It's kind of, sort of like a ripe turd you put in your 360.

Part of me died inside on that one.

That's the kind of thinking you want to encourage.

Have you played the demo? This is no parody at all, it's trying way too hard to be as "hardcore" as possible. The main guy has a cross in his chest that he carved into his flesh, he sounds like that guy from 300 and keeps throwing nonesense rants about the pain, oh the pain.

I agree to an extent that Dante's Inferno trys a little to hard, but honestly its not the only one. Bayonetta, God of War, Darksiders, Dante's Inferno ect. there all the same really, derivative, repetitive and at times slightly button smashy (with the occasion or not so occasional quick time events).

At this point I think its less about gameplay (as they all share waaay too similar gameplay and at times control schemes) and more about preference and themes. Do you want a bizarre looking naked chick covered in magic hair shooting shit? go with Bayonetta. Do you want your mindless action with a Greek mythology appeal, with some nice over acting and a sprinkling of titties? go with God of war.

Likewise want something with a half assed based off the poem Dante's Inferno theme, and a quasi morality system, then go with Dante's Inferno.

Riskbreaker:

Naw, I know it's not a deliberate parody - unintentional parody.

I remember play God of War 1 and thinking it was the perfect parody of the modern videogame. It had everything - a rage meter that was ACTUALLY CALLED A RAGE METER, lazy edgification of public domain plot elements, qtes everywhere, little glowing orbs that get sucked towards you when you kill dudes, a pointless double jump, angry bald guy ... a CRATE ESCORT MISSION. It turned the hydra - the mythological monster best suited for an awesome boss battle ever - into a game of Todd McFarlane's Simon. That game is so, so bad. I still can't believe anybody unironically likes it (the combat is fun though - it's pretty rad slinging your chain swords around).

Candlejack:

Bayonetta is good though :(

Say what you want about Bayonetta, the game does let you skip the cutscenes. In God of War you have to see the whole thing all the time, even on a second play.

You say that like its a bad thing?

All kidding aside, its not entirely the same though, not enough EXTREME in your face marketing. Let alone not enough smack talk going on from the major videogame corporations.