Infernal

 PC
Metascore
61

Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 34
  3. Negative: 4 out of 34
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  1. Gaming Age
    42
    The story is silly and inconsequential, the action has the potential to be amazing, but cobbling together game concepts from the most popular titles on the market and releasing it with an amazing lack of polish just doesn't cut it in this day and age.
  2. The Sydney Morning Herald
    40
    You'll have to be bad to be good but Infernal is sometimes so bad it's difficult to see what good can come of it.
  3. Game Informer
    40
    The majority of your time with Infernal (may it be short, for your sake) is spent gunning down goons in the employ of Heaven with one small handful of weapons. [June 2007, p.116]
  5. Edge Magazine
    30
    It’s a clean game, at least, texturally crisp and evocatively lit, but the feeling of playing an interactive 3D Mark demo is discouragingly strong. [Apr 2007, p.88]
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Awards & Rankings

42
#42 Most Discussed PC Game of 2007
95
#95 Most Shared PC Game of 2007

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User Score
7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 95 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 95
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 95
  3. Negative: 16 out of 95
  1. Basem101
    Sep 28, 2013
    5
    i don't understand why people are giving this game a high score yes it has a good theme yes it has a good story but it has the mosti don't understand why people are giving this game a high score yes it has a good theme yes it has a good story but it has the most terrible gameplay i've seen in ages so repetitive and so boring… Full Review »
  2. romanooos
    Oct 6, 2012
    8
    I liked the game, although sometimes it can be irritating. The graphics are cool, the story is never-seen-before, and the gameplay is niceI liked the game, although sometimes it can be irritating. The graphics are cool, the story is never-seen-before, and the gameplay is nice (especially your demonic powers). It's rather fun.… Full Review »
  3. Vicon
    Apr 4, 2012
    3
    If you are considering picking up this game because you are craving some good 3rd person action with a gritty backdrop and compelling theme,If you are considering picking up this game because you are craving some good 3rd person action with a gritty backdrop and compelling theme, Skip this title and play Dark Sector or Velvet Assassin or better yet Alpha Protocol instead. This game on it's face looks polished, but is a complete letdown where gameplay is concerned, and the plot is so thin (there is very little setup and absolutely no apparent justification for your aligning yourself with the very organization you'd previously sought to destroy except some weak pretense that you'll need to "to survive." In the tutorial levels the lopsidedness really shines through, in places you'll die from falling less than a story (falling a similar distance in other games of this type merely hurt the player) while on the other hand without armor or explanation you can take truly ridiculous amounts of damage from gunfire on the "Medium" difficulty -- not to mention you gain health from looting corpses, essentially turning everyone you shoot into a health potion. Couple this with frustrating save convention -- you'll constantly find yourself doing GIANT stretches of minimally entertaining content when you accidentally happen upon something that can actually kill you (hint: it's a terrain feature or a boss battle) because the autosave points are insanely far apart and it won't let you save at will. Picture a pearl-polished shot glass, containing an ice cold gulp of diarrhea. That's Infernal. Purchase at your peril.… Full Review »
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