Dante's Inferno Divine Edition

EA took Dante Alighieri's medieval descent through Hell and turned it into a hack-and-slash spectacle, and the Dante's Inferno Divine Edition on Playstation 3 packages that wild ambition into a collector's set worth examining. The star of this edition is the Dante Alighieri figure, a physical representation of the game's crusader-turned-Hell-raider protagonist. You get a wearable Dead Space outfit for Dante as DLC, which is exactly the kind of cross-franchise fan service that EA was experimenting with during this period.

The disc also includes a making-of documentary, a "Dante in History" feature, the original soundtrack, a "Music in Hell" documentary, a Wayne Barlowe e-book from the artist whose grotesque vision shaped the game's aesthetic, and a digital reprint of the actual poem that started it all. That last inclusion is genuinely inspired. Bundling Alighieri's original Inferno alongside a game where you fight unbaptized babies with a scythe made from Death's spine is the kind of tonal whiplash only gaming delivers.

The Divine Edition respects both the source material and the absurdity of adapting it. For PS3 collectors who appreciate bold swings, this one belongs on the shelf.