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Games which depict hell

by emnii

I love a good game in which hell is one of the levels. Here are the ones that come to mind, and how hell is depicted. I'm not listing every single game that has hell in it, but the ones I've played with hell in them, and only the first game in a series to depict hell, unless hell significantly changes between sequels.

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Doom

1. Doom

Lots of red, lots of imps!

Doom 3

2. Doom 3

This is a more traditional hell than in Doom. Fire, brimstone, lots of spooky shadows.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

3. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

I guess Oblivion is technically hell in the Elder Scrolls world. Daedra, hostile plant life, lava, weird architecture.

The Darkness

4. The Darkness

Here's an interesting one; hell as World War I. Krauts, Brits, biplanes, trenches, field hospitals.

Painkiller

5. Painkiller

This one has a similar tone as The Darkness, in which hell is depicted as the history of human conflict. It starts in medieval times, and moves through history up to the atomic bomb.

Diablo

6. Diablo

From a simple country church, into a long descent into medieval fire and brimstone hell.

Hellgate: London

7. Hellgate: London

This hell is full of enormous architecture. And demons.

God of War

8. God of War

Hades is hell right? Well this hell is full of frustrating timed environment puzzles. Hellish indeed!