A shameless God of War clone, but not a bad one! Perhaps the loosest adaptation of anything ever, Dante's Inferno follows the titular Dante, here refigured not as an Italian poet but as a bloodthirsty crusader who kills Death, nicks his scythe, comes home to find the love of his life spirited away to Hell by the Devil and resolves to murder his way through Lucifer's house until he gets her back. It's a frankly insane premise, but remarkably it works! Each level of Hell is rendered in exquisitely grotesque detail, and the attack animations are fluid and brutal. Combat is simple but effective, with the same light-heavy attack format as God of War, but Dante can stuff experience points into two different paths, either to power up the evil power of his scythe or the holy power of his cross (which shoots lasers, you know, like real crucifixes don't). A truly unhinged game, but in the best way.

Reviewed on Apr 05, 2024


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