OXCGN Reviews: "Dante's Inferno is an arcade-style action game that works only because it doesn't take itself too seriously. I mean, one of the early enemy types is the unbaptised baby…
The game is loosely based off the first cantica of Dante Alighieri's epic poem The Divine Comedy, where the poet is escorted by the Roman poet Virgil through the nine circles of Hell.
The poem is an allegorical journey through the true nature of sin, populated by many historical figures and Alighieri's contemporaries.
As far as adapting a 689-year-old manuscript into a video game, Visceral Games did a great job while taking tremendous liberties."
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
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Dante's inferno... an excellent GoW inspired game. So sad the sequels will never be.
heavenly sword was such a short, but amazing game. that game should be prime material to be made into a download only remaster.
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.
Dante's Inferno at 4K 60FPS!
Sad this may never get the sequel it deserves. It's still one of the best GoW clones around.
I would love to revisit my old PS3 games played at a higher framerate and resolution. UC2, TLOU, GOW3, KZ2 & 3, Demon Souls
I enjoyed Dante's Inferno, lots of 'kill enemies to unlock door' and restricted environments, but good combat system.
Just a warning though: play this BEFORE God of War 3 or you might not enjoy it as much, since truthfully GoW3 does raise the bar quite a bit.
It was always going to be difficult to put out a God of War type game around the same time...but then not everyone has a PS3.
God of War 3 filled my hack n slash need for a long time