I got this game about a week and a half ago and loved it right away. It is like if someone went and made a divine comedy mod for God of War. If you like God of War like me then perfect! Anyway everything was going great until about the last 20% of the game. I was playing on the middle difficultly before unlocking the hardest and it seemed like towards the end of the game, the game itself tries to piss you off. I don't want to ruin anything, but damn, I don't remember the last time I was so furious at a game. After the game gave me a hint or two, and reminded me that I can turn down the difficultly, I gave up and went to look at a walkthrough, because every strategy I have tired failed worse then the one before it. The real kicker is all the walkthroughs I can find are all on the easiest difficulty, with the player breezing through the levels.  I told myself this morning when I got up that I would beat it and damn it, I finally did. After yelling at my TV and almost destroying a Xbox controller, I got to the end. After you unlock the Gates of Hell, which is pretty much a timed survival mode where enemies come at you in waves. I fought my hardest, using everything I learned and all my skills until I finally died at wave 9. Curious, I went online to see exactly how many waves there were.....50........50 fucking waves. Dante's Inferno, you were great at the start, but fuck you Dante's Inferno, fuck you.

If the game was too difficult, yet you persevered without making it easier, then it's not really a fault of the game. It's not like there are any achievements for beating it on a higher difficulty.

Lust and Violence were pretty enjoyable, everything else was lack luster.
 As for gates of hell though I beat it with 10 or so minutes left on the clock, just use Divine Armor and spam the cross.

you were frustrated when beating? hehehe

that's what happens when you turn classic literature that you don't have to pay licensing fees for into a game. You copy a game(God of War) and rape a poem and you get the bastard child of a game. Serves EA right for messing with two gems and trying to make a buck, instead of sticking with original IP's like they have been lately, that have been amazing(ME2, DragonAge, etc.)

" @kurtdyoung: I had something similar with Brutal Legends as it got kind of annoying near the end of it. For this game however it just wasn't fun enough for me to bother working that hard for the points. Actually just got done getting the last 3 achievements for it and forgot how much I disliked Greed. "

Thing is, you were literally punishing yourself because there is absolutely no reason to play on any difficulty higher than Classic. The achievements don't demand it, its just you and your pride. I was going down that road for about three quarters of the game when it finally clicked. "What am I doing? There is literally NO reason to keep getting frustrated as no one will ever know what difficulty I finished it on anyway". I agree the game has some major problems but I hesitate to criticize it for problems caused by some weird sense of pride.

I guess it may be the same issue some had with Devil May Cry 3 in that the difficulties seem unbalanced. There is way to big a gap between Classic and Zealot. I went with Zealot most of the way because it was the default but I switched to Classic at one especially challenging moment and was shocked at how easy it is. Easy is way to easy, normal is much to hard, everything above that is just stupid.

"It was a really hard game on hellish difficulty and I admit, quite a few times I had to turn down the difficulty a notch, but its not like there are achievements for beating it on higher difficulty levels so it really dosent matter. I dont know why people say the game loses its edge, I thought the end levels were a lot of fun."

I agree with just about everything. When I first put the disc in I took a gander at the trophies and noticed there wasn't any for beating the game on a specific difficulty. "All right, I wasn't expecting that," I said to myself. 
 
But thinking I'm a bad ass I go ahead and select the hardest difficulty from the start. Well, it was going all right for the first level, but after that I was just getting raped. It wasn't even fun. So I decided to ratchet the difficulty down a notch to medium; surely I can breeze through that. Well, I did...up until the "Lust" level and the fight on the elevator with Cleopatra. Got my ass handed to me there. So I broke down and put the damn game on easy and that's how I played (and beat) the game last night.
 
It's a little disappointing that the difficulty in this game is so skewed. Easy is way too easy. Medium is fine for a while but gradually breaks you down. And I don't even  want to speculate how frustrating the hardest difficulty would be (especially concerning the latter levels).  Of course this isn't taking into account "Resurrection" mode which is ultimately New Game+ so I might try the game again (since I have to because I missed unlocking the trophies for collecting all the relics, pieces of silver and Beatrice stones) and see how it goes now that my character is maxed out on the holy track (have to also work on maxing out unholy).
 
I have yet to try the challenge rooms but I want to get the platinum for this game so I'll have to eventually. For now it was enough to say I beat the game.

That sounds like Gears of War horde mode. I don't think I'll ever get to round 50.

I agree. It doesn't at all sound very appealing.

I got through the 50 waves on my first tries, with 10 min, lol :P
 
Need advice on that?
 
If you personally don't mind setting the difficutlty down, then that cross smash attack in the air is extremly powerful!
 
I killed 99% of the enemies with that attack, I was like holy crap :P

" I got this game about a week and a half ago and loved it right away. It is like if someone went and made a divine comedy mod for God of War. If you like God of War like me then perfect! Anyway everything was going great until about the last 20% of the game. I was playing on the middle difficultly before unlocking the hardest and it seemed like towards the end of the game, the game itself tries to piss you off. I don't want to ruin anything, but damn, I don't remember the last time I was so furious at a game. After the game gave me a hint or two, and reminded me that I can turn down the difficultly, I gave up and went to look at a walkthrough, because every strategy I have tired failed worse then the one before it. The real kicker is all the walkthroughs I can find are all on the easiest difficulty, with the player breezing through the levels.  I told myself this morning when I got up that I would beat it and damn it, I finally did. After yelling at my TV and almost destroying a Xbox controller, I got to the end. After you unlock the Gates of Hell, which is pretty much a timed survival mode where enemies come at you in waves. I fought my hardest, using everything I learned and all my skills until I finally died at wave 9. Curious, I went online to see exactly how many waves there were.....50........50 fucking waves. Dante's Inferno, you were great at the start, but fuck you Dante's Inferno, fuck you. "

also, no one got the joke?
 
The game is frustrating as

hell

I managed to pass the game on the medium difficulty, the only part i found difficult was the final with Lucifer besides that it was a bit of a breeze. By the way i thought the game deserved better reviews now that's just my opinion.

Yeah. Dante's Inferno Didn't end well, but I liked it enough.

I assume you're referring to the Bolgias? I played the game on the easiest difficulty, and after beating it, think I'm gonna leave Infernal difficulty alone.

I sent Ryan an email regarding his difficulty in finishing the game., Hopefully he will answer :P

Same here, but I gave up because I'm a terrible person like that 

I am playing the game on medium and though I am not sure how far I have left to go (Riding really big red demon guy, fell down hole) I have had a couple of points of frustration but I am still having fun with the game, love the enviroments.

wtf man, that sentence was so wrong.
 
1) he did beat it, in the end.
2) he was almost 100% unholy not holy
3) he didn't use any good combos or magic, and started using redemption when jeff asked, what is down there.
 
and lastly, sry, but he is obviously did many wrong things, a lot of people finished that part with ease!

I understand, will you try to beat the game again, or  are ÿou going to sell it? :P

This game definitely feels like it will be really frustrating for me, but I will still play it because I love the mythology involved with the game(even though I assume that they will bastardize it some).

Dumb game that rips off classic literature and fails at ripping off another game(God of War) is dumb.

" This game definitely feels like it will be really frustrating for me, but I will still play it because I love the mythology involved with the game(even though I assume that they will bastardize it some). "