1up.com concludes: "1up.com concludes: "Perhaps if EA had spent some of that marketing money on creating an original game -- instead of trying to be "

1up.com concludes: "Perhaps if EA had spent some of that marketing money on creating an original game -- instead of trying to be overtly "offensive" -- this game could have went somewhere."

i agree with 1up.com--they are experts!!

"The protagonist is chasing after his beloved Beatrice, but I don't remember Beatrice's boobs hanging out in Alighieri's poem. "

--1up.com

These guys (Jonathan Knight & EA) rip off someone else ideas, the hard work of someone else, and in the end they still have worst game

http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/NewsCom-468049.aspx?CT=1#Comments

These guys rip off someone else ideas, the hard work of someone else, and in the end they still have worst game ( im pretty sure it wont be anywhere near GOW3 quality)and still manage to sell more. So unfair. If this happens they should give some of the money to GoW devs man, they had all the hard work. And even if it doesnt, they still should mention GoW in the credits. Its clearly a rip off.

http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/NewsCom-468049.aspx?CT=1#Comments

Jonathan Knight destroyed Dante's Inferno: "The philosophy with which Inferno is shot through is completely jettisoned"

Jonathan Knight destroyed Dante's Inferno: "The philosophy with which Inferno is shot through is completely jettisoned"

http://www.concept-team.ch/2010/02/02/game-review-dantes-inferno/
For a start, you play as Dante himself, magically transformed into an action-hero – somewhat ironic, given his passivity and tendency to cower behind Virgil in the poem. And he appears to have been conflated with someone else – possibly his ancestor Cacciaguida, mentioned in Paradiso – as the action starts with him participating in a Crusade, only to return home to find Beatrice dead. Although alluded to, the famous forest where he encounters Virgil is eschewed – Virgil first pops up at the gate to the Underworld, and generally plays a very peripheral part in proceedings. The philosophy with which Inferno is shot through is completely jettisoned, and the quotes the game occasionally chucks your way are very short and pretty random.
--http://www.concept-team.ch/2010/02/02/game-review-dantes-inferno/

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"the boss in the Lust circle, for example, is a giant naked houri who spews babies equipped with hands replaced by blades from her right nipple, and her minions are also naked women with giant scorpion-like stings that emerge from their nether regions." boobies & netehr regions!!! lolz lz zlzozlz l lzozlzlz zl ozlzlzlzl1!!!!!!

BONUS QUESTION: God of War III or EA's (eafail) Dante's Inferno? "You might as well ask me if I would prefer a steak dinner or a kick in the nuts."

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BONUS QUESTION: God of War III or Dante's Inferno? "You might as well ask me if I would prefer a steak dinner or a kick in the nuts."

--http://www.411mania.com/games/columns/127986

EA's eafail Dante's Inferno gamesuck generates the sound of crickets everytime people remember God Of War 3 will come out around the same time.

http://www.destructoid.com/visceral-true-poetry-fans-love-dante-s-inferno-game-155879.phtml

Who are these people who are supposed to be so against the game and
offended? The same people who protested it at E3 and ended up a publicity stunt?
And who are these poem fans excited for it? Because as far as I've ever heard,
only a handful of videogame site reviewers have seen actual previews and no one
else. I think this is more made up "offenders" because Dantes generates the
sound of crickets everytime people remember God Of War 3 will come out around
the same time.

http://www.destructoid.com/visceral-true-poetry-fans-love-dante-s-inferno-game-155879.phtml

EA's DANTE'S INFERNO FAIL-SUCKS!!!! The anti-intellectual attack by EA, the developer, and the defenders of this game is depressing to me.

http://www.destructoid.com/visceral-true-poetry-fans-love-dante-s-inferno-game-155879.phtml

"I like to say the game is a celebration of Dante."

by taking nothing from the poem except the idea of hell broken into circles.

"Generally those critics are often people who weren't fans of the poem and weren't that familiar with it until they heard we were doing this,"

not only do the people who complain not understand our greatness...

"What we're finding is, a few people anyway, that quite clearly didn't know it well, now have gone off and read it and they're looking for ways to go, oh you're taking liberties here, or you didn't do this, or whatever.

...the people who complained are all stupid posers.

"But the reality is that true Dante fans, people who actually have spent time with the literature and care about it are over the moon with the game project."

...and if you don't agree with us, you're dumb.

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The anti-intellectual attack by EA, the developer, and the defenders of this game is depressing to me.
--http://www.destructoid.com/visceral-true-poetry-fans-love-dante-s-inferno-game-155879.phtml

"the basic game concept and mechanics are so far afield from the themes of Dante's work, that it makes it look like the creators completely don't get"

more jonathan knight eainferno dante's inferno suck!!

http://www.destructoid.com/visceral-true-poetry-fans-love-dante-s-inferno-game-155879.phtml


@Ghil : You nailed it. It's not that the game should be a direct reconstruction of the Inferno. It's that the basic game concept and mechanics are so far afield from the themes of Dante's work, that it makes it look like the creators completely don't get it, and also don't care. It's hard to feel good about that if you're a fan of the original epic.

It's not about violating the orginal -- if McDonald's comes up with a "Mona Lisa Burger" tomorrow, I wouldn't feel that it ruined the Mona Lisa, but I'd still be like, "That's super-lame of you, evil clown corporate conglomerate. And claiming that it will 'raise awareness' of art is similarly lame."

http://www.destructoid.com/visceral-true-poetry-fans-love-dante-s-inferno-game-155879.phtml

Yes, it will make more people read the poem but...will they not feel deceived when they read something that bears no similitudes with the game they played?

I know it seems stupid to ask ourselves this but: would Dante approve? It's his masterpiece after all. I know I wouldn't accept to see my most significant achievement bastardized like so.

http://www.destructoid.com/visceral-true-poetry-fans-love-dante-s-inferno-game-155879.phtml