Dante's Inferno proves that classic literature has the potential to inspire thoughtful game development. The gameplay may have been ripped straight from God of War, but the environments, characters, and story propelled the game forward in a way that modern creative minds simply can't match. Metro 2033, also inspired by an engrossing and emotionally charged tale, had the pieces of plot and narrative development that can make a game great. It's inevitable that developers will continue to explore this often unjustified type of inspiration; the question is with what?
There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.
I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.
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.
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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Dante's inferno... an excellent GoW inspired game. So sad the sequels will never be.
heavenly sword was such a short, but amazing game. that game should be prime material to be made into a download only remaster.
I really enjoyed Castlevania, but struggled to get into it again reattempting it a few years back. I still think it does another of things well; story, presentation, level varietily and art style at least. Gameplay maybe has not stood test of time unfortunately which makes it a chore to get through.
Dante's Inferno at 4K 60FPS!
Sad this may never get the sequel it deserves. It's still one of the best GoW clones around.
I would love to revisit my old PS3 games played at a higher framerate and resolution. UC2, TLOU, GOW3, KZ2 & 3, Demon Souls
"Dante's Inferno proves that classic literature has the potential to inspire thoughtful game development"
DI from EA was a very very lose "adaptation"
The way you proposed Shakespeare makes it sound possible, but I don't think there's really much literature that could translate itself to games. At least not well. Maybe the epics of Homer could be done, but film has tried to tackle those before and not come out so great.
Trashy romance novels?
Even though Dante's Inferno was loosely based on its source material I found it really interesting that the game was inspired by a piece of classic literature. So in that sense I think it would be great if there were more literature-inspired game, because it wouldn't have to be some faithful adaptation to grab my attention. The way you brought up Shakespeare sounds like it could be really interesting.