Dante's Inferno

It's about eight to ten hours of pure, fast-paced action no one should look down on, unless you're just not a fan of the genre. With such an appealing story and addictive gameplay, Dante's Inferno's only sin seems to be its shameless similarity to Sony's celebrated franchise.

A brutally entertaining interpretation of the classic poem with some really inspired backdrops. We don't care who they stole the basic concept from.

Dante's Inferno mimics the formula established by the God of War series, and for the most part it works great. The first half of the game is a bit underwhelming and the plot is weak in delivery and execution, but the overall experience is salvaged by the fact that Visceral has implemented a great system for character development that offers a great variety in combat strategy.

If you can get this game on the cheap or rental you’d be damned not to check this game out - even if it is for stunning CGI sequences, epic bosses, the odd boob shot and the brainless bashing of the undead.

Dante’s Inferno starts off big, consistently introducing new enemy types and grand environments, but by the end of the game that initial excitement turns to repetition as you fight through wave after wave of the same enemy type in increasingly familiar territory.

From an entirely creative perspective, I’d recommend this just to see the interpretation of Hell, because the locations are often brilliant. Beyond that, there’s not much else here to go on, or to provide any enjoyment after the seven hours of play it takes to get through it.

Imitation is an open invitation for comparison, and while it's mostly competent from a technical perspective, it's all very rote.

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"Dante's Inferno" on Xbox 360 looks sharper and more detailed than on the PS3. But for some reason, the game included extra content on Sony's console. You could also say the Dual Shock 3 controller is the best way to play this type of action game. But since there was never a "God of War"-type game on the 360, this was a treat. It's a visually impressive title with a supernatural horror tone. While "Inferno" isn't great like the Kratos games, it's still a fun guilty pleasure. I'd rate it with a 7.5 out of `10.

I just finished it in 2025 in Xbox Game Pass and it still works! 60 FPS, smooth gameplay and a nice combat system makes it worth trying.

Echarpe-les tous, découpe-les tous, c'est de l'archi-méga-classique dans le genre, cet Enfer de Dante mais avec tout de même une maniabilité bien réglée, des graphismes dans l'ensemble corrects et surtout une ambiance fascinante. Excellent travail sur la narration (si, si, il y a une histoire...), la présentation, la musique et les voix françaises. Quel dommage de gâcher tout cela avec des phases de plate-forme bâclées et inutiles dans le fond ! la jouabilité y est très en retrait par rapport aux combats qui abusent d'ailleurs des QTE en tout genre. Dommage également la caméra automatique dont le positionnement est trop perfectible. Voilà, beaucoup trop de "dommages" pour attribuer ne fût-ce que la moyenne. Dommage.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]