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Gamereactor: Dante's Inferno review

Gamereactor writes: "In all, Dante's Inferno is exactly what I hoped for it to be. Perhaps it's my old interest in religion and religious imagery that is talking here (not my love for 14th century poetry, which is more or less non-existent), but I adore Visceral Games' vision of Hell. With some of the most intense action in a long time, and some of the coolest bosses in many years, Dante's Inferno offers an intense experience to all the people who are waiting for God of War III. It's a good action game with some great design, even though it might be a bit too much for more sensitive people. Killing unbaptized babies, even though they have blades for arms, is not for everyone. You have been warned."

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WIIIS15204d ago

Looks like a worthy participant in pursuit of the hack & slash crown.

hagla5204d ago (Edited 5204d ago )

It might be a fun game to play while we wait for God of War 3 but definitely won't be taking any crowns for best hack and slash...

nix5204d ago

hmm.. to get or not to get.

i'll likely hang around Demon's Souls as Blue Phantom and help around, now that i've completed the story. q:

Mr_Bun5204d ago

I'm picking this up to tide me over until GoWIII...Darksiders was incredible and I hope this one is too, even if it is a blatant GoW rip-off.

fossilfern5204d ago

Well i dont think anyone here is stupid enough to put this above GoW3 but it is a solid game going by the demo so i think ill be picking this up in work :D plus the poster we have of it a week after :D

Poster is free ofcourse :p

-Alpha5204d ago (Edited 5204d ago )

But that doesn't make it a bad game no more than True Crime and Saints Row are bad games though they are GTA rip offs.

Good score for a good game. Can't pick it up right now but maybe one day... after I start the GoW series

andron5204d ago (Edited 5204d ago )

But right now I'm to busy with Darksiders and Bayonetta. And GoW3 is soon upon us, so Dante might have to wait a while....

raztad5204d ago (Edited 5204d ago )

Good for DI. Score is a little fishy though. Game visuals are PS2 like and its an unashamed GoW12 ripoff. GameReactor scored UC2 8/10 and MAG (7/10) was called "unimaginative" because it borrowed elements from MW and Socom.

I'm expecting now the inevitable 7/10 for GoW3 because its GoW2 HD. I hope you are smart enough to see the irony :D

@burn

Good TV set. Mine is not that big, just 32, it does 1080p though. That was my impression from the demo. When game is dark it looks OK, but sections like the graveyard look really PS2 like.

Mr_Bun5204d ago (Edited 5204d ago )

I thought the visuals were pretty decent. Not awe inspiring, but pretty good nonetheless. I have a 46" LCD Sony Bravia, by the way.

Edit: MAG is at least a 9

@Raz
I have only played the demo once, and honestly I don't remember much of that graveyard scene....You maybe right. Usually if a game has crappy graphics, I notice right away, and with this I didn't notice

N4Flamers5204d ago

to be honest when i saw Beatrice with all those varicose veins I was thinking "thats a deal breaker right there".

I dont think I've ever heard anyone even mention that this game might be better than GOW3. I doubt even the creators believe that this is the case. However this seems to be a fun game, despite those technical issues, that you can play while you wait for the return of kratos.

darthv725204d ago

After reading through some of the levels of this game it is very intriguing to say the least. I find this to be a nice alternative to GoW and I am a HUGE GoW fan. Can't wait to see what they do with the other two books in the divine comedy.

After playing just the demo I give it a solid 8. If it can surpass the fun I had in that short amount of time...my personal score could go up from there.

FragGen5204d ago (Edited 5204d ago )

To be honest I'm not even sure GoW3 the game will be as good as GoW3 the hype.

Dante just has to be a good game on its own for me. I personally think the ART direction in this game is STUNNING. You guys b*tching about graphics need to put down the pipe and stop worrying about technical and engine details and look at the screen. It seems like the new fanboy criticism these days is "PS2 Graphics", WTF? Did you guys even play the demo or watch any of the dev diaries they've been posting?

The vision they've realized is varied, creative, unique, and intensely atmospheric this is going to be an intense game (even if the diehard PS3 fanboys are disappointed that it is available for the 360, too). I'm psyched for the game. If it were a PS3 exclusive everyone would be walking around here sporting massive wood for this game.

nycredude5203d ago

Most reviews say this game is about 8 hours long. That is pathetic for a single player clone. A rent if at all.

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MK_Red5204d ago

It's been an insanely great year for hack & slash fans with games like Dante's Inferno and DarkSiders as well as GOTY worthy titles like Bayonetta and (Hopefully) GOW3.

Pennywise5204d ago

Bayonetta will not win any GOTY awards. If it does I will be extremely shocked...

You are right though... Great year for hack and slash fans! So many games coming, this one will have to fall under rental.

BeaArthur5204d ago

I'm going to go a step farther and say Bayonetta won't even be nominated. It was an above average hack and slash but with GoW3 coming out in a couple of months Bayonetta will be long forgotten by most gamers by the end of the year.

Mr_Bun5204d ago

Guess I'm in the minority. I found nothing exceptional about Bayonetta...other than the soundtrack which was exceptionally AWFUL!

I didn't mind the game, but I don't understand the 10s it received.

Pennywise5204d ago (Edited 5204d ago )

Bayonetta that I played was a 6.5/10. 7 tops.

@Bea- I haven't played it since after the Sony patch. It might secure a 7.5-8 after that.

BeaArthur5204d ago

I might give it a low 8 but that is the maximum.

Hakimy5204d ago

say what you want but it's obvious that either Bayonetta or GOW3 will win the 2010 best action game of the year with GOW3 having the highest possibility unless they do something wrong with it.hate Bayonetta all you want,the scores proves my point."I hate the game,I didn't like the story,the music is awful,etc.." those personal things won't change the obvious outcome later this year ;)

FragGen5204d ago

I agree with your general sentiment "already a great year for hack and slash" but strongly disagree with singling out Bayonetta as anything particularly exceptional among this year's strong line-up, hardly goty material, especially this early in a year that is going to give us stuff like Gow3, Heavy Rain, BFBC2, MOH, Red Dead Redemption, et al, IMHO.

As a matter of fact this year is going to be WAY too good... to the point straining my pocket book with all the great stuff!

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kewlkat0075204d ago

scores 8+ then it's solid. Goes right next to Bayonetta/Darksiders. God Of War is up next.

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The Meerkat5204d ago

"even though it might be a bit too much for more sensitive people. Killing unbaptized babies, even though they have blades for arms, is not for everyone. You have been warned."

I certainly sounds like its for me.

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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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GhostScholar216d ago (Edited 216d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake216d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga216d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx216d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga215d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H9216d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

GooGobbler216d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666216d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens52216d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott215d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens52215d ago (Edited 215d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara205d ago

Why would I payed and played the game if the whole internet is making fun of a character?

-Im here to kill Chaos...are you Chaos?

Yeah, I didn't play that game either.

Christopher216d ago (Edited 216d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens52216d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner215d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens52215d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster216d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot216d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster215d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned216d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.

H9216d ago

My good sir, I need to steal that "you can go whatever yourself" because it's gold

BlaqMagiq1216d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake216d ago (Edited 216d ago )

the "watever" is only present in the english localisation.
so your argument doesnt rly ... stand imo.

Nerdmaster215d ago

Good for you that you could enjoy the japanese version. That's not the case for me and the majority of people here, though.

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gold_drake216d ago (Edited 216d ago )

i had to stop reading after the "blatant misogyny" in the Dantes inferno section.

i actually liked Max haha.

the forspoken chick is missing tho

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The Best Hack and Slash Games of All Time on PS3

Grab your katana, and slice your way through this list featuring the best hack and slash games the PlayStation 3 had to offer.

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darthv72560d ago

Dante's inferno... an excellent GoW inspired game. So sad the sequels will never be.

LoveSpuds560d ago (Edited 560d ago )

I recall enjoying it well enough at the time, but it wasn't a patch on God of War 3 which came out around the same time I think.

I own it and fired it up on my PS3 about 6 months ago and time hadn't been particularly kind to it although it still very much nailed the atmosphere and it is a cool as he'll setting and universe.

Inverno560d ago

Dante's Inferno needs the GOW treatment. No cut camera, with a real hellish depiction of the 9 circles and a story as dark and as serious would be amazing.

Yui_Suzumiya559d ago

Still pretty amazing there was a PSP version that was actually pretty good. I remember playing it 10 years ago. I had the PS3 version when it first came out and loved it.

Hellcat2020559d ago

Ahh the memories of playing Heavenly Sword
Such a amazing experience

LoveSpuds559d ago

Yup, I remember being blown away with Heavenly Sword. I remember holding out hope that they would go back and add trophy support as a incentive to go back and replay the game, but I don't think they ever did?

Yui_Suzumiya559d ago

I couldn't beat the final boss though! Spent several days trying but eventually gave up, lol. Still enjoyed it though.

refocusedman559d ago

heavenly sword was such a short, but amazing game. that game should be prime material to be made into a download only remaster.

YoungKingDoran559d ago

I really enjoyed Castlevania, but struggled to get into it again reattempting it a few years back. I still think it does another of things well; story, presentation, level varietily and art style at least. Gameplay maybe has not stood test of time unfortunately which makes it a chore to get through.

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Dante's Inferno declared "completely playable" on PC through PS3 Emulation

Dante's Inferno at 4K 60FPS!

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jambola1517d ago

Wow
The effort here is overwhelming

darthv721517d ago

Sad this may never get the sequel it deserves. It's still one of the best GoW clones around.

Silly gameAr1515d ago

I agree. I still have my copy, but a sequel would have been awesome.

Ratchet751514d ago

It's the only GOW clone around. 😉

specialguest1515d ago

I would love to revisit my old PS3 games played at a higher framerate and resolution. UC2, TLOU, GOW3, KZ2 & 3, Demon Souls

darthv721515d ago

I know you can with UC2, TLoU and GoW3... just get the PS4 versions. Oh and i think Demon Souls as well.

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Ratchet751514d ago

100% with u on that one.
Could you imagine a dead space on ps4/x1 and maybe a VR version.
And what about that Star Wars game they cancelled? They must have regretted it after seeing JFO's success.
This company is run by morons.

Kombatologist1513d ago

Yep. :( They care more about current trends than making a truly great game. It was their fault Dead Space 3 didn't do as well as 2 because, against the devs' wishes, they wanted it to have co-op because MuLtIpLaYeR > SiNgLePlAyEr. It's scary that companies like EA have so much influence on the industry.

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