Dante's Inferno

[Mamoulian War]

So... anyone know why God of War has received so many high scores/critical acclaim while Dante's Inferno has average reviews? Is it a case of more of the same or does God of War have better gameplay? I watched videos of the two games and they look identical as far as gameplay goes.

 

did not play Dante, nor i am planing to play it, but watching the videos with similar gameplay, does not automaticaly garant that the gameplay is similar for real... I've seen lot of awesome trailers to games, where gameplay looked godly, but when i touched the gamepad/mouse/keyboard i started to cry...

Edited February 4, 2010 by Mamoulian War

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

I'm guessing God of War had more interesting scenarios and set pieces. Maybe more variety in the combat.

[Hurlshort]

Also, Mr Global Moderator, since when does me criticising a thread in general warrant you criticising me in particular? Sure, I'm up for that, it swings both ways, right? How about this: I think you're an awful moderator who lets your personal issues stain whatever it is you're doing for Obsidian. Your personal views reflects badly on this company, especially when you post irrelevant trolling like this above quoted post. Keep it to PM or restrain yourself in the future, you're only making yourself look unprofessional.

 

Haven't we already gone over this before mkreku? Mods are not paid employees. This is not his profession. He does not need to kiss up to members of the forums or play nicey nice with everyone.

 

He is not breaking any forum guidelines by criticizing you, so get over it.

[Nepenthe]

Also, Mr Global Moderator, since when does me criticising a thread in general warrant you criticising me in particular? Sure, I'm up for that, it swings both ways, right? How about this: I think you're an awful moderator who lets your personal issues stain whatever it is you're doing for Obsidian. Your personal views reflects badly on this company, especially when you post irrelevant trolling like this above quoted post. Keep it to PM or restrain yourself in the future, you're only making yourself look unprofessional.

 

Haven't we already gone over this before mkreku? Mods are not paid employees. This is not his profession. He does not need to kiss up to members of the forums or play nicey nice with everyone.

 

He is not breaking any forum guidelines by criticizing you, so get over it.

 

As an aside, that's why it's a really good idea to have an external team of moderators. I've been moderating the official forum of a band for years with the understanding that it's my "job" to be the prick so they don't have to be.

[Purkake]

Yay, another mkreku power trip, it's becoming a monthly event.

 

As for why God of War gets all the love and not Dante, I'd say Dante just doesn't do the combat as well, at least going by what I've read.

[Pidesco]

While I've never played God of War, my understanding is that GoW is Devil May Cry/Ninja Gaiden for the gaming-impaired. Is that correct?

[mkreku]

Haven't we already gone over this before mkreku? Mods are not paid employees. This is not his profession. He does not need to kiss up to members of the forums or play nicey nice with everyone.

 

He is not breaking any forum guidelines by criticizing you, so get over it.

It's so funny how you always step in to protect the moderators. Noone else, just the moderators.

 

But it's true, he doesn't need to kiss up to anyone. He's got you for that.

[Gorth]

...and I think that is about enough of that. If people has more to contribute about Dantes Inferno, good, if they have more to contribute about their fellow posters, not good. Lets see if people can handle that much freedom of choice [/optimism]

[RPGmasterBoo]

The game is mediocre crap, time to lock up.

 

And for the drunks to go home.

Edited February 5, 2010 by RPGmasterBoo

[Purkake]

Hey! It's my thread and the game isn't even out yet.

 

If you don't have anything to contribute, don't post in this thread.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Screw Dante's Inferno - I want to see a video game adaptation of Mein Kampf.

[Purkake]

Well the villain in Bioshock 2 will apparently want to make Rapture communist, maybe Bioshock 3/4/5/6 will focus on fascism?

 

Here's a hilariously awesome(and official)

for Dante. Edited February 5, 2010 by Purkake

[Purkake]

Wow, when Gametrailers gives a AAA game a 6.8 you know it's bad. Same for most of the other gaming websites.

 

I feel vindicated now, yay!

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

So basically:

-Levels are really well designed and look fantastic.

-Everything else sucks.

[Calax]

the review I read said that the first two levels of hell were good, but the later ones lacked, but that it was effectively a reskinned god of war.

 

As to what god of war is, it's basically Devil may cry except with TNA, and the violence is off the wall. It's probably the best platformer I've played other than the Sands of Time. And even then it's a REALLY close race between those.

[Slowtrain]

I saw an ad for it on TV last night. On the Discovery Channel, I think, which seems an odd place to be pushing a game like this.

 

How come Alpha Protocol doesn't have TV ads?

[Purkake]

Speaking of turning literary classics into video games, this is pretty funny, with classics such as "EA Presents: WAR AND PIECES", "EA Presents: THE BODY COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO" and "EA Presents: MACDEATH".

Edited February 12, 2010 by Purkake

[Malcador]

Hah, some of those are pretty good.

[Purkake]

Brought to you by Idle Thumbs

[Majek]

It's funny how everyone has a problem with it butchering the book but every reviewer loves GoW's destruction and warping of Greek mythology

Edited February 12, 2010 by Majek

[Purkake]

Having a hero beat up gods is slightly more in line with Greek mythology than turning Dante the poet into a 6-foot tall muscular scythe-wielding action hero with a cross stitched to his chest.

 

Also, I don't think GoW was claiming to "bring the literary masterpiece to the new generation".

Edited February 12, 2010 by Purkake

[RPGmasterBoo]

It's funny how everyone has a problem with it butchering the book but every reviewer loves GoW's destruction and warping of Greek mythology

 

Lol. Now that you mention it.

 

Though the story of GoW is crap anyway.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Because ripping of a god's head off and then using it as a lantern while climbing a mountain-sized mythological deity to go punch Zeus in the face to death is badass. Dante just steals a big scythe.

[Purkake]

...from Death!

 

While both games are ridiculous, I think the main difference is presentation. God of War is a fictional story set in the Greek mythology setting, while Dante's Inferno is actually advertised as the game version of the book and is grossly misrepresenting the source material.

 

Plenty of things have actually used Dante's 9 Circles of Hell setting, starting with everyone's favorite Planescape.

Edited February 13, 2010 by Purkake

[Mamoulian War]

Because ripping of a god's head off and then using it as a lantern while climbing a mountain-sized mythological deity to go punch Zeus in the face to death is badass. Dante just steals a big scythe.

 

Do you know that something similar to this was already present in "Clash of the Titans" (1981) movie and many people say it's an example of classic?... so no, you have to give better example of how GoW fails with not going with the myths... If you read at least few ancinet greek myths, you find how many of them have similar stories to tell... Especialy about era of Greek Primordial Gods...

 

I am not saying that GoW story is "OMG teh bestest", but at least, it tells story similar to many of the original ancient myths...