A Journey into The Dante’s Inferno Videogame And What It Has To Offer

Launched just a few weeks ago, the Dante’s Inferno videogame  has prompted quite a stir  in the videogame society. The subject  material, which is very loosely inspired by the titular poem, has  been met with scorn by some and various  nations even declined to promote it.  However, this type of notoriety is  often a very good thing, because it  will get audiences inquisitive about what could be  causing such an outcry.

The Dante’s Inferno videogame  plot tracks Dante as he makes his way through the  various circles of hell on a journey to  rescue his beloved Beatrice. However, as he ventures  further into the pit, darker secrets are  exposed and the truth about his journey becomes known. Dante has to combat his way through using  Death’s scythe, which he took from the spectre having  defeated him in single battle!

Now, I’ll get this out of  the way here- the Dante’s Inferno videogame has been blamed of being a  copy of the God of War series, to the extent  at which the fighting method is  apparently almost identical. Well, this is really based on your point of view. God of War  definitely didn’t begin the hack and slash style, it  just does it best, and thus all  following titles will probably  be measured against it. If a title can come close to  emulating God of War surely that’s an  excellent claim?

And the Dante’s Inferno videogame is  without a doubt its own master. The fighting  technique is definitely an intricately fashioned tree of  potentialities as you employ 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 situations, and the  gamer can select to either punish or absolve them. This will level up both weapons correspondingly.

Hell itself has been  properly realised with the Dante’s Inferno videogame, and there are  definitely echoes of EA’s previous horror  offering- Dead Space. The environment is  swarming with writhing damned, impaled prisoners and  seas of blood, while the various circles will  offer their very own take on things.  Journeying through Lust will reveal mutated phallic symbols and darkly  sexual enemies, whilst Greed will display unfortunates  sheathed in gold.

The Dante’s Inferno videogame has had a  tough ride at the hands of all of the God of War fanboys,  but is unquestionably a great title  in its own right. Of course, there are a few drawbacks- the  game is a little too  short and some of the environments begin to  look over familiar, but these negatives are cancelled  out by an empowering fighting method and  brilliant boss battles and imagery. The Dante’s Inferno videogame ought to be heralded as a brilliant  effort from EA, and I encourage you to give it a go.