Dante's Inferno

Tried out the demo today... and boy, was I surprised. I usually don't care that much for action/adventure hack'n'slashers. Ninja Gaiden and Bayonetta didn't appeal to me in the slightest. I wasn't that big on God of War, and even Force Unleashed had it's fair chunk of "meh". Dante's Inferno, though... well, pardon the pun, but HELL YEAH!

I don't know why I like this one so much. Maybe it's the story, or the visual design, or the wielding of Death's scythe, or the Christian aesthetic, or the titties, or the "punish/absolve" options when finishing enemies. Whatever it is, I really, really like this game. If I can get this game into my house, I'm totally adding it to my library.

Kimarous wrote:

If I can get this game into my house

pffft

that's kinda sad, man.

makes me appreciate my over-lenient family all the more.

...I was gonna make this exact topic.

Yeah, I'm lovin' Dante's Inferno. Hearing Death cry like a bitch was priceless. XD

Tobinator wrote:

that's kinda sad, man.

makes me appreciate my over-lenient family all the more.

I can probably sugarcoat it as simply "a fantasy hack'n'slash with a damsel-in-distress plot". As long as I buy it myself and don't have them look it up to buy it for me, I'm sure it'll work out fine.

Just tell them it's a bible game.

What the fuck man you're 20 years old. that's ridiculous.

Kimarous wrote:

Tobinator wrote:

that's kinda sad, man.

makes me appreciate my over-lenient family all the more.

I can probably sugarcoat it as simply "a fantasy hack'n'slash with a damsel-in-distress plot". As long as I buy it myself and don't have them look it up to buy it for me, I'm sure it'll work out fine.

Hope that works for ya.

Vergil wrote:

What the fuck man you're 20 years old. that's ridiculous.

I agree, but I still abide by house rules. Fortunately, my mom at least is acknowledging my age when it comes to certain things. Age 17, she wouldn't like me seeing "Rocky Horror Picture Show"; now, age 20, she couldn't care less. Furthermore, they haven't said anything about my increased requests for M-rated games. Still, that doesn't mean I shouldn't take precautions; there's no way my aunt would get me Assassin's Creed 2 for Christmas by the title alone, so I clarified that "it isn't senseless murder; it's Venician intruige".

Kimarous wrote:

Vergil wrote:

What the fuck man you're 20 years old. that's ridiculous.

I agree, but I still abide by house rules. Fortunately, my mom at least is acknowledging my age when it comes to certain things. Age 17, she wouldn't like me seeing "Rocky Horror Picture Show"; now, age 20, she couldn't care less. Furthermore, they haven't said anything about my increased requests for M-rated games. Still, that doesn't mean I shouldn't take precautions; there's no way my aunt would get me Assassin's Creed 2 for Christmas by the title alone, so I clarified that "it isn't senseless murder; it's Venician intruige".

Wow, I watched that WITH my mum when I was like 10 or something.

Kimarous wrote:

Vergil wrote:

What the fuck man you're 20 years old. that's ridiculous.

I agree, but I still abide by house rules. Fortunately, my mom at least is acknowledging my age when it comes to certain things. Age 17, she wouldn't like me seeing "Rocky Horror Picture Show"; now, age 20, she couldn't care less. Furthermore, they haven't said anything about my increased requests for M-rated games. Still, that doesn't mean I shouldn't take precautions; there's no way my aunt would get me Assassin's Creed 2 for Christmas by the title alone, so I clarified that "it isn't senseless murder; it's Venician intruige".

if you play like haseo, it IS sensless murder.

Cause that's all he fucking does is walk around killing people.

thus my statement stands

Back on the topic of the game...

"No, Please Don't. SOME-ONE HELP ME!" *gets cut in half by own scythe*

Rockstar_Bob wrote:

"No, Please Don't. SOME-ONE HELP ME!" *gets cut in half by own scythe*

Lol

The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to Purgatory!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very High
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Moderate
Level 2 (Lustful)	Low
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Low
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very Low
Level 7 (Violent)	Low
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Low
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Very Low

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Seventh Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Moderate
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Moderate
Level 7 (Violent)	Very High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Moderate

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

odd, but whatever.

...Huh, I thought for sure I'd get the second level.

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Seventh Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	High
Level 2 (Lustful)	High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Low
Level 7 (Violent)	High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Moderate
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Low

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

Kimarous wrote:

The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to Purgatory!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very High
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Moderate
Level 2 (Lustful)	Low
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Low
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very Low
Level 7 (Violent)	Low
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Low
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Very Low

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

Chaos: "For all of your wandering, Still you end up in purgatory."

The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to the First Level of Hell - Limbo!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Moderate
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Very High
Level 2 (Lustful)	Moderate
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very Low
Level 7 (Violent)	High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Low
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Very Low

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

Your fate has been decided....
You are one of the lucky ones! Because of your virtue and beliefs, you have escaped eternal punishment. You are sent to the First Level of Hell - Limbo!

First Level of Hell - Limbo

Charon ushers you across the river Acheron, and you find yourself upon the brink of grief's abysmal valley. You are in Limbo, a place of sorrow without torment. You encounter a seven-walled castle, and within those walls you find rolling fresh meadows illuminated by the light of reason, whereabout many shades dwell. These are the virtuous pagans, the great philosophers and authors, unbaptised children, and others unfit to enter the kingdom of heaven. You share company with Caesar, Homer, Virgil, Socrates, and Aristotle. There is no punishment here, and the atmosphere is peaceful, yet sad.

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First Level of Hell - Limbo!

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You approach Satan's wretched city where you behold a wide plain surrounded by iron walls. Before you are fields full of distress and torment terrible. Burning tombs are littered about the landscape. Inside these flaming sepulchers suffer the heretics, failing to believe in God and the afterlife, who make themselves audible by doleful sighs. You will join the wicked that lie here, and will be offered no respite. The three infernal Furies stained with blood, with limbs of women and hair of serpents, dwell in this circle of Hell.

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Moderate
Level 2 (Lustful)	High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Low
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Extreme
Level 7 (Violent)	Very High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Moderate

Take the Dante Inferno Hell Test

I just played the demo, and I liked it too. I mean, yeah, it is basically exactly the same gameplay as God of War (and I mean EX-FUCKING-ACTLY the same. Seriously, give Dante a Kratos skin and you wouldn't know that you weren't playing God of War), but I preferred it to the GoW3 demo. The Christian mythology thing is just more interesting than the Greek stuff, and visually it was more interesting, although not as technically impressive.

Also, what exactly does the Holy/Unholy system do? You get Holy points for Absolving enemies and Unholy points for Punishing them, which fill up two little bars, but I have no idea what they do when they're full.