This is a bit of a weird but understandable one for me...
Dante's Inferno
Why do I hate this game? For starters I am a HUGE fan of action games and hack and slash games. Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, and God of War are some of my favorite games to play. My issue with Dante's Inferno is that it is an insult to those games in more ways than one. The game had little to no depth, dumb design, and felt boring to play. What annoyed me the most is that while I was playing the game I got several "vibes" from the game. Sometimes when you play a game or watch a movie you get vibes from it that says "this is awesome right?" or "doesn't this hit you in the feels" or w/e. The vibe I kept getting from Dante's Inferno is "isn't this the best game you have ever played in your life?" or "I am better than God of War" and that insulted me on a personal level.
Dante's Inferno isn't in the same quality as God of War. Kratos was a well designed character that you loved to play as. You also sympathized with his tragic backstory that sounded like something straight out of a greek myth. As for Dante, he is bland looking, had a shitty backstory that was annoyingly inaccurate to the poems, and was boring to play as. Also Kratos's design has rhyme and reason to it. He is tattooed with traditional Spartan Tattoos and his skin is white because he is coated with the ashes of his family that he was tricked into slaughtering. Dante has a red cloth in the shape of a cross sewn to his chest because he is edgey as fuck and it looks... okay I guess? Also something about templars. Kratos has Chains around to his arms to symbolize how he is bound to the burdens of his sins. Dante has a scythe because.... uh... he transcends death? Also it is edgy as Fuck! Kratos wants vengeance against the gods because they led him astray and manipulated him to do things he regrets. Dante wants to slay the devil because he kidnapped his girlfriend.... that we are given no reason to care about throughout the story... The game devs obviously didn't understand the source material since Dante's Inferno the poem was aimed to insult and kick the teeth in of the many governments of Europe. It's not actually a story about a guy going to hell for shits and giggles, but a story about a guy going to hell and whom he comes across on in his journey there. That would have been cool to see as a story but nooooo, this game didn't have the creativity nor the guts to do something cool like tha--- Yes I know the game has blood and guts splashing around everywhere and I am sure there is a pun surrounding that somewhere.
One other reason I loved God of War, Devil May Cry, and Bayonetta is because how beautifully accurate they portray certain mythos and beliefs. I love it when I see a folktale, religious entity, or something straight out of a cool mythological story is brought to life in a grandiose way. Unfortunately Dante's Inferno appalled me with it's disgustingly inaccurate representation of the characters and creatures of the poem and the poor representation of other entities borrowed for use in the game. While some of the games I liked had rhyme and reason for characters, environments, and creatures looking the way they did, Dante's Inferno did all of those things in a way to be "the game you look at and get grossed out or have trouble looking at." And in result the game looked ugly as shit, the creature designs looked like they were put together by an 8 year old trying to sound cool, and most of the game reeked of trying too hard to be dark and edgey. The Realm of Lust is epic because it had girls with monsters in their vaginas hardy har har. Gluttony is gross because there is rotting food and corpses everywhere, hardy har har.... sounds like something a grade schooler would come up with....
The last thing I hate about the game is the fanbase. There are a ton of people who actually liked this game and try telling me that it is good.... when it's not. Most of the people that tell me this are often times simple minded, easily amused, and/or don't acknowledge, understand, and/or respect the source material the game is trying to borrow from. They must also not respect good game design or well designed characters. They also probably try getting through the game by mashing the same combo over and over again. Most of these people probably didn't play God of War, No More Heroes, Bayonetta, Devil May Cry, or God Hand and have low standards for what makes a good action game. They may have also played some of the mentioned games and thought they were "too hard" since they required you to actually think or try. This game is one of my most hated games ever for several reasons and I look at it in disgust every time I see it or hear of it. That is my story behind why I hate this game.
PS: Yes I know Dante from Devil May Cry doesn't accurately depict the character from the Poem either, but he isn't supposed to. He is named after the character due to some of the parallels the two characters share. We are told straight up that Dante's Inferno Dante IS the Dante from the poem.