I am not really sure wat i want to do with this topic but I kinda want to know if Hellgate is right for me.

First I would like to ask if downloaded copies work online? LOL dumb question it may seem but i would rather get to know the majority of the game before downloading.
I would also like to know if there are a lot of people still playing and the actual community or do most people just do things on their own.

Before you say just try th demo I have and was somewhat intrigued but that was demo perhaps some patches have come out etc anyways I am mostly interested to know about the community and how well partying is as well as trading etc..thanks

You need a key to play online. You can play online for free after that or you can subscribe for more content and extra stash space etc.

I like to run through quests on my own for speed, if i'm farming then grouping is awesome.

It's a fun game and IMO the community is slowly growing. There are some patches coming with some really needed stuff like mail, AH etc and the 2.0 patch will see lots of new stuff like skills/monsters/areas etc.

I recommend it. I'm having a blast.

I didn't play the demo, but from what I heard the demo doesn't hold a candle to the real game.

The community is recovering from a really bad launch. They put the game out before it was really ready, and lost some people. But with the vast improvements over the last 4 months they are slowly coming back, and the stations are getting more crowded every day. When I started out I'd see 3 other people in the stations and 5 parties to join. Nowdays I see 10-15 other people and there are 20 parties to join, with usually at least one in every station area doing quests and 5 or so farming parties.

i remember in the demo npc floating in the air...i pray to God that they have fixed that bug lol was annoying...
I havnt done much research but how long does it take to get to end game?

This post was edited by Gallieg444 on Feb 29 2008 12:49pm

to end game?
i dont really understand that question ..
i dont think the game end with lvl 50 -- if ur pretty fast, ur in 2 weeks lvl 50 ~ but u wont have ur end equipment
in diablo u need a few months ~ to get 99

ps: u get 50-> go to sydonai on Nm -> and get owned ~ for 90% sure

i like this game

+1

Well, depends on if you're wanting SP or MP gaming. If you want SP, wait until they release the next patch before you start playing. The SP game is still broken, hard. While downloaded copies can run updated versions of SP, they'll still (relatively) suck. MP isn't as relatively horrible. They've actually given patches in the last 2.5 months. Still some major issues to work out, but on a whole, it's much closer to a production level game then when it was first released.