Graphically, this game excels.

Musically, this game has ambient noise that really sets the mood very subtly.

Gameplay is very smooth without many horrible glitches or lags in the design. It reminded me of God of War or even possibly Devil May Cry. The attacks are counted and you’re given a score based on how many hits you can dish before all enemies are defeated. You also collect orbs after you kill and based on what objects you open. The only real difference is now you can pick to send people to hell or heaven as you see fit.

The story line is that you’re a knight during the time of the Crusades and you end up in the underworld looking for Beatrice, and you fight countless undead beings and through the deadly sins. You aren’t welcomed in this underworld either, so countless beings will be coming after you and trying to make your life miserable on your quest for the lovely lady.

There are mini puzzles that you need to figure out patterns to in order to defeat your opponents, but it’s nothing that takes too long to figure out and accomplish. It made me think of a merger of God of War and Tomb Raider in the nature of the gameplay and puzzles.

Personally, I wasn’t thrilled with this game’s depiction’s of a few of the sins. I was stuck up on “Lust” where these almost completely naked women shoot out large tentacles from their belly (or groin) regions depending on the attack. Additionally, the big boss of the level was topless and would drop small fighting babies at you after they crawled out of her breasts. It was really disgusting and a whole new level of “what games can get away with”. Now I’m not saying video games are responsible for any evils on the planet, I’m not going there. I was just amazed by what gets through a simply “mature” on the rating scale now. It was just a surprise.

Despite my personal feelings, the game was engrossing and fun. The story line is well developed and the game play is well done. If you liked God of War and/or Devil May Cry, this game is for you. The depiction’s of Hell are quite graphic and interesting, but make sure anyone young doesn’t walk into the room or they’ll be having horrible nightmares.

Rating:

7 out of 10

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