X-Box Elite - Page 2

**Hell-Kite** · 04-30-2007, 03:02 PM

I guess I better wireless my xbox 360 so i can play online too

**Fallen JeStEr** · 04-30-2007, 05:05 PM

gamertag Fallen jester

hit me up if you want to play rainbow six vegas or if you need a friend! lol.

**Lithium** · 04-30-2007, 05:37 PM

You think this hellgate game is going to be that good khaoz? is it even suppose to be coming to 360?

**KhaOZ** · 04-30-2007, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Lithium

You think this hellgate game is going to be that good khaoz? is it even suppose to be coming to 360?

Have you ever doubted a Blizzard game? Cause this is almost the entire Blizzard North team. Bill Roper, one of the founders of blizzard, and the father of Diablo and Diablo 2 is the lead guy on Hellgate London, and just about his entire team from Blizzard left with him to make this game. So pretty much, look at this game as another Blizzard game, and you should understand why I'm so sure it'll be a huge hit.

But yeah. They've said it will hit the 360.

Seriously though. You look through the resumes of the team on Hellgate London, and almost ALL of them worked on Diablo and Diablo2. It's pretty crazy, but sweet.

**KhaOZ** · 04-30-2007, 06:15 PM

Flagship Studios(Studio making Hellgate: London) is made up of:

Bill Roper:

Blackthorne - Sound and Music Composition
Warcraft: Orcs and Humans - Producer / Voice Acting / Manual Design & Layout / World Design
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness - Voice Acting / Narration / Manual Design & Layout
Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal - Executive Producer / Storyline Consultant / Voice Acting / Narration
StarCraft - Producer / Voice Acting / Manual Design & Layout
StarCraft: Brood War - Executive Producer / Voice Acting / Manual Design & Layout / Campaign Design
Diablo - Producer / Strike Team / Voice Production, Directing & Casting / Story / Voice Acting / Manual Design & Layout
Diablo II - Senior Producer / Strike Team / Voice Casting / Voice Acting
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction - Strike Team / Global Launch Team / Voice Acting
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos - Strike Team / Voice Acting
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne - Voice Acting

Dave Brevik:

Super High Impact Football (Genesis) - programmer
Aero the Acrobat (Genesis/SNES) - programmer, some design
NBA Jam (many platforms) - programmer, but not for long
Justice League Task Force (Genesis) - programming/design
Quarterback Club (Game Gear, Gameboy) - programming/design
Diablo (PC) - programming/design/co-project lead
Diablo II (PC) - programming/design/co-project lead
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (PC) - design
Starcraft (PC) - design feedback
World of Warcraft (PC) - design feedback

Erich Schaefer:
Diablo, Diablo II - Lead Designer
Diablo - Environment Artist

Max Schaefer:

Diablo, Diablo II

Ken Williams:

Diablo, Diablo 2, Diablo 2 Expansion - Producer and Operations

Tyler Thompson:

Diablo 2 - I was a programmer/designer. I mostly worked on the skills and random level generation.
Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction - I was the Project Lead. I worked on the design and code for the skills, monsters, random levels and items.

Dave Glenn:

Diablo 2, Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction - Lead Background Artist
SimCity 3000 - Background Artist

Phil Shenk:

Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction - Lead Artist
Diablo 2 - Lead Artist

Matt Householder

Too many to count. Highlights include: Krull coin-op 1983 designer/programmer/artist, California Games 1987 creator/designer/producer, Diablo II 2000 talent scout/writer/producer/creator of "!"

The list goes on and on. Flagship pretty much IS the new Blizzard North.

**Fallen JeStEr** · 04-30-2007, 07:36 PM

blizzard = hot games!

**Lithium** · 04-30-2007, 08:13 PM

Nice, should have some solid gameplay then. I looked around a little bit for a release date, didn't find one... is it coming soon? I just got a 360 actually, just finished up Gears and CoD3, solid single player games, both are short, but very well done. I didn't realize there was this elite edition coming out. I literally bought my 360 1 week before this 'elite' was launched. Oh well, as far as I can tell, no big diff, just a much larger HD and 1080p capability, nothing major at all.

**KhaOZ** · 04-30-2007, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Lithium

Nice, should have some solid gameplay then. I looked around a little bit for a release date, didn't find one... is it coming soon? I just got a 360 actually, just finished up Gears and CoD3, solid single player games, both are short, but very well done. I didn't realize there was this elite edition coming out. I literally bought my 360 1 week before this 'elite' was launched. Oh well, as far as I can tell, no big diff, just a much larger HD and 1080p capability, nothing major at all.

They haven't announced an official release date. In Blizzard fashion, they've been delaying it for over a year now. The last time frame they gave was "Summer 07", which is really soon.

As for the differences in your 360 and an Elite, yours does 1080p just fine. You just need a VGA cord instead of component. I have one, works great. The only differences are the color(elite is black), 100gb more HDD space(not a big deal for most people), and HDMI output(is it THAT much better than component or VGA? Somewhat, but not really). I'd almost buy one just cause it's black though, lol.

I plan on modding my 360 when its warranty is up though. They have some sick sick cases for 360s you can buy, and you can get cheap HDD upgrades, and everything in the mod community. So later this year i'll go that route. If I didn't have a 360 already though, I'd probably buy an Elite, just cause they're so pretty.

Back on Hellgate London though. It's been in developement since 2003, when Blizzard North disbanded and all these guys quit Blizzard. It should have some very solid gameplay, that is very refined. I'm looking forward to it.

**Lithium** · 04-30-2007, 11:31 PM

Nice, I was actually playing WoW for the first time a few weeks ago, put about a month in. Pretty fun game, but holy crap, these MMORPGs rape your day, I only got to a 34 rogue, and all your free time is gone, so I gave it up! I have to say WoW is one of the most complete games in every single aspect I've ever played. These guys are from blizzard as well, and probably have taken notice to why WoW has been so successful and probably have implemented similar things in this hellgate game. The FPS is a nice twist, I'll keep my eyes peeled. I'm really looking forward to halo 3 tho, I've always been a huuuge halo fan.

**KhaOZ** · 04-30-2007, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Lithium

Nice, I was actually playing WoW for the first time a few weeks ago, put about a month in. Pretty fun game, but holy crap, these MMORPGs rape your day, I only got to a 34 rogue, and all your free time is gone, so I gave it up! I have to say WoW is one of the most complete games in every single aspect I've ever played. These guys are from blizzard as well, and probably have taken notice to why WoW has been so successful and probably have implemented similar things in this hellgate game. The FPS is a nice twist, I'll keep my eyes peeled. I'm really looking forward to halo 3 tho, I've always been a huuuge halo fan.

You remember back in like 2001 when I was telling all of you WoW would be HUGE? People laughed!

Anyway. They say hellgate london plays like an Action RPG, like Diablo2, just in a different view. Once you play it, they say it starts to feel very familiar. There is a class, the Hunter Marksmen, who are like an FPS in many ways. Where actual aiming and clicking with your mouse is imortant like in all FPS, but all other classes play differently, and are nothing like an FPS except for the camera view(which can also be in 3rd person).

This one guy who played it, said that, Deus Ex was from FPS to RPG, as Hellgate: London is from RPG to FPS. If you've played Deus Ex, that should make sense.