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Re: hot or not? (dante's inferno related)
« Reply #120 on: January 23, 2010, 12:29:29 AM »
It's still a new section.  The leaping onto birds and flying in the demo was kinda new too.  The point is that the GoW3 demo was just like the other games, as you progressed you kept experiencing new things.  It's what keeps them fun.

DI on the other hand didn't even offer a new mini-game!  It's the exact same game as GoW2...

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« Reply #121 on: January 23, 2010, 12:32:26 AM »
Note, I'm not saying the mini-game is good.  It can be terrible but at least it's something new and not just mash mash mash.

I'm still getting DI btw.  It just is kind of dull if you've played GoW.

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« Reply #122 on: January 23, 2010, 02:39:14 AM »
Reading Purgatory looks more fun than this.

Purgatorio is fucking amazing. The boring one is Paradiso.

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« Reply #123 on: February 02, 2010, 11:43:35 AM »
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« Reply #124 on: February 02, 2010, 04:04:07 PM »
Lucifer has a nice penis :drool

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« Reply #125 on: February 02, 2010, 04:27:29 PM »
http://evaxephon.com/stream/

Fighting a boss. Surprisingly fast paced and the dude is complaining how difficult the he is  :lol
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« Reply #126 on: February 02, 2010, 04:51:40 PM »
Lucifer has a nice penis :drool

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Half-cocked, too.

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Re: hot or not? (dante's inferno related)
« Reply #127 on: February 02, 2010, 08:27:41 PM »
EA is really going all out with the marketing of this game. I don't ever remember a SuperBowl commercial for a game.

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« Reply #128 on: February 02, 2010, 11:03:59 PM »
That's a fucking good commercial.
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« Reply #129 on: February 03, 2010, 12:19:12 AM »
http://evaxephon.com/stream/

Fighting a boss. Surprisingly fast paced and the dude is complaining how difficult the he is  :lol

That guy just finished playing and hoo boy the last two levels look bad.

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The 8th circle is a bunch of stupid challenge rooms and Satan looks like an abysmal boss fight.

It looks like there are two endings, depending if you max your holy or unholy meter.  Also, there is a "To be continued..." at the end of the game. :lol
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Re: hot or not? (dante's inferno related)
« Reply #130 on: February 03, 2010, 12:22:22 AM »
Dante's Paradiso, coming 2011. :rock
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Stoney Mason

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Re: hot or not? (dante's inferno related)
« Reply #131 on: February 03, 2010, 01:20:44 AM »
That's a fucking good commercial.

It's a good commercial but there is nothing lamer than when a company advertises with non-gameplay footage.

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« Reply #132 on: February 03, 2010, 01:25:31 AM »
Worked for Square.

Stoney Mason

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« Reply #133 on: February 03, 2010, 01:29:02 AM »
Worked for Square.

While that's a bit misleading also a least those cinematics come from the actual game.

That commercial cinematic was crafted solely for that commercial. It doesn't even exist as a cinematic in the game.

Lots of games and companies do it. It's just a personal pet peeve of mine as it seems sleazy. Like you are trying to trick people that your game actually looks like that.

At least something like the Dragon Age commercial at least more clearly looks like it isn't trying to emulate actual gameplay to me.

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« Reply #134 on: February 03, 2010, 01:30:12 AM »
Most video game commercials are just CG. That's why they have that stupid subtitle on there now, "not representative of actual gameplay".

... This seems like a decent $20/$30 game.
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« Reply #135 on: February 03, 2010, 07:07:52 AM »
So, the game is out..

Gonna give it a whirl.

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« Reply #136 on: February 03, 2010, 08:38:36 AM »
The animated film is actually really well done. I enjoyed it.

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« Reply #137 on: February 03, 2010, 11:08:14 AM »
Yep, poor man's GOW. It's kinda fun, but even GOW2 had better presentation so far.

I'll totally forget about this game after GOWIII hits my Ps3 drive.

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« Reply #138 on: February 03, 2010, 11:12:11 AM »
EA originally wanted it to say "Go to Hell" at the end of the commercial, but CBS objected.
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Re: hot or not? (dante's inferno related)
« Reply #139 on: February 03, 2010, 01:41:22 PM »
6/10 from Eurogamer. Playable but outdated clone, and that is its redeeming quality.

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« Reply #140 on: February 03, 2010, 01:47:22 PM »
6/10 from Eurogamer. Playable but outdated clone, and that is its redeeming quality.

That review was done by a girl that was previously only allowed to review petz like games. :lol
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« Reply #141 on: February 03, 2010, 01:49:47 PM »
I guess the game is so crappy that they didn't even put their good staff on it.  :gloomy

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« Reply #142 on: February 03, 2010, 01:53:31 PM »
6/10 from Eurogamer. Playable but outdated clone, and that is its redeeming quality.


Not surprised at all at the score tbh.

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« Reply #143 on: February 03, 2010, 01:59:49 PM »
6/10 seems about right. 

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« Reply #144 on: February 03, 2010, 02:13:04 PM »
I guess the game is so crappy that they didn't even put their good staff on it.  :gloomy

She may review God of War 3 also...
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« Reply #145 on: February 03, 2010, 02:35:01 PM »
Eurogamer is generally harsher than their American counterparts but 6 out of 10 doesn't seem that out of line from my expectations. I'm guessing the game gets in the 8.5 range from American sites like IGN.

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« Reply #147 on: February 03, 2010, 02:39:42 PM »
7/10 from IGN UK

Ultimately, our issue is simple - if you’re going to shamelessly riff on a formula popularised and pretty much perfected by another massive game title - yes, God of War in this instance - you better be damn sure you do it better. And, sadly, aside from its excellent combat system, Dante’s Inferno misses the mark in almost every way. It’s dated, uninspired, repetitive, clumsy and almost totally forgettable. But - and this is a big but - there absolutely is fun to be had from Visceral’s superb fighting engine and, truthfully, the simple act of hitting things until they explode is a pleasant enough distraction. That’s going to be more than enough for the less discerning, more forgiving player, particularly with multiple difficulty settings to tantalise with further grasps for perfection. Anyone else, however, should quite reasonably demand more.

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1066253p1.html

I'm going to guess that the US site will give it an 8 7.5, that's how this seems to work.

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« Reply #148 on: February 03, 2010, 02:52:44 PM »
Interesting. Not that I necessarily care about review scores or even find them valid outside of just being another opinion on a game, but those are fairly low review scores for a game they are putting a lot of marketing muscle behind. Just saying.

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« Reply #149 on: February 03, 2010, 02:57:34 PM »
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« Reply #150 on: February 03, 2010, 03:03:46 PM »
Interesting. Not that I necessarily care about review scores or even find them valid outside of just being another opinion on a game, but those are fairly low review scores for a game they are putting a lot of marketing muscle behind. Just saying.

Looks like all of the marketing budget was put towards the Super Bowl instead of IGN and Eurogamer. :teehee

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« Reply #151 on: February 03, 2010, 03:08:21 PM »
Looks like this game is getting straight C- across the board.


http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3177808

I'll still give it a gamefly someday but it will be way down the road.

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« Reply #152 on: February 03, 2010, 03:15:37 PM »
EA is really going all out with the marketing of this game. I don't ever remember a SuperBowl commercial for a game.

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Its the first video game superbowl commercial. Well, not counting this of course:

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« Reply #153 on: February 03, 2010, 03:33:06 PM »
I'm now 2 hours in. A 6.0 as a score is way too low IMO. I'd give it an 8 so far. It looks and plays great.
The bosses I've fought looked amazing. The lead character is stupid, though.
But yeah, it's not better than any of the GOW games so far.

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« Reply #154 on: February 03, 2010, 06:54:52 PM »
Going further into the game I can understand the lower scores. It just doesn't captivate me like a GOW game does.
It has a few great set pieces, but those are ruined by the terrible platforming or horrible QTE's.
While the fighting mechanics hold up, the power up system just sucks because you'll have to use the shitty good/evil system to earn more powers.
And that gets old really fast.
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« Reply #155 on: February 04, 2010, 04:03:37 PM »
So, this game really kinda sucks. I really want to like it because the environments and the setting are amazing.
But the gameplay - especially the fucking awful platforming- make this game so frustrating at times. The controls are unresponsive during platform sequences.
This game was released too early. The EA's game testers are distinguished mentally-challenged fellows or trolls who hate EA.

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« Reply #156 on: February 05, 2010, 12:48:26 PM »
Finished it. Game is ok. I'd give it a 6.5/10

And the ending...so many penises.

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« Reply #157 on: February 05, 2010, 12:59:05 PM »
And the ending...so many penises.

Sounds like Evilbore found its GOTY.  :-*

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« Reply #158 on: February 05, 2010, 01:47:55 PM »
Saves me the trouble of burning it.

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« Reply #159 on: February 06, 2010, 06:06:07 AM »
Gamespot seems to agree with me:

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/dantesinferno/review.html?page=2

6.5

Biggest disappointment this generation for me. I expected so much more out of this. But you'll like this if you like GOW. Just expect a less sturdy game.

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« Reply #160 on: February 06, 2010, 11:16:05 AM »
Yep, poor man's GOW. It's kinda fun, but even GOW2 had better presentation so far.

I'll totally forget about this game after GOWIII hits my Ps3 drive.

well since god of bore is a poor mans action game that would mean dantes inferno is really far down on the poverty scale.

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« Reply #161 on: February 06, 2010, 11:27:58 AM »
A few weeks ago:

wow absolutely amazing demo. makes god of bore look like a joke.

wow, owned hard :rofl

game turned out to be a dud.

playing this with the superior 360 controller was so much better and it was already great!

based on their demos dante's inferno takes a massive dump on god of war 3.

GOW III demo is better than the whole Dante Inferno game.

Poor EA.
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« Reply #162 on: February 06, 2010, 11:42:57 AM »
taking those posts seriously  :wag

both fail as action games but i admit they make decent rentals.

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« Reply #163 on: February 06, 2010, 11:46:42 AM »
taking those posts seriously  :wag

both fail as action games but i admit they make decent rentals.

 :lol

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« Reply #164 on: February 06, 2010, 11:50:21 AM »
i know it is pretty funny that people think god of bore is a good action game.
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

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« Reply #165 on: February 06, 2010, 11:57:52 AM »
i know it is pretty funny that people think god of bore is a good action game.
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

nice meltdown :lol

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« Reply #166 on: February 06, 2010, 12:07:02 PM »
the requirements for a meltdown sure have been downgraded

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« Reply #167 on: February 06, 2010, 12:23:32 PM »
You're right, this is more backpedaling
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« Reply #168 on: February 07, 2010, 01:00:58 AM »
i know it is pretty funny that people think god of bore is a good action game.
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

Have you finished Dantes Inferno yet :D

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« Reply #170 on: February 10, 2010, 09:59:47 PM »
For anyone interested: a thing I wrote/illustrated related to Dante's Inferno: "5 More Literary Classics We Could Ruin With A Game"

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3. Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)

For years, Namco has been showing they're happy to shoehorn any recognizable character into Soul Calibur, regardless of fit - Link, Spawn, Heihachi, even fucking Yoda. So why not the two main characters from Steinbeck's classic, George Milton and Lennie Small? Lennie's strengths would be obvious: hulking, powerful, and a deep, irresistible need to squeeze pretty, soft things to death would give him an edge against cheesecake fighters like Taki or Ivy. So he's a bit "special" - you don't need a college degree to kick ass!

As for George, well... he's got a pistol, and does extra damage from behind. Don't turn your back on him.


http://www.joystickdivision.com/2010/02/5_more_literary_classics_we_co.php

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« Reply #171 on: February 10, 2010, 11:14:50 PM »
So how exactly is Dante's Inferno ruined by this?

The same way a joke can be ruined by telling it wrong?

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« Reply #172 on: February 11, 2010, 08:51:48 PM »
So how exactly is Dante's Inferno ruined by this?

The same way a joke can be ruined by telling it wrong?

But said joke will always be funny, regardless of if someone told it incorrectly. EA has never claimed Dante's Inferno was an accurate representation of the poem, but inspired by the story of Inferno.

Maybe I just don't have the correct literary sensibilities but I think the game presents an interesting look at hell (nothing we haven't seen before, but altogether it's pretty neat) and doesn't have that bad of a plot as far as video game story are concerned.

I'm about as offended by this as I am by God of War.

Maybe you're taking me too literally. Obviously all copies of Dante's Inferno aren't going to turn into oatmeal because of this game - I mean "ruin" in the sense that if you're looking at it as an interpretation of the work (which is fair, since it's called... um, Dante's Inferno), it fails on almost every level, having almost nothing in common with the book other than the setting and some names - which begs the question why they needed to call it Dante's Inferno at all.

Of course, this would only bother someone who knows something about the book and/or cares about how great works are treated.

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« Reply #173 on: February 11, 2010, 10:26:54 PM »
Well even after reading the poem, I really don't give a shit about the game since in no way does it hinder or take away from the original. The only issue people have with the game is that it shares the same name. Like you said, the only thing it has in common is the setting and some names, so if it was called, "Seven circles of Hell", nobody would be so up in arms about what's presented.


But that's exactly the point/issue - it's NOT called "Seven Circles of Hell", it's called Dante's Inferno. It's the difference between someone posting a picture of a naked skank with her heels kicked up in the air online, and someone posting the same picture and saying it's your mom. The former might illicit a shrug; the latter is just misrepresentation at best and a disrespectful slur at worst.

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« Reply #174 on: February 12, 2010, 08:16:10 PM »
bump for me starting this game today. anyone else playing this. i'm playing on "Hard" (Hardest is locked).
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« Reply #175 on: February 12, 2010, 08:24:53 PM »
have fun with the cheap deaths on hard.

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« Reply #176 on: February 12, 2010, 10:05:48 PM »
bump for me starting this game today. anyone else playing this. i'm playing on "Hard" (Hardest is locked).

I'm actually playing this right now.  It's not too bad coming from Bayonetta.  I mean it's way worse but my response time is at it's prime atm so it makes DI easy as hell.  Plus I just got the max cross shoot and it destroys everything form a distance, lol.

I fucking hate the non-battle cheap deaths though.  Actually everything that is not a battle is fucking poor in this game.


Oh and my brother saw me playing this (limbo) and asked me why I was playing my PS2 instead of X360  :rofl
the graphics are terrible.

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« Reply #177 on: February 13, 2010, 10:16:44 AM »
Yeah this game is trash. Holy jesus the Antony fight is distinguished mentally-challenged
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Re: hot or not? (dante's inferno related) verdict: NOT NOT NOT
« Reply #178 on: February 13, 2010, 10:24:23 AM »
Delaying the game was the worst thing to happen to the game. Stuck between two vastly superior products is not the best release window.

And DI will still outsell Bayonetta 4:1 :'(

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Re: hot or not? (dante's inferno related) verdict: NOT NOT NOT
« Reply #179 on: February 13, 2010, 10:27:24 AM »
- cant cancel out of combos
- there are no combos
- cant dodge attacks for SHIT
- enemies repeat the same shit
- hitboxes are shit, keep getting hit by shit that... isnt there
- no items to use
+ health refills to max if you die so much
- relics are shit
- no different weapons
- magic is useless
- upgrades cost shitload, enemies drop shit for souls
- cant break out of juggles (Lust bitches especially)
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