I admit, I rarely play games these days. There’s so many games to choose from these days that I don’t even bother trying the demos. Maybe because I don’t really want to be disappointed or waste any of my time. A few friends online recommended the demo for Dante’s Inferno. Checked it out and I was in awe the entire time I played it. I can’t really recall any demo that had that much impact on me. I can now see what the commotion for this game is all about.
In case you haven’t read much about it, Dante’s Inferno plays very much like a God of War game. It’s actually one of those games that truly captures that God of War feel. It’s impressive in every way imaginable.
You play as Dante, a veteran of the Crusades, who chases his beloved Beatrice in an effort to free her from Lucifer. Dante must also face his family’s past sins and war crimes. He and his knights are ordered by the King to capture the city of Acre and secure an artifact by Saladin. When he finally returns home, his beloved wife was raped and murdered and watches Lucifer dragging her to hell. Sounds interesting already doesn’t it?
There’s so many similarities in this game to past God of War games that it somehow always reminds you of how great those titles were when you first played them. One of the things they do great with this game is fluidity of the graphics. While there’s really nothing new to what they’re doing, its still very enjoyable to watch. The game play, well, if you played God of War, again you’ll be surprised to how similar this game plays. The boss level (where you fight the Reaper) somehow reminded me of Devil May Cry 4. This game also utilizes the orb collecting that are popularized by those two games I just mentioned. The sound is also excellent and I sort of wish I have a 5.1 surround sound.
The only thing I find that is not appealing to me is the in-game menu system. While everything else in the game is solid and superb, the menus are a bit of a let down. It looks kind of boring compare to GoW and DMC4. I do like how they mapped out the abilities instead of having a separate drop down menu. It’s easier to see how which ones you’ve upgraded skill or weapon wise. But it is a minor set back to one of the hottest title of 2010.
If religious is not part of your vocabulary, I suggest playing this demo out. Creating a faux religious protest was pretty damn good -great publicity stunt EA!. The game comes out on February 9th of next year in North America & February 12th in Europe.
