"In summary, gameplay was lame, Dante's a moron, In summary, gameplay was lame, Dante's a moron, "

From EA's very own forums:

From the opening sequence of the demo where Dante is stitching a cross into his skin to the nude Beatrice, I pretty much felt like I was being baptized in oily, filthy water... In summary, gameplay was lame, Dante's a moron, Beatrice is a *, camera movement was obnoxious, premise is embarrassing while pretending to be literary and historically informed, and I'd rather get Bayonetta than this crap. Apparently In summary, gameplay was lame, Dante's a moron.....

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/15/349953.page

jonathan kinght's dante's inferno a "wanna be GOWIII"

from:

http://www.psu.com/Images-of-Dantes-Inferno-bring-back-memories--a006522-p0.php

Hmm, a worse-looking God of War...

The book was great, so this will be good if it goes along with the story. Unfortunantly, Dante didn't actually fight anyone in the book, so this already strays away from what the main focus should be. Oh well...

Sorry, but this positively REEKS of plagiarism. Pretty blatant, if you ask me. EA, you 5uck!

http://www.psu.com/Images-of-Dantes-Inferno-bring-back-memories--a006522-p0.php

Jonathan Knight: Dante’s Inferno “Bastardization” of Epic Poem

http://www.gamekicker.com/Gaming-News/Jonathan-Knight-Dante-s-Inferno-Bastardization-of-Epic-Poem

And in a particularly interesting turn of events, Knight was kind enough to divulge his thoughts on the criticism surrounding the video game adaptation, admitting that the game is a “bastardization” of the original poem,

http://www.gamekicker.com/Gaming-News/Jonathan-Knight-Dante-s-Inferno-Bastardization-of-Epic-Poem

I tried the demo. And I didn't finish it. I thought it was that bad. --http://kotaku.com/5459616/hell-hath-no-fury-like-video-games-take-on-dantes-inf

I tried the demo. And I didn't finish it. I thought it was that bad. Reply
--http://kotaku.com/5459616/hell-hath-no-fury-like-video-games-take-on-dantes-inferno


"When I spoke with the developers in the past, they said that narrative would draw from the real Dante Alighieri's real-life experiences. That doesn't really happen."

Don't you remember the part where a giant Cleopatra spews henchmen from her breasts? Oh wait...
--http://kotaku.com/5459616/hell-hath-no-fury-like-video-games-take-on-dantes-inferno
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lolz jonathan knight hypes his inferno gamesuck but kokatu concludes "When I spoke with the developers in the past, they said that narrative would dr"

lolz jonathan knight hypes his inferno gamesuck but kokatu concludes "When I spoke with the developers in the past, they said that narrative would draw from the real Dante Alighieri's real-life experiences. That doesn't really happen."

http://kotaku.com/5459616/hell-hath-no-fury-like-video-games-take-on-dantes-inferno

But Inferno is a game that will inevitably be pulled down by its Achilles Heel: It plays like God of War. --http://kotaku.com/5459616/hell-hath-no-fury-like-video-games-take-on-dantes-inferno

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THE NEW YORK TIMES ON JONATHAN KNIGHT'S EPIC EA DANTE'S INFERNO FAIL: "“It’s just a gross misrepresentation of the original work,” said Rob Bricken

THE NEW YORK TIMES ON JONATHAN KNIGHT'S EPIC EA DANTE'S INFERNO GAME FAIL: "“It’s just a gross misrepresentation of the original work,” said Rob Bricken, editor of the ge"

“It’s just a gross misrepresentation of the original work,” said Rob Bricken,
editor of the geek-culture blog ToplessRobot.com. “They’re not interested in getting kids into literature — they’re not looking to do anything except sell some books to dumb kids.”

Abandon All Poetry, but Enter Hell With an Attitude

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/arts/television/30inferno.html?pagewanted=2 LOLZ BOOBIESS!!! --JONATHAN KNIGHT Abandon All Poetry, but Enter Hell With an Attitude

“The story line is not Dante’s, period,” said Teodolinda Barolini, the Lorenzo Da Ponte Professor of Italian at Columbia University and a former president of the Dante Society of America. “It’s kind of a mishmash of current popular ideas, projected back into the Middle Ages.” --http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/arts/television/30inferno.html?pagewanted=2

Christopher M. McDonough, an associate professor of classical languages at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., was skeptical that the game would encourage more players to read Dante’s work.

OMG! EA fail's lead fanboy Jonathan Knight sentences Dante's Beatrice to Nuidity!! OMG!! What an EPIC FAIL FANBOY!!! LOLZ!!!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/entertainment/blogs/infernal-machines/3240030/Dantes-Inferno-Gates-of-Hell-demo

Dante's Inferno follows the poet warrior as he hacks and slashes his way through the demons of hell to save his girlfriend from the Devil.

Are you just screwing with me, Visceral?

Surely this is a joke. Surely a developer would be too crippled with embarrassment to put so much money, time and effort into something so ridiculous - turning a literary allegory on the nature of good and evil into a blood spattered God of War clone.

As you might have heard, it IS basically a clone. A carbon copy of Sony's successful massacring of Greek myth. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Plenty of fantastic games are shameless copies. Bioshock is System Shock plus Fallout; Saint's Row is Grand Theft Auto minus brains. If you can make a good game that resembles one people already love, then why not?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/entertainment/blogs/infernal-machines/3240030/Dantes-Inferno-Gates-of-Hell-demo

LOLZZZZ THEY RIPPED OFF GOD OF WAR LOLZZZ!!!

But Dante's Inferno isn't just a clone - it IS God of War. The attacks are the same, the plot elements are the same, the quick-time events are the same, the health bar is the same. There are God of War orbs to collect so you can unlock more God of War moves to use on God of War enemies so you can get to giant, powerful God of War bosses.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/entertainment/blogs/infernal-machines/3240030/Dantes-Inferno-Gates-of-Hell-demo


LOLLLLZLZLZ ZLZOZLZO LOZLLZOZ LZOZLZL!!! EA'S #1 EPIC FAIL FANBOY JONATHAN KNIGHT STITCHES A GIANT CROSS ON DANTE'S CHEST!!!

Overcome with a bad case of the sads, Dante does what any logical person would do: he stitches a fabric cross into the skin of his chest. That's how you know he's serious.
--http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/entertainment/blogs/infernal-machines/3240030/Dantes-Inferno-Gates-of-Hell-demo

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EA'S #1 EPIC FAIL FANBOY JONATHAN KNIGHT GIVES BEATRICE HUGE BOOBIES LOLZ!!!!!!

Outside, he finds the dead body of his lover, Beatrice. In the poem, Beatrice represents love and maternal feeling. In the game, Beatrice is a hot, chesty woman with a craving for demon meat. She's lying dead and half-naked on the ground, then her spirit pops out, naked, to be groped by a cloud of smoke known to most as Satan.

She's naked because men buy video games and men loves breasts. So that will make them buy the game, right? RIGHT?! Look forward to the upcoming game adaptation of Othello where Desdemona is a pole-dancing hooker.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/entertainment/blogs/infernal-machines/3240030/Dantes-Inferno-Gates-of-Hell-demo

LOLZ LOLZ EPIC JONATHAN KNIGHT EA FAIL!!!!!!!