Dante's Inferno (video game): Difference between revisions

 

* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The sinners Dante encounters in the book are all there, and you get the option of forgiving them or smiting them. They even say a lot of the same things. Virgil's speeches are mostly accurate. Even the original political satire survived mostly intact ("In these popes and cardinals, greed suffered its excess") The design of the Nine Circles in game is actually quite accurate with Alighieri's descriptions (except for the level of Greed, and the changes there are understandable). About the only thing that's really different is Dante himself, and the whole "Famous pagans as lords of hell" thing. Also, a few politically incorrect things, like Mohammad in hell, and crusaders in heaven have been taken out as well.

* [[The Anime of the Game]]: Here called ''Dante's Inferno: The Animated Epic''.

* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: A number of the demons, like those in Gluttony.

** Though actually is sometimes averted.

* [[Follow the Leader]]: The developers are being pretty open about their ''[[God of War (Video Game)|God of War]]'' inspirations.

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: The Absolve finishers aren't too terribly less brutal than the Punish finishers. For those who haven't played the game, the Absolve finishers literally burn the sin out of the damned, causing them to ''explode'' in holy light.

* [[The Grim Reaper]]: The first boss; he's sort of weak, actually, compared to the [[Eldritch Abomination|other things]] to be found in Hell.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Didn't you notice that during the whole game, several things you break in order to advance are in fact {{spoiler|the gigantic chains that kept Lucifer imprisoned}}? Why do you think you kept hearing his laughter every time you approached one?

** Also, {{spoiler|slaying Lucifer's titanic body frees his human-sized true form that was trapped within.}}

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Whenever Lucifer slips into [[Large Ham]] mode, the actor voicing him seems to be channeling [[Tim Curry]]. Appropriate, considering Curry once portrayed [[Legend (Film)|another version]] of [[The Devil]].

* [[No Name Given]]: The [[Large Ham]] cutscene bishop.

* [[Posthumous Character]]: The majority of the characters shown in-game are already dead -- this being Hell, after all -- although Beatrice and Dante deserve special mentions.

* [[The Power of Friendship]]: {{spoiler|Dante returns Lucifer to his prison by using the souls of his family and friends.}}

* [[Recycled in Space]]: It's ''[[God of War (Video Game)|God of War]]'' '''<small>IN (Christian) HELL!</small>'''

** More of a repeat since ''[[God of War (Video Game)|God of War]]'' has already tackled "Hell"... And "Purgatory" and [[Rule of Three|"Heaven"]].

* [[Satan]]: Well, obviously. He's the [[Big Bad]] and [[Final Boss]].

* [[Scenery Gorn]]: The one positive trait everyone can agree on.

* [[Serial Escalation]]: Often, primarily in the level design, and most visibly in terms of [[Squick|squick factor]]. Gluttony is somewhere near the top of this, although Violence's ''giant river of boiling blood'' competes.

* [[Sequel Hook]]: Don't forget, the ''Inferno'' is only the first canticle of Dante's epic. {{spoiler|After defeating Lucifer, Dante arrives at the base of Purgatory and is briefly reunited with Beatrice. He tears off the cross on his chest and casts it aside. As he begins his climb to redemption, the cross transforms into a snake, which sneaks away as Lucifer's laugh is heard.}}

* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Dante is a mass-murderer. [[Boss Banter|People remind]] [[What the Hell, Hero?|him of this frequently]].

* [[Viral Marketing]]: ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRMiRFJzIKA Mass: We Pray]'', a spoof of [[The Moral Substitute]] which actually had people very worried that it was a ''real'' product. Also, notable people in the media who cover video games received items tailored to a specific Deadly Sin:

*** [[Zero Punctuation|"Fair enough, but I'd rather go to the hell for the wrathful than the hell for the EA marketing department- which I'm pretty sure is the EA marketing department."]]

** "Greed" consisted of a cheque for a large sum of money; if they didn't cash it, they were branded as "wasteful", wheras if they cash it, they're "greedy".