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All parent reviews for Dante's Inferno

Age
14
Average rating based on 16 parent reviews:
  • 69% say sexual content is an issue
  • 56% say violence is an issue
Parent of 6 and 13 year old
April 6, 2010
 
Offensive, Nudity, and Violence Rambo would'nt even attempt.
This game is an extremely horrible game for anybody. The poem was extremely good....with no private parts either. People actually embraced it with a movie too! Heads, blood, everywhere! A cross as a weapon? These people aren't even thinking! They let children believe that going in to the outskirts of hell is justice?! Dante shouldn't be saving Beatrice from hell, he should go to hell! They also let children believe that anybody can be pulled into hell! God's powers are abused as a little toy for Dante. Beatrice is probably in hell because she commited sins! Or Dante drove her to those sins! They show breasts.....and sexual body parts as weapons! This game shouldn't even be allowed for adults either! If you believe in God, and love him as I do, never even touch this game.

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Parent
April 8, 2010
 
Dante's Inferno
I loved this game. The poem, I loved more. The game depicts a lot of things religious folks obviously would not approve of. As a non-believer, but a researcher of religion as well, I would understand why Christians would take offense. But just keep in mind that this game's view is not to offend, but to attempt to duplicate the poem into video game form.

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Parent of 12 year old
March 31, 2010
 
not for anyone with any religion
as a faithful Christian, this was the most offensive game ive ever seen. the cross used as a weapon and the ability to punish people for their sins by choice and even the unholy powers. not to mention all the nudity . this game isnt for anyone with any belief in God whatsoever.

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Parent of 14 year old
April 13, 2011
 
i think that parents should not be so well cut of to the topic nudity is a patial problem but i think that if you let your kids game you should play through the 2nd circle lust because that is where all the nudity comes from

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Adult
September 19, 2010
 
Totally not a game for young kids or even younger teens. There are body parts every which way. You can see Beatrice's breast through a lot of it, not too mention another boss' breasts which tongues shooting out and some "man parts". I did have a moral problem with killing the unbaptized babies. I hated doing it even if it wasn't real. The rest of it wasn't SO bad. Its very gruesome. 17+, maybe a mature 16 year old.

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Parent
April 21, 2011
 
Great for teens, but definetly not for the wee ones.
This game could be a very interesting game that is even educational in the fact that it is religiously based. I believe that most teens would be able to handle the content and get to experience classical literature in a much more interesting way.

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Parent of 17 year old
March 7, 2010
 
good for teens but pre teens maybe
wow i loved this game it was an amazing adaptation to the book. I dont play many video games so this is saying a lot coming from me, I Could play this game all day!!

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Adult
February 16, 2010
 
Now, this is a great story, I think the game twisted the story too much. After I heard about the game, I went and read The Divine Comedies, it was great! So this game might inspire people to read up on this-it's really an excellent story. I wouldn't worry about it,

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Parent of 19 year old
February 10, 2010
 
If you like God of War Rip offs...
This game is nearly exactly the same as God of War in terms of combat and even in opening doors. That being said, it's a decent game if you like violence and breasts. This game contains vivid depictions of hell, some being quite disturbing.

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Parent
February 14, 2010
 
love

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Parent of 10 and 12 year old
June 14, 2010
 
Sorry kids, you'll understand when you're older.
I gave it an education highlight simply because it's based on a classic book. Although the unbaptized infants upset me a great deal, the game itself took an interesting take on the 7 deadly sins. I see video games as a platform for art. The graphics are a the creators paintings which he uses to allow us a look into his head. With that said, there are some paintings in an art museum that I wouldn't like my children to view, and they don't get to view this game either. Rather its a literary classic, or artistic expression, it's not for eyes of the young. You are playing a man on his journey through Hell. The graphics and plots are exactly what you would expect on this journey. For the record: In the lust stage, the claws weren't coming from between their legs, but ripping out of holes in their stomachs. Not that it makes the scene any less shocking. Also, in the same stage they forgot to mention the whole stage itself looks like there was a contest to see how many phallic images could fit onto a screen at one time. This is definitely not a family friendly game to play with your children watching.

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Adult
February 9, 2010
 
Very disturbing game!
Horrific deceptions of hell and nudity. And the game is a total God of War rip off!

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Adult
March 19, 2010
 
give it in gift boxes to the retierment home!
i gave this game to my three year old brother and he still hasen't put it down! then again he isn't moving either...

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Adult
February 10, 2010
 
cant wait for it

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Adult
May 9, 2010
 
Great for adults 18+
I played this game a few months ago ad got all of the trophies for it. It's an awesome game, but for anyone under 18, it's a no go. period. I was supprised that this game didn't get an Adults only rating! There is more violence than most games I have played lately, and more nudity than i've seen in a video game in a long time. There are only a few video games that I wouldn't let my kids play and this is certainly one of them.

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Parent of 3, 4, and 5 year old
February 9, 2012
 
An "EPIC" depiction of Dante's decent into HELL
When I'm not teaching college-level courses, I'm playing video games. Being recently assigned to teach a course in poetry, I assigned to my students Dante's Inferno from the author's Divine Comedy, the actual epic poem. It is a magnificent and important piece of work. I had been sitting on Dante's Inferno, the game, for months. So, having to teach the poem, I played through it. Now if you are looking for a modern-day vision of Dante's Inferno, of Dante's vision of hell this is *the* game to get. Now if you are disinterested in a man's depictions of hell, then you want to avoid this game. There are plenty of depictions of Freddy Kruger-type silhouettes of trapped in walls. There is plenty of T&A, including the player character's love interest. As the story goes, an oath he made to not "partake of the flesh" while away on the crusade, an oath vowed in what appears to be a sex scene of sorts. This will play out in the narrative. Also there are smaller enemies being succubus (or succubi), who attack the player with weapons emanating from the female genitalia. The second circle of hell, lust, culminates with a boss who generates enemies from the nipples of her bear breast. Even the defeat of said enemy is suggestive. Dante will decent further into hell in the game. The author, Dante, orders the circles of hell in according to what he believes to be the worst sins, with the unsaved/unbaptized yet "good people" (think Virgil, Ghandi, etc) in the first circle down to TREACHERY in the last circle (think Judas, Brutus, etc) where the player will inevitably fight a...well-endowed Lucifer. And while there is SUGGESTION and explicit nudity, none of it compares to the God of War sex mini-games which are simply pornographic. The nudity in this game is more aesthetic like that depicted in classic art. It's just pervasive. Throughout the game, the player will be able to render judgement upon historical figures (shades) who appear in the Divine Comedy. Violent execution or the blessing of forgiveness..the player decides. Indeed, this game is NOT for children. I just wanted to provide details for ADULTS as well. Some of us would rather not expose our spirits to this kind of content. Now if you're a fan of Dante's Inferno and can handle the content, prepare for a treat. Ah, I did indicate positive message! Yes, well, if one finds themselves in hell, it is because they did something to get there. So the story is thus a story of redemption. And upon adventures through each of the outer circles (the inner circles, the worst circles are rather brief), details are revealed to show how Dante must overcome the particular sin he has committed which justifies his place there. So even within the graphic nature of the game, there is a moral lesson to be learned. Oh, I keep forgetting things... one can align themselves with holy (divine?) or evil power, depending on if one "saves" his enemies or condemns them. Personally, I choose holy because using the cross as a projectile weapon was great AND the passive heal (which you will need to beat the boss). The evil path lends for stylistic attacks and buffing magic (heretic, pagan) spells. Less useful, IMO.

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