Dante's Inferno

Dante's Inferno is an upcoming third-person action adventure game to be published by ElectronicArts, and developed by EA Redwood Shores. The game is based off from a poem called The Divine Comedy. The game will be released somewhere in 2009, and will be on the PlayStation3, and Xbox360.

I wonder if they will make Purgatorio and Paradiso eventually...

wow, i like ambition, but adapting Dante's inferno into a 3rd person shooter, well, that just sounds risky. Hopefully it will be more of an action adventure than a concrete 3rd person shooter.

Do you have a source?

And ragesRemorse, where does it say it's a shooter?

It's not a shooter and they showed a trailer for Dante's Inferno on the VideoGameAwards.

I have no idea how this is going to work at all...

an rpg of some sort?

Originally posted by Raoul
I have no idea how this is going to work at all...

Well the game is being developed by the same people who developed Dead Space so I don't see how they'll screw this one up.

Here's the trailer which was released a few days ago:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43685.html

I like it.

A talented developing firm creating a new game even when their first did so well critically, and did alright money wise also.

Originally posted by Nemesis X
Well the game is being developed by the same people who developed Dead Space so I don't see how they'll screw this one up.

it's not the company at all that worries me. i love the inferno, i just don't see how it can be adapted easily in to a game...

Originally posted by Raoul
it's not the company at all that worries me. i love the inferno, i just don't see how it can be adapted easily in to a game...

Well lets take Beowulf for example. First it was a poem and years later, it turned into a movie and became a success.

Originally posted by Nemesis X
Well lets take Beowulf for example. First it was a poem and years later, it turned into a movie and became a success.

and the game was shit, imo...

Do you even understand what I'm trying to say here?

And yes, the Beowulf game was crap but lets get back on topic about Dante. I shouldn't've brought up Beowulf at all.

Originally posted by Nemesis X
Do you even understand what I'm trying to say here?

And yes, the Beowulf game was crap but lets get back on topic about Dante. I shouldn't've brought up Beowulf at all.

i do understand. the beowulf film was fine. a dante's inferno film would be fine.

games are just a different medium. i'm not saying it can't be done. i just hope it is done right...

I'm pretty sure that the setting is the only thing that the will be taken from Dante's Inferno.

Originally posted by Smasandian
I'm pretty sure that the setting is the only thing that the will be taken from Dante's Inferno.

Uh you'll actually be slaying demons. The trailer did show some guy breaching into Hell and driving some sharp cross into a demons eye socket. Ouch.

I'm sure that they'll be changing some things from the poem so they can make this game a bit more entertaining. For some reason the game almost reminded me of Elder Scrolls Oblivion.

Originally posted by Nemesis X
Uh you'll actually be slaying demons. The trailer did show some guy breaching into Hell and driving some sharp cross into a demons eye socket. Ouch.

I'm sure that they'll be changing some things from the poem so they can make this game a bit more entertaining. For some reason the game almost reminded me of Elder Scrolls Oblivion.

So what Kaliero, were you being sarcastic about there being no demon slayings?

Originally posted by Nemesis X
So what Kaliero, were you being sarcastic about there being no demon slayings?

Err, no, actually he said nothing remotely like there being no demon slayings.

What he said, which is pretty clear, is that it likely will not have Dante or Vergil slaying demons.

There's a world of difference between that and "there's no demon-killing".