“Go to Hell.”

I’ll say one thing for EA, they’ve got a lot of balls to make this game.  Balls to make it, balls to put as much effort into the advertising as they did, and balls to keep the game as uncensored from the original “vision” as possible.  They’ve got balls for miles.  When I saw the initial press for Dante’s Inferno, all I could think was that it was a God of War clone, and that this was a completely absurd amount of pre-marketing for a coming game.  Press kits with free money to reviewers, evil looking letters, and paraphernalia in the mail… EA was going all out on this one.  Unfortunately, this made my “danger sense” kick in; an old vestige from being disappointed by one summer “blockbuster” movie after another.

If the game has this much advertising behind it, it’s almost guaranteed not to be good.

So does Dante’s Inferno live up to the hype?  Or is it another overhyped game that will end up gathering dust on the back of your gaming shelf? 

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Spidey, Spidey, Spidey…  Of all the comic book heroes that have had games made of their exploits, yours are probably the biggest mixed bag in terms of quality.  Ever since i was a little kid, the idea of a Spiderman videogame seemed like a no-brainer;  After all, who wouldn’t want to go swinging around buildings, beating up bad-guys, getting the girl – it made a young nerd’s heart leap.  So it was with great excitement that I went over to a friend’s house after being told he had a Spiderman game for his Commodore 64.

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