A look at how closely Dante's Inferno, God of War and Darksiders actually stick to their source material.
Since it was first unveiled, Dante's Inferno – based loosely on the first chapter of the epic 14th century poem The Divine Comedy – has been roundly derided for being a hack job of a famous piece of literature. For over a year now, we've heard about how the game supposedly sh*ts on the original by turning a thoughtful epic poem into a paint-by-numbers clone of God of War.
That got GamesRadar thinking, though: Dante's Inferno actually has more in common with God of War than just its gameplay and focus on gruesome, rage-fueled violence. Both games are based on established mythologies, with clearly defined characters, settings and events, and both of them take outrageous liberties with their source material in the name of creating an extreme, ultraviolent experience. For that matter, so does Darksiders, another game frequently compared to God of War. With that in mind, let's take a look at all three and see just how unfaithful each one manages to be to its source material.
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Both requels over 2 and 3? Clowns. Those are two of the most boring games I've ever played.
My favorite was part 2 and I think Ragnarok is better that 2018.
There is no worst. Except for Ascension, only cause I didn't play it lol. They are all masterpieces. 1,2,3, 2018 and Ragnarok. 1 of, if not the greatest video game franchise...besides MetalGear.
Can't agree, older games do so much more than the last two. More weapons, magic abilities, enemies are more varied, level design is also more aesthetically pleasing, and agree with those who say that they shouldn't have removed jumping. Was a time I'd agree, but those old games are so so much better, that they really should've looked into bringing into the reboot/sequels.
There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.
I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.
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.
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
Interesting article.
As for God of War: what I like about it is that they create their own mythos which could easily be put into the Greek mythology.
Though the Zeus comment in the article is classic lol
fffffuuuuuuuuu, was just gonna submit this.
Awesome article though.
God of war made me hate Zeus cause he is just such a d!ck. I love how god of war spins the greek mythology. Gow3 is so close it will be a ending to remember thats for sure.