Dante's Inferno

It might not be a substitute for reading the book in your World Lit. class, but Dante’s Inferno is a worthwhile adventure that gets by on its inspired setting and tried-and-true design.

What separates it from its contemporaries is Visceral Games’ relentless depiction of hell that walks a thin line between uncomfortably gross and needless shock value. As you travel down the nine rings of hell, you hack-and-slash your way through an army of unbaptised babies, fatties who spit out excrement, and nude temptresses who have a tendency to throw their man-eating genitals at your face.

I applaud the developer’s embrace of the game’s setting, not settling out for a Teen rating, but so much of the game is filled with gruesome, needless violence that isn’t properly justified within the story. On top of this, the game plays like a 2nd rate God of War and, as good as the visuals are, it’s not as good looking.

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For as much flak as I give Bayonetta and Platinum overall, I know the real deal when I see it, and I know coattail-riding mediocrity. Dante's Inferno starts out with insanely good art direction that soon becomes a homogenous mess of Hell cliches, at times even being at odds with the source material outside of the ludicrous concept that gives us a videogame to begin with. A few inspired combos cannot hide gameplay that truly fails to evolve through the nine circles, an expectation for a God of War clone perhaps, but cold comfort for those of us playing it. A lack of nuance in the puzzle and boss design, or a true engagement factor for the story, only seals its identity as such.