Dante’s Inferno Of War III (Collection)
It's the same bastard game, EA. The exact same.Published 14/12/2009 at 20:07 by nofi
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Dante’s Inferno and God Of War III – both out next year, and both rather similar. Of course, Kratos wasn’t the first dude to run around waving his sword but he’s certainly one of the more recent, and with EA’s rather more interpretive take on Dante’s Inferno we thought it might be fun to see just how similar these two games really are.
They really are.
The fighting itself. It’s rather similar, really – similar button combos, lots of pressing Square for good results. Lots of flashes of light. Lots of clinking of steel. You get the idea, except Dante moves at 60fps whereas Kratos is as jerky as (beef) jerky from Jerkyville, United States of Jerks.
The weaponry. Sure, different actual weapons, but everything’s swung about with the same sense of weight and the air combos are very alike. The two blokes are a bit similar, too, although Dante’s makeup is a little less in your face than the man mountain Kratos’. No daft goatee, either.
Rooms full of monsters, undead things and general nastiness, sealed off by a magic thing until you’ve dispatched every last one of them. Check. Sure, the developers need to have some way of stopping the player dashing through the entire game in less than 20 minutes, but how about some puzzles? Oh.
The big beast thing. Kinda controls the same, don’t you think? I mean, there’s only so many ways you can move a minotaur, but – hey. I’d have preferred one of them to have controls a bit like the cars in Saboteur so it looks like the guy in charge is a pissed up glue sniffer with spuds for hands.
Thematically, I know one is Hell and the other is some sunny tourist island off the coast of Greece, but come on guys, at least dial down the giant red faces. If I want giant red faces I’ll hit myself with a frying pan and then go stare at the mirror, I don’t want them looming up over the sides of buildings thankyouverymuch.
Quick time events. I’ve hated button presses like this ever since Dirk-whatshisname asked me to do it for 18 minutes during the ‘game’ Dragon’s Lair thought it was back in the 40s. Oh yes, and pressing the triggers to go into some kind of super power mode. Where do they get these ideas from?
Still, if you’ve only got a 360 at least now you won’t have to go and buy a PS3 to get your third person button mashing ‘historic’ action adventure head on, Dante will do you just fine. Of course, if you do go and buy a PS3 you’ll then be able to play 3D Dot Game Heroes, which is absolutely nothing like The Legend Of Zelda series.
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cc_star | 14/12/2009 20:12
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Good stuff nofster,
Watch out for full impressions tomorrow.
dirtyhabit | 14/12/2009 20:17
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Sweet.
Never even heard of Dantes Inferno until the demo last week. Looking forward to both. GoW looks cool too, but I prefered the Dante demo TBH
oMega-W | 14/12/2009 20:23
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I heard that God of War 3 actually performs better on the X360…
carlosfilippsen | 14/12/2009 20:27
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GOW 3 is a PS3 exclusive lol
Ryan1991 | 14/12/2009 20:29
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GoW is a PS3 exclusive.
mynameisblair | 14/12/2009 20:31
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He was being sarcastic I think, saying GoW is exactly like Dante’s.
oMega-W | 14/12/2009 20:35
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Yes, I was most definitely being sarcastic.
Boomshanks | 15/12/2009 11:51
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Oh I thought he was serious. I thought they made a GoW version for the 360 just to see if it would run smoother on that console
mynameisblair | 14/12/2009 20:30
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That was an amazing article, so funny!
Loved the bit about the Saboteur controlling like “a pissed glue sniffer with spuds for hands”
They are pretty (really) similar, but I loved them both.
Just completed GoW2 so really hyped for these games.
mynameisblair | 14/12/2009 20:45
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Also.. I love God of War and Zelda, and TSA. Just the fact that they are all together in this little slice of writing joy makes this the best article ever.
Thank you.
gazo69 | 14/12/2009 20:33
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I was blown away by the Dante’s Inferno demo, yet another game on my pre-order list!
Rob92 | 14/12/2009 20:47
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but nofi, which one would yoi say is better, or has the potential of being better?
cause im thinking of selling my ps3, and knowing im not missing much will make it easier
gazo69 | 14/12/2009 21:01
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So your not interested in the story to any of theses games then!
Rob92 | 14/12/2009 21:09
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never played GOW and obviously havent played Dante’s so it’d be fresh to me either way anyway.
carlosfilippsen | 14/12/2009 20:58
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GoW 3 ftw.
H3O | 14/12/2009 21:01
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A little less in your face? He’s has sewn a cross on his chest.
They do look very similar though. For me, the biggest factor is the same kind of theme. Greek myths or Judeo-christian myths, they’re all the same.
Roynaldo | 14/12/2009 21:03
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Looks like I will have to get both then.
funkyellowmonkey(ps3 id) | 14/12/2009 21:11
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ditto that, i’ve just finished gow collection and started the PSP version, i just can’t get enuff!!! :p
Gamoc | 14/12/2009 21:44
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This depresses me. I was going to get both of these, but Dante’s Inferno feels like a bad rip of God of War, so I won’t be getting it. Not only is it a bad rip, but it looks like shit – flat, blurry textures, pixellated effects (like effect when enemies break up through the gravestones), it’s all just almost PS2-quality. Dull and lifeless.
It’s like a total conversion for God of War 3 done by someone who has no clue how to make graphics.
dirtyhabit | 14/12/2009 23:28
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Dude? Really? I thought the graphics were immense. Almost PS2? come on….
Ill give you the gravestone bit, but we must have played different demos, I thought DI had much more depth on screen.
……But ill probably get both anyway
cc_star | 14/12/2009 23:39
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There are hardly any PS3 games which run at 720p, the full holy grail of 60fps and are fully V-synced so there is zero tearing… In fact I can hardly think any. All the blockbuster titles have compromises whether that be dropping the rez down to 640p (GTAIV) or even 600p (MW2) or having a lower framerate at 30fps (Killzone 2, Uncharted) or not having V-sync so the screen tears (ACII and hundreds of others) and this has no compromises.
It is full on next gen graphics the like of which the PS3 rarely sees.
Therefore this game not only has some of the very best graphics on the PS3, but is a huge technical achievement as well.
Gamoc | 14/12/2009 23:49
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Some of the best graphics on the PS3 would not result in me saying it looks like a PS2 game.
cc_star | 14/12/2009 23:53
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I haven’t the faintest clue what you’re on about then, it not only obviously looks awesome but it is also technically awesome.
KeRaSh | 15/12/2009 07:24
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Sounds like someone is being sensitive about his favourite game series getting some stiff competition.
I liked GoW1 until the utterly frustrating and senseless game prolonging spiked spinning wall at the end. GoW2 felt like it wanted to be like Zelda with stupid puzzles that just took out the pace of the game. I don’t have very high expectations of GoW3 and I’m happy for any competition. DI looks pretty nice. Don’t know what your problem is.
Gamoc | 15/12/2009 08:23
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What? No, competition is good, and I said I was originally planning on getting both, but I don’t want a game that is exactly the same as another, but crappier.
Rob92 | 14/12/2009 22:09
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I agree with you there, thought I was perhaps being a bit nit picky but it really doesnt stand up to GOW in that department. GOW looks clean and sharp yet still deep in detail and gore. Dante’s looks blurry as you said.
Strange since it came from Dead Space developers. I think Dead Space is one my favourite games this generation and the graphics were brilliant. Maybe they’ll improve!
djdustb | 14/12/2009 23:07
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I havejust this minute finished playing the Dantes demo and I was amazed …. at just how EXACTLY the same it is!
I heard they were similar but I didn’t realise it was this similar. Ok so I have no experience of GOW other than the recent demo but even in this little bit of the game you are doing the exact same things. Are the makers of GOW likely to be flattered or likely to sue?
However I am not sure which one I prefer, GOW seemed to flow a bit better for me as a few times on Dante there was a delay where I couldn’t move waiting for enemies to appear.
dirtyhabit | 14/12/2009 23:36
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I don’t get why people can’t get over the similarities. Nobody says it about heavenly sword, or COD & MOH. Surely its all down to genre and release/hype train schedules. I quite like thelook of both TBH
ManeoriX | 14/12/2009 23:45
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That’s because it’s so blatantly ripping it off, and not even making an effort to be a little different. Heck, it look’s like they are making a VERY big effort to make as similar to God of War as possible – whilst the story is different the overall packaging of DI’s gameplay plays exactly the same GOW in nearly every aspect. The way it locks areas, even down to how the enemies spawn..
Sure if it works don’t break it, but to me it just seems that VG just want some of the GoW cake without coming up with much themselves.
Oh and Heavenly Sword is nowhere near as similar to GoW as Dantes Inferno is. If DI had the same amount of ‘different’ to GoW, fine, but as Nofi has so nicely put THEY ARE EXACLTY THE SAME.
I’m going to stick with GoW, I don’t really need a underpar rip-off of God of War.
cc_star | 14/12/2009 23:46
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Punish or Absolution?
Holy or Unholy weapons upgrading,
This seems to have everything that GoWIII has and dare I say it just a little bit more.
Oh and I’m a huge GoW fanboy
dirtyhabit | 15/12/2009 00:17
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Wow. Theres some real GoW fans in tonight.
Under par is a bit strong. I appreciate Gow may be No1 in the genre, but I can see Dante throwing some serious competition Kratos’ way pretty soon. I still dont see how different they are from HS.
ManeoriX | 15/12/2009 00:38
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Sure, the fact that Dante’s is multi-platform will mean that Kratos will have plenty of competition. I just personally feel like they have copy-pasted a working formula and only bothered to change the skins. The main point is though they way they designed the whole game, it’s just too similar in the way it plays. I could list so many things that are basically exactly the same, but Nofi has already listed a lot.
It’s your opinion obviously, but I don’t think Heavenly Sword plays anywhere near the same way as GoW, the same way Ninja Gaiden felt just different enough to warrant its own awesomeness. It feels like it has it’s own identity, which I didn’t feel when I played Dante’s.
slates16 | 15/12/2009 00:08
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sure they ripped off having boobies in the game too so thats a god thing !!
personally i’m looking forward to gow 3 more as i’m new to gow, only half way threw gow 1
ghost5 | 15/12/2009 00:38
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I’d wish people would stop abreveating GOW – everytme I read it I think of Gears of War and then get confused for a minute
cc_star | 15/12/2009 00:45
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Why, there’s only one GoW and its the original….. hint: It stars Kratos
Gears can get its own abbreviation
clank250 | 15/12/2009 05:15
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You know what, I totally agree with this article. Exactly the same. “Hold triangle to launch enemies into the air” … Really? Now Dante’s may have one very good “Holy S***” time when he’s in the church and the wall breaks apart and then you’re in Hell. That made me say OMG each time I saw it.
Yeah. Maybe a rental as GoW III is a definite in my books. Ultimate edition FTW!