A Journey into Simulated Inferno
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March 10, 2010
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We have finally advanced as a people into a time when Dante’s masterpiece, The Inferno, has reached entirely new levels.This literary classic has found a different way to reach the minds of young souls and capture attention on a whole new level. It has, of course, become a video game.
Beginning as a sin-stained crusader, the game starts off with a battle against Death himself. After you defeat him and obtain his scythe (which will become Dante’s primary weapon for the game), a descent into the infamous nine circles of Hell begins.
Some other notable bosses include a tag-team of Cleopatra and her lover Mark Antony, Dante’s father punished for Greed, and an epic ending battle against Lucifer.
One of the great things about this video game is the story-line behind it. There were some amazing ideas taken from the original work and transformed with a new techno-friendly touch. Each level of hell, cooresponding with a certain type of sin, contains bosses and henchmen condemned to eternal fire, all with a unique sin-related fight technique. For example, Gluttony (the third circle of Inferno) is home to incredibly fat and disgusting demons who must pay for their sins. Players also have the option to either absolve or punish certain souls from history, each decision yielding either new ”holy” or “unholy” fighting moves.
Obviously this game has some great features, but there were a few things that bothered me throughout its entirety. Dante’s Inferno has a strange camera angle set up that takes some getting used to. It becomes easier to navigate with experience, and as the game progresses, the fighting moves get more and more awesome.
With each new level comes difficult puzzles that can be hassles, at times, to determine each maze’s correct path. Some of these puzzles seem impossible and every player (with the exception of Luke Earhart) will probably end up getting stuck on a few of them.
Despite its ups and downs, overall Dante’s Inferno was an excellent game. An unparalleled storyline along with numerous ways to destroy opponents makes it an easy game to finish in one night (that is if you’re up to the challenge). But beware; as a personal statement, doing this might result in a sleepless night and horrible next day at school, where the real hell begins.
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