Not for the faint of heart...

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox-36...es-Inferno/p1/

Dante is rolling over in his grave...

[Kiljan Arslan]

remind me when Dante used a scythe in the Divine Comedy and defeated a demon with it.

[Lt.Bradford]

"The full story, in which Dante placed himself as the main character, follows him in his journey through the death realms in search of his beloved Beatrice"

"At the start, cutscenes (which were little more than storyboarded in the version we viewed) will tell us that Dante is back from serving as a soldier during the Crusades, wrestles a massive scythe from Death himself, then goes back home to discover that his love, Beatrice, has been slain. He then goes on a mission to save her from Hell. We’re told that as Dante fights through each circle on his way to save Beatrice’s soul from the clutches of Lucifer—which was “kidnapped” as a result of her sins—he has to face his own past sins, which come in the form of flashbacks."

Wow...

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...pAtHisComputer

[Chaigidel]

that was in uhh, the 6th circle kiljan?-- I totally remember him whipping up on a demon with a scythe

[Darth Ravenous]

I think it looks good but if they mess it up I am gonna be

[Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh]

Returning from the crusades, lol? The Ghuelf and Ghibbeline issue is more interesting than that! And he was lost, he wasn't searching for Beatrice.. Lol at lucifer being all powerful. At least with Dante, he was just a mocker of the trinity with 3 heads, a sad, wretched beast.

But I guess the old wouldn't sell, and this way, at least people will be mildly interested in Dante. If it succeeds.

[Thanatos]

Way to totally rewrite the Divine Comedy there, EA.

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Knight admitted that the biggest departure from the poem will be in the story

That quote just made me cringe and laugh at the same time.

[Stalins Ghost]

Bah. They had what could have been an excellent adaptation on the cards. While the story could easily be adapted for an action-game and still retain its character in my opinion, the fact they've just gone with a muscle bound Conan clone just wipes it of any modicum of respect.

Though the environments look excellent, everything else looks like tripe. This all said, I might well look into getting it if it ever comes out on the PC. Something with the balls to adapt a 700 year old poem deserves some measure of applaud.

The only real game set in hell worth considering is the upcoming Solium Infernum

[jnecros]

There should to be more games set in hell..but this Inferno game is an abomination. I am wonder who it is that throws cash into crap game ideas like this..seriously. I am sure, like a great number of you all, I have tons of game concept ideas that beat this Dante action game, so producers need to look deeper before giving money away on lost causes.

[Thanatos]

"Ok guys, I got this. So, like, you'll have Dante traveling through the three celestial realms of Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, slaying all sorts of things left and right to get to Beatrice."

"But Dante was a poet by this time..."

"He was in the military once, right?"

"Well, yes, but..."

"RIGHT?"

"Sigh.... yes...."

"Then we'll work on that! Screw Virgil, who needs that loser anyway, it's just about Dante! We'll have him cross the Styx and massacre all the mythical creatures guarding the Inferno. He'll take on them all, and at the end, he'll slaughter Satan in the Ninth Circle, and there'll be blood everywhere!"

"And then what?"

"Well, for sequels, we can have him go through Purgatorio and Paradiso next!"

"But he's already saved Beatrice once he kills Satan... which is already impossible, since he *is* ultimate evil..."

"Well, that's what you THINK happens. But St. Michael kidnaps Beatrice, and after that, Mary takes her to Paradiso! After offing both the Archangel and the Holy Mother, the last battle will be with Jesus Christ Himself!"

"Gee, kind of sounds like God of War, there, just in a Christian context."

"Yeah, that's it! It's.... it's.... it's POET OF WAR, yeah! We'll make millions, I tell you, millions!"

"And what of the people who will get a completely skewed version of the Divine Comedy from this? This is tantamount to literary murder, honestly."

"Ah, who cares, we're EA! As long as we make enough money so I can afford my third helicopter and a new island in the Bahamas, it's all good!"

[Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh]

+rep.