This game was never designed to be a LAN game it only has single player + online multiplayer. Always thought the online mulitplayer was going to be free like Guild Wars but looks like Guild Wars will still be the king of free mmorpg.

Bill Roper: We have always had the intention of providing rich, robust, massively multiplayer online gaming experiences for our players. This means that we will be providing everything from a secure client/server infrastructure to 24/7 customer support to maintaining a complete live team to provide not only balance and bug fixes, but more importantly, continuing, ongoing content updates to the game. And while we are still finalizing the commercial and game aspects of our online plans, we can tell players that there will definitely be significant free online play.

Yes, Diablo series was one of the first to have randomized levels but Hellgate is probably the first to do it in 3D. Seeing how the the developers are the same it's not surprising. It's really neat to see the same area with a different layout everytime you enter it and gives a unique experience everytime.

    * Multiplay will be free!
    * Elite Multiplay will cost you $9.95 a month
    * Secure, closed servers hold your characters, even if you're not Elite
    * Elite players get 24/7 phone and online support; plebs get basic online support as with any other game
    * If there are queues to get on a server, Elite players go to the front
    * Elite players can have 12 characters in total; plebs get 3
    * Elite players can store around 40 items in "lockers" spread throughout the world; plebs can have 20. Elite players can also transfer these items to characters on other servers; plebs cannot
    * Elite players get unique gear and can wield the most powerful weapons in the game. Said weapons can also be emailed by the Elite to others of their kind
    * Elite players can board shuttles that transport them quickly to hard-to-reach corners of London
    * Elite players can become officers of guilds and own, enter, or operate player housing and guild buildings; plebs can be members of guilds, but will not be allowed to enter said buildings, or purchase property for themselves
    * Elite players get access to more gametypes; plebs not allowed into servers or areas where those gametypes are operating
    * Elite players will get new content each month, such as new monsters, new gametypes, new items, and so on

This just suxs.I'll pass this game.

Bill Roper thinks this is another WoW and trying to make Hellgate his cash cow.

H@H@ just beat me to it . Just to add though, the game as isa welcome beginning for you to try first before stepping into being 'elite'.

Personally though, I can't wait to see how this game does. And if the MP portion of it warrants me to become 'elite', I won't think twice in doing so.

I think it's pretty bad you are forced to pay to get the UBER items. Cause think of it, the main reason people play are getting great items. The game lost a LOT of if's attraction to me cause of this subscription model.

All your Diablo multiplayer characters data; from your characters itself, items you have equiped, to the loot in storage is stored separately in own their servers. Basically, you cannot access the character files because it is not on your local drive. It also means multiplayer characters cannot be used in single player and vice versa. This technically prevents hacks and dupes. Sometime there are accounts that are hacked by cheaters so that is when the mighty hand of Blizzard starts banning cdkeys or delete their accounts.

Titan Quest on the other hand is an example where there is no secure servers for multiplayer. Single player TQ characters can be used online and offline.

Wow,the content is not bad but i'll pass.

So much hostility, relax.

You guys are just playing the newbie area. Can't comment on the demo's graphics (haven't d/led, maybe won't till the beta ends) but the DX9 graphics in the beta is really good especially in my 'shit' comp.

Wish I can post all my screenshots to show you. But NDA.

Must they follow what people here said about the demo ? 

Judge by the actual game, not the demo itself, beside it won't ruin ones' lives anyway if the game sucks.

I will wait for the actual game, seem I can't install the demo even though I successfully downloaded it 3 times.

A demo is still a demo, it always incomplete, and crappier than actual game, judging based from my experience on demos. Many people complained the Serious Sam 2 demo yet I enjoyed it.

Call me too lenient or suck up, I still give this game a chance when it comes out.

hmmm, is it possible to cancel preorder with tsb?
i did so before i got the demo, and now i'm having second thoughts after going through the demo
blademaster's motion is farking unrealistic in the demo, dun give me the swordman feeling at all...
so if possible i rather wait for actual game release before buying