Pirate Prude (originally the debut ep title by the band, Helium) is the mo… Read Full Bio ↴Pirate Prude (originally the debut ep title by the band, Helium) is the moniker adapted since 2004 for singer/songwriter Mark Freifeld. The debut record "Exile In Circuitville" was officially released on March 18, 2008. Home produced/recorded with Mark on vocals and guitars and Tom Kersey playing cello.

The album concept is loosely (such a relative term) based on previous rock n' roll classics "Exile On Main St" by the Rolling Stones, and "Exile In Guyville" by Liz Phair.

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Darkfenerata 101

2y↑227

23:18
Hold up, Virgil is very well known here in Italy for a sentence he said to Charon.

"Caron non ti crucciare, vuolsi così colà dove si puote ciò che si vuole e più non dimandare"
which translates roughly into
"Charon don't get mad, it is so willed where you can do whatever you will, ask no more"
aka
"Shut the hell up, God wants it, take us across"
Virgil acting like he owns the place when he's not even baptized :^)

Seven Proxies

2y↑2

#GemSuggestion

The Windows port of the 3DO game Killing Time.

A forgotten horror Doom clone that was one of the first "open world" FPS with no loading times between in-game areas.

As the box said: "Part mystery, Part Mayhem, Pure Terror"

It also features FMV sequences. 😉

If I were to describe it myself: think "The Mummy" films with Brendan Fraser meets Stephen King.

All comments from YouTube:

Beeyo176

2y↑1.5K

Rag's attitude towards "Fuck it, just play it on an emulator. The developers wouldn't get a dime if you bought it anyway" is refreshing as hell

chris vp

2y↑8

ye i play it emulated and alot of other games its actually insane how good they look. but sadly there are minor bugs that have fixes sure but if ye dont ever ever want to have to do any effort for peak gameing like emulation can be annoying. setting up controls is a skill you learn.

RhizometricReality

2y↑18

@chris vp once you gotten good at it it's not so hard. Steam offers great tools for rebinding quickly. Its not hard to set up shortcuts through with custom binding for each game you want, emulated or native

chris vp

2y↑6

@RhizometricReality why would you involve steam? im talken about emulateing dantes inferno on the rpc3 emulator it has its own profiles and controler set ups. each game has a new control scheme one doesnt fit all. playing armored core and metel gear solid 4need different control scheme that take a few mins to do each time nothing massive but iknow people who would just ugh at such a thing. i suppose you could just get a controler

Oopsie Poopsie

2y↑2

It’s very “ steal this book “ idea

RagnarRox

2y↑130

Steam is an easy way to make your PC even detect the PS3 and PS4 controller. Add RPSC3 as a non-Steam game and just plug it in and you won't need to install DS3 or other external software to detect the controller. It's pretty neat.

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Default Sea Turtle

2y↑614

Just throwing in the fun fact that Dante reeeeally hated the pope at the time, so he threw him into the 9th circle of hell. To make the insult more scathing, and to get around the fact the dude was still ALIVE at the time, Virgil mentions that the pope was in fact SO evil and beyond redemption, he had his soul prematurely removed and has his body puppeted around on Earth by demons. The 👏 Heckin' 👏 Pope 👏
Even better, he knew the work would get him excommunicated, so he had the audacity to have explicit mention that the excommunicated do get redeemed in purgatory.
Half the story is bible and classic lit wish-fulfillment and the other half is just the cattiest Fuck-Yous ever written in Italian prose.

Rino Thename

2y↑38

OMG,what a pro gamer move.

Chris S

2y↑13

haha based

The Epic Random Dude

2y↑15

Note that Dante was a part of a pro Pope faction that had expelled the pro Emperor (and against the Pope) faction from Florence, only to then be expelled by the even more radical pro Pope faction, whereby thenthe moderate pro papists allied with the anti papists. In this context Dante wrote his political treaty De Monarchia where he argues for a single universal Emperor to rule over the world in God's image and for the Pope to stick to religious stuff.
He lost his home to the Pope's political intrigue so he would despise him.

q. low

2y↑10

Boniface VIII is in the third bolgia of the eighth circle of hell, the one dedicated to simony. Since he died in 1303 (and Dante sets the Divine Comedy in 1300), Dante just mentions that there's already a spot dedicated to him. It's friar Alberigo (tolomea, third part of the ninth circle) whose soul is already in hell despite being still alive, for his sin of betrayal of a guest.

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Pim's Crypt

2y↑510

“Abandon all hope, ye who I tossed in here”

This is the best summary of the Divine Comedy I’ve ever read.

Cartoon Critique

1y↑2

Wouldn't it be hilarious if Dante (the author) end up in Hell just for the utter hubris of writing his self-indulgent fan-fiction? 😆

Helena Redgrave

2y↑560

On why Cerberus was depicted like that in the game. If I remember correctly, the way Dante describes it in The Divine Comedy is as "Il Gran Vermo" or something similar, which translates to "The Great Worm", which I guess Visceral took literally.

P. D. L

2y↑6

In hell the worm dyeth not.

geospasmic

2y↑15

As gross as that thing is, Wayne Barlowe's concept art is even grosser.

Trixie Lulamoon

2y↑11

I wonder too if brutalizing a giant hell dog might have been a bit too much even for this game.

Regardless I love this design. I've never seen a Cerberus that looks anything like this. Its really cool and gross.

theblocksays

2y↑7

I do like how visually it was the closest thing to something you'd see in a Hieronymus Bosch painting portrayal of hell (at least at first when you view it's large bloated & putrid appearance form above, almost like on of those blob fish out of water before the worm heads popped out).

; Expected

2y↑2

but also killing puppers in video games is not to be taken lightly. I say thinking of Greatwolf Sif

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Vulpes Inculta

2y↑517

The final battle against lucifer where he is literally raging against his Father, God, in a Paradise Lost style, is a truly great final fight. Underrated game and not a guilty pleasure for me.

LaurentiusThePale

2y↑5

That first phase was one hell of a spectacle

ZaLewdWarudo

2y↑4

Ai7A there is no IRL.

Redoran

2y↑1

Ah, a Divine Crusader who paved his path through blood and destruction commenting on a video about a Divine Crusader who paved his path much the same, poetic.

Brent walker

2y↑3

Ai7A nah...

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Lucas

2y↑155

Dante's Inferno will forever be a masterpiece in my eyes. "to be continued" still hurts till this day. Fucking EA.

BadassHulkFan

2y↑6

It’s a shame Visceral is gone

Cartoon Critique

1y↑1

I have to agree. I would have loved to see how they would have handled his journeys through Purgatory and Heaven...oh well, at least we still got Bayonetta.

BEyou DEE

love you lucas , I will fight for you to get out the cage , unless you like it - sometimes it feels wanted

Matt McMuscles

2y↑318

Getting some popcorn for this one. I too, have a strange fascination with Dante's Hellish weekend.

Boketto

2y↑2

I too, has a strange fascination with your channel

Ostrichlord

2y↑2

I watched your entire playthrough. Was a great watch

squareknot20

1y↑1

Yooo

Ramrod bLDM

49w

@Boketto you didn't even get a thank you hahahahahaha that's what you get for meat 🚲

Darkfenerata 101

2y↑227

Landon Hagan

2y↑97

I like to say Dante's Inferno is the best "7/10" of all time. I've been singing its praises since the day it came out and I'm so glad to see people finally reevaluating it on its own terms. "Guilty pleasures" don't exist, anyway. If you like something, you like it for a reason.

m a

2y↑16

Seriously, screw the concept of "guilty pleasure". There is nothing more immature than the constant need to be perceived as mature. True maturity is not allowing others to shame you for enjoying harmless things. You already have to wear your "I am an adult" maks when dealing with family and co-workers, why do you keep that heavy mask even when you are alone at the confort of your hobby?

Arianna Dravis

2y↑10

I mean..you can enjoy things for no reason? Also guilty pleasure means "yeah on an objective level this isin't great, but i love it anyway", it's not a shaming tactic. While i understand the word having that connotation (guilty = shame) that's not quite how it's used; atleast in my observations

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Ryan Hollinger

2y↑250

Aw damn this is a WILD one!

Becks the Impatient

2y↑5

Aha! Found you! Enjoy your Christmas.

T—mo

2y↑2

This is the colab I need! Love you Ryan and Rox!

Dorthia Schreyer

why watch this channel if you hate silent hill ???CHUMP

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Bondrewd The Novel

2y↑115

23:13 When Auguste Rodin sculped "The Gates of Hell" his main inspiration was the "Abandon every hope, who enter here" quote. So perhaps the developer thought that, considering that the Gate itself is the quote but as a monument, to put a sign on it would felt redundant.

RagnarRox

2y↑59

Yup, I wasn't aware of the Rodin sculpture being the blueprint for the gates, so every single syllable of my criticism there is taken back with a sincere apology towards the designers, this is actually an extremely awesome detail to learn.

Npc I'm knot

this. nice to see people that know art lol. I’m actually surprised i remember rodins name lol.. the gates tho.. taht design is so iconic.. the developers would not miss the one opportunity to put sometihng that iconic in a game.

Npc I'm knot

@RagnarRox good lol.

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Rickimaru91

2y↑132

I’m surprised that you didn’t mention that the whole thing was a plot by Lucifer to get Dante to free him from hell. Also physically defeating Lucifer in combat had no effect and was part of the trick. It was the souls that Dante absolved along the way that re-imprisoned Lucifer and absolved Dante himself

Boreal Sullivan

2y↑24

Maybe the divine comedy was the the souls we absolved along the way

PicYourPoison

2y↑8

Pretty chilling to know there were others he counted on, yet failed. Achilles, Marc Anthony, Samson, Atilla, even Ghengis Khan, all failed along the way.

Who knows how far each had made it before being ripped apart by hells denizens...

Cartoon Critique

1y↑2

Does that mean we would get a different ending if you went through the whole game without absolving anyone?

Cartoon Critique

1y↑1

@PicYourPoison I guess that also means Hell's Denizens don't actually serve him...because you think he could have order them to NOT kill his only hopes of escape.

PicYourPoison

1y↑3

@Cartoon Critique They're all just prisoners, and he's just at the top of the food chain in the bottom of the pit.

Ivan

2y↑209

Underrated gem, inspired me to study Dante and pursue my literary career. The hell depicted in the game may not be entirely accurate yet it conveys the sense of dread and solitude of the original work. Also, the theme of sin is so complex in Dante's circles system it really makes you question your own virtues and sins more apprehensively. Tonight I'll watch this video, surely It'll be great as with every RagnaRox video

jhonadavid

2y↑2

there is no accuracy, nor should it be condemned for being inaccurate. it is a product of its creator and the ideology of his time. the fact we disagree is proof that we've evolved, if only somewhat.

Joel Michael Viado

2y↑1

Honestly it should make you question the church and its principles more.

Gabriel

2y↑1

The work actually made me completely reject Christ, view religion as nothing but self-righteous egoism, and see the author as another Mary Sue.

Vietnamse Monky

2y↑1

@Gabriel epic, but no epic Reddit upboats for you here ;^)

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Jonni Zhang

2y↑90

Back then I had the choice between Bayonetta and Dantes Inferno and even tho Bayo later turned out to become a cult classic, I definitely did not regret to have gone for DI. I absolutely loved the world and enemy design and it was actually a lot of fun too! Thanks Ragnar! 😊

Jayleen Rae Goco

2y↑9

Honestly you and me friend shared the same dilemma. However I chose Bayonetta and later to Dante. Dante’s inferno was amazing and how they broke down the actually story from the book is amazing. Bayonetta is my all time favorite game however Dante is part of my top 15 favorites. I really did wish they continued it to Purgatorio and Paradiso, especially Purgatorio. The second novel was about how Dante goes up a Mountain to absolve his sins and it’s a literal trial.

ZoidbergForPresident

Geez I was utterly disspointed in Bayonetta, not my stuff, and I bought the double disc on Wii U. :P

dsagent

2y↑36

I really like the art direction of some of the areas.
I would totally play a game where you walk around hell with Vergil talking about poetry and random historical figures.

Npc I'm knot

2y↑1

same. i would be to scared tho hahha.. so i’ll watch a gameplay lol

Vesprynna

2y↑87

If there's one thing that instantly brightens my day, it's Ragnar uploading an hour + long video on a game I'd forgotten existed, but I remember being weirdly obsessed with when it came out. Thanks for your hard work! <3

Luca92

2y↑20

On the lust part there's something that made me think: why is it that we have to have a discussion about "tasteful" and "tasteless" sexual content, even in a game with extreme gore being used basically for funsies? This is not really aimed at you, but rather at how the discussion is generally conveyed: violence is rarely ever really questioned, no matter how extreme, but the slightest amount of suggestive stuff will lead to complaints and arguments about whether it's "justified", if it's in "good taste" or "bad taste", and so on and on?

If immature, gratuitous violence is admittedly fun and okay in video games (especially when self-aware, otherwise it'd fall into stupid), why does immature, gratuitous sexuality deserves instead immediate condemnation?

My opinion is that, like you said later in the video, we have been raised by questionable dogmas that really don't make a lot of sense. As far as I'm concerned the distinction between "tasteful" and "tasteless" sexual content is entirely personal and meaningless: some conservatives would find even the most modest stuff vulgar, while more open-minded people would find niche fetishes to be completely normal. I think that portraying violence as fundamentally normal but making demands for sexuality to be tasteful we're really just reiterating backward stances.

Not Yet Rain

2y↑25

Hearing you talk about the "Lust" segment really makes me want to hear your take on the game "Agony". I mean, that game is so goddamn over-the-top explicit and, coincidentally, also takes place in hell.

BEyou DEE

do you even think about what actually pleases her ever

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TheRev

2y↑136

58:30 Technically "sodomy" historically referred to rape, not homosexuality. That's a very modern interpretation and change to the word. So, in this case, the "Mentor to young Dante" you absolve/condemn either raped HIM as a young man, or someone else, and thus was in fact a violent act.

Even the Spanish Inquisition, as bad as they were, only have accounts of Adult-on-Child rape being convicted as sodomy, not just two dudes being gay. While it was likely they weren't looked upon well, none were executed for it.

Chris S

2y↑19

interesting, do you know a place to read about this?

im a bit skeptical of the claim that no one was executed by the church simply for homosexulaity

F E

2y↑13

@Chris S The raven Report
“From Rape to Reason”, an interesting read. Doesn’t really support the OP’s comment thoigh

Graf Phal

2y↑10

@Chris S "whitewash"
Really...?

Chris S

2y↑5

@Graf Phal yes

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AshXXMayftw

2y↑42

I actually played this game for the first time last year, and while there were some segments that got under my skin, I still had a really fun time. In fact, I'd say if you're interested in the character action genre, this is a great first game to start with. Its gameplay is pretty satisfying and the difficulty isn't too up there. I'd also like to say it's a shame the devs couldn't make the sequel they wanted. I've seen plenty say this game was bad because it copied God of War, but you know what else did that the same year? Darksiders, and its sequel, Darksiders 2, is one of my all time favorite games of its generation. So who's to say they couldn't have improved on it with a proper sequel or even given it its own unique identity? Such a shame.

BEyou DEE

god of war was cool cause the father played it with me and let me play when he lost he let it be my turn but I do not try to take over his game .

Stroggoii

Darksiders was Zelda. Darksiders 2 was DmC with some Diablo elements.

TeamVampireHunterD

2y↑38

I absolutely lost it at the beginning of the epilog. After such a riveting, insightful speech about Dante finally accepting his sins and how Beatrice was the catalyst and had this in the bag the whole game, and then... "Jupiter's co*squawk*"!

Mura Casardis

2y↑84

1h of goodness to watch after work. Yesss
You've been teasing this a lot for a while now. So congrats on finally releasing this behemoth!

RagnarRox

2y↑11

Thank you Mura!

BEyou DEE

@RagnarRox what is a womans job? and why do you want to do everything and make him useless ?

steve mcsteve

2y↑21

I never played this because of the marketing campaign from when the game was new, but this looks really interesting. Dantes Inferno also makes for a fascinating comparison to the first Lords of Shadow, which was also dismissed as a God of War clone, as it hits a lot of the same notes in its criticism of religion and the crusader mentality.

Mad Mouse

2y↑4

Dante's outfit in this game so equally badass and stupid, I honestly can't tell if I hate it or love it.

Alexander Novatney

1y↑1

I love how absurd it is when taking a step back

i mean

HE'S GOT SHIRTLESS SLEEVES

MyNameIsOzymandias

2y↑24

If you want to read something about the historical figure of Dante Alighieri, I recommend the book "Dante" by the historian Alessandro Barbero, now also in English.

Ike of Pyke

2y↑25

I would love a sequel & was a Focus tester on this game, it was an interesting experience watching it develop but I will say some of the worse aspects of the final game technical issues were in some of the builds I played over a year before

Pints of Guinness

2y↑15

Dude I frickin love this game. It gets so tiresome hearing people just write it off as a GoW rip off. So glad you covered this game 🍻

Will Dahl

1y↑2

Dante's drip was insane. Characters design was totally dope

Camilla B.

2y↑13

Italian lit major here 👋 tbh even back then the game never "angered" me; it was just always hilarious to see a man that I know as a pedantic nerd who spenti his time writing passive aggressive poetry about his former hometown being turned into a buff demon slayer 🤷

apizzathatgiant forthesimplehuddledmasses

2y↑17

As a fan of the original poem that still haunts me to this day, I absolutely adore this game. The designs of hell and its minions are creative and (for lack of a better term) visceral and horrifying. While I could have done without the overt sexualization of Beatrice and all the other women in the game, I loved how creative the art, characters, and backgrounds were. I also adored the little asides and details from the poem that they added. While I feel like Dante himself would have despised it, it's clear to me that the developers loved the poem and wanted to do it justice.

trava

I agree. But the oversexualizating bit I disagree with. Considering for the most part 95% of paintings back then was birds with their knockers out. And also yknow. It's hell?

BEyou DEE

dante smiles thru hell to meet your insane expectations

xXLunatikXxlul

2y↑6

I remember renting Dante's Inferno at Blockbuster in Grade 8; I adored the game so much, I had begged my folks to buy the copy from Blockbuster(it was only $7/preowned) and loved that game since then. Great memories of playing the game in 1 night!

Chillton

2y↑5

23:13 That gate is clearly a reproduction, or at least is inspired by Agust Rodin' Gates of Hell, that is basically an illustration of hell from Dante's inferno, which I find less on the nose and yet saving the same purpose. Plus it shows the developers done their homework quite a bit and it's so meta I love it even more.

Naseem Richardson

2y↑12

I never knew there were plans for a sequel. I always find myself coming back to this game. Now knowing there could have been more leaves my disappointed.

Npc I'm knot

same. never played this, just watched gameplays.. but i want to see this story continue even as a cartoon :(

Weaselbug

2y↑4

This game reminds me of a simpler time, before I knew what was "good" and what was "bad" in games and movies. I genuinely enjoyed it. I agree with you saying it started off really strong and then seemed to kind of lose steam toward the end. And it also broke my heart when Visceral was shut down. That meant no more Dead Space and no sequel to Dante's Inferno. I was bummed.

blue water

2y↑1

It’s so nice to see people revisiting this forgotten game

DizzBlaine

2y↑11

Still going through the video, but absolutely lost my shit at the rhythm game section and the resulting Miku footage. Love it.

MindLicker

2y↑4

I'm really happy they had Wayne Barlowe do the designs for the game. An awesome artist.

OctoPunch

2y↑2

Niiiice, this game definitely deserved way more recognition.

Jörgen Jörgensen

2y↑2

first off - great video. Second - In all fairness to Dante's inferno (the text) Wendigoon's coverage of it does bring a more comprehensive light onto what Dante wrote, including the fact that he is self aware that it is fanfiction I do recommend it

Doomguy

This was such a gem

Wren Beck

2y↑8

While I'm going to wait until I get home to watch this, I will say that the existance of this game makes me wish that there was a decent Divine Comedy game adaptation.

Luomuhillo

2y↑7

Great video, and great commentary on the poem itself by Rag. I'd like to add that, although the hierarchy of the sins is arbitrary, it isn't really based on what would be the most morally reprehensible acts to people, but sin, in all its forms, is seen as an erosion of divinely created possibilities. For example the circles of Lust, Gluttony and Greed are motivated by carnal desires as opposed to more deliberate "intellectually" motivated sins like Fraud, so the "worst" sins in Dante are intentional rejections of virtue and God. It's definitely based on Dante's own values, but it's not as simple as what are the worst crimes. It is God's judgement, not like the earthly courts of man, but the depictions of eternal punishment do kind of conflict with this idea, as they feel like a kind of perverted wish fulfillment for Dante, like the part where he pushes Filippo Argenti back into the river Styx to be torn apart by the other damned souls.

VMKjelly

2y↑3

As someone very influenced by Stalker, I actually love when you talk about it. Its like referencing exactly what my brain loves.

acarrotte

2y↑1

I remember my dad playing and replaying this game several times when I was young and it was an adventure everytime. I wish the sequel couldve been made I bet it would've been beautiful

Yoshaun

This game was a underrated gem

TheScarlettGirl

I'm not even exaggerating to say that the animated film is an all-time fave.

TheDiabeticGameMaster

2y↑6

Speaking of Van Helsing; the 2000's movie and tie-in game were some of my greatest guilty pleasures as a child. As was the Minority Report tie-in game. I'd love to get your opinion on those and other tie-in games from when we had a thriving B game industry.

Wyvern Němeček

If Agony Unrated had the writer(s) of this game on it, that art piece would be more than simply a fun stroll through nightmares and would be one hell of a story too

Becks the Impatient

2y↑4

This was a wonderful watch! I played some of it back when it came out (I think Greed kicked my butt and I never finished it). It's wonderful to see it given the attention it deserves. I personally loved the absolution feature exactly because I could use it on those who didn't deserve their fates - like the poor unbaptised. Screw you Dante.

Jordan Brookshire

I’m glad people are still talking about this game today. It really is an underrated masterpiece in my eyes. It’s one of the only games I 100%ed

Morally Bankrupt

Has been one of my favorite games for a long time. The anime movie was also an amazing addition.

Michael K

2y↑2

Another phenomenal video. Loved the "It's a Sin" feature - one of my favorite songs.

Ever Wanderer

The reference with the Gates of Hell in Dante's Inferno is quite cooler, since they used the sentence for Charon, and instead chose to model the gates after Rodin's "Gates of Hell", a monumental door that was never finished but also served as a centerpiece for many of his sculptures later on. It even features "The Thinker", which was originally intended to be Dante pondering his life and choices at the gates of hell.

Phantom Bones

2y↑1

Im surprised you didn't at least mention the clever foreshadowing with the chain links we break throughout the game. I was pleasantly shocked when I realized what we were doing.

Kako Von Borowski

2y↑7

I can't stop laughing when I think about Dante and Virgil as the Blues Brothers traversing through hell

P. D. L

2y↑4

Remember when Virgil and Dante drove their police car through a mall?

TemplarTate

1y↑1

@P. D. L Yeah! That was the coolest interpretation of Greed I've ever seen.

BEyou DEE

give it back hi men

Seven Proxies

2y↑2

Arthur

2y↑1

I really appreciate this video!! I remember studying this book in college, and the descriptions were so vivid that I wanted to explore it myself. I remember my excitement when I learned there was a video game adaptation, and my disappointment when I saw that critics and even scholars didn't like it. So I never looked into it. But your video is making me want to give it a try! This story means a lot to me (cough Catholic guilt cough), so I'm honestly thrilled to learn that Visceral actually DID make an intelligent and evocative modern adaptation. So thank you!😊

Hanamaru

The fact that you played smt nocturne music in the background cements your channel as one of my favourite video essay channels

Evan Dickinson

2y↑3

Thank you for the discworld reference. I rarely encounter them so every time I hear someone acknowledge it, I smile!

TheKueiJin

2y↑2

How could Vergil have been more involved, you ask? Be a key instrument to your growth. Be the upgrade tree himself. Each upgrade would be both quoted (iirc there were quotes for each) by him and a visual distinction to him, such as the cape that he wears would contain depictions, just like Dante's cross on his chest. Each time you choose an upgrade for the """"""evil""""" path it would make him more rugged, and have his voice be more torn.

BEyou DEE

what about my blood my virignity blood my period abortion miscarrage and birth means nothing

PL34SE_ S74ND_BY_

2y↑3

Hell yeah, it's great to see this game getting some love. Sure it's a god of war clone, gameplay wise, but the art and the music is so fucking good. The visual variations between each circle being one of my favorite parts. It's not accurate to the source material obviously, but as a kid, it inspired me to seek out the Divine Comedy and familiarize myself with it and the differences between both.

ArcticButterflyWolf

I appreciate that you understood how seriously this game took the lore and turned it into video game content that was shy of gold. The creative liberties were entirely original and made it a game that stands out so loud against the background of other games I've played or watched be played. this is a solid gem and I am still holding my breath it will generate a "cult classic" fervor that results in our sorely missed second game that continues such an epic journey.

『PURPLE HAZE』

2y↑2

I think my favorite basic enemies in the game are the hoarders and wasters. Such an amazing and creative adaptation of the source material’s concepts.

MoonSpirit

I never forgotten this game, but I'd say this game is a solid 7/10 experience. Playing this keeps reminding me to play GoW, but I do like the way it depicts hell in video game form.
I'm also quite impressed you were able to draw parallels from the original text and compare. I could've done that, but I'm lazy AF and not a fan of reading.

Last Minute Essays

2y↑2

Great video, really appreciated the crash course on the literary version of Inferno since I've never had the patience for it

theMadCEHMist

48w

Man, I’m so sad we never got the full trilogy. That would have been awesome. 🥺

Suka Madik

2y↑4

Oh I remember this game, one could say this was a Hell of a good time 😏

jared matthews

(EDIT: Pretty sure Charon utters the line: "Abandon all hope ye who enter here." So it didn't get missed by the devs.) Love this game. I don't know how many times I have beat it.

Fyodor Berdnikov

Thank you very much for the Journey, shedding light not only on the game, but on the source material as well!

HalcyonVibes

2y↑2

Dude, you take such care with pronunciation of non-English words, have an appreciation for filmmakers like Tarkovsky, and for Flemish artists like Bosch? This channel is my new home.

pious83

2y↑1

The final sentiment is very true. For example, the finale of Asura's Wrath couldn't have ended any other way than to punch god itself.

Rayhân Braïr

2y↑1

The ai kotoba cracked me up, anyway, your efforts are so appreciated!

Darkfenerata 101

2y↑5

I honestly loved the game back in the day, I still own it to this day and I'm proud of that.
Just a fun game plus I'm Italian so I must love this game due to sheer patriotism of seeing an (originally) Italian creation

Eva

Incredible video, great intro to your channel, thanks for it all AND CLOSED CAPTIONS gosh I wish there were more of these especially on such long videos. Very interesting views all through also.

Andreas Wildmann

2y↑1

Incredible video as always! The quality has always been great, but I'm not gonna lie, they're getting better and better! I particularly am loving all the tiny editing and jokes put into the videos as well, such as the "The megaman soundtrack will make sense in a 5 seconds" bit.
I might need to look into finding the game myself. My last console game was a PS2, so I sadly never got the chance to try these awesome games.

The Candlemaker

You know what the Gluttony circle with its teeth, gums and gob everywhere really reminds me of? Loboto's Labyrinth from Psychonauts II. Which, along with its prequel, are another pair of games I'd love to see covered by this channel.

Morariu94

2y↑1

Woow makes me so happy you did a video on this one! Ever since it came out I was in love with the concept of this game, and the portrayal of Dante. Especially him sewing the cross on his chest I thought it was pure genius! I would've loved to see the story finished and, I know that unfortunately we don't live in a time that would allow this, but a God of War style story against the Christian portrayal of God?! I'd buy that immediately!

Matthew Santiago

2y↑1

This was really fantastic, way to go Ragnar!

I found this game quite interesting on my first playthrough, as it coincided with my first reading of the Divine Comedy.

SonJulliette

2y↑7

Ah...yes Dante´s Inferno was that game that I saw my brother beat the hell out in three days because we were moving from the city...

The fun part is that this is the only game where we can´t play infront of my little cousins because "lust level awkardness"

funni n original

2y↑2

I remember playing this game as a wee little lad, wondering why was everyone in the 2nd circle naked due to me not knowing the Divine Comedy at the time. Fun experience.

Anyhow, if the last bit at the ending is anything to go by, do you plan on making a video on Nocturne anytime soon? I'd love to see it if thats the case

Master Alucard

2y↑1

Fantastic video essay and editing. Your work is inspiring!
Kudos from Brazil!

Flameclaw123

I played this as a kid, long before I probably should have. My clearest memory of it is that I kept messing up the quicktime event prompts during the Cleopatra fight because I was young and didn't understand what the game wanted me to do so I kept having to replay that section, all the while hoping my parents wouldn't come downstairs and see the TV screen before I could figure it out lol

Janfon1

Thank you for making this video, it's nice to see this game being remembered after so many years

Naus

2y↑1

I absolutely love this game. I have since launch, and I REALLY wish this was on newer hardware. I'd buy it again in a heartbeat.

Thalia

2y↑5

“Fight our way atop the poop deck”

The accent makes this phrase even better

Jalahjava _

Man, I've been watching for a couple years now and you always bring something new and cool to my attention.

Thanks Ragnarox!

You've inspired quite a few of my writing processes with these videos

Damian Crowley

This, to this day, is my favorite game

Useless Luke

2y↑1

The Absolve and Punish Sytem reminds me so much of Soul Sacrifice. Maybe the 2. Installment would be fitting for MOTW too? It has a really cool artstyle and story and the way it features fairytales is pretty nice too 😊

NewSkinSuit

My mum plays Dante’s Inferno every year as her own little Christmas tradition so thank you Ragnar for this perfectly timed video. She’s also a huge Diskworld, Stalker and Solaris fan so this video was basically made for her

RagnarRox

2y↑1

Bless your mum for her great taste!

Lisa van Schaik

As someone who has studied literature, I have always been just so strangely fascinated with this game. You captured it into words so incredibly well, thank you so much!

Also... are... are you implying you're reviewing an SMT game next? Asking for a friend. Who is me. I am a friend.

RagnarRox

2y↑1

I am firmly planning to do a video on (potentially) the philosophy of Digital Devil Saga and then we'll see from there!

Lisa van Schaik

I cannot wait to see that!

Alberto Sánchez

2y↑4

It is so so funny to me that Ragnar's audience is so old that a hair loss prevention company decided to sponsor this. Video is really great, btw!

Alex Watson

Apparently being in your thirties is so old. RIP.

Alberto Sánchez

2y↑1

@Alex Watson For the internet, it used to be so back when I was a teenager! How long has it been again? I guess 30 is young now

Vue Toob

Or a bunch of betas that destroy their health on Doritos and gfuel

Guwrovsky

man... that MI3 shot at 19:23 really melted my heart

Lucas K

That smt soundtrack springled troughout the video was top notch

Now I really wish you could cover something like Strange Journey, which is by far (to me at least) the most thought provocative of the SMTs.

RagnarRox

2y↑2

The first SMT I'm likely gonna cover is the DDS duology because it's my favorite and I have a lot to say about them but I love the franchise to bits and it'd make me very happy if I got to cover more of them. Strange Journey is also one of my favorites, easily.

Loup Blanc

God, I love this game, I'm happy to see people are giving it the attention it deserves.

Nux

the pet shop boys reference had me cackling. i love it keep up the good work.

DedeDiego

Coming from the Darkwood video which was so good that it felt like 5 min long, I really love the fact that Dante's Inferno gets the "love to the lore" it deserves. I already know I'm gonna love this one.

Congratulations RagnarRox.

Shh'Kotsky

2y↑3

Oh yeah, time to finish up today’s client project, make a jug of coffee, sitdown on a sofa and dive into a new Ragnar video!

Porco Rosso

2y↑1

Hey Ragnar, thanks for all your work. I am one of those literacy nerds you spoke about, but luckily I am also a videogame player and enjoyer. I can assure you that like you I totally understand some of the changes Visceral made to the original plot (e.g. we couldn't have simply waltzed and chatted through Hell, or it would've been made by Dontnod, while leaving Vergil all the fun there can be in saying "F**k off" to various demons), while I don't understand many others (e.g. why not keeping the engraving on Hell's Gates? It was cool! - Why does Charon quote part of the Hell's Gates inscription? - Where the hell is Vergil gone to at the end? He's supposed to escort Dante at least until Heaven's Gates!). What was important was to maintain the same mood and message of the original work, and they did it. For example, at first in the poem Dante wasn't very happy to go through Hell, and even stopped walking; but Vergil told him he was sent by Beatrice herself, and that made the poet willing to go on his journey; in this sense, reaching Beatrice is still Dante's main objective. Vergil's quotes throughout Hell are more or less the same as the original, shortened for obvious reasons; the major sins that Dante had to face against in the poem (wrath, lust and pride, symbolized by three beasts) are well-depicted and even his non-awareness goes in line with the poem, where Vergil (along with St. Benedict and Beatrice in Paradise) need to costantly explain him the things he sees, things that are far beyond mere human comprehension. The game, as much as the poem, it ultimately unravels as a redemption journey for Dante and his readers/players... I wouldn't say it was all part of Beatrice's plan, but it certainly turns out this way.
On the binary system of either condemning or absolving notorious historical figures, it's just as you said: while Dante in the Comedy is not granted with this power, as a writer he DID gave us his point of view and either condemns or absolves the poor souls he finds during his journey (Dante was incredibly prideful, he himself admits it in the poem, hence all that blowing smoke up his butt and throwing his still-alive-at-that-time political enemies in Hellfire, but you know, he was "on a mission from God", so who could ever reply him anything? Just love him.), so no, it's not that uncalled for, it actually makes it more similar to the poem, in his own gameplay way of course and giving YOU the choice. Not bad for a "children's hobby", as someone still says.
The Divine Comedy was a masterpiece of its time and we study and talk about it still to this day; the italian rapper Caparezza wrote a song called "Argenti vive" (a wordplay on "argento vivo", that would be "quicksilver", and "Argenti still lives on"), where he impersonates Filippo Argenti and proceeds to reply to Dante, stating the hipocrisy of his and our society (like despite criticizing violence Dante actually used it to paint his masterpiece more vividly, and on more general terms, our society can't seem to get past it and often prefers to rely on it rather than on art and diplomacy)... in what sounds somehow like a dissing; I am madly in love with that song.
A little note on pronunciation, if you want to say those name correctly: "Charon" it's [kà-ron], not Karen or Sharon or whatever; and "Malebolgie" is [mah-ley-ball-djey].
Of course, Violence is the Hell circle that awaits us videogame players, according to the generalist press anyway, whereas EA is probably going to be split up between Greed and Treachery. Meet y'all there!