The Dante's Inferno video game

Myrmidon

The disjunct between how cool the early levels look and how mediocre and phoned-in every other aspect of the game is? Seriously jarring.

Malkavian

And here I thought it would be about how the game has not even a superficial similarity to the original poem.

Counterclock

And here I question why they think the turmoil of the human existence would make a cool vidja game

Malkavian

I'd totally love a game where you go around looking at all the people you don't like being tortured for eternity while making dry comments.

Counterclock

Definitely beats those silly games about Wolf-Gods being awesome

In my opinion

MadassAlex

I should probably play Dante's Inferno so I can comment on how it wasted the setting, literature and historical context.

Also, what is it with the goddamn Knights Templar. Get some Hospitallers and Teutons up in this bitch.

Malkavian

Man I haven't played Okami in like forever.

^I'll save you the time 'blah blah the ignored the setting so it could be more like God of War blah blah they only made cursory nods to the literature so it could be more like God of War blah blah they ignored the history so it could be like God of War.'

MadassAlex

Man, Greek mythology isn't even that good. And it's depressing to boot.

inb4 someone here is a scholar of the Classical era.

Also:

Man, God of War doesn't even have that broad a gameplay application. And it's hypermasculine brutishness with no saving grace after the first game to boot.

inb4 someone here is a fratboy Xbro.

MillerCross

I liked GoW II. But that's because I liked Clash of the Titans and I appreciated the little nods and stuff, so make of that what you will.

MadassAlex

The gameplay of the GoW games remained consistently good, but the narrative kept slipping.

Plus it annoys me because now all third-person melee combat action titles are compared to GoW, to the extent that they're considered "God of War style".

Personally, I think Castlevania: Lords of Shadow did the same gameplay much better with a more interesting setting to boot. The story leaves a little to be desired, and the characterisation could've used more time and clarity, but it's a pretty fun thing.

MillerCross

Well, yeah, the plots were consistently b-movie-like and machismo glorification. There's really no surprise there, when it's pretty much what seemingly most gamers want, seeing how well is Gears of War doing, for starters.

vandro

Castlevania Lords of Shadow I'd say is just average at the gameplay, say what you want from God of War, the camera angles were way better.

Them

"God of War style"

God of War style.

Firebert

Yeah, I must say the GoW games did become more polished with each installment.

vandro

And I still hold the best 3D hack and Slash was Devil May Cry 3.

ClockworkUniverse

IJBM: "GoW" could be either of two series.

IEBM (It Especially Bugs Me): The "oW" part actually does stand for the same thing. Seriously, devs, would it kill you to come up with more creative titles?

MillerCross

DMC 3 was way better at everything but gameplay than the God of War series, yes.

The lack of cancels in DMC is disturbing.

^Inorite?

vandro

Cancels? Why would you need that? It is not a fighting game.

MillerCross

Because there's nothing funner than pretending that a hack and slash game is a fighting game, that's why

vandro

And even so, you can cancel your way out of air combos in DMC 3.

Firebert

~favorite hack and slash is Dynasty Warriors 6:Empires~

MillerCross

BUT NOT MUCH APART FROM THAT, CAN YOU?!?!??!

vandro

I can actually mock my enemies like a fighting game, unlike WRAGH I AM MAD Kratos.

There is also doing the shoryuken and the tatsumaki senpukyakku. Oh, and doing a jam session for a combo, and the Acid rain Atermis trick shot...

Malkavian

INUH: In defense of God of War, its title is actually relevant to the story and setting of the game. 

I definitely agree that every action game is now considered a God of War style game. It's not like God of war even had the idea.

I actually think DMC 3 was the superior game. There's a lot more skill to be had in DMC, not to mention how fluid and different all the styles are, and the boss fights don't have any quick time-y bullshit and nothing in any of GoW games was as awesome as that fight in the maw of hell with Vergil.

MadassAlex

Also, DMC in general is perfectly happy to make fun of how dumb it is. It's part of the fun and charm.

Flyboy

God of War was good, but it would have been a fuckton better without the irritating fixed camera.

Dante's Inferno was a big old bundle of wasted potential; it started out alright, if not hugely awesome, and then about halfway through you could tell the people working on it were just like, fuck it, this isn't even very good, let's just finish this shit, sell as many as we can, and hope we can do better next time around. 

I think the biggest disappointment was Treachery, because it started out and I was like, oh, cool, maybe the game will redeem itself from the disappointment that was the City of Dis and Fraud, and then aw dammit Treachery sucks, it's short as fuck, and Lucifer is one of the worst and most annoying bosses ever. 

Sadface.  ;_;

Them

As best as I can tell, the only cool bits of Dante's Inferno were the bits that Wayne Barlowe designed.

No surprises there.