Happy Holidays From Dante's Inferno

What the dude who I assume is representing gluttony is doing at the 30 second mark is what I think of this game and is what the developers are doing to the fiction that they took about 5% of to make this game on. The main character is completely different along with his motive, he comes across the Roman poet vergil and journeys through hell eventually meeting Lucifer himself at the cold dark centre but the rest is how shamelessly can Visceral Games ripoff God of War and say "look at us were being edgy and cool by depicting hell and shit brah!"

wasnt bad at all... it's targeted at younger buyers so old guys won't get this.

" @Luthorcrow said:

" @PJ said:

Even if the baby jesus wasnt born then its still a commemoration of Jesus' birth. It is a christian holiday and nothing you say will change that. "

LOL, so even if the purpose the holiday is none to be historically incorrect, which it is, it's still a Christian holiday.  WOW, face it's a pagan holiday with Christian window dressing.  You can pretend all you want but the fact is most of the traditions (the tree, stocking stuffing, present exchange, etc) pre-date Christianity.  If anything Christmas has become more like it's pagan roots in the last 100 years.  You can spend an entire Christmas season without ever seeing a baby Jesus, the manger, etc all season. But you can't throw stick without hitting Santa, a Christmas tree, wreaths, etc. The holiday is so soaked in pagan symbolism and rituals that facade of Christianity is almost been erased from the holiday.  So yes, I think you can enjoy the holiday and not subscribe to your fairy tales. "

Uh... no.  None of the things you mentioned (except arguably gift-giving) pre-date Christianity. Let me make this absolutely clear:Christmas trees: 16th century Christmas stockings: 16th or 17th century Gift-giving: Late middle ages, not common in the western world until the 18th century Christianity: 1st century  With that out of the way, let's talk "pagan symbolism." Christmas trees commemorate St Boniface, a catholic saint (and saints are pretty fucking Christian). Stockings and Santa Claus are part of the myth about St Nicholas, another saint. The wreath is a common Christian symbol since Jesus wore one (the crown of thorns) on the cross. Really, the only Yule ritual that has been preserved since the pagan days is that of getting helplessly drunk.  I appreciate your attempt to see beyond the crap society feeds you, but please don't act like you're well-informed when you don't have a clue. Maybe you should stop subscribing to your own fairy tales. "

"   What an incredibly stupid-looking game. 
 
@Luthorcrow: Christmas is a Christian holiday. The date was moved to coincide with older pagan rituals such as Yule and the Solstice. But it's undeniably a Christian holiday, even if it has been modified to appeal to a much wider, more modern audience.   "

" @Gorikka said:

"   What an incredibly stupid-looking game. 
 
@Luthorcrow: Christmas is a Christian holiday. The date was moved to coincide with older pagan rituals such as Yule and the Solstice. But it's undeniably a Christian holiday, even if it has been modified to appeal to a much wider, more modern audience.   "

Sounds like we agree more than we disagree.  My main point being that the pagan elements of Christmas overshadow and have become dominate over the Christian one's.  I think in practical practice it is no longer a Christian holiday. It is what you do not what you say that matters is as true for a person as it is for a culture.  The fact is you will find a Christmas tree in nearly every home that practices the holiday but very few will have a nativity scene.  Nearly everyone that celebrates the holiday will gift give or have a drink but very few will actually go to Church or sing religious songs. More children make wishes to Santa Claus then pray at Christmas time. At this point the holiday in actual practice is about as a Christian as a Thailand hooker shooting ping pong balls from her twat. "

" No, you go to hell, game. "

"blasphemy. stupid, stupid game. "

lolwut xD

This game would NOT be a problem had the main character been someone else, Mr. Generic Warrior for example.

I liked it

Where's Santa, dammit.

" blasphemy. stupid, stupid game. "

This... just doesn't look fun

Way to bastardize one of the most influential pieces of literature in that past fucking 1000 years, guys
 
I respect EA and their recent change in what  they publish and stuff, but fuck, this ISN'T what you do with Dante's Inferno

Jesus you guys need to lighten up a fucking bit

omg, you guys! did you see that big thing fart? i think poo came out. that's called "comedy"!
 
groan.
 
i'm going to go play Bayonetta. at least it insults my intelligence in entertaining ways. plus, i hear they have purple peaks too.

I can't even begin to believe that THIS video is something that can change your mind about this game. It's very obvious that this game has one of the largest advertising budgets we've seen in a long time. Honestly, look at all the videos that have been put out about it already. That being said, what turns me off to this game isn't the tacky ada, or the rampant nudity, or even the shameless violence shock factor, but more so, it's the fact that this is so obviously a clone...the only difference being the switch of the R1 and circle buttons. It's like they took god of war and changed the models. I can't even really bring myself to call this an IP. I just wish they used the Dante's Inferno story differently instead of re-skinning an existing title. It's a terrible shame that this game is nothing more than an existing game, stretched over an existing book (both of which were very good) so tight that the whole package comes up rather thin.

Looks messy.

" I can't even begin to believe that THIS video is something that can change your mind about this game. It's very obvious that this game has one of the largest advertising budgets we've seen in a long time. Honestly, look at all the videos that have been put out about it already. That being said, what turns me off to this game isn't the tacky ada, or the rampant nudity, or even the shameless violence shock factor, but more so, it's the fact that this is so obviously a clone...the only difference being the switch of the R1 and circle buttons. It's like they took god of war and changed the models. I can't even really bring myself to call this an IP. I just wish they used the Dante's Inferno story differently instead of re-skinning an existing title. It's a terrible shame that this game is nothing more than an existing game, stretched over an existing book (both of which were very good) so tight that the whole package comes up rather thin. "