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Dante's Inferno

Oct 23, 2009#1

Alucard

After first hearing that EA would be making a game based on a famous midieval piece of literature I was a bit puzzled and well all honestly flabbergasted. I mean how could they make a piece of literature into a video game.

But after following it since its conception and EA taking a few creative liberties as well which I can live with I can hosetly say that I'm looking forward to this one as well as God of War 3 next year for my PS3.

I've been reading some of the forum sections too and it seems a lot of the fan boyism is pretty high with most ps3 users looking foward to it while the 360 users are anxious to get it.

Mostly the ps3 users are calling it a gow ripp off because I feel they're jealous that the xbox should be getting a gow clone at all. Seems a little unjustified in my opinion.

Its going to be an interesting game to play through with something based on a piece of literature.

What's next Moby Dick, Hamlet, Charge of the Light Brigade?

Oct 24, 2009#2

GeneralOrder24

The 360 has had its fair share of shitty God of War clones, none of them even getting close to scratching the greatness of the original. I doubt this will, either. The reason the God of War games are awesome is because of the TLC that the devs put in. The game shines because of it.

Dante's inferno, on the other hand, has been surrounded in this bizzare perversion of hype since I've heard of it, which leads me to believe that the actual game/gameplay will be a giant turd. FROM HELL.

Oct 24, 2009#3

@Li3n

They should have used another name for the hero then Dante... and just have him tell his story to Alighieri at the end or something.

But the game looks positively perverted: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/lust-gameplay-dantes-inferno/57873

Oct 24, 2009#4

JONJONAUG

@Li3n said:
They should have used another name for the hero then Dante... and just have him tell his story to Alighieri at the end or something.

But the game looks positively perverted: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/lust-gameplay-dantes-inferno/57873

The gameplay looks pretty simple, but I am LOVING the art direction.

Oct 24, 2009#5

Iaculus

@Li3n said:
They should have used another name for the hero then Dante... and just have him tell his story to Alighieri at the end or something.

But the game looks positively perverted: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/lust-gameplay-dantes-inferno/57873

Oct 24, 2009#6

Bowielee

Iaculus said:
Besides, in what other game does your character run the risk of being stabbed to death by prehensile stinger-penises?

Coming out of giant vaginas.... yeah, that was pretty f-d up, but yeah, it's supposed to be hell.

I don't really have all that much desire to play this game, as was stated prevously, it's been far to overhyped from the word go.

Also, PS3 users are calling it a GoW rip off because it IS a GoW ripoff. Does that make it a bad game? Not in the least, but to say that it isn't a GoW ripoff is simply untrue.

Oct 24, 2009#7

@Li3n

Iaculus;282648][quote=@Li3n said:
They should have used another name for the hero then Dante... and just have him tell his story to Alighieri at the end or something.

But the game looks positively perverted: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/lust-gameplay-dantes-inferno/57873

That's the Lust stage. What did you expect? Be interesting to see what they do for Sloth and Envy, though. Preferably, involving 100% less troops deployed via vomiting nipple-mouths.

Besides, in what other game does your character run the risk of being stabbed to death by prehensile stinger-penises?[/QUOTE]

That was praise actually... and while Lust was most disturbing (to us prudes anyhow) the others where not far behind either.

Oct 24, 2009#8

SpecialKO

Clearly, the first sequel will be a puzzle-solving platform game, and the second sequel will be an educational brain-training game with a test at the end.

Obviously the sinners will prefer the first game, and be forever damned.

Oct 24, 2009#9

Iaculus

TeKeo said:
Clearly, the first sequel will be a puzzle-solving platform game, and the second sequel will be an educational brain-training game with a test at the end.

Obviously the sinners will prefer the first game, and be forever damned.

(applauds).

Oct 31, 2009#10

R

Raemon777

Wow, I had seen screenshots of the Lust level and had been fairly impressed that they nailed "Lust" ("nailed lust" tee hee) without feeling too weird and icky. Seeing it fully animated is another story... *twitch*. Still awesome though.

I have no idea how the gameplay will end up, but I think the concept is pretty awesome. I first heard about it a few months ago and thought "whatever, some diablo ripoff" (God of War didn't occur to me at the time). But the more I learn the more it seems like they are treating this seriously and it has a fair amount of depth to it.

It's also slightly infuriating. One of my long term goals is to do a massively multiplayer game about Hell, and the art of this game is pretty much identical to the concept art I had so far. Which makes sense, since we're both cribbing from the same source material. And it'd be at least 10 years before it's anything more than a twinkle in my eye anyway. So I'm not sure whether I want this game to be awesome so I can play the hell out of it ("play the hell out of it," tee hee) or if I want it to fade into obscurity so no one will remember it.

On an semi-related note, is it possible to play God of War on PC? Google gives me a bunch of torrents that all look pretty questionable.

Oct 31, 2009#11

Singularity.EXE

I was actually getting more of a Ninja Gaiden vibe from the video previously linked, but I'm uncertain about the game. I might play it if I am bored with everything else when it releases, but I won't stop playing something else to play it.

I have loved their marketing campaign though, I want to work for those guys once I finish college.

Oct 31, 2009#12

Iaculus

Raemon777 said:
Wow, I had seen screenshots of the Lust level and had been fairly impressed that they nailed "Lust" ("nailed lust" tee hee) without feeling too weird and icky.

Dude. Troops deployed via vomiting mouth-nipple.

Just how weird and icky were you expecting?

Oct 31, 2009#13

Frankie Williamson

Singularity.EXE said:
I was actually getting more of a Ninja Gaiden vibe from the video previously linked

Oct 31, 2009#14

Rob King

I loved the tagline on the trailer I saw.

"Go to Hell."

Oct 31, 2009#15

R

Raemon777

Dude. Troops deployed via vomiting mouth-nipple.

Which I didn't know about until AFTER I saw the video. In the Developer videos and trailers I had seen, characters from Lust moved in a typical sexualized manner but there were no mouth-nipple or dragon-vagina-tongue spawning points, nor giant cliterous tentacles emerging from things.

I think it IS appropriate (however disturbing) that they did what they did, I just wasn't expecting it.

Oct 31, 2009#16

Iaculus

Raemon777 said:
Dude. Troops deployed via vomiting mouth-nipple.

Click to expand...

Which I didn't know about until AFTER I saw the video. In the Developer videos and trailers I had seen, characters from Lust moved in a typical sexualized manner but there were no mouth-nipple or dragon-vagina-tongue spawning points, nor giant cliterous tentacles emerging from things.

I think it IS appropriate (however disturbing) that they did what they did, I just wasn't expecting it.

Hey, I don't object to weird and icky, just the denial of its existence.

Oct 31, 2009#17

R

Raemon777

I'm really confused why this is even an issue. I thought I was pretty clear in my initial post.

Oct 31, 2009#18

Espy

@Li3n said:
That was praise actually... and while Lust was most disturbing (to us prudes anyhow) the others where not far behind either.

Yes, those of us who find vomiting nipples and giant penis vaginas slightly disturbing are prudes. Totally prudes. If only we could get over our prudish nature and find vomiting nipples and giant penis vaginas to be what they are, natural parts of sexuality!

Oct 31, 2009#19

Bubble181

Well, I admit the vomiting nipples were a bit of a turn-off :-P

Love the graphical vibe of the game though. The gameplay doesn't seem all that interesting, but I mgiht actually play this for the graphics - and that's been a while for me :confused:

Oct 31, 2009#20

Espy

The gameplay looks... alright. I doubt it's going to be as satisfying as GOW III

Nov 1, 2009#21

R

Raemon777

Gameplay looked pretty sweet to me... but then I don't game nearly as much as I should and I've never gotten to play a quality hack and slash game. (Diablo and it's ilk are more "point and clunk" than "Hack and slash," which isn't nearly as satisfying).

Nov 1, 2009#22

Twitch

ITT: We redefine "A few liberties"

---------- Post added at 11:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:28 PM ----------

E'en such made me that beast withouten peace,
Which, coming on against me by degrees
Thrust me back thither where the sun is a hideous mouth nipple
and so the troops spewed and I withouten mine chainsaw-gun.

Nov 2, 2009#23

fade

Do it again in Middle Italian, and I'll be impressed.

Also, a Hamlet game would be fun. You could carry around a curtain to stab people behind. left right square circle CURTAIN TOSS'D! X THOU HAST STABBÉD WITH EXTRA DAMAGE DONE!

Damage reduced: Fail'd to make attack in iambic pentameter!

Nov 2, 2009#24

Silver Jelly

fade said:
Do it again in Middle Italian, and I'll be impressed.

Also, a Hamlet game would be fun. You could carry around a curtain to stab people behind. left right square circle CURTAIN TOSS'D! X THOU HAST STABBÉD WITH EXTRA DAMAGE DONE!

Damage reduced: Fail'd to make attack in iambic pentameter!

Nov 3, 2009#25

@Li3n

Espy said:
Yes, those of us who find vomiting nipples and giant penis vaginas slightly disturbing are prudes. Totally prudes. If only we could get over our prudish nature and find vomiting nipples and giant penis vaginas to be what they are, natural parts of sexuality!

What, you want me to leave out the poor penisvaginanipplevomit preferring people out... that's discrimination...

Nov 3, 2009#26

Chazwozel

Frankie;287246][quote=Singularity.EXE said:
I was actually getting more of a Ninja Gaiden vibe from the video previously linked

The game is a GoW clone, plain and simple.

I dunno, I love these kinds of games, from Ninja Gaiden (the first one, the second, not so much) to Devil May Cry and especially GoW. GoW/Bayonetta/Dante's Inferno trifecta should be a blast this coming year.[/QUOTE]

Same. GoW and Ninja Gaiden rock. The only beef I have with these types of games is once you master the button mashing, there's always a single move that kills everything. Ninja Gaiden flying swallow attack for instance. Sure you can combine it with various attacks, but you always have to default to flying swallow to make progress. GoW has a similar attack that I can't quite remember right now.

GoW and Dante are the reason to get a PS3 though.

Nov 3, 2009#27

Soliloquy

BlackCat said:
What's next Moby Dick, Hamlet, Charge of the Light Brigade?

Hey, charge of the light brigade could be pretty awesome in a Nintendo Hard kind of way.

Nov 3, 2009#28

Iaculus

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nscP9QpXoFM&feature=related"]What the Charge would probably look like in video game format.[/ame]

Nov 3, 2009#29

Bowielee

Jesus H christ, I know most side scrolling/top down shooters have cheap bosses, but that's F-n insane.

Nov 3, 2009#30

Silver Jelly

Nov 3, 2009#31

Espy

What the hell? How is that even possible?:jaw:

Nov 4, 2009#32

Frankie Williamson

It's a bullet hell shooter, basically, trick is to have insane fine tuned reflexes and intimate knowledge of your ships actual hitbox, which is usually a hell of a lot smaller than your ship's sprite or model.

Nov 4, 2009#33

ThatGrinningIdiot!

Chazwozel;288387][quote=Frankie;287246][quote=Singularity.EXE said:
I was actually getting more of a Ninja Gaiden vibe from the video previously linked

Nov 4, 2009#34

Simfers

Frankie said:
It's a bullet hell shooter, basically, trick is to have insane fine tuned reflexes and intimate knowledge of your ships actual hitbox, which is usually a hell of a lot smaller than your ship's sprite or model.

I don't think I could play one of those... I'd just get sucked into the light show... Sooooooooo prettyyyyyyyyy...

Also, either the controller or the wall wouldn't survive their meeting.

Nov 5, 2009#35

Gurpel

Frankie said:
It's a bullet hell shooter, basically, trick is to have insane fine tuned reflexes and intimate knowledge of your ships actual hitbox, which is usually a hell of a lot smaller than your ship's sprite or model.

isn't it not about reflexes at all, just memorisation?

Nov 5, 2009#36

R

Raemon777

I think you need the one to properly utilize the other.

Nov 5, 2009#37

Iaculus

This may be impossible to believe, but...

Nov 5, 2009#38

Simfers

I... I don't even understand what's happening... :jaw::faint2:

Nov 5, 2009#39

Silver Jelly

Me neither, but I know I would love to see a space fight like this in a movie.

Nov 5, 2009#40

SpecialKO

Jesus Tapdancing Buddha....

I don't know what that was, but it was impressive.

Nov 5, 2009#41

Allen, who is Quiet

Iaculus said:
This may be impossible to believe, but...

The GOD mode is even worse.

I love that game

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Frankie said:
It's a bullet hell shooter, basically, trick is to have insane fine tuned reflexes and intimate knowledge of your ships actual hitbox, which is usually a hell of a lot smaller than your ship's sprite or model.

also, memorization of patterns. That way, you know when you can just exploit some easy trick to make the fight a lot easier rather than just purely trying to dodge.

Dec 13, 2009#42

North_Ranger

I just watched the demo walkthrough for this game.

I'm torn between beating my head against the desk until the pain from seeing Divine Comedy ass-raped by a Kratos-wannabe, no-personality chainmail monkey subsides... and sending a 'thank you' note to the screenwriter in the form of a pipe bomb.

The literature lover in me cries tears of blood.

Dec 13, 2009#43

ElJuski

I mean, I don't think there's any reason to get violently upset...but it is a shame that they're putting so much stock and advertising in it having any connection to the book.

Dec 13, 2009#44

Espy

I'm gonna download and play the demo. I'm kind of not looking forward to it though.

Dec 13, 2009#45

Hailey Knight

I loved E3 where these booth girls for Dante's Inferno were asked about the game. "It's just like Zelda, only better. Better weapons, better powers, better bad guys." "Yeah." "Totally."

I wish that even meant anything.

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