Even though God of War III's release date is looming large on the horizon, I still think there’s a reason to get excited about Dante’s Inferno (the other third-person brawler): the monsters in the game are wicked huge, super stylized and mountable.
During the short behind closed doors presentation I was able to catch yesterday, I watched action hero Dante monsterjack (re: hijack) an enemy’s ride and proceed to rip a boss monster’s head off his muscled neck with the newly acquired, however evil, mount. (We’re talking claws in the neck, crazy pulling action here.)
We, uh, haven’t exactly seen anything like that in God of War III yet.
Excluding monster jacking, Dante’s Inferno has the gameplay appearance of any third-person action title -- tons of combos, tons of enemies, dumb A.I., and dated puzzle elements.
The monsters have some serious style -- the enemy art is absolutely sick. I observed a guardian from the level Gluttony -- a terribly fat woman with ooze for skin and puke for an attack -- that completely changed my mind on the game’s direction (brown, ftw). From her folds to her t-ts, she’s terrifying in all the right ways.
Dante’s Inferno is definitely a game I want to see more of, especially after reading our big preview. If you’re hot for action titles, definitely keep it on your radar. I’m almost positive we’ll see more original elements soon.
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10:51 AM on 06.03.2009
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AO confirmed?
its good they're not following the book, so lets call it the books name just for shits and giggles? now, i did just see this dante's inferno paper cut puppet movie that was fucking killer, it interpreted it for our time with cars and internet porn but was at the same time true to the original work. very good watch. i just don't think this game will be anything original or truly faithful. i bet you're trying to save someone for being there. just some kind of rescue mission and the character is some sort of saint.
There's also a chance that is may be an excellent game. What I meant by my earlier comment was that I think it's probably better to make a game that can appeal to a wider audience by changing the story into something that can play nice with the game play and hopefully spread the beautiful word of Dante then some kind of giant inside joke of a game that will require prior knowledge of the text to even slightly comprehend. I just put it shorter and went straight to the point
Thats what originally got me interested when I first heard the name, and there's nothing like a nice sunday sojurn into Hell to jack some demon bitch's ride and kill her daddy with it..
Awesome
Somebody better call Jack!