Our class Monday night slanted towards Dante’s Inferno being unnecessary, useless, and distancing from the middle ages – unfortunately placing it in the trash can. Prior to our discussion I would love to share my experience with gaming in order to accurately show the less common perspective of this game. My trajectory with consoles begins with the classics and lands at the peak of our computer technology, including: Nintendo (NES, Super NES, 64, GameCube, Game Boy, GBC & GBA, DS, Wii), PlayStation (1,2,3,4), Xbox (Xbox, 360, One), and of course – PC gaming! I have explored the abundant varieties of genres game designers have crafted. As time has lapsed video games have evolved and our imagination is no longer trapped in a 2-D world. The best games out there are the ones that allow you to travel through time into the realm of another era. These games are usually very graphic intensive and immersive like Dante’s Inferno. I myself am not a fan of Dante’s Inferno and have not played the game simply because it is a 3rd-person view game and I have played games similar to it, like Resident Evil and Mortal Combat. I prefer first person view games and augmented freedom and variability with what I can accomplish in a game, such as 7 Days to die, Call of Duty, ARK, and even Minecraft. Nevertheless, gamers who enjoy this genre love the game and are asking for more.
Dante’s Inferno
Dante’s Inferno is rated 7.5/10 by IGN and 8.2 by the community of players. At 7.5 this game is one of the best games in its genre offering stunning graphics, a great campaign/story line and an incredible amount of action.
The game gives a great introduction of the real Dante’s Inferno to young people who never even knew that Dante’s Inferno was a piece of literature. Even though some of the characters play their roles differently (e.g. Dante being a violent warrior, and Beatrice being a human and then soul), the game touches on Dante and his mission to reach heaven through the gates of hell, the 9 circles of hell and lucifer himself. If the player gets immersed and wishes to learn more about Dante’s Inferno – they will very quickly figure out how the story was originally depicted. We also cannot discard all the medieval echoes this masterpiece has to offer. Take into account the massive weapons used in the game, the amount of blood spilled, the religious encounters, and the wars taking place in and out of the inferno.
Resident evil
Dante’s Inferno might not be the most historically accurate game, but is essentially necessary to continue the reliving of the medieval times. Without games, movies and books like Dante’s Inferno, Resident Evil, God of War, Mortal combat, Eaters of the Dead, and many others, the medieval ages could be lost and we would not have the neo-medievalism culture that exists today and is loved by our contemporary society.
Sources:
- Review: IGN
- Pictures: Resident evil, Dante’s Inferno
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