Hell Let Loose is a first-person shooter that’s kind of… boring? Well, it depends on the player - if you’re patient enough to walk 200 meters for 5 minutes to the frontline and finally see some action, this game is most definitely for you.
But if you were raised on CoD, this game won’t be your cup of tea - it requires a LOT of walking, as well as communication with your squad. Additionally, mistakes are heavily punished, as well as rambo’ish gameplay.
10. Minor Details
Details let loose!
HLL has plenty of details in this game and many players don’t even notice them, one of them is the reload animations for the weapons - they are historically accurate, and gun sounds are close to reality. Furthermore, maps are based on actual locations that have seen war during WW2.
These are just a few details that you’re gonna encounter while playing this game, they are many more but it would take me hours to write about them!
9. Map Design
Too flat for my taste..
The map design in Hell Let Loose is diverse - you’re gonna encounter trenches, flat or uneven terrain, urban areas, as well as small villages.
Omaha Beach, Kursk, or Kharkov are just a few maps that you’re gonna encounter - I’d like to repeat the fact, that these maps are mostly based on IRL locations.
Both teams can use different strategies for each map, either go full Zerg-rush or play more passively - it’s up to you!
8. Graphics
Beautiful and soon, very deadly.
The game also holds pretty well in terms of graphics, it’s decently optimized and you shouldn’t have too many issues running this game unless you have some potato-powered PC from the early 2000s.
Personally, as someone who has a PC with Ryzen 5 3600/GeForce GTX 1650, I can run this game easily on 60 FPS. It just depends on how much mayhem is going on in a small area(body parts, blood, explosions, particles, etc).
7. Classes
You better buy an SSD if you want to have a decent class…
The list of classes that you can play:
- Commander - in charge of the team, can call in artillery and other types of fire support
- Rifleman - a standard infantry class, bread, and butter of every army
- Automatic Rifleman - equipped with automatic weaponry
- Officer - he’s in charge of the squad and also sets up spawn points
- Anti-tank - armed with weaponry aimed at destroying tanks
- Machine Gunner - great for suppressive fire or defending objectives
- Assault - automatic weaponry, useful in urban settings
- Medic - self-explanatory, looks after your teammates
- Engineer - armed with explosives that can blow up infantry/tanks
- Support - can carry ammunition for his teammates, set up spawn points
- Sniper - picks off targets from afar with his sniper rifle
- Spotter - spots enemies from afar
- Tank Commander - he’s in charge of the tank
- Crewman - belongs to the tank, listens to the commander
These are the classes that you can pick. Keep in mind that if you have a slow PC, you might not be able to pick your favorite class, plus your team might be annoyed if you’re inexperienced with a specific class.
6. Weapons
Gore galore.
In Hell Let Loose, you will stumble upon many types of weapons - automatic, single-bolt action, and semi-automatic. Additionally, if you run out of ammo, you’ll have to use your pistol, grenades, and finally, your melee weapon.
But let’s not be silly - you’ll probably fire a few rounds before someone blows you up or shoots you in your head. Welcome to Hell Let Loose!
5. Vehicles
Tanks and trucks.
Each faction(USA, Germany, USSR) is equipped with their tanks, as well as trucks.
Tanks are pretty self-explanatory, they are used against other tanks, as well as infantry. They’ll do well under the condition that they’ll be supported by friendly infantry, that will look out for the support class, as well as Anti-tank personnel.
Trucks carry multiple soldiers at once. They’re responsible for supplying the frontline with more cannon fodder. Just for your information, you don’t want to be massacred by a single machine gunner or a tank shell…
4. Realism
Enjoy the PTSD.
Hell Let Loose offers realistic maps, as well as weaponry from the WW2 era. You won’t see any woke garbage in this game and it’s one of the games that won’t shove specific political agendas in your throat.
The game does an excellent job of catching you off guard - for a few minutes, you’re bored, wandering around and the next second you’re either a statistic or the main hero.
Gore and body damage are also fantastic - it’s not Battlefield or CoD, where you’re gonna take 50 bullets and still run around. Instead, you’ll most likely die after 1 gunshot, 2 if you’re lucky. Keep in mind that you’ll have to bandage yourself!
3. Atmosphere
95% boredom, 5% action.
Hell Let Loose requires patience. I promise you that for the next few minutes, you’ll be wandering around bored, looking for things to shoot, and eventually, BOOM - your buddy that you were walking with gets suddenly blown up with a grenade. He has no legs and you pick up his automatic weapon…
You decide to walk another 50 meters, you’re on the outskirts of a small city and you’re pushing with your team to the center - this is where fighting becomes vicious, and each teammate is desperately trying to stay alive…
You take cover behind a friendly tank, unfortunately, as you reload, you see an enemy kraut aiming his Panzerschreck at the tank from a balcony…
Your body is destroyed, your legs are 10 meters away from your body, the head is missing and one of your friends picks up your M1A1 Thompson. He carries on, while you’re waiting to respawn…
2. Gameplay
Nothing like CoD!
You can expect relatively slow-paced gameplay in Hell Let Loose. A lot of people who want to try this game get disappointed, as they expect immediate action to take place.
No. First, you have to get to the frontline - that’s at least 200-300 meters. Second of all, your officer needs to set up a spawn point, so you can respawn closer to the frontline. All of this takes 5-10 minutes and as I’ve stated before, it requires PATIENCE.
Frustration is a common thing in HLL - nothing is more annoying than dying after walking for 10 minutes, without getting any frags. Keep this in mind before buying the game.
1. Gore
Hell Let Loose.
The bodies can get shot, dismembered, cut in half, beheaded, burned, or obliterated by explosives. You can also hear a satisfying *PING* sound after headshotting a soldier, which is supposed to let you know whether you wasted somebody.
Blood pools can be massive, depending on how you kill someone. Additionally, soldiers scream in this game - sometimes in a very disturbing manner. Do you feel like a hero yet?
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