quite getting the hang of it, or are just searching for more information about how it works. It’s certainly less than well documented, so here goes my attempt to help… First, I bookmarked this page that shows what the icons mean: http://hellgate.incgamers.com/wiki/Mini-game (Edit: the pics and process descriptions are MUCH better today (Nov.5) than they were a few days ago) I tend to keep this … Continue reading
Well I already had an entry called “First Thoughts..” about the demo/beta. So now that I’ve got the game in my hot, not-so-little hands, what do I think? I still think it’s a great game. I’ve been playing both the Single-Player and the Multi-Player games. I do have fun playing with my friends online, but I still find the single-player experience preferable. It seems to have better tile-sets and more interesting levels than the online counterpart. I’m sure that will change in the future as the dust settles, but for … Continue reading
Halloween is my second favorite holiday of the year, just behind Christmas. Even as an old fogey, I enjoy dressing up and heading out for the evening. Although at my age, it’s usually to a local bar to pick up a drink, and probably no tricks, LOL. Anyways, the season had me pulling out some of my “darker” music CD’s to get me in the mood. I’ve been listening to Red Flag’s latest album; Born Again. Certainly different from their “Russian Radio” days, but I like it. I’ve also got … Continue reading
I’ve been playing the Hellgate London Demo most of the weekend, and I must say I’m really looking forward to the release of the game. There do seem to be a few faults, but for the most part it looks and plays great! If you were a fan of the Diablo series of games, you won’t be let down. As for the problems, the biggest one is a carryover from the Diablo days, and that is a limited and “unintelligent” inventory system. Like Diablo, you can always just port to … Continue reading