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He killed Death...WHA? Sanity and logic aside, I take it that Dante has decided to stop talking and use violence instead to a get a message through. Remember folks, violence is not the answer, it's the question, and the answer is yes!
This is sounding really cool.
I went to Florence last year and learnt some stuff about all of this in their huge churches and stuff. Oh, how it'll take me back to my summer break!
I went to Florence last year and learnt some stuff about all of this in their huge churches and stuff. Oh, how it'll take me back to my summer break!
Okay. Time for me to be "that guy".
Charon is a Greek mythological figure and one who has no place in Inferno.
Now that I think about it, is there a dedicated psychopomp for damned souls in the Christian mythos, or is that just another task lumped onto angels?
You know, I hope they make a really good game. But my real wish is that they made a great game that wasn't tied (solely for marketing purposes) to this work of literature.
Charon is a Greek mythological figure and one who has no place in Inferno.
Now that I think about it, is there a dedicated psychopomp for damned souls in the Christian mythos, or is that just another task lumped onto angels?
You know, I hope they make a really good game. But my real wish is that they made a great game that wasn't tied (solely for marketing purposes) to this work of literature.
Well, this has surely elevated this game to the top of my "DO WANT" list. I likes the purdy pitures...
@Conrad -- you need to take that up with Dante. Charon is definitely the guy that ferries the Dante-character and Virgil across the Archeron.
In fact, the Comedy is filled to the brim with Greek mythological figures. Dante meets Minos and Ulysses, too.
For better or worse, EA got that little detail right. The rest of it is bollocks, though.
In fact, the Comedy is filled to the brim with Greek mythological figures. Dante meets Minos and Ulysses, too.
For better or worse, EA got that little detail right. The rest of it is bollocks, though.
Conrad: I hate to break it to you, but Charon is in the fucking poem. He is a part of The Divine Comedy. Not trying to be a dick, just trying to let you know you made a mistake.
Dante meets him.
Dante meets him.
Oops! My bad. You guys are totally right about that. Looks like I need to read that book again. Ten bucks says my memory is still closer than the result of the game.
I'm only interested in what they do with the environment (like Charon, which is neat) but I'll pass on the game itself. I think the IP would be better as an adventure game made by the makers of The Longest Journey, but I use any excuse to get them to make another game.
This looks more and more generic and uninspired every time I find out something new about it. I threw up a little reading the plot pitch on the slides.
That's it? All you can think of to do with the plot is that? The game may play well, but again, the gameplay and setting didn't need the name.
That's it? All you can think of to do with the plot is that? The game may play well, but again, the gameplay and setting didn't need the name.
@silvain: Somehow the name matters? As if it's so terrible to call a game Dante's Inferno when it's loosely based on the poem?
I don't see the issue here.
I don't see the issue here.
@EDS: It kinda does matter, yeah.
There's one thing for it to be "loosely based" on the poem. It's another entirely to take the name of the poem and some of the characters (reworked to being almost unrecognizable), then attach a hackneyed, "save the princess" sort of story for it. It's lazy and unfitting of a work of literature so full of possibilities for interpretation to have such a generic, run-of-the-mill objective.
There are nigh infinite ways they could have worked this and had it remain more true to the poem at its base level than this farce. You could even retain the action-oriented gameplay.
In fact, were I in the room when they started discussing these concepts, I'd have been all for the whole "sin tapestry" thing. I'll wholeheartedly admit that there are aspects of this game that appeal to my interests. The motivation and means for Dante to traverse Hell, however, are nowhere among them.
Shit, have Beatrice (now in Paradise) reach out to Dante in a vision and warn him that he must cleanse his soul by braving the consequences that await sinners in the hereafter. That's a hell of a lot closer to the poem while still allowing for the DMC-style action they seem to be pursuing.
EA can feel free to change their entire plotline to that. Or, frankly, damn near anything else as far as I'm concerned. Wait... no. Anything more befitting than what they have.
There's one thing for it to be "loosely based" on the poem. It's another entirely to take the name of the poem and some of the characters (reworked to being almost unrecognizable), then attach a hackneyed, "save the princess" sort of story for it. It's lazy and unfitting of a work of literature so full of possibilities for interpretation to have such a generic, run-of-the-mill objective.
There are nigh infinite ways they could have worked this and had it remain more true to the poem at its base level than this farce. You could even retain the action-oriented gameplay.
In fact, were I in the room when they started discussing these concepts, I'd have been all for the whole "sin tapestry" thing. I'll wholeheartedly admit that there are aspects of this game that appeal to my interests. The motivation and means for Dante to traverse Hell, however, are nowhere among them.
Shit, have Beatrice (now in Paradise) reach out to Dante in a vision and warn him that he must cleanse his soul by braving the consequences that await sinners in the hereafter. That's a hell of a lot closer to the poem while still allowing for the DMC-style action they seem to be pursuing.
EA can feel free to change their entire plotline to that. Or, frankly, damn near anything else as far as I'm concerned. Wait... no. Anything more befitting than what they have.
Way to teach a generation about classic literature EA. Dont forget the part where Dante stops for a drink in hell & choses pepsi over coke.
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