Dante’s InfernoReviewed for: Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 Also available for: PSPFrom: Visceral Games/EAESRB Rating: Mature (blood and gore, intense violence, nudity, sexual content)
By Billy O’Keefe
McClatchy Newspapers
It isn’t very original to half-dismiss “Dante’s Inferno” as a “God of War” knockoff, but guess what? “Dante’s Inferno” isn’t very original, either, because guess what? In every way beyond the source material that inspired its storyline, “Inferno” is the “God of War” knockoff to end all “God of War” knockoffs.
It’s good to preface this by stating that this isn’t necessarily a bad thing or even a criticism, because for the most part, “Inferno” pays pretty good tribute to the game that so obviously provided its blueprint. Dante executes his arsenal of moves with the same fluidity as does Kratos, and “Inferno” tosses nine circles’ worth of demons, behemoths and the damned at him without any wear whatsoever on the action, which cruises along at the same rock steady frame rate for which “War” is so well known (and, to Visceral Games’ credit, few “War” imitators get remotely right).