Comments on: Damned EA

By: BoltingTurtle01

BoltingTurtle01 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:49:01 +0000

This is hideous. I spent the summer teaching Dante. I don’t think I will ever be done reading The Comedy. There is simply so much there. And in a trailer of about one minute’s duration, they manage to completely corrupt what we have for good reason dubbed Divine.

note: Dante never called it the Divine Comedy. It was simply “The Comedy” until the rennaisance happened. And it happened because Dante wrote this Poem.

By: Grandstone

Grandstone — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:49:54 +0000

So, what other classics can we pervert through video games? I heard Paradise Lost. Eugene Onegin might be good. Death of a Salesman, anybody?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:39:33 +0000

I can’t wait to see how they deal with all of the controversial aspects of The Inferno. I mean, most of the people that are in Hell in his comedy are people he personally hates. Such as Popes! Yes some Popes certainly should go to hell but they could get in trouble with tight knit Christians.

By: dhex

dhex — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:19:57 +0000

for what it’s worth, my dear wife – a scholar of literature – laughed her ass off at the trailer.

you have to admit that stabbing a dude in the head with a cross and then flashing “GO TO HELL” on the screen is pretty awesome, all told.

By: Chis

Chis — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:50:10 +0000

I wonder if this will turn out to be an odd cross between American McGees Alice and, erm, Doom 3?

So iffy gameplay, and crap weapons?

By: luphisto

luphisto — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:15:32 +0000

In my opinion making this game would be a sin. Come on, how can you ever expect to make a game that does justice the themes and content of any book let alone a well known master work like Dante’s Inferno? I could definitely understand a game that’s based on it but to use the title “Dante’s Inferno: the game” strikes me as arrogant and wrong.

(while Deadspace was fun I thought it lacked a compelling story, it was mainly: aliens, kill them all, OMG wife.)

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:40:08 +0000

@Rei
“…And scholars. As a matter of fact, if you are either, turn around now. We don’t want you having a rage induced heart attack.

You might sue us!”

By: Rei Onryou

Rei Onryou — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:23:19 +0000

Reading about Dante’s Inferno on the Wiki reveals he’s being shown hell, rather than suffering it, and ends up in heaven. I don’t see the link between that and ramming crucifixes into demon’s heads. Especially since he was considering suicide (a sin).

I expect this game will begin with the warning “This game was made by members of a wide variety of different cultures and ethnic backgrounds. Except Catholics.“

By: James T

James T — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:00:51 +0000

“So Jesus, ready to be crucified yet?”
[Not yet.]
[SLAP]
“How ’bout now?”

By: Jochen Scheisse

Jochen Scheisse — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:34:12 +0000

My sins are fortified with what the world wants! What the world DESERVES!

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:31:39 +0000

@ James T

“I am the devil. My sins are delicious.

By: mashakos

mashakos — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:29:47 +0000

um, wasn’t the novel a satire? Makes a horror spin of the story ridiculous…