A Review Of The Dante's Inferno Videogame And Everything It Has To Show Off

Released only a few weeks back, the Dante's Inferno videogame has induced quite a stir in the videogame community. The subject material, which is vaguely inspired by the titular poem, has been met with disdain by some and various nations even declined to promote it. However, this sort of notoriety is usually a good factor, because it will get audiences focused on what might be causing such an outcry.

The Dante's Inferno videogame story tracks Dante as he journeys through the assorted circles of hell on a quest to rescue his beloved Beatrice. But as he delves deeper into the Inferno, darker secrets are discovered and the reality about his quest comes to light. Dante has to battle his way through using Death's scythe, which he procured from the spectre having bested him in single battle!

Right, let's get this out of the way early- the Dante's Inferno videogame has been accused of being a copy of the God of War franchise, to the point at which the combat system is apparently almost identical. Well, this is really based on your point of view. God of War certainly did not begin the hack and slash genre, it simply does it best, and thus all succeeding games will probably be measured against it. If a game can come near mirroring God of War certainly that's a very good claim?

And the Dante's Inferno videogame is doubtless its own master. The combat system is actually an intricately fashioned tree of possibilities as you engage Dante's two strategies of assault; his scythe and holy cross. These weapons can each be levelled up as you advance through hell. Throughout the Dante's Inferno videogame, Dante will discover lost souls both in battle and non-battle conditions, and the gamer can choose to either punish or absolve them. This will level up either weapons correspondingly.

Hell itself has been nicely designed with the Dante's Inferno videogame, and there are certainly echoes of EA's previous horror offering- Dead Space. The landscape is crowded with writhing damned, impaled captives and seas of blood, while the different circles will supply their own perspective on things. Journeying through Lust will unveil mutated phallic symbols and darkly seductive enemies, while Greed will display unfortunates encased in gold.

The Dante's Inferno Videogame has had a tough ride by the hands of all of the God of War fanboys, but is certainly a great game in its own right. Of course, there are a few drawbacks- the game is a little bit too short and some of the environments begin to look over familiar, but these problems are cancelled out by an empowering combat system and imaginative boss battles and imagery. The Dante's Inferno Videogame should be heralded as a great effort from EA, and I encourage you to try it out.