Hellgate: London programmer claims staff leaving 'in droves'

I think you missed the boat on this one.

thats two in a ROW

And then there were three...

sheets to the wind?

Hey guys dont go overboard.

I think these nautical jokes have jumped the shark.

these are knot funny.

Best response chain in the history of the Internet! +1's all around :)

I, for one, keeled over laughing.

I played it for a while and then got really bored.

But I got the collector's edition for like $25 bucks. No regrets there. I definitely got my moneys worth and know that at some point, when I'm extremely bored, I'll head back to it.

It's definitely worth the $20 you can find it for. The game wasn't that bad, it had a LOT of cool Diablo-like item upgrades. The skills and classes were also pretty cool. More than I knew what to do with. I'll probably go back and play a bit more again now that I think about it.

It just wasn't a smash hit 5 star game that everyone was hoping it would be.

I agree. I'm not sure what everyone wanted out of the game, but I think its a fun game to pick up and play every now and then.

What are people looking for, the One Game to rule their entire life?

Maybe wait until you've played it a bit more than two weeks before passing judgement on the "emo drama".

I would suggest that you should have been around for the leadup to why there was "emo drama" but absent a time machine, that may prove difficult. :)
Suffice it to say, the "whiners" are completely justified in their complaints. It's great that you're not experiencing any troubles, but that doesn't mean those who have are wrong to complain.

It's not an issue of funds, it's the justification of the payment plan. The problem with their payment methodology is they were trying to capitalize off their success with Diablo2 for a game that doesn't warrant a subscription.

WoW and other MMO's...sure, it works. But this game hardly delivered regular or episodic updates. All it did was penalize the players unwilling to pay for the subscription by truncating their stash, limiting the availability of decent equipment, and restricting available player stats.

Also, if they got away with it in this game then other companies would the same crap as well, so I'm glad they failed and are being made into a martyr.

With the power of the Internet gamers nowadays are more aware and informed. They're not gonna be foolish enough to fall victim to a lifetime fee of $100+ if the game doesn't warrant that price. Games are already expensive enough.