How faithful are mythology-based games? Dante's Inferno has raided a few eyebrows over its rather loose interpretation of the work it's based on, but there are many other games that have taken inspiration from mythology and religion too. Gamesradar takes a look at a handful of recent games and how faithful they are to the religion and mythology they are based off...

Since it was first unveiled, Dante’s Inferno – based loosely on the first chapter of the epic 14th century poem The Divine Comedy – has been roundly derided for being a hack job of a famous piece of literature. For over a year now, we’ve heard about how the game supposedly shits on the original by turning a thoughtful epic poem into a paint-by-numbers clone of God of War.

That got us thinking, though: Dante’s Inferno actually has more in common with God of War than just its gameplay and focus on gruesome, rage-fueled violence. Both games are based on established mythologies, with clearly defined characters, settings and events, and both of them take outrageous liberties with their source material in the name of creating an extreme, ultraviolent experience. For that matter, so does Darksiders, another game frequently compared to God of War. With that in mind, let’s take a look at all three and see just how unfaithful each one manages to be to its source material.

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