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Dante's Inferno demo coming this month, hitting PSN first, XBL two weeks later
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Is it just me or are the controls exactly like GoW? was playing it earlier today for the first time and the seem the same or similar, still playing the demo but this game wasn't even on my radar but it definitely is now, too many games though! this comes out the same week as WKC?
Dead Prince
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no. that's such a turn on. he's a masochist.Y2Kev said:
Valkyr Junkie
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DMPrince said:
Heh. It's not even that. It kinda kills the dramatic effect when you run over to where your dead lover is laying on the ground and one of her boobs is randomly hanging out of her dress :lol :lol
still hot
Dead Prince
Banned
i read that as you running over your dead lover and looking at her hanging boob :lol.Valkyr Junkie said:
oh god. later on in the demo that's one ugly Chick model. thank god for the boobs :lol.
KibblesBits
Member
Oh Dante... what will I ever do with you?
Majmun
Member
I loved it! The game plays great, runs smooth and looks pretty good. The CG sequences were beautiful, too
A total GOW rip-off, though. It even has slowmotion going on with that air move, just like in GOW :lol
But I liked it very much. They should change the buttons symbols during the QTE's. Sometime I could't see witch button I had to press.
Overall, I'm quite impressed.
A total GOW rip-off, though. It even has slowmotion going on with that air move, just like in GOW :lol
But I liked it very much. They should change the buttons symbols during the QTE's. Sometime I could't see witch button I had to press.
Overall, I'm quite impressed.
GillianSeed79
Member
Damn the Death edition sounds even better than the Divine edition.
Anyway, has it ever occurred to anyone complaining that it's a rip off that some people like the thematic setting? Depictions of hell are always interesting to me to be honest. Of course it will not be at all faithful to the poem, but at least they are including a digital copy. At least it won't have Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr.
Who knows, maybe we'll see a take on Paradise Lost if this sells well.
Anyway, has it ever occurred to anyone complaining that it's a rip off that some people like the thematic setting? Depictions of hell are always interesting to me to be honest. Of course it will not be at all faithful to the poem, but at least they are including a digital copy. At least it won't have Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr.
Who knows, maybe we'll see a take on Paradise Lost if this sells well.
Virtua Ben
Member
Amazing demo. I had little interest in this game, but now...wow, day one!
SolidSnakex
Member
It's a GoW ripoff, but it's a really good GoW ripoff if the demo is anything go by. The framerate is also silky smooth (except for some cutscenes, oddly enough). It's a definite purchase for me.
Erebus
Member
Just played the demo and holy crap this game is a total GoW clone. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the demo: graphics are good, presentation is awesome but everything else like the controls, the upgrade system, the HUD etc reminds me of God of War. Even the enemies look like their GoW counterparts. :lol
Dead Prince
Banned
okay. just finished the demo and watched the horribly compressed video at the end and noticed a female enemy whose attack is
? WTF.
vaginal clit tentacle attack
Total GoW clone, but a good one. I have to admit this is now on my radar, being a fan of action games this will be hard to pass up. I'm not sure if it's day one though. I'll need to play the demo a bit more.
I agree some of the QTE's are hard to read. The controls aren't as responsive as GoW. I prefer the evading in GoW, because you can cancel put of animations quicker. It controls much better than I imagined.
I agree some of the QTE's are hard to read. The controls aren't as responsive as GoW. I prefer the evading in GoW, because you can cancel put of animations quicker. It controls much better than I imagined.
Katana_Strikes
Member
Not very good.
Graphics aren't very nice. It's lacking something... lighting, something. Possibly some of the worst water and fire effects I've seen in a while. The combat just didn't ever feel that satisfying. In fact it was borderline boring. The boss fights (grim reaper especially) were dull. They pretty much just stand there. Don't think they could have copied the health/magic bar any closer to GoWs... ok so magic is purple in this game and orbs are gold...
It lacked the satisfying combat and epicness of the GoW games. Even after going from GoW Collection to this, it looked ugly and was missing something. Not even to compare it to the GoWIII demo, which just blows it away completely.
A poor man's God of War. Not even good enough to fill the wait till GoWIII a month later. Damn I got better enjoyment from Conan than this.
Graphics aren't very nice. It's lacking something... lighting, something. Possibly some of the worst water and fire effects I've seen in a while. The combat just didn't ever feel that satisfying. In fact it was borderline boring. The boss fights (grim reaper especially) were dull. They pretty much just stand there. Don't think they could have copied the health/magic bar any closer to GoWs... ok so magic is purple in this game and orbs are gold...
It lacked the satisfying combat and epicness of the GoW games. Even after going from GoW Collection to this, it looked ugly and was missing something. Not even to compare it to the GoWIII demo, which just blows it away completely.
A poor man's God of War. Not even good enough to fill the wait till GoWIII a month later. Damn I got better enjoyment from Conan than this.
As we expected, it's a total clone, but it's not bad. It's definitely at least competent. There are a few things I noticed right away that I liked or didn't like.
--The graphics are plainer and more angular than GoW3, but the framerate is on average higher and smoother. Of course, this demo is probably a bit newer, but still. The arenas are boxier and less detailed. We don't really get a taste at all for the kind of art that can be in this game with just what we see, but there is a LOT depicted by Dante in the Inferno and I have very high expectations. The environments are not particularly exciting to look at, but they're trying--things exploding in the background, ground shaking, and that kind of thing.
--I don't like the Dante character at all. Just gross. And his face is so strange. He has like buckteeth in half of the scenes.
--I failed one of the QTEs intentionally but it proceeded as though I had not.
--I'm not sure I like the idea of redeeming/punishing. Having to do that frequently (it takes a few seconds an enemy) is tedious, and having to mash O is annoying (on the redeem side). On top of that, punish can actually take out a few bad guys at a time. What's the point of redeeming or punishing regular enemies? This should probably be reserved for major encounters.
--The controls are suboptimal. Block being on L2 is nutso, and magic not using the dpad to select is also a little nutso. I don't think I touched the dpad in the demo, it should be used to select magic.
--The graphics are plainer and more angular than GoW3, but the framerate is on average higher and smoother. Of course, this demo is probably a bit newer, but still. The arenas are boxier and less detailed. We don't really get a taste at all for the kind of art that can be in this game with just what we see, but there is a LOT depicted by Dante in the Inferno and I have very high expectations. The environments are not particularly exciting to look at, but they're trying--things exploding in the background, ground shaking, and that kind of thing.
--I don't like the Dante character at all. Just gross. And his face is so strange. He has like buckteeth in half of the scenes.
--I failed one of the QTEs intentionally but it proceeded as though I had not.
--I'm not sure I like the idea of redeeming/punishing. Having to do that frequently (it takes a few seconds an enemy) is tedious, and having to mash O is annoying (on the redeem side). On top of that, punish can actually take out a few bad guys at a time. What's the point of redeeming or punishing regular enemies? This should probably be reserved for major encounters.
--The controls are suboptimal. Block being on L2 is nutso, and magic not using the dpad to select is also a little nutso. I don't think I touched the dpad in the demo, it should be used to select magic.
KibblesBits
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Paznos said:Oh I can think of a few things
I KNOW RIGHT?!
Good god.
Matrix
LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
Really enjoyed the demo and plan on picking it up. Could care less if it's a GoW clone, since it's a good one.
"Damn I got better enjoyment from Conan than this."
ugh
"Damn I got better enjoyment from Conan than this."
ugh
MvmntInGrn
Member
Well that was fun.
Visually the game looks alright, nothing in the gameplay areas for the demo were very interesting and there is a sort of blandness to the atmosphere. The CG scenes (though either compressed too much or maybe just a big grainy because I'm playing on a 1080p TV) were beautiful though. Didn't see any tearing and the frame rate seemed extremely solid to me. Pretty sure the game has some AA going on too.
So lets get the obvious out of the way, yea this game is very God of War. That said it feels a bit different (took me a minute to get used to the way/distance you dodge with the right stick). I also found it easier to dodge than in God of War games, and I mean that in a good way (typically I find dodging in god of war hit or miss, not sure what different here, maybe the frame rate?). QTE buttons were hard to see sometimes.
Overall the game feels solid, something I see myself picking up at some point.
Takes some getting used to, but I wouldn't call it suboptimal.
Visually the game looks alright, nothing in the gameplay areas for the demo were very interesting and there is a sort of blandness to the atmosphere. The CG scenes (though either compressed too much or maybe just a big grainy because I'm playing on a 1080p TV) were beautiful though. Didn't see any tearing and the frame rate seemed extremely solid to me. Pretty sure the game has some AA going on too.
So lets get the obvious out of the way, yea this game is very God of War. That said it feels a bit different (took me a minute to get used to the way/distance you dodge with the right stick). I also found it easier to dodge than in God of War games, and I mean that in a good way (typically I find dodging in god of war hit or miss, not sure what different here, maybe the frame rate?). QTE buttons were hard to see sometimes.
Overall the game feels solid, something I see myself picking up at some point.
I like the magic placement, not having to remove your thumb from the analog stick (to the D-pad) to select magic worked really well IMO. L2 on block seemed fine to me as well.Y2Kev said:
Takes some getting used to, but I wouldn't call it suboptimal.
RoadHazard
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Played the demo, and liked it, but I almost laughed at how EXTREMELY similar to GoW it is. They aren't even trying to hide it. The camera is exactly the same, the controls are (almost) exactly the same, the QTEs are exactly the same, the souls are the orbs (which come in the exact same variety - except the red orbs are white souls - and do the same things), the fountains are the chests, etc, etc.
It's a very competent rip-off, but it's no GoW III.
It's a very competent rip-off, but it's no GoW III.
Holy fucking shit. Wow.
Before the end of the first boss I was kind of "meh", combat felt rubbish. But when you get your real weapon.... and then your cross attack, the ability to upgrade, some magic.... punish or absolve!
Really, really loved it. As a big God of War fan Obviously doesn't look as good, but the graphics are still very nice, not anything to complain about.
Didn't like the QTE prompts, though I kinda got used to them.
Before the end of the first boss I was kind of "meh", combat felt rubbish. But when you get your real weapon.... and then your cross attack, the ability to upgrade, some magic.... punish or absolve!
Really, really loved it. As a big God of War fan
Obviously doesn't look as good, but the graphics are still very nice, not anything to complain about.Didn't like the QTE prompts, though I kinda got used to them.
RoadHazard
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Ardorx said:
Well, no, but this game handles them (and almost everything else) exactly the same as the GoW games, including the way the fountains/chests work (except you have to tap Circle instead of holding R1).
RoadHazard
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Ardorx said:
Yes, the demo is good, I really enjoyed it. I was just surprised (even though I knew it would be similar) to how extraordinarily like GoW it was.
RoadHazard
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Norml said:
You mean the souls? Because I'm pretty sure the orbs in the GoW III demo do.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Not bad... not as great as I was hoping though. Liked the gameplay, good framerate and animation. Liked the scythe (the poleaxe sucked). Is Beatrice going to be naked in the whole game? Not that there's anything wrong with that, but the naked corpse bit was odd... and then her ghost (?) moaning on the altar, it was just hilarious. I still don't like the look of the character... the helmet makes his face look squished. Also, the death of Dante was so ridiculous, he just killed like 20 guys and then one random dude just runs up, stops, and stabs him. And why was Death a pussy? He shouldn't be begging, I mean... he's Death. And Dante's just wandering the countryside with the scythe? Also, trying to grab health was frustrating while fighting that giant monster rider thing.
With all that said, I still kind of look forward to this game. I am really hoping that they have crafted a good storyline, so far it's ok, not great, feels a bit wacky. And why is Dante British...? He's from Italy... and so is Beatrice. AC2 pulled off Italian accents with aplomb, DI could've done it as well. Though, I do like the presentation, the cartoony flashbacks are neat, and the FMV videos are cool.
Anyways... still looking forward to it. I wasn't that impressed with the visuals, but that's cause I was playing on an SD tv and I couldn't even read the text. I'll hook up my PS3 to my parents' HDTV, it'll probably look a ton better.
With all that said, I still kind of look forward to this game. I am really hoping that they have crafted a good storyline, so far it's ok, not great, feels a bit wacky. And why is Dante British...? He's from Italy... and so is Beatrice. AC2 pulled off Italian accents with aplomb, DI could've done it as well. Though, I do like the presentation, the cartoony flashbacks are neat, and the FMV videos are cool.
Anyways... still looking forward to it. I wasn't that impressed with the visuals, but that's cause I was playing on an SD tv and I couldn't even read the text. I'll hook up my PS3 to my parents' HDTV, it'll probably look a ton better.
Does anyone from Visceral post here?
basically 2 things need to be changed..
1. an option to switch L1 and L2, blocking with L2 sucks.
2. make it easier to see what buttons I need to press during QTE's. square and circle looks almost identical.
and the beginning of the demo doesn't do the game any favor's. the combat with the staff and no cross isn't all that great. luckily it is short
basically 2 things need to be changed..
1. an option to switch L1 and L2, blocking with L2 sucks.
2. make it easier to see what buttons I need to press during QTE's. square and circle looks almost identical.
and the beginning of the demo doesn't do the game any favor's. the combat with the staff and no cross isn't all that great. luckily it is short
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
They definitively should have picked another section for the demo. The Halberd section is very tame. At the end when you have the Scythe, cross, magic and a few upgrades the combat is very, very good and waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than at the start. It also didn't show off any of their versions of the 9 circles of hell. I assume that's what everyone wanted to see, not Dante's house :lol.
DevilWillcry
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I had fun with it but it's no GOW3.
brandonh83
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dralla said:
Yep these were my only two complaints as well. Demo blew my mind, I was definitely skeptical but the game has fantastic art direction and extremely fun gameplay. If I seriously feel like I'm actually fighting my way down the various circles of hell and it gets more demented as it goes, this will be one of my favorite games of next year.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
This is a straight God of War clone(even the ogre-riding sequences were ripped off excellently) with some Infamous(Good/Evil skill trees) sprinkled in. Pretty awesome demo and this game is now definitely on my radar. The only problem is that I might be burnt out on this type of game by the time it comes out because Bayonetta and GoW3 are must buys, pending reviews so will Darksiders. Then with all the triple A games coming out in these first three months, I don't know if I'll have the time OR the money to play this. Here's to hoping though.
darkressurection
Banned
Hey, if they are gonna rip off a game at least did a fantastic job in doing so. Very impressed with the demo, the combat near the end of the demo was a lot of fun and 60fps is always awesome.
SolidSnakex
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Dead Prince
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at first when they showed the QTE for Circle. I thought it was telling me to move the joystick up and down. :lol.