Daunte's Inferno

[uncpanther]

Anybody played the demo on live yet? It's pretty cool

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14296029/dantes-inferno/videos/dantesinferno_trl_descent_20510.html

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Reminds me of Ninja Gaiden for the Xbox for some reason.

Does look good though.

[mmmbeans]

i didnt like it too much. just another beat 'em up. And it pales in comparison to the God of War III demo.

[SmootsDaddy89]

I think the fact that they're doing a game loosely based on The Divine Comedy is a pretty neat idea. I'm going to give it a shot.

[Captroop]

I think the fact that they're doing a game loosely based on The Divine Comedy is a pretty neat idea. I'm going to give it a shot.

Agreed. The concept is fugging epic. But having played the demo, as beans said, this is just another button-mashing beat-em-up. And the cross attack is so odd. It's like the dvelopers were saying, "Well, he needs a ranged attack. Bow and Arrow?" "Naw, let's have him hold up a crucifix and machine-gun out crosses of light three-at-a-time." "Hmm, it seems like you didn't put a lot of thought into that. Perfect!"

And does ones choices in the Punish vs. Absolve thing actually matter?

I might get it anyway, because even though the gameplay is pedestrian, I think the fun might be in the journey. The descent through the rings of Hell and the various damned and daemonic encountered therein would make for a great experience.

[mmmbeans]

Agreed. The concept is fugging epic. But having played the demo, as beans said, this is just another button-mashing beat-em-up. And the cross attack is so odd. It's like the dvelopers were saying, "Well, he needs a ranged attack. Bow and Arrow?" "Naw, let's have him hold up a crucifix and machine-gun out crosses of light three-at-a-time." "Hmm, it seems like you didn't put a lot of thought into that. Perfect!"

And does ones choices in the Punish vs. Absolve thing actually matter?

I might get it anyway, because even though the gameplay is pedestrian, I think the fun might be in the journey. The descent through the rings of Hell and the various damned and daemonic encountered therein would make for a great experience.

yea, the cross attack is really half assed. I felt like I was playing gauntlet... except I love gauntlet.

[Captroop]

A lot seems half assed about the game. Like the way he dies. He's just randomly standing around and one hooded guy sneaks up on him and stabs him in the back? Really? That's the least cool way to have your character die. Why not have him swallowed up in a fire? Or overwhelmed by enemies? Or crushed by a piano? Or bludgeoned to death by a four-year-old in a pink bunny costume would be more badass than the way he dies. Yeah, some great hero we get to play here, he can't even detect a guy sneaking up on him in this enormously wide-open outdoor space. That threw me right there.

[SmootsDaddy89]

I wish I could get the demo. :/

[mmmbeans]

graphics are nice.

[Mesmer]

outside of the combat system, the entire game is asinine. the concept art was stripped off the school binder of a 5th grader. considering i've already played bayonetta and darksiders this year, this one will be tough to enjoy.

AND NOW I WILL SLASH YOU WITH MY GIANT BONE SCYTHE!

please. completely gay.

[mmmbeans]

i thought bayonetta was kinda crap too. I just can't get into these $60 coin-op games. I'd play it if it cost a quarter but I can't shell out $60 for a totally linear, single player beat-em up (which inevitably takes place in some version of hell) that takes 6-8 (at most) hours to beat and has no replay value.

I'll load up my wii and play golden axe or altered beast or metal slug anthology kthxbai.

[Mesmer]

bayonetta is the better version of dante's inferno. great combat system, shitty story/everything else

[DudeNamedJeremy]

looks like a rip off of god of war. i'll pass on this game

[Delhomeboy]

I agree with Smootsdaddy--not a huge game player here, but I love the divine comedy, and this sounds like an awesome idea...unfortunately, from what everyone's saying, they simply relegated it to a hack and slash beat 'em up instead of some game with depth.