EA's drawing board of ideas before creating Dante's Inferno: the videogame

[raezr]

You may have heard of the latest soon-to-be franchise by EA, Dante's Inferno. That's right, a game based on one of literature's greatest poems. This demonic epic is described by PlayStation Magazine as "Dead Space meets God of War, IN HELL." Ideas like this don't come easy though, EA had to go through long brainstorming sessions before finally producing the amazing product we'll all get to play later this year. Here are a few of their earlier concepts which ultimately lead to Dante's Inferno:

• Milton's Paradise Lost adapted into a third person shooter. Will Adam be able to save Eve and the Garden of Eden from Satan's clutches? Blast your way through his army of steampunk powered demons in this high paced adventure. It's Castlevania meets Gears of War, IN HELL.
• Swift's Gulliver's Travels adapted into a console RTS. Only this time Gulliver is a space marine sent to investigate an alien star system. Command squads of Lilliputians as you tear down massive armies of bloodthirsty Brobdingnags. It's Dawn of War meets Warcraft III, IN SPACE.
• Shakespeare's Hamlet adapted into a survival horror puzzle game. Something is indeed rotten in Denmark, the ghost of Hamlet's father has returned from the afterlife with a terrifying vengeance. Find all the skulls that can finally put the specter to rest forever. This summer will you be, or not be? It's Resident Evil meets House of the Dead, IN DENMARK.
• Orwell's 1984 adapted into an FPS, only this time it's 2184. You are Winston Smith, the genetically enhanced super solider on a mission to overthrow the fascist galactic government. Uncover the conspiracy by shooting and fragging your way through seemingly endless hordes of thought police. Danger is around every turn, so careful stealth is the key to victory. It's Half Life 2 meets Metal Gear Solid, IN THE 22nd CENTURY.
• Blake's The Tyger adapted into a fighting game. Do you have what it takes to beat the flaming feline in hand to hand combat? Execute combos with poetic accuracy and conquer the forest of the night. It's Street Fighter meets Bloody Roar, IN THE FOREST.
• Burgess' Clockwork Orange adapted into a... wait, what the shit is this? Is this even English? Fuck it. NEXT.
• Golding's Lord of the Flies adapted into an open world sandbox game. You could say it's like GTA but even better, on a tropical paradise. Fully customize your character and take on the quest for the conch, the most powerful device known to mankind. It's Far Cry 2 meets Saints Row, AT THE BEACH.
• Herbert's Dune adapted into the fastest racing game yet. Ride your sandworm through dozens of tracks while collecting spice rings and dodging the relentless Harkonnens. You go so fast if you blink you'll be blown to dust. This is the next generation of racing. It's Gran Turismo meets Sonic the Hedgehog, IN THE DESERT.
• The self titled Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass adapted into a casual puzzle game. Shuffle the blocks around while trying to clear out rows and columns of matching colors! Help the eponymous author find his way to freedom in this historical time period. It's Peggle meets Bejeweled, IN THE ABOLITIONIST ERA OF AMERICAN HISTORY.

[Unbelievably Turtle]

Paradise Lost game sounds interesting. But would be crap.

[shMerker]

Wonderful. If I may add:

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 adapted into a first person shooter. Read and play along with the story of Montag as he roots out the evils of literature and unlocks 48 amazing weapons and abilities for setting fire to books and people. Revel in the incredible writing delivered as 10 chapters of embellished text set against the backdrop of a painterly dystopia. But watch out for the twist ending where Montag discovers that it is not books that are evil, but the people who burn them--And you for playing a game about burning books. If only you could go back and warn yourself what you were getting into. It's Bioshock meets Braid, IN A DREAM OF WHAT MIGHT BE IF WE ACHIEVED WHAT WE SHOULD NOT DREAM!

[Beavis Saves]

Joseph Heller's Catch-22: you play the heroic Captain John Yossarian, commander of a Space Fortress in a intergalactic war.
Run side missions for a share from the shady Syndacate, smuggle priceless chocolate covered cotton across enemy lines, woo beautiful women across all of the Pianosa galaxy, and find the mystic Pennants of Dreedle. Solve mysteries like "Why is Spain?" "When is Hitler?" and "Balls!"

Control your formations in real time, shifting the battle field is as easy as moving the bomb line. Make seemy underworld alliances with the Wintergreens or play them against Minderbinder's Machiavellian machinations.

Only Yossarian can end this war. Even if he has to die for it.

Its Mass Effect meets EVE online IN OUTER SPACE!

[Aussie Ben]

Originally Posted by Beavis Saves

...Solve mysteries like "Why is Spain?" "When is Hitler?" and "Balls!"

Colour me intrigued.

[Demaar]

Man, I wish I was clever enough to contribute to this thread. Instead I shall continue chuckling and grinning.

[Captain Awful]

The Jungle: Instead of fighting the corrupt meatpacking plants, you ARE a corrupt meatpacking plant. Terrorize the city in this arcade instant-classic. Romp' and stomp' all over 1906 America, because you're only a personified building once in your life IN NEW YORK!

[Flounderman]

The Dunwich Horror You are a mild mannered student at Miskatonic Highschool in scenic Innsmouth Massachusetts looking for love. Try your hand at wooing various moe moe tsundere kawaii desu Lovecraftian deities in this light hearted anime dating sim.

"Oh no Herbert, what will my dad think if he finds out we've made love!"
"Nothing in this world or the next can deny our romance"
"RGLFLAGHENBLOKSHUBNIGURATH~uguu"

[Unbelievably Turtle]

Finnegan's wake - Incomprehensible to the usual gamer, show them your intelligence with your understanding of this first person puzzle RPG simulation of something nobody is quite sure about! It's Warioware meets Oscar Wilde... IN SOMEWHERE.

The call of Cthulhu - Can you comprehend the beings in this game? Play as the heroic investigator what's his face, as you attempt to discover mysteries about the lost city of R'Lyeh! Can you keep you sanity? It's Metal Gear Acid meets Pokemon... IN R'LYEH.

[Unspoken]

Dreiser's An American Tragedy adapted into an open-sandbox game with courtroom drama. Play as the distraught young lad Clyde trying to find the meaning of the American Dream. Shoot, steal, work, drown, debotch, and plot death on your way to your eventual and final courtroom battle to prove your innocence (or not!). It's Grand Theft Auto meets Phoenix Wright, IN AN EARLY 1900S SETTING COMPLETE WITH HORRIBLE GRAMMAR!