Infernal is a third person action game

Action game

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 for Microsoft Windows

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, produced by Polish

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 developer Metropolis Software and published by Playlogic International in 2007.

Infernal is a modern-style third person shooter, with major first-person shooter

First-person shooter

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 influences. Players control protagonist, Ryan Lennox, a former agent of light turned dark by unfortunate circumstances who has access to a number of unique demonic powers, including pyrokinesis, teleportation, and the ability to feed on the souls of fallen enemies.

The game has a metacritic score of 61/100 with mainly mediocre reviews saying it lacked polish and calling it last generation compared to current third person shooters of the time such as Gears of War

Gears of War

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and Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil 4

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. On the other hand some reviews said it had good graphics and called it "mindless fun."

A console port Infernal: Hell's Vengeance

Infernal: Hell's Vengeance

Infernal: Hell's Vengeance is a third-person shooter published by Playlogic on June 30, 2009 in North America. Infernal: Hell's Vengeance is a port of the 2007 PC game Infernal. It tells the story of Ryan Lennox, a fallen angel recruited by Hell to fight Heaven's own secret agency, known as...

was released on June 30, 2009 for Xbox 360

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