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Ryan's Inferno

Wondering where the Dante's Inferno review is? Wonder no more.

Feb. 23 2010

Cast: Jeff, Ryan

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

Dante's Inferno

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Oh that's fresh.

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Wow. This game seems RIDICULOUS.

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I definitely feel like this video serves as a great PSA for those (like me) who haven't played the game yet. Cheers, Ryan!

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@Neverwinter27 said:
" Brad comes in, takes the controller and passes the challenge first try "
HAHA, epic!
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Dear Developers,
 
Filling a game with mandatory 'challenge rooms' that serve as little more than cage matches designed to frustrate players with nonsensical rule sets inapplicable to the rest of the game are ridiculous, stale, and completely break the player from any sense of immersion they may have had. In the words of the great Sgt. Cosgrove, "Cut it out." Leave that shit for achievement hunters.
 
Love,
Majinken

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Brad comes in, takes the controller and passes the challenge first try

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@Gabriel said:
"I was thinking of renting this game, but after that...... "

you are thinking of buying it now right?
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@MisterSnig said:

" @jakob187: This just in: Not being able to beat a video game will make you less of a man. Games is serious business. "

This just in:  never insinuated either.  Simply put more justification to my previous comments. 
 
@MadaRenrut said:
"THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST GAMES OUT FOR THE XBOX"
Lying doesn't make things better.  The game is mediocre.  Put it on the easiest difficulty setting, spam X and B over and over, and see how cool Hell looks.  That's the extent of this game, because the combat does not hold up in higher difficulties the way that it should. 
 
Also...it's God of War as written by EA and Visceral through the vision of Dante.  Get over it.
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You have conquered Hell. 

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I was thinking of renting this game, but after that......

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@dlowe5: Having completed it, it is not a good game. At all. It is a stale, repetitive God of War ripoff, all the way to the end.
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This game is great and this part isnt that hard. The reason he sucks so much is because he went the unholy path, if he went holy this part is much easier since all you have to do is spam the holy cross.
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Took me maybe 15 or so tries to do this on normal difficulty 

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It wasn't bad, I enjoyed it for what it was BUT God of War 3 is gonna be way better. This was just a hold over.
 
Way I did this one was combo close enemies and use the holy attack until I was in range of another enemy.

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@MadaRenrut said:

" what a shit attempt to make the game look bad by not learning how to play the game, because all they do is talk shit about it's no God of War.  to anyone that is watching this video, this is just purposely done to make this game look bad.  It is his inability to learn any moves that you unlock with your holy and unholy level.  the game totally gets you ready for these trials. you get surrounded by enemies, there is a cross smash you can do in the game where you jump up and smash it in the ground.  he is attempting no moves that he has unlocked.  i failed none of the times, and my father who is 54 years old made it through without any problems. learn the moves you have unlocked.  this is just a set up because of the fan boys of God Of War are mad that a game is just as good as it is. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST GAMES OUT FOR THE XBOX, to all the fan boys of God of War shut up and just enjoy the game for what it is.  The music, the environment, the visuals, the cinematic scenes are all GREAT. This is a GREAT game, being destroyed by someone who isn't trying to learn the game. I am sure if I played God of War and just pressed a couple of buttons and didn't try to learn moves I am sure I would not get passed parts either. "

Well as long as you're being constructive about your comments... 
 
Oh, wait.
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this game is brutal, its so bad.... i was watching my friend play this, and god damn it is excruciating.... its just so damn boring 

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I would never have the patience to do that. Would've probably went through 2-3 controllers by now.

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I can't believe you've left the music on.  I would have turned it off after the 2nd or third failure.  I find the music in games where I'm doing badly just infuriates me further.
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I haven't played DI yet but that's just bad game design there is a reason why that type of challenge is optional in God of War.  
 
And after watching that I think everyone had a sigh of relief when that moment came when you finally beat it Ryan.  
 
I'll still play DI after I get some downtime between awesome games but with GOW3 right around the corner there is zero point in trying it out soon. 

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Just watching it over and over, bummed me out.

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@Shux: Good ol' double-standards. :)
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this game was kicking my ass early on, especially before i started making use of the Relics, but i had no problem with this section surprisingly.

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fuck this game

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Watching this reminds me of the spiked rotating pillar in God of War.  Did the developers honestly think these things are fun?  Challenge can be fun, or challenge can be the opposite of fun.  This is the opposite of fun. 
 
That said, a very immature part of me enjoys watching Ryan suffer.  I'm not condemning the guy but, by his own admission, he's a bit of a jerk.  Anytime he gets on my nerves on the podcast, I'll just fire up this video.
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hahah wow ryan is terrible at this

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what a shit attempt to make the game look bad by not learning how to play the game, because all they do is talk shit about it's no God of War.  to anyone that is watching this video, this is just purposely done to make this game look bad.  It is his inability to learn any moves that you unlock with your holy and unholy level.  the game totally gets you ready for these trials. 
you get surrounded by enemies, there is a cross smash you can do in the game where you jump up and smash it in the ground.  he is attempting no moves that he has unlocked.  i failed none of the times, and my father who is 54 years old made it through without any problems. 
learn the moves you have unlocked.  this is just a set up because of the fan boys of God Of War are mad that a game is just as good as it is. 
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST GAMES OUT FOR THE XBOX, to all the fan boys of God of War shut up and just enjoy the game for what it is.  The music, the environment, the visuals, the cinematic scenes are all GREAT. 
This is a GREAT game, being destroyed by someone who isn't trying to learn the game. 
I am sure if I played God of War and just pressed a couple of buttons and didn't try to learn moves I am sure I would not get passed parts either.

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I know that in God of War evading with the right stick will delay the reset on the combo counter.  If Dante's Inferno managed to copy the attack-roll interrupt of of that series, then they may have copied this too.

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this is why about half way the game I switched it to easy, I had filled up most of both good and evil side of tech tree.  by the way I think someone else mentioned this too, but there are items, one of which extends the combo meter. 
 
that being said I did enjoy the game, but have no plans to go back.   
 
my review great rental
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that was stressful, so glad you finally beat it phew

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That was painful to watch. I was pretty certain that this game wasn't on my list to play.. now I know for sure.

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@jakob187: This just in: Not being able to beat a video game will make you less of a man. Games is serious business.
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No need for a review with a video like this.  It's done.  The game's bad.

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Yeah, I can see why there's no review for this game yet. I think I might give this one a miss.

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It hurt to watch this....

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@Blair said:
" This is much better than a video review.  Wow, this part of the game is FUCKING HORRID.  Man, fuck this game. "
Don't judge the game just 'cause it's hard. It really is an OK game.
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I seems like something that should be an extra after beating the game rather than a part of the actual game. It is too bad they don't seem to be digging the game, I haven't played anything beyond a demo at PAX & the PSN demo but it with the setting of fucking hell, the game would seem to be interesting it that sense, but maybe not.

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Oh my god I could barely even watch that. It was frustrating for ME.

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sorry, but I couldn't resist:
Don't stop, keep it up smack those motherfuckers up 
tonight, you gotta fight, those bitches with a scythe 
Chop, chop bitches drop
But the combo meter stops, no
Woah-oh oh oh crap 
Woah-oh oh oh crap
Don't stop, keep it up smack those motherfuckers up 
tonight, you gotta fight, those bitches with a scythe 
Chop, chop bitches drop
But the combo meter stops, no
Woah-oh oh oh crap 
Woah-oh oh oh crap 

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All of you who wanted to know what a game tester is doing all day long, 10, 14, 16 hours 6-7 days a week - thats exactly it. 
 
Still want to join the 'video game industry' ?  
 
Great video.

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@RVonE said:
" @RhombusOfTerror said:
"I think im more impressed Ryan did this without the easy opt out method of using the Relic and going Holy advice that's flooding this comment section... "
Exactly. "
Definitely impressed as well.  I took the easy route.  If anything, Ryan should tout the fact that he DIDN'T use them and say "take that, muthafuckers!". 
 
Also, how often does a game reviewer come out and say "look, here's why there isn't a review...because I'm fucking stuck.  Has it ever happened to you?  Happened to me".  THAT is the reason Giant Bomb is awesome - integrity.
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This feels like a nice throwback to these times in which games used to be mad difficult (e.g. get your timing perfectly from start to finish, one mistake and you are done). Even though it can be frustrating at times, I can partly appreciate the trand back to tougher games.
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Well, if I didn't need another reason to not play Dante's Inferno.... You're a sad, false shell of a man!

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'Challenge Fail!!!!!!!!'  The exclamation marks seemed a bit excessive... unless they were showing Ryan's rage. Then they're justified.

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@RocketCoinT said:

" @SleepyDoughnut said:

" @jakob187 said:

" When it comes down to it, there are plenty of things in the game that Ryan didn't have built up...and I don't know how.  I mean, I was already almost completely through the Unholy tree and had at least 3 levels of Holy stuff filled out in my trees.  Cross spamming is the easiest way to beat that, and it's not a hard part at all.  Actually, I had more difficulty trying to do the "kill 5 people in the air" part than anything else in Fraud.  This...however...was easy stuff.  There were plenty of things that Ryan could've done differently...THE BIGGEST ONE being that he didn't have the combo time extension relic equipped.  I can also bet that he didn't have the two easy relics that increase your scythe and cross damage overall equipped...and if they were, he somehow didn't get them to level 3.  REGARDLESS...that doesn't mean it wasn't a relatively poor game design choice in general.  Fraud was definitely not one of my favorite levels, although they were sticking with the general theme (10 rings of Malebolge).  The game wasn't great at all, and I was kinda already expecting that from Ryan.  I wasn't, however, expecting THIS.  You're a sad, false shell of a man, Ryan. "

He already said he feels really bad about himself, you don't need to pile it on. "
yah agreed. and plus ur a dick. the game shouldnt be designed likethat in the first place. the relic should be used as an aidnot an almost neccesity to winning the challenge. ryans playing seemed perfectly legitamite so you can tell he won this challenge by luck. and it should not be like that "
Comments like these would make me believe that you haven't played the game, but are merely judging it based off of a relatively isolated occurrence.  Also, I don't mean AT ALL to be blaming Ryan.  As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure that I specifically said that this WAS a poor game design decision.  As a matter of fact, if you two actually went to my profile and read my blog, you might find out that LO AND BEHOLD I found the game to be mediocre and spent a considerable amount of time talking about how much the combat sucked in this game! 
 
My last line was a dig that he and Jeff actually both made in the video, and that was all it was meant to be.  These doods know I have nothing but respect for them and their website, so frankly, whether you think I'm a dick or not doesn't matter to me.  However, trying to pigeonhole me or anyone else who has beaten the game AND DIDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM as being assholes or talking shit because Ryan couldn't beat it is just incorrect. 
 
EVEN THEN...relics are EVERYWHERE in the game, and two of the primary ones that you get ALONG THE WAY are increased damage for scythe and cross attacks.  Other primary ones include combo time-extension (which would've made this a breeze with ANY kind of attacks...all those knockbacks wouldn't have mattered), increased resistance to damage...I mean, there are 27 different relics that can even be leveled up for higher damage and such.  Should they be necessities?  Well, if they are merely aids...then what's the point in having them in the game IN THE FIRST PLACE if you could simply beat the game without them?  Hell, let's take out the Unholy and Holy trees while we're at it, and then we'll REALLY make it an X and B button spam game.
 
So, trying to say "well, that's not the way Ryan chose to play it" means that Ryan chose to play this without taking advantage of all the systems that he had available to him...and that is very much his own fault...and he knows that.  To top it off, he had 2708 souls starting every time.  That was enough to buy the next rank on his cross attacks, and in turn, would've led to this video not having to be made. 
 
Don't yell at me because the guy reviewing the game wasn't being as rigorous as he could've been.  Ryan knows I have the utmost respect for him, and if he doesn't - Ryan, I have the utmost respect for you and all the guys at Giant Bomb.  This, however, is just kind of weird to see happen when this entire game can be beaten in a 6-7 hour playthrough in a relatively quick and easy manner on the lower two difficulties. 
 
ALSO...there are just those moments in a gamer's life when he'll play a game and hit that area of pure ultimate frustration, where shit just doesn't seem to go right...and it starts to wear down on them.  This was one of Ryan's moments.  It happens to the best of us.  Shit, it's happened to me several times over the last 20 years.  I merely chose to point out that, yes, there were ways to make this easier.  He chose not to use them, and in turn, it presented something that I hadn't found in the game (even with level 3 relics on Infernal difficulty) - strategy.  You can say this was luck, but homie had a great run on that last time he did it.  He was actually planning out "which enemy should I kill first, which one is giving me the most trouble, when should I hit my Redemption time"...and that was kind of interesting to watch. 
 
Ryan had a shitty time with the game for his own reasons.  I had a shitty time with the game for my own reasons.  Other people had a shitty time with the game for their reasons. 
 
So, to you two - thank you so much for being incapable of reading a single fucking thing I said, let alone even finding out WHO I AM...and instead just making your own internet assumptions.  My suggestion would be for you to pick up a copy of the game...and video-tape this exact section on your first time in it...and we'll see how difficult it is for you.  If you can honestly and seriously recreate this same scenario, then I guess I'd be proven wrong...right? 
 
If not...shut the fuck up, we'll all deal with the fact that Ryan had a frustrating moment in a game because he wasn't using everything available to him (grabs can ALSO extend your combo time), and we'll move on. 
 
BUT HEY...what do I know?  I haven't gotten a 666-hit combo in the game or anything...
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I thought Jeff was going to do exactly what he'd said he was afraid he'd do. I'd have laughed but then felt like a dick when Ryan killed himself later

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this would be nearly imposible in god of war since once they hit you the combo meter resets

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Yo, fuck that lady. I've never been more angry at a simple VO line since David Cross in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas while trying to beat Supply Lines. As for the challenge, I'm torn on the whole thing. You're supposed to be in hell . . . and hell is not supposed to be fun. So it's good that part is accurate.
 
Way to go Ryan getting past that part. You deserve a break. Play some Mr. Domino or something. You've earned it.

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Anyone else feel like taking a good nap after watching this? That was exhausting.

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@RhombusOfTerror said:
"I think im more impressed Ryan did this without the easy opt out method of using the Relic and going Holy advice that's flooding this comment section... "

Exactly.
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OH NO NO NO NO... FUUUUCCKKK!!!  
 
Hahaha... reminded me of Jeff playing Mega Man 9.