Everybody wants Diablo III... but they're not going to get it. Fortunately, Hellgate: London continues to shape up to be an appealing alternative. Though the game plunks you down into London's grim future, the mixture of knight-like Templars and other updated fantasy warriors gives the game an instantly understandable hack and slash style. That, and London's sewers don't look a million miles away from Oblivion's.
In fact, the whole thing looks very tough: our demo ended up getting caught in a loop of deaths and resurrections (the character's corpse was near some really tough enemies). The solution was to backtrack a bit. Of course, it won't be so dire with a party of five, either. Still, hiccups aside, it looks like Hellgate is going to be totally playable as a single-player game... but we expect a challenge.
