God of War Lite
So Dante, what you been up to these days?
GRRAAAHHHH, must rescue my BEATRICE!
Woah, calm down eh? Not worth getting het up about it.
RRRAAGHHHHH, where is my BEATRICE? I will fight through the 9 levels of hell as described by the poet Dante Alighieri’s in the first part of his 14th century epic ‘The Divine Comedy’.
Oh for f…, you get yourself off then and I’ll get on with talking about the game.
BRRRAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…… [runs off swinging wildly]
Okay, first thing’s fucking last. Dante’s Inferno is not as good as God of War. Oh sure, it ticks all the boxes. Plenty of combat, doors with fire barriers over them that don’t go until all the waves of beasts are beaten. Chests with health or mana in them. Upgrading weapons and new moves. Double-jump, wall/ceiling/rope traversing, puzzles. Absolutely everything God of War does Dante does as well.
So why’s it not as good?
Well I really don’t know. It doesn’t seem capture my attention the same as Kratos does and even though you’re descending through hell with boss fights a-plenty, it’s just not as epic.
Remember in God of War where you first see the titan carrying the temple around on his back, or those enormous horses that pull the islands together in the sequel. That was just fucking amazing.
There doesn’t seem to be as much of those moments with Dante. You progress a section, kill minions, progress a bit more, puzzle bit, kill minions, progress, boss fight, cut scene. Repeat.
Also Dante just isn’t, well, as cool as Kratos. Kratos is a fucking GOD for crying out loud (well he is in the second one). You do epic shit like jump on griffon’s in mid flight, rip off their wings than jump back onto Pegasus. Every ten minutes you find yourself saying ‘Cool’ under your breath.
In contrast, Dante’s a bit of a freaky madman. The kind that mutters to himself in the streets and you cross the road to avoid. He appears to be into self-mutilation having sewn a cloth cross onto his bare chest. And he gets very shouty at everyone, whether they’re trying to help him or not.
Now it’s not shit, far from it. It’s just God of War has set the bar so damn high that no-one else can compete.
My recommendation. Rent it for a few days. Good fun for a bit of a go but you’ll get bored after about 5 or 6 hours,
