Dante's Inferno

[schild]

Way too lazy to find that old thread from the announcement. Played through 3 circles and the descent now. Gotta admit, enjoying the shit out of it. Sure, it's a total bastardization of The Inferno and a total Knockoff of God of War - but whatever, Visceral has got their shit together. The art and sound are absolutely top notch and the combat is way more than passable. If you didn't pick up Bioshock 2 today, I'd suggest getting this. I actually stopped playing Bioshock 2 because this was so much better than I expected.

[Sheepherder]

I'm waiting on screenshots of the lake of sinners.

[CaptainNapkin]

This has been on and toward the top of my list since playing the demo which very much gave me the God of War vibe, in a good way. In my opinion the superbowl commercial did not do this game justice. They should have thrown in some actual gameplay footage, I could care less if it was the proper audience for it.

[Kageh]

Am following this. I'm curious how the favorable impressions hold up through the game. The reviews that I read - being a big GoW fan myself and thus very interested - point out that the similarities and the quality in level in and enemy design take a turn for the worse in the second half of the game, with the last stretch feeling very rushed.

[Mrbloodworth]

Played the demo quite a bit ago, the "cinematics" are top notch, and the art is so well done. Thumbs up.

[schild]

My favorite part of Gods of War was the bosses. The huge game-sized puzzles like Getting Pandora's Box were, you know, not bad, but paled in comparison to other bits (especially now that I've played Demon's Souls - which has vastly superior level design). Parts of Dante's Inferno feels like a boss rush compared to God of War. The "Levels" just feel like bits between beating the shit out of a major storyline demon, which was a pretty goddamn good way to go about it if you ask me.