Feb

Dante’s Inferno: Review

By admin

“It’s not about infringement, it’s about EA completely butchering an amazing piece of literature.” Really? This is why Dante’s Inferno is such a travesty? EA has somehow managed to destroy the legacy of a 700 year old master work…get tha f@!*& outta here! The sad thing is there are people out there actually spouting that crap. Look, Dante’s Inferno is a blatant rip of God of War…but who cares. We’ve known this ever since the first videos were released, so why are all the fanboys panties in a bunch now? It kind of pisses me off when these quasi intellectuals wax poetic about the dumbest ish ever…sometimes I wish they would get tea bagged by some old cardboard box dwelling vagrant. At least then they would have a reason to look like they just got done sucking a lemon.

Now that I’m done ranting let’s move on to the game. The games setting is based off of the Poem “Inferno” By Dante, I won’t lie and say I’ve vigorously studied the poem but I do recall reading it in some obscure literature class so I had a general understanding of what it was about, even before learning of the game. I’m sure fans of “Inferno” will moan and groan about the liberties taken with the story but for the most part I think the developers have done a fine job of taking a nearly 700 year old work and translating it into a modern day video game. The graphics and music are solid and the concepts presented throughout Dante’s journey to save his loves (and his own) soul can be quite disturbing.

As far as game play goes much of the game is ripped straight from the pages of God Of War but really, is that such a bad thing. For gamers who only have a 360 this will be their only chance at a God of War experience. Dante has two main weapons he use to fight his way through Hell, the scythe he took from death and a holy cross his love Beatrice gave him. The game moves pretty quickly taking you on a nice 10 hour ride full of hideous creatures and insane combos in a nice twist on the game play you have the option to absolve spirits of their sins freeing them of hells grasp or to punish them…condemning them to an eternity in hell. Depending on how you choose to play can take you up the “good” or “bad” path each of which have their own combos and moves to purchase and upgrade. Seriously though…going on about the game play is silly, if you’ve played God of War you’ll know what to expect (yeah it’s that similar)

Don’t let all the “They copied from Sony” fan boy cries stop you from checking out the game. If you’re a fan of the action genre you’ll like this game…sure there’s not much innovation going on here but how many truly innovative title are there every year? Hell even one of the highest rated games of the year (Bayonetta) took more than a few ques from Devil May Cry. So why should this game suffer harsher review because they took their cues from another title?

I give Dante’s Inferno a 7.5 it’s a good title but in the face of the awesomeness of Bayonetta, the Brilliance of Mass Effect and the appearance of the surprisingly tight Darksiders, Dante’s Inferno can only hope to pull up the rear.

Rating: (7.5/10)