Dante DmC-a new kind of video game

Of the many entertainment version of Dante's Inferno I have already discovered the Itouch app. There are a few video game version, but the one I will cover in my Blog is perhaps the least true to the original work. Dante DmC or Dante Devil may Cry was originally made to be a sequel to the well know Resident Evil video game series. However, after it's development it was so drastically different they decided to make it it's own entity. The game has had multiple sequels after the initial game became popular, and has now led to a comic version, action figures, two animated series, and a movie is set to begin. Of the character for Dante's Inferno only Dante, Virgil spelled Vergil, and Lucia make it into the video game. Instead of the position of friend and mentor Vergil is the protagonist of the series. In the video game world Dante is the son of an angel and demon who runs a shop, but also works as a vigilante demon hunter as a way to avenge the death of his mother. His brother Vergil is an evil character throughout the series who uses demonic powers to work against Dante. They live in Limbo city which is a demon run society. The series and characters do not really follow the Divine Comedy, but there are the undertones of the work through the imagery and themes.
Dante's look changes between the games but here is a photo of him in the 4th game Dante DmC

Vergil

Limbo City

The city's design is one of the few things that shows allusions to the original work. The design is loosely based on modern day New York City, but the placement of the tower in the city is a reference to the Tower of Babel, and the just as with Sandow Birk's version they use modern designs to make the old landscape more relatable. This is shown by the use of a Coney Island like amusement park 

There are also marketing devises used in the game that simulate the sins punished in hell. 

 One of the food stands uses "Gluttony is Good" as their slogan. 

The game is a great example of how we as a society have taken classic works of the past and used them to create entirely unique organisms. There are points of reference, but overall they have taken the characters and ideas of The Inferno and completely remade it into something new.