Wandering the floor post press badges, we happened upon the amazing display set up for EA’s upcoming new title, Dante’s Inferno. Dante’s Inferno is loosely based on Dante Alighieri’s epic poem Divine Comedy. I say loosely, because having read the literature before, I do not remember double jumps, spine-scythes, giant boobed demon tossing women, Dante being a Templar, O-Button mashing or the other multitudes of over the top cheesy things I saw in this game. Granted, I only played one level, but I see one glaring problem already with Dante’s Inferno. It seems to take itself *very* seriously. Almost “We’re re-writing a classic” seriously. I don’t care for that. The game play itself is a direct rip-off of God of War, down the the exact basic combos and souls/orbs mechanic. Though, God of War was amazing, so while a rip-off, it makes for solid game play.

The level we got to play was “Lust”, as each level is based on a different layer of Hell. Lust was filled with disturbingly rendered – but beautifully as well – naked people, dismembered sex organs on the walls, constant vagina-shaped portals and phallic objects jutting out of every possible area. Visually disturbing at times, but very fitting for the setting, I will admit. After solving quite a few frustrating puzzles and slicing more naked demon chicks with tentacle vaginas than I care to remember, I found myself in a boss battle with a genre-typical GIANT sized sex-demon queen. I’ll leave specifics of the fight out, but suffice to say, one of her more annoying moves is her nipple opens up and spits out demon babies, which she promptly removes from her naked breast, causing a giant jiggle as she throws them down onto the platform you are on. Yes. You read that all right.

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