Computerandvideogames.com had a chance to sit down with Flagship Studios' Bill Roper about the upcoming FPS/RPG game Hellgate : London.

The first thing that hits home when you see Hellgate: London is how much like an FPS it looks...

Bill Roper: Even though the game has a very heavy FPS look, it's very definitely an RPG. It has all the traditional aspects of the RPG, like, for instance, item acquisition and inventory management. As you defeat monsters they'll leave lots of items lying around. As usual, if you move within a set radius of the items you can pick them up. But we're also trying to streamline the experience, so for instance with items we can call up a list of every item in our vicinity and quickly choose the ones we want.
So it's very much an RPG. We can go in and look at our character, play around with our inventory and add items to our character, which instantly adds geometry into the FPS viewpoint. And anyway, you can play it in third-person too!