Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno is a hard game to describe,
on the one hand it's a very well made game that does everything just
fine; on the other hand I was never really compelled to finish it
(besides the fact that I wanted to......finish it). You'd think that
given the source material the game would be a lot more interesting, unfortunately, at least for me, this was not the case.
Graphically the game is pretty ugly to look, but that's completely due to the fact that your in Hell.
The character models and textures all look nice from a technical
perspective, but again, the fact that your in Hell just makes the game
look bad. It's not that it's a bad looking game technically, it's just a
bad looking game aesthetically.
Dante's Inferno is pretty solid gameplay
wise. I chose to upgrade the scythe and the cross equally hoping that
would give me a more rounded gameplay experience, which seems to have
worked for the most part. The difficulty seems kind of uneven through
out the game with some parts being really hard and the very next being a
walk in the park. The monster riding sections were pretty fun and a
nice break from the normal combat.
Dante's Inferno doesn't try to hide that
fact that it gets it's inspiration from God of War, which is fine by me,
I love GoW and would love to see more games done in that style. Dante's
a cool enough character in the game, he just needs a better setting.
Overall Dante's Inferno is a very good game, just not a very memorable
one.
Batman: Arkham Asylum
I don't even know where to begin with
Batman: Arkham Asylum. This game completely blew me away; the graphics,
the voice acting, the game world, the combat and upgrade system, and
especially the Riddler Challenges all kept me from being able to put
down the controller. I played this game until 6am last Saturday, I just
couldn't put it down.
Arkham Asylum does so many things greatly,
but I felt like the Riddler Challenges really tied it all together. I
was completely addicted to finding every last one (which I did), and it
was very satisfying. The pace at which you get new gadgets and upgrades
was perfect, I loved going back to areas to access new areas when I got
the appropriate gadget. The combat was extremely fun, chaining attacks
and counters and finishing with a takedown or throw never got old.
I was floored when I learned that Mark
Hamill (Luke Skywalker fom the original Star Wars films) was the voice
for Joker. Most of the voice acting was superb, but Joker was on a whole
other level. I loved the way he would mess with his henchmen after you
entered a room and started taking them out one by one, priceless.
The "Spirit of Akham" meta mystery was
really fun to uncover and I enjoyed listening to all of the interview
tapes as well, especially the ones with Harley Quinn and Joker. I
absolutely loved all of the artwork used in the character bios and the
character trophies were really cool as well. I love how the game is more
comic book and less movie based Batman.
This game is so well made from top to bottom that it's easily one of the best games I've played this year, if not the best. There really isn't anything I don't like about the game. The only real disappointment I have is that I didn't get the "Party Pooper" achievement when I had the chance. I highly recommend this game to anyone who hasn't tried it, you can't go wrong.
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