Guest Review: Dante’s Inferno

As the fires of Hell burn all around, scorching your clothes and scarring your face, you may be wondering how you ended up in this place. As you ponder your fate, demon lords and hordes of underlings flood to you, wanting your soul. Your only chance for salvation is your determination for your loved one’s soul. As you descend into the deeper Circles of Hell, you come face-to-face with some of your worst fears. Soon, you will learn what you need in order to help you survive in Dante’s Inferno.

Dante’s Inferno is the story of a Knight Templar named Dante and his journey into the Circles of Hell. You are in search of your beloved Beatrice’s soul that was taken by the Devil himself for your crimes. With that said, the game is your typical hack and slash style of play, with the occasional puzzle thrown in. Your weapons are Death’s scythe and a holy cross with some neat little abilities thrown in. Well, lets get into this review, shall we? I hope you enjoy.

When cruising Limbo, watch out for the floor

To kick this off right, we will start with the graphics. They look just like most PS3 games, which is pretty darn crisp with a HDTV and HDMI cord. The sound was just average in this game. There are a few glitches in the game that make you fall through the floor and not get past certain areas if you do things out of order. With those aside, the game is pretty well done, but, for lack of a better term, it’s God of War with a paint job and change of story. That about wraps it up for this part of the review, stay tuned for the next part.

I’m glad to see you decided to keep on reading so let’s get it going. The game gives you a tutorial with a little back story. Doing this, you get your main melee weapon which you take from your first boss battle with Death himself. Then you are lucky enough to find your beloved’s holy cross which gives you range attacks. Also, you get some items for perk style powers and after some bosses you get spells to help you descend deeper into madness. There is also a skill tree in the game to help give you upgrades to your spells but to max them out you need to play twice, once for light and for dark. You can mix and match but you wont max out that way.

Time now for the rating of this game. What would you give it, 2 out of 5, 3 out of 5, or maybe even 5 out of 5? Well I give the game a 4 out of 5 only cause I really did enjoy the story in it. If you enjoy the Divine Comedy by the same name, you might enjoy the nice twist and take on the story in this game. On a side note, you do get a full digital copy of the poem in the game to read which was really cool. So I say if you like God of War, and/or the epic poem, you might want to check out this game. But be warned: your soul may be up for grabs in the Circles of Hell for this one! I hope everyone enjoys the game and I hope to see you all online soon. This is Salithox saying “Keep your scythes close but your controllers closer.”