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The game, like its spiritual predecessor ''Diablo'', builds heavily upon the core design of classical [[Roguelike]]s and the game design philosophy of the utility of random generation, which allows for a high degree of replayability and countless unique gameplay experiences.

IssuesA #0comic andbook #1,2adaptation of theHellgate: comicLondon bookhas adaptation havealso been released. ItSpanning a series of four issues, it is written by [[Ian Edginton]], and drawnillustrated by [[Steve Pugh]], and published by [[Dark Horse Comics]].

==Pricing==

During [[Consumer Electronics Show|CES 2007]], it was announced that the game will support a single player mode as well as some form of free online gaming, but also a paid online mode, where it is still to be decided exactly which method of payment that will be used. [http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/45306] Bill Roper, founder and CEO of Flagship Studios, confirmed this in later interviews.[http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=12475][http://www.gamespot.com/news/6164306.html]

It should be noted that Hellgate London was initially discussed as being extremely similar to both Diablo and [[Guild Wars]], another of Diablo's spiritual descendants. This was especially thought to be true of the expansion based pricing model that involved no monthly fees. When Flagship hinted at monthly fees in January, 2007, many fans expressed their shock and discontent,[http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?comments=45282] with some who planned to pre-order the game claiming they would no longer purchase it at all. [http://www.hellgateguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2868] Because the game is instanced -- not truly ''massive'' -- like Guild Wars and Diablo, gamers believe that monthly fees are especially unfair because instanced games generate far less server load, with users' computers doing much of the work. In fact, Hellgate:London is poised to become the first instanced game that charges a monthly fee.

Finally, this pricing decision moves the game into more direct competition with the almost insurmountably popular [[World of Warcraft]], which dominates the monthly fee MMORPG genre.