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Are Dante's Inferno And Quantum Theory Frauds?

Ironstarmovement writes: "The God of War and Gears of War franchises have amazing titles exclusive to their respective platforms (Playstation & Xbox). As the success for these titles grow many developers have a tendency to Xerox copy their formula. In this case I give you Dante's Inferno and Quantum Theory."

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FishCake9T45229d ago

Hell Yes.
If you cant see that your blind.

jesuisankit5228d ago

I humbly disagree.. if thats the case all the FPS are frauds then.. Wolf would be the orginal one. DI and Quatum though borrow a lot from God of war and Gears of war it will be better if we wait for the full game and see how they turn out. Dead Space was infact very much inspired from Re4 and we saw how good that was.. Bayonetta has its foundations from DMC and it was awesome too. Darksiders again.. God of war and Zelda.. yet these games have something that make them stand on their own.

Bodyboarder_VGamer5228d ago (Edited 5228d ago )

@jesuisankit there are similarities and there are similarities but from what I read Quantum Theory is just Gears of War but with different art.

Resident Evil 4 and Resident 5 are the same damn thing but Dead Space takes a dump on both of them. The only similarities is the "over the shoulder camera" but that's it. I mean, you can see the inspiration in that they are both from the horror genre and the camera but the gameplay, pace, atmosphere, music, scenarios, etc are all different. Resident Evil 4-5 are more action oriented while Dead Space is more like the oldchool survival horror games. On top of that, you can upgrade your armor and weapons, something I haven't seen on any Resident Evil ever. Dead Space has more similarities with Metroid than Resident Evil to tell you the truth, and both games are from different genres.

Now after all this Resident Evil and Dead Space talk my point is that they are different experiences even though they are considered to be from the same genre but what EA wants to create with "DI" (and they are doing it) is an experience very close to the GOD games. They have the QTE, the boobs, the gore, the boss fight, the fixed camera angles (in this day and age!), [even the orbs/points/whatever are the same and have the same purpose] and a book that is comparable to the greek mythology in its epicness (it's Hell for god's sake!). The point being made here is that EA's goal is for the game to be a GOD clone.

You can easily spot differences between Dead Space and Resident Evil, inFamous and Prototype but you just can't when you compare Dante's Inferno to GOD or Quantum Theory to GeoW.

BadboyCivic3605228d ago (Edited 5228d ago )

OMG, does that means my copy of FORZA is a fraud?
What about uncharted,is it Tomb Raider in disguise?

Its all about trying to make a good game better...many times they fail to emulate there "role models" but sometimes a game like Uncharted comes by and raise the bar

Joni-Ice5228d ago

I agree also! You don't need to see the full games. I played the demo of Dante Inferno and by the demo alone if you cant see how many similarities God of War and Dante inferno have then you my friend are blind., or didn't play GOW 1 and 2.

Obama5228d ago

I completely agree. Anyone who can't see the difference are either blinded by fanboyism or simply haven't played the game.

chaosatom5228d ago

Bungie/metal gear rising is going to be here any second

Cajun Chicken5228d ago

I shall give these type of games the name...Fakequel.

WildArmed5228d ago

lmfao awesome.
+bubs

These 'Fakequels' are fine imo. I dont mind playing another GoW/GeOW as long as it's fun. Its something that'll keep me ehaving fun till the real deal hits.

The game isn't any less of a game in my eyes if it is a total rip-off.
As long as I'm having fun, I'm totally fine with that.

wages of sin5228d ago

Unless I'm mistaken, none of us have played the final build of either game in question so you don't know how much they deviate from their influences. If your going to say "well, I've played the demo so I know" then to you I simply say; it's a demo. Look how much we've learned about GOW3 that has changed since the demo.

It's all about preference in the end, and for me, I want Dante's more. Sure I'll get GOW3 but I prefer the subject matter, art style and the speed and fluidity of Dante's more so. I've been following it for awhile and using the same criteria as some of you, I base it off the demo.

I liked the GOW3 demo but for me; it had a been there done that feel to. Mind you that isn't a bad thing as the previous installments rock. I have the HD remix for my PS3 and had great fun playing it. Will it be epic? Yes. Will it fun? yes. For me though, it's GOW3 on PS3. It's like from 1-2. Not that big a leap in gameplay, but the viusals, yes. It's no different now based of what I've played/seen.

However, Dante's locked at 60fps was a better demo for me, as was Bayonetta. That game out of the three H&S's has the best gameplay so far but it's all about taste. Either way, I'll be enjoying them all so not a biggy.

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The Best Video Game Opening Levels In Gaming History

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Ranking Every God of War Game From Worst to Best

Cultured Vultures: Let’s delve into Kratos’ long and rampageous history and find out which games are worth the hype and which are better left buried under the weight of Kratos’s might.

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JL2930187d ago

Both requels over 2 and 3? Clowns. Those are two of the most boring games I've ever played.

Snookies12187d ago

GoW 3 was amazing, but I personally hated just one thing. (This is on me alone, because I was dumb, lol.) I hated that you couldn't skip cutscenes on repeat playthroughs. I had to go back through the game a third time because I missed one trophy accidentally on my way to the platinum... The cutscenes were great the first go round, even the second... But the third was pretty agonizing.

Haven't played Ragnarok, but I still think GoW 4 is a wonderful game in its own right. Not sure how I would stack them up against each other honestly.

Monstieur187d ago (Edited 187d ago )

I don't consider the reboot part of the original series. The original series were high-skill games with combos and rewards for mixing things up.

solideagle186d ago

lol square, square and triangle is the only combo you needed. I have played all of them on the hardest difficulties...

Golfcoachh187d ago

Maybe I’m just old school but I just couldn’t get into the last two. Maybe it’s the slower action and more story telling but the original trilogy was by far my favorite.

Crows90187d ago

It's not that youre old school. They're different genres

JL2930186d ago (Edited 186d ago )

Me either, at all. It's just yap yap yap. They try to be a RPG's instead of being action games like they used to be.

Fluke_Skywalker187d ago

I'd put the two psp games over 3 in terms of story any day. But not over 2.

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TheEnigma313187d ago (Edited 187d ago )

My favorite was part 2 and I think Ragnarok is better that 2018.

Shane Kim187d ago

The newer games are better imo.

ravens52187d ago

There is no worst. Except for Ascension, only cause I didn't play it lol. They are all masterpieces. 1,2,3, 2018 and Ragnarok. 1 of, if not the greatest video game franchise...besides MetalGear.

Snookies12187d ago

Oh wow, I actually forgot that Ascension even existed... I never played it either.

Crows90187d ago

I like ascension. It was different and some interesting combat additions.

darthv72187d ago

If you didnt play it, how could you call it the worst? Its not as bad as the media portrayed it. Honestly the worst are those flash games. they arent even considered true GoW games but in name only. At least Ascension is a real GoW game.

ravens52187d ago

Not saying it's a terrible game. Just mean it's at the bottom of my list. I played a little bit of it. Jus to me, compared to the other main games, it's last.

Fluke_Skywalker187d ago

Ascension is the only GOW game I never finished. Hated it.

Inverno187d ago

Can't agree, older games do so much more than the last two. More weapons, magic abilities, enemies are more varied, level design is also more aesthetically pleasing, and agree with those who say that they shouldn't have removed jumping. Was a time I'd agree, but those old games are so so much better, that they really should've looked into bringing into the reboot/sequels.

Crows90187d ago (Edited 187d ago )

If a game is good then a game is good. Doesn't matter what came before or what comes after.

Inverno187d ago

Of course it matters. If not for what what came before there wouldn't be an after. And if something is great before then you strive to make it just as good if not better, after. I personally don't think there's a fair way to judge the new with the old because the newer games are still essentially a reboot, and went a way different direction. But I still believe the old games did it better. I'm probably bias though since I've been going back to old games and have been finding that they lack all the annoying aspects that devs have shoehorned into new games to fluff out game time.

Crows90186d ago

@Inverno

Im not talking about the passage of time here. Im talking about individual pieces of software. If a game is good then it is good. Thats not a controversial statement. You can compare good with good...sure. But you still end up with good. Now if there is a bad game in the mix and you compare you do end up with some differentials between them...makes sense to compare and see where it went wrong.

But theyre different genres and styles which were individually executed very well.

And no. The new games are not a reboot. Theyre a new direction but simply a continuation.
Tomb raider was a reboot.

Inverno186d ago

The new games are definitely a reboot, and a continuation, it can be both which it is. And a good game might be good, but my point is that if there are things done better before it then there's plenty of room for critiquing and trying to make whatever comes after better rather than just good.

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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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GhostScholar225d ago (Edited 225d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake225d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga224d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx225d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga224d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H9224d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

GooGobbler225d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666224d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens52224d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott224d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens52224d ago (Edited 224d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara214d ago

Why would I payed and played the game if the whole internet is making fun of a character?

-Im here to kill Chaos...are you Chaos?

Yeah, I didn't play that game either.

Christopher224d ago (Edited 224d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens52224d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner224d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens52224d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster225d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot225d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster224d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned224d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.

H9224d ago

My good sir, I need to steal that "you can go whatever yourself" because it's gold

BlaqMagiq1224d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake224d ago (Edited 224d ago )

the "watever" is only present in the english localisation.
so your argument doesnt rly ... stand imo.

Nerdmaster224d ago

Good for you that you could enjoy the japanese version. That's not the case for me and the majority of people here, though.

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gold_drake225d ago (Edited 225d ago )

i had to stop reading after the "blatant misogyny" in the Dantes inferno section.

i actually liked Max haha.

the forspoken chick is missing tho

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