Talk:Dante's Inferno (video game)

Gameplay check?

In gameplay, it's stated that both holy and unholy levels on Death's Scythe start at equal levels. When I started this game Unholy was level 1 and Holy was 0, can anyone else confirm so this can be updated? Akoi Meexx (talk) 23:58, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Speculated Bosses

this game is boss The Minotaur is in the game http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/144257-dante-s-inferno-demo-walkthrough-and-impressions/6755L-620x.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.16.199.68 (talk) 00:02, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

It sais that Charon is a boss in Limbo but the only boss is Minos. Charon is just a boat that you ride across a river on. He doesn't attack you and doesn't have health. Enemies do attack you on Charon but thats it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.108.158.87 (talk) 11:24, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Also the arcdemon is not a speculated boss in Violence. The arcdemon is a type of normal creature that appears from then on in. It's not a boss but a type of common enemy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.108.133.179 (talk) 13:30, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

--- Yeah! I found this, apparently they egged people to harrass booth babes at Comic Con. http://twitpic.com/bityg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.253.167.34 (talk) 04:22, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

--- There are a few extensions of the game on Facebook...namely the "Go To Hell" application and the "Battle of the Damned" game, which are relevant to the marketing around the game's release. Will add them, feel free to tweak info with this or this.

I've seen a walkthrough of the game and I've found out that Plutus is not the boss of Greed. He's just a part of a puzzle that you have to complete. Alighiero is the boss. You fight him on the toppled wheel of fate and kill him by deastroying him with the cross. Heresy and Fraud do not have bosses.

The EA Dante game is not the only one

There should be a disambiguation page, because there is another Dante's Inferno video game from 1986:

http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/dantes-inferno —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.73.46.31 (talk) 20:52, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Two years later and this is still not fixed. Great work as usual Wikipedia, not... 120.16.171.4 (talk) 22:28, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Magic

'Magic' probably shouldn't be used, I would say 'Holy powers', 'Divine', etc. 'Magic' may be a bit offensive to Christians/Catholics and doesn't really represent what seems to be in the game. ----Dante (talk) 05:40, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

So what? As a gameplay element is it functionally identical to magic in pretty much every other action game ever, so if someone is getting offended by seeing the magic mechanic described as magic, they might just need to develop a thicker skin, because that's what most gaming magazines, all the gamers and possibly even the manual are going to call it. We can't cater to everyone's petty little religious sensibilities here. The article doesn't contain strong profanity, which should be enough for everyone. Christians shouldn't be playing this game anyway, considering that you will supposedly be required to butcher the souls of unbaptized babies (which sounds a bit unpious to me.) --84.186.200.62 (talk) 19:03, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Christian fundamentalists will love to destroy souls of evil babies (because if you're a fundamentalist, anyone who is not baptized is inherently evil). Devil Master (talk) 12:19, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

If I remember my Dante right, they'll actually be sent to Limbo, together with the other virtuous pagans. --84.186.207.165 (talk) 00:43, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Except that the game bills it as "holy powers", and "magic" in a Christian context is specifically defined as powers given by the devil. It may function similarly to magic in other video games, but within the context of the story, using that term makes it seem as if he's using hell-powers.128.211.161.156 (talk) 06:16, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, actually, if you played the demo, you'd know that the game has both "Holy Powers" (attacks where you use the cross instead of the scythe) and "Magic" (magical attacks given to you by Virgil). It is called Magic in game and it isn't hell power. Would somebody otherwise unopposed to this game really be offended by the term "Magic" anyways? I would hope anyone who is enough of a Christian fundamentalist to take offense at the use of the term "Magic" would be familiar enough with the Bible to know that it specifically refers to white and black magic and only condemns the use of one. Bojac6 (talk) 05:47, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

In other words, there's no discussion. The game uses the word magic and that's that, no matter who might feel offended. Unless you literally want Wikipedia to start censoring facts for religious reasons, there's absolutely nothing left to argue about. --84.186.207.165 (talk) 00:43, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Prerelease controversy

This article makes no mention of either the booth babes marketing controversy or the baby killing achievement. NPOV, anyone? --94.171.77.82 (talk) 20:15, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Added the Baby Killing part, where is the booth babe part? Also, I'm going to add the fake EA protest as well, so I am going to remove the NPOV tag. GroundZ3R0 002 (talk) 23:22, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

I think when he said that he meant the topless lust demons. I read in either GamePro or GameInformer that they were controversial. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.225.139.118 (talk) 20:09, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Fake EA Protest

The article does not mention the publicity stunt protest staged by EA http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/06/e3-update-on-dantes-inferno-protest.html 98.176.240.90 (talk) 08:01, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Marketing stunt by EA

According to this, EA manages to rickroll game critic Yahtzee with a package relating to this game as a marketing stunt. Worth adding? --90.199.248.73 (talk) 22:05, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Butchered

Is anyone else concerned that EA is effectively butchering possibly the greatest piece of Italian literature? I mean they're taking one of the most thought provoking and culturally effecting scripts and turning it into a generic hack and slash while mutilating the story to suit their own end. What does this say about EA's creativity? What's more what does it say about the gaming community as a whole if this game is accepted? Megapeen (talk) 04:51, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

- This is not a forum for general discussion —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.253.165.178 (talk) 19:55, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

If you feel that this an issue worthy of mention in the article then be bold and put it in the article, but be sure to offer appropriate citations. 205.152.67.36 (talk) 17:42, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

It's not been butchered. I just looked in my library and there it was, completely intact. Devil Master (talk) 12:21, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Sure, Devil Master, but if this game becomes popular and the movie is made and the movie becomes well known then the public perception of the poem would become grotesquely distorted. I know that's a lot of ifs, and that the text itself is unaffected, but such an alteration of the contemporary cultural penetration could indeed be considered a form of butchery. Not sure whether this should be reflected in the article though, at least not until the ifs have been resolved, except perhaps by altering the introduction to say that it's loosely based on the poem. Would that be considered too subjective?--122.107.81.33 (talk) 22:37, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

What about saying that the game is inspired by the poem? Devil Master (talk) 11:15, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

You'd have to say "inspired by" at least, or have a section of differences. The way the article reads now, it seems to imply that the game follows the book pretty closely, which is a complete falsehood. Dante's work takes place about 100 years after the Third Crusade, the protagonist "Dante" is a coward who hides and faints from fear, and Beatrice is not a character until Dante's Paradise. I'm sure there's more, that's just off the top of my head. Bojac6 (talk) 05:54, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Nobody who knows anything about Dante (or EA) is going to believe that this has any resemblance to the poem, besides taking place in hell. It's not the responsibility of this article to clean up popular misconceptions about classic literature. If anybody cares enough they can just look it up in the article on the divine comedy. --84.186.207.165 (talk) 00:53, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

OH NOEZORZ! Pop culture has, not for the first time, completely fallen in line with expectation and failed to present an original story perfectly in every single way. The uneducated masses will continue to take the word of pop culture's word over actual history. Despite the fact that this is in no way unusual whatsoever we can only assume that THE WORLD OF LITERATURE IS RUINED FOREVER!!!!!

This is still not the place for a general discussion. If you have content from elsewhere you'd like to include, then that's wikipedia. This discussion is more appropriate for a gamers forum or a classical literature forum. 15:16, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

In regards to the bit where people complain about how they say it's inspired by the Divine Comedy, I've got three words for you. Texas. Chainsaw. Massacre. 71.97.59.52 (talk) 18:56, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Inferno Isn't a Canticle

A canticle is a hymn taken from the bible. Inferno is the first book of an epic poem written in canto form (thus the verbally confused editors?) and has nothing to do with canticles. I am changing it accordingly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edible1 (talk • contribs) 21:46, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Changed from

"The game is based on the cantica of the same name from Dante Alighieri's epic poem Divine Comedy"

to

"The game is loosely based on Inferno, the first book of Dante Alighieri's epic poem, The Divine Comedy."

And if you have any dispute about whether or not this is "loosly" based on Inferno, you obviously haven't read it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edible1 (talk • contribs) 22:06, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

In Italian, Dante's Inferno is a "cantica" of the Divine Comedy, and it's divided into 33 "canti". You can check the it-wiki page about it. I don't know how "cantica" is translated into English, but I'm almost sure it's neither canticle nor book. We may translate it using "part", as in the en-wiki page about Inferno. --Lerks (talk) 21:21, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Virgil?

Is there information anywhere about the role of Virgil? I've looked (both on this page and, casually, on the game's own site, but can't find anything other than that Dante meets Virgil). Point being, if someone knows anything, it would be a very good piece of info to add to article. Thanks! Masternachos (talk) 03:18, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Fake Protest to Markleting section?

Since it is a marketing stunt (or something of the sort), rather than a controversy, would it better fit into that section? 98.198.83.12 (talk) 07:35, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Origins

It is said that the game is based on a Poem of sorts. I stumbled upon a old version of this game originally for the Commodore64 amd was wondering if this is a remake or a differant game entirely.

Perhaps that a previous game with the same title and similiar stories should be documented about.

--220.244.174.12 (talk) 03:32, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Reference Citation?

I'm sure all of the fans are pleased with the amount of information being put into the article but nothing pertaining to the plot or elements of it has any sort of citation to it whatsoever. Any information put should be checked for reliability and deleted if necessary. Toshiro Lawliet (talk) 01:48, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

When's the game coming out for the PC?

This is something we ought to add to the article. Are there plans to port the game to the computer? --Let Us Update Special:Ancientpages. 02:23, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Although there are some small rumors that it will be "ported" to the PC, I think EA has announced some time ago that there will be no plans to bring it to the PC, making it a console exclusive. --Nick, non-user, 6:06 15 February 2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.107.92.228 (talk) 11:06, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

"Confirmed"

As the game is out now, is it still necessary to list bosses, hosts, and souls as "confirmed?" It seems irrelevant. I didn't want to change it without getting a concensus though. Ryokuu (talk) 21:36, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

please add a list of enemies in this game please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.70.14.63 (talk) 14:32, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit

Why was my edit reverted for no good reason? 120.16.108.139 (talk) 18:55, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Firstly, new comments go at the bottom of the page, hence why we have a "new section" tab. As for you edit, I can't fully speak as I'm not the one who reverted it. In regards to yours on the other hand, you want a page for an older 1986 game of the same name. There is no problem with that but this isn't done by blanking an already prominent and at the moment in times regularly edited article. Stabby Joe (talk) 19:56, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

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Odd Wording

There is a section in the article that reads "Other reviews of the game include similar comments from professors regarding the characters: "Beatrice saves Dante... not the other way around,"[55] says Professor Arielle Saiber, an Italian literature professor at Bowdoin College."

As written, I'm not sure if this is a bit too much original research, since it's an example of a single professor making a claim which is used to prove more of a general phenomenon. I'm a newer editor so I don't want to dive in and change this if I'm not correct. Tomcatfish (talk) 19:53, 22 March 2024 (UTC)