Parents need to know that Dante's Inferno is a very violent, gory game meant only for adult eyes. Using a scythe and Holy Cross, players can lop off heads, dismember enemies' limbs, and literally split foes in half.
Prepare to see plenty of blood spewing from foes. Some enemies are particularly vile and disturbing, such as gluttonous behemoths spewing vomit and "unblessed infants," babies with blades for arms. Players will also see some sexual content, such as topless female foes and bare buttocks. The female enemies moan and writhe around seductively, and some attack with a giant snake that shoots out from between their legs. Add your rating See all 15 parent reviews. Add your rating See all 27 kid reviews.
Lead character Dante is a Christian soldier fighting during the Crusades, when he returns home to find the love of his life, Beatrice, slain. Her soul is then snatched by the devil, forcing Dante to descend into the nine circles of Hell to defeat Lucifer and save Beatrice's soul.
The levels representing the circles of Hell are based in part on the seven deadly sins, such as Greed, Lust, and Gluttony. Using a scythe acquired following a battle with Death, as well as a Holy Cross from Beatrice, Dante slays a myriad of bizarre, demonic foes.
Players can string together ranged and scythe attacks to deliver crushing combos. Dante also acquires magical powers to deal further damage. Once players conquer the campaign, they can advance to the arcade-focused Gates of Hell Arena, where players face a series of challenges to achieve a high score. While Dante's Inferno is a technically solid game, it's hard not to miss the striking similarities between God of War. From the way players boost their health and magic meters to the attacks and tactics used by players, the game often mimics Sony's highly successful action game.
It's very difficult to ignore the similarities, but the imitation works for the most part. Combat against lesser foes can be intense and pulling off some combos is gratifying, but none of the game's signifcant encounters are particularly epic or memorable.
Also, the game's campaign grows tedious as you approach the game's final levels. For adult players seeking a thrilling "hack-and-slash" adventure, don't settle for the carbon copy when its inspiration is far better. Families can talk about merging video games with literary classics such as The Divine Comedy.
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Thank you for your support. Film roman's work opens the movie and where it lacks in artistic detail, it makes up for it by having the most fluid character movements in the whole film. Designs maintain the simpler contemporary western animation style similar to other Direct-to-Video animated movies like Planet Hulk yet preserves the game's dark gritty setting.
Upon entering the level of Limbo, Studio Manglobe famous for their work on Samurai Champloo takes over animation with director Shukou Murase whose works include animation design for Gundam Wing and directing the anime series Ergo Proxy at the helm. Boasting the most incredible amount of art detail, a nightmarish Gothic feel and great looking character designs, Manglobe's segment is impressive to behold.
No small cutesy characters, big kawaii eyes or bright cheery colors that so many Japanese productions suffer from. Balancing beautiful artwork with slick animation, a leaner meaner Dante slashes through the levels of "Lust", "Gluttony" and "Anger" which are rendered in a stylish American graphic novel look not unlike 's "Tales of the Black Freighter" from Warner.
Sadly from here on, the animation takes a slow dive in quality. JM animation handles the next 2 segments and one thing they can never get right is the mouth movements of characters. The first segment, taking place in the level of "Violence", boasts a buff, muscular Dante and a stylized design more suited for a Saturday morning action anime than a dark gritty horror piece.
At this point even the story, which started off like a blazing bonfire, starts to sputter and ebb. This is followed by the level of "Fraud", supposedly the start of the film's climax. But by now, the story has descended so much into a brainless hack and slash that the ultimate resolution to the climax is a big letdown.
Complex and intriguing themes that were hinted upon earlier in the film are discarded in favor of moving the action along. For example, the running theme of repentance and forgiveness is trivialized into a kind of "magic spell" that can redeem lost souls by waving a silver cross at them. Lastly, Dante's Inferno goes out with a sad fizzle thanks to a sub-par rush job by Production I. It boggles the mind how the studio responsible for Ghost in The Shell, Sky Crawlers and other beautifully animated productions could turn up such a thing.
The final showdown with Lucifer is an appropriate closure for Dante's spiritual journey but the animation presented is only mediocre, the artwork simplistic and the character designs, laughable. Dante is now a disproportionately wide oaf who looks more fat than muscular and Lucifer himself conjures up memories of some lost Digimon. Not many may appreciate the unnecessarily convoluted narrative or the inconsistent visual styles. The bloody action never fails to please though the more conservative types may be put off by the religious musings and sexually graphic visuals that level is not called "Lust" for nothing.
It might seem like all style over substance at first but if one were to read in between the lines, Dante's Inferno presents a tragic tale of love, loss, faith and redemption; unoriginal themes for sure but themes that anyone can easily relate to. Details Edit. Release date February 9, United States. English Japanese.
Dante's inferno. At least its animation not graphic. Extremely graphic violence but the character is more moral than God of War, the game this game clearly copies off of. Teen, 15 years old Written by uvkitty September 26, I strongly recommend this game for adult audiences only, little 12 year olds shouldn't be playing this game. They would only get the violent parts of it and not the true story line.
Also, the way you kill all the bosses are very gruesome and tortuous. Again not a game for a little 12 year old. Educational Value. Teen, 13 years old Written by La Zapatista September 12, Fun game with pretty bad content for kids 12 and under This game was great, immense story line..
The content Ya it's bad but if you have a kid that's very mature like myself let them play it. This title contains: Educational Value.
Teen, 13 years old Written by keano July 28, Very bloddy, slightly disturbing game with excessive nudity and optionally good or bad messages.
Kid, 11 years old June 11, Teen, 13 years old Written by king88 June 9, Positive role models. Teen, 16 years old Written by JocaBrate94 May 17, Go to Common Sense Review.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print. Personalize your media recommendations. How old is your kid? Have an account? Amidst the sounds of moaning, drowning, crying, and chastising, some bizarre creatures appear a veritable monster's ball , accentuating the surreal nature of the game: a pestilent Bertha blob spews its anger, sometimes more; a King Kong-sized Cleopatra—demon-like, purplish, topless—reigns over the level Lust; and "unblessed infants" with sharp blades-for-arms zealously attack Dante in dark spaces.
The most intense depictions of violence occur during cutscenes—the tapestry-style animations and the CGI-enhanced cinematics: Templar soldiers cut townspeople in half; a man is decapitated and his head hurtles toward the screen; a man gets stabbed through the eye with his own crucifix; and a soldier impales a woman through the chest by throwing a sword at the fleeing victim—Intense Violence at M.
The game also contains some sexual content and depictions of nudity.
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