But I do stand by what I said, and secondly that I was not looking for historical/literary accuracy. But I still don’t see the point of naming something after something else unless it tries to at least nod towards the original.

So don’t worry about that mate.

Glad you like the site approach mate.

I also acknowledge that Bryony was writing her own views and I apologise for my bellicosity. However, I stand by my argument that criticising a fantasy hack and slash game because of its lack of attention to historical or literary fact is pointless.

My point with referencing Ninja Gaiden and Heavenly Sword served only to illustrate that the genre is not littered with accurate literary or historical bio-pic like games. Just because the game uses the themes and iconography of Dante’s Inferno as a base for its narrative, does not mean that the game has less value as a playable hack up.

Such games and issues are divisive – and please let me state again that my view, however incompatable with the reviewers. Is just my own.

I shall await the review of the full game post Feb 5th with hesitant interest.

I was initially annoyed by the game as the combat system seemed very poor in its execution. I maybe lack the correct level of patience, but I was unable to get passed its lack of imagination.

I will say that although I wasn’t expecting this to be a faithful rendering of a much loved text, I think calling it Dante’s Inferno is misleading. It lead me to expect something a little more intelligent, and more stimulating. As it was, I, personally, was disappointed.

People moan about it when movies of games ignore the key things that the fans liked, so why isn’t it a valid point to be annoyed when games do the same to other mediums of entertainment, such as a book?

This is what our site is about. We have a diverse team, so if you weren’t disagreeing with someone at some point, I wouldn’t be doing my job right.

Debate, fine, try not to be too heated if you disagree. This is Bryony detailing her thoughts and experiences with the demo, and not telling you what YOU should think.

Personally, I dislike hand n’ slashers as a general rule. The 20mins I had at Eurogamer on BOTH God of War 3 and Dante’s Inferno was more than enough for me, but on the other hand Bayonetta grabbed me and is still pleasing me with the full release.

I can’t help but feel that if historical accuracy is what you are looking in a game then you are looking in the wrong place and playing the wrong type of game. Strangely, the Ninja Gaiden series and Heavenly Sword are also not known for their historical accuracy.

I played the demo of Dantes Inferno shortly after playing the God of War III demo at Eurogamer and thought they were both incredibly good. We all know this is EA doing their usual duplication of someone else’s IP so it is no surprise that it plays like God of War III, looks like… God of War III and has the same sort of set-pieces as… God of War III…

The demo at Eurogamer was different to the short version on Xbox Live, but the game play, graphics and music are excellent and the whole thing slots nicely into the current slew of hack and slash releases. So with open arms I welcome another quality entrant into this genre.

Considering you ‘wanted’ to like this game, your view of this demo starts from a position of pointless complaint and then limps and witters its way to a conclusion. My advice, don’t look for historical and literary accuracy in a hack and slash game because it is pointless and if you find the genre dull, go elsewhere.