‘Mediterranea Inferno’ lets you choose where to party, where to hookup, & who gets to eat the forbidden fruit
COVID-19 vaccinations became available and lockdown restrictions lifted?Wherever it may have been—the beach, a mountain getaway, your gay destination of choice—it was probably a vacation embarked on with a confusing mix of enthusiasm and apprehension.
We were determined to get back out there, to reconnect with the world, while simultaneously afraid the people and places we once loved had changed.
Or maybe we had.That swirl of feelings is at the heart of a new game called Mediterranea Inferno, created by Lorenzo Redaelli and indie studio Santa Ragione, and available now on Steam.Described as a “visual novel,” this artful, immersive journey is far from your typical platform-jumping, shoot-em-up video game.
If anything, it’s more like The Sims, albeit with a structured narrative—one where you have the choice to send your Sims to nightclubs, join sex parties, or eat strange fruits that give them hallucinatory visions.Mediterranea Inferno follows three young, queer men on their sun-soaked vacation to Puglia, spending three days and three nights in the scenic, southern Italian beach destination.There’s the charming Claudio, a wealthy heir with a hefty chip on his shoulder thanks to his family’s lofty expectations.
