“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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Last week, Anthony Burch over at Destructoid put out the latest entry in his “Rev Rants” series.  In these short videos, Mr. Burch picks whatever aspect of gaming is weighing on his mind and gives a spirited “rant” about what’s wrong with it.  In his most recent rant, Mr. Burch declares that it’s time for video games to just stop being about “fun,” and that they need to tackle more serious matters.

Already a lot of people have reacted to this piece, and while I am not David Jaffe, I too have been thinking over his words and my reaction to them.  Mr. Burch makes many points that I agree with, but I find that, overall, he is arguing on somewhat flawed grounds.  While I won’t call this a rebuttal, I’d like to take the time to go over some of his points and where I feel they are mistaken.

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