I think that including La Divinia Commedia here on Rogueliker is a bit of a stretch, but you’ve got to draw the line somewhere, and I quite like the idea of procedurally-generated extraction missions shot through with imagery inspired by Dante Alighieri’s masterwork.
Announced as part of this year’s Gamescom festivities, La Divinia Commedia is the next game by Jyamma Games, the Italian developer that gave us soulslike Enotria: The Last Song last year.
In this new classically-inspired action-RPG, players will take on the role of a warrior poet (I know a few poets and to be fair, they are a notoriously violent bunch) sent into the many circles of Hell to fight demons and other horrible beasties.
There isn’t much detail about the aforementioned procedurally-generated extraction dungeons, but they do sound interesting when considering the horrors you might encounter. The visuals look pretty good, too.
I also really like the idea of an alignment system tied to the seven deadly sins. Finally, the presser mentions distinctive weapon classes, and also fully customisable gear – and that’s across stats and visuals.
Just like buses, you wait for an interesting game about The Divine Comedy to arrive, and then two show up at once. If you’re into the theme, then I should also like to divert your attention to Inferius, which was also announced just the other day.
Anyway, back on topic, as it’s only fair that La Divinia Commedia gets the final word. I actually grabbed this link to the game’s Steam page over on YouTube when sourcing the trailer below. However, the page doesn’t appear to be live at the time of writing. When it is working, you’ll be able to wishlist La Divinia Commedia there.
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