Dante's Inferno Megathread! - Games

The old thread died. So i'm reviving it. [img]http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dantes-inferno-game-box-artwork.jpg[/img] [b]Plot[/b] [quote]Dante's Inferno is based on the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy. The player controls Dante, a veteran of the Crusades, who chases his beloved Beatrice and attempts to free her soul from Lucifer, who needs to wed a heaven-bound soul to break free of Hell and make another attempt to take over the Throne of God. As his pursuit takes him through the monstrous entities within the nine Circles of Hell to save Beatrice, Dante must face his own sins, his family's past and war crimes. * Prologue o Dante returns to his home to find his lover, Beatrice Portinari, has been murdered, and witnesses Death drag her into Hell. Giving chase, Dante steals Death's scythe and begins his journey to save Beatrice. * The First Circle of Hell - Limbo o Meeting the soul of the poet Virgil, Dante begins his descent into Hell, fighting demons, unbaptized babies and other tormented souls. He rides on the back of Charon, the ferryman, to reach the serpentine King Minos, the Judge of the Damned, whom he must defeat to continue his journey. o Confirmed Bosses: Charon, King Minos. * The Second Circle of Hell - Lust o Reaching the second circle of Hell, Dante discovers Lucifer is personally holding Beatrice's soul, even dressing her as his hellish bride and deceiving her into thinking Dante broke his vow to her. Dante must journey to the phallic tower in the center of this circle's endless hurricane to defeat Queen Cleopatra, who rules as one of Lucifer's regents. o Confirmed Boss: Cleopatra * The Third Circle of Hell - Gluttony o Having defeated both King Minos and Cleopatra, Dante journeys to the next circle, one populated by gluttonous demons, great landscapes made of living organs, storms of human waste and giant gorger worms with insatiable appetites. There he must face the "great worm", Cerberus, a mass of worm-like stomach protruding from a open maw. o Confirmed Boss: Cerberus * The Fourth Circle of Hell - Greed o Defeating Cerberus, Dante enters the circle of Greed, which is mechanical in nature compared to the previous circles. Within the circle are occupants who are boiled alive in molten gold below, condemned for spending their life hoarding and or wasting riches. In this "factory of torture," Dante will be faced with the horrendous puzzles of the Wheel of Fortune which is used to deliver punishment, and come face to face against the fallen god Plutus, a living golden statue. o Confirmed Boss: Plutus * The Fifth Circle of Hell - Anger o Dante continues to search for Beatrice and confronts Phlegyas, a giant, flaming demon who Dante unknowingly rode across the River Styx. Escaping the behemoth's fury, he witnesses the beast entering the City of Dis, and he must follow if he is to save Beatrice. o Confirmed Boss: Phlegyas * The Sixth Circle of Hell - Heresy o Upon entrance into Hell's capital, the burning City of Dis, Dante descends into the lair of the Heretics who are trapped in flaming tombs and nailed to inverted burning crosses. The Dark Priests, necromancers and conjurers are free to worship the "Fallen One" and guard this circle. The souls of the ancient followers (Ex. Abraham) are trapped here as well, waiting the arrival of "The One" and their redemption. Dante also encounters a former Crusader friend who died because of him. o Confirmed Boss: Unknown At This Time * The Seventh Circle of Hell - Violence o Dante enters the seventh circle of Hell and must traverse a river of boiling blood, the Wood of Suicides and a desert of buring sand. * The Eighth Circle of Hell - Fraud * The Ninth Circle of Hell - Treachery o Having journeyed through all of Hell, confronted his past and atoned for his sins, Dante must now face Lucifer in his true form: a giant, three-headed demon. Only by defeating the Prince of Darkness himself can Dante save Beatrice, and his own soul. o Confirmed Boss: Lucifer [/quote] You basically fight your way through the nine circles of hell to get to Beatrice. Dante the character you are playing is not in any way like the one in the book though, The devs says that if they would've used the Dante from the book, the game would suck. [b]Weapons[/b] [img]http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/977/977230/dantes-inferno-20090428093653103-000.jpg[/img] [b]Deaths Scythe[/b]: Dante's primary weapon is a scythe, which he steals from Death itself. So far it has been confirmed that the scythe can be in 3 sorts of modes. Normal, Spear and then a sword version. The scythe can be upgraded but we will get more to that later. [img]http://www.endsights.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Dantes-Inferno-2.jpg[/img] [b]Holy Cross[/b]: The holy cross which is given to him by Beatrice before her death. It fires a burst of light that push away anything in its path. I don't know how effective the cross is. But i've heard that it is meant to push back enemies. [No image yet] [b]Magic[/b]: Not much information has been said about this. All i know is that it is different from the cross. I will update when i know more. [No image yet] [b]Punish or Absolve[/b] This is basically how you upgrade you equipment. Throughout hell are several "Shades" which you can interact with. Shades are the people who go to hell for making poor choices in life. They are bound for eternal pain and suffering. So with theese Shades you can either Punish them or Absolve them. If you punish them you kill them with your scythe, and so the scythe grows stronger. But if you absolve them you send them to Purgatory (or heaven i don't really know). And thus your cross becomes more powerful. [b] Videos [/b] Developer Diaries [b]Limbo[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-veJiqKkZHA[/media] [B]Lust[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnsJUXI4DQo[/media] [B]Gluttony[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHqrCfOAnS8[/media] [B]Greed[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4znhZHd43f8&feature=channel[/media] [B]Anger[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVoB12wD5Cg[/media] [B]Heresy[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jzQmLeOmLA[/media] [B]Violence[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTTVoPADaoI[/media] [b]Fraud[/b] Coming 01/09/10 [B]Treachery[/B] Coming 02/09/10 [B]Trailers[/B] [B]E3 Trailer[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LnvAQARkw0[/media] [B]Nine Circles Trailer[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAItEfjUWv4[/media] [B]Gameplay Trailer[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSr_vMOXEH4[/media] [B]Story Trailer *NEW*[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWt9fsy1erc[/media] [B]Gameplay Video *OLD*[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik80aGQRwdE&feature=related[/media] [B]Pictures and Concept Art[/B] Dante [img]http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/1/14030/899744-screen009_super.jpg[/img] King Minos (Limbo) [img]http://xbox360media.gamespy.com/xbox360/image/article/988/988521/dantes-inferno-20090601075433019_640w.jpg[/img] Cleopatra (Lust) [img]http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/2009/09/custom_1253712648987_Dante_sInferno_Screenshot_TGS4_Lust_01.jpg[/img] [B]NSFW[/B] [media]http://static2.videogamer.com/videogamer/images/xbox360/dantes_inferno/screens/dantes_inferno_12.jpg[/media] Cerberus (Gluttony) [img]http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/articles//a/4/2/8/2/7/7/ss_preview_Gluttony_Cerberus.jpg.jpg[/img] Limbo Concept art 1 [img]http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/04/82/48291_DantesInferno-ConceptArt-01_normal.jpg[/img] Limbo Concept art 2 [img]http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/04/82/48292_DantesInferno-ConceptArt-02_normal.jpg[/img] Heresy Concept art [img]http://www.stuffwelike.com/stuffwelike/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/e3conceptart_disapproach1-1024x576.jpg[/img] Phlegyas (Anger) [img]http://media.crispygamer.com/screenshot/Title6589/e3conceptart_phlegyas-640x.jpg[/img] Some of the Shades you can find in the game [img]http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs017.snc3/12454_352650525110_158844580110_9829776_5957516_n.jpg[/img] [B]Platforms[/B] Xbox 360 Ps3 PsP [B]Release Date[/B] NA February 9, 2010 EU February 12, 2010 [b]Demo[/b] Late December. [B]Developers[/B] Visceral Games The game will also be made into a [b]Movie[/b]. Movie Trailer [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwYcB8VYPS4[/media] [B]Viral Websites[/B] [url]http://masswepray.com/[/url] That is all for now. I will update this thread every month when Visceral gives more information. Discuss about the game and tell what you think of it. And if you wonder why you should get this game? I personally think that this game will be one of the most vile, disgusting, violent and epic games of 2010. So if you want to go through the nine circles of hell and fuck shit up with a giant scythe, this is the game for you. Also, this was my first Megathread. Is it any good? What should be added etc.

Well you mentioned killing babies, so I think that's pretty much all that has to be said.

[QUOTE=OutOfExile;18623879]Well you mentioned killing babies, so I think that's pretty much all that has to be said.[/QUOTE] The boss in Lust has babies coming out of her nipples :)

Looks kickass.

[QUOTE=booster;18623922]The boss in Lust has babies coming out of her nipples :)[/QUOTE] Wow. I don't even want to begin thinking about that.

[QUOTE=OutOfExile;18624023]Wow. I don't even want to begin thinking about that.[/QUOTE] And if you look closely on the story trailer. You can see "Demons" with scorpion penises.

while it certainly isn't the god of war killer people make it out to be, it looks fucking awesome in it's own right.

Surprised they made it a 16+

[QUOTE=Munchiselleh;18624167]while it certainly isn't the god of war killer people make it out to be, it looks fucking awesome in it's own right.[/QUOTE] I thought people were calling it a GoW rip off? Either way it looks awesome.

[QUOTE=Koolin;18624180]Surprised they made it a 16+[/QUOTE] At the beginning of some videos you can see 18+.

[QUOTE=OutOfExile;18624239]I thought people were calling it a GoW rip off? Either way it looks awesome.[/QUOTE] both, they say it's a copy of it AND it's better, i can certainly only attest to one of those.

I really want to play this. Isn't there a demo in December for the 360?

[QUOTE=Fish_poke;18624983]I really want to play this. Isn't there a demo in December for the 360?[/QUOTE] Yes on Christmas. Best christmas ever am i right?

How is this a GoW copy? Also this looks really fucking nice.

I was sad that it doesn't have a PC release. But once i saw it's on PSP too, i cheered up a bit.

I've been following this on and off for a while now. Every time I look at it something more disturbing and sick has been thought of and added. I think it will do well, it seems like a mix of Devil May Cry styles with God of Wars violence and combat, I think it could be very very good in the end. I hope it does well too, it looks like it might be pretty fun to play.

I'm sad I don't own any of the platforms the game will be released on. :sigh:

I really wonder how they will make Lucifer in this game. In the book he is stuck in ice and chewing on Judas.

I know this is a rethinking of the story, but damn it's a bit of a molestation of the Divine Comedy.

[QUOTE=booster;18630906]I really wonder how they will make Lucifer in this game. In the book he is stuck in ice and chewing on Judas.[/QUOTE] Sounds tasty.

[QUOTE=LeonS;18625181]How is this a GoW copy? Also this looks really fucking nice.[/QUOTE] combat is the exact same, same QTE system (not that QTE's are GoW specific or anything) and the developers even said that they are using the exact same combat system, but that it's purposeful and it's more of an "if it ain't broke don't fix it" philosophy lol at an ignorant fucktard rating me dumb

[QUOTE=hexpunK;18631283]Sounds tasty.[/QUOTE]tastes like TREACHERY

They could have called it something else so it didn't shit up the name of the fucking book. It could have been called "Bob's happy hell adventure" and I would have been fine with it. BUT NOOOO, they had to desecrate the book. :|

[QUOTE=Munchiselleh;18633765]combat is the exact same, same QTE system (not that QTE's are GoW specific or anything) and the developers even said that they are using the exact same combat system, but that it's purposeful and it's more of an "if it ain't broke don't fix it" philosophy[/QUOTE] Really? I thought it'd be more Devil May Cry-ish since the GoW combat would not fit in this type of game at all. Though we have yet to play it to judge it.

[QUOTE=ARR DARMA;18635603]They could have called it something else so it didn't shit up the name of the fucking book. It could have been called "Bob's happy hell adventure" and I would have been fine with it. BUT NOOOO, they had to desecrate the book. :|[/QUOTE] Well they did use pretty much everything from the book except for the characters. And we haven't even played the game yet, so the story might be really good.

A shame that it ain't coming out for the PC.

Turning an epic poem into an average video game that steals all of its mechanics from Devil May Cry? Stupendous!

[QUOTE=booster;18630906]I really wonder how they will make Lucifer in this game. In the book he is stuck in ice and chewing on Judas.[/QUOTE] And on Cassius and Brutus.

Maybe Caligula will have a part in this game?

[QUOTE=acds;18639372]And on Cassius and Brutus.[/QUOTE] I think they will cut out the "Chewing" part of Lucifer. Seeing as in the end of the gameplay trailer, it sounds like it's Lucifer speaking. This is just a guess though.