Mediterranea Inferno review

So how wasyourlockdown?

Mediterranea Inferno, though, remembers.

“I know you’re looking for Mirages,” the enigmatic Madama tells the boys.

An illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing three naked young men, viewed from the waist up, bathed in a sinister green light as neon pink scissors dance around them. Mida stares out in the middle, golden threads stretching from the fingers of his crossed arms, while Claudio and Andrea stand either side behind him, both wearing blindfolds.

“I sell desires, hopes.

I have the key to solve all your problems.

I can cure your pain.

Cover image for YouTube video

I can give you what the world cannot”.

A bleached, dream-like illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing a blond young man, Andrea, standing facing the camera at the entrance to a beautiful beach; he wears a sailor’s collar and a chastity belt in the shape on a heart. A games arcade is visible to his left, a manned information kiosk lies to his right, and the sky, ocean, and a scattering of red and white parasols are visible behind him.

A highly stylised illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing 13 swimmers silhouetted in a square of light with a bright blue sky behind them, as if viewed from the bottom of an unusually deep swimming pool.

A highly stylised illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing two young men, Claudio and Mida, sat naked on a bench beneath arches of twinkling lights. Their legs are intertwined and their bodies face each other but their heads are turned toward the screen. They are bathed in the reds and purples of a setting sun and masses of golden threads stretch from their touching fingertips into the heavens. A dialogue box to the right gives the player the option of saying either, “I just want to have fun with you girls…” or, “I can’t handle the loneliness anymore."

An intentionally suggestive illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing fingertips sinking into the moist red flesh of a green fig, white juice seeping out over the probing hand.

An illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing two young men conversing outside their summer villa in the hot Italian sun. Mida sits in the shade of a pergola to the right, while Andrea stands, arms outstretched, in the centre. He is saying, “I’m embracing the hair regrowth on my shoulders and back as a political act."

An illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing a handsome young man, named as Gianni, bathed in the warm summer sun as he looks at the camera. A caption reads, “Singing, dancing, killing, dying… it’s all still better than being bored."

An illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing a character, referred to as “Intriguing Smoker”, sat in an elegant smock and headscarf, and bathed in the pink glow of the setting evening sun. They are saying, “We’re just surrounded by ghosts from the past."

A highly stylised black and white illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing a character wearing sunglasses and a strange woollen head covering leaving only their mouth visible. A caption reads, “A whole new self. What a person you’ve created, Mida."

A stark illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing a blond young man, Andrea, sat at a table beneath a pergola, almost a silhouette against the bright summer sun.

A highly stylised illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing a young man, Claudio, washing his hair in the shower. The image is bathed in an unnatural red light, and cactus branches can be seen creeping over the top of the cubicle.

An illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing a blond young man, Andrea, sleeping peacefully on his bed, head hanging back while drool runs from his mouth. His trousered leg juts up on the mattress, barely visible behind a translucent aquamarine curtain obscuring the right-hand side of the screen.

A stylish chapter title screen from Mediterranea Inferno. Several handwritten sentences in Italian run vertically up the screen to the left and a black rectangle in the centre contains abstract 3D images of Milan at night. Above the rectangle is the word “Ouverture” and below reads “Milano, 2020”.

A highly stylised illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing an Italian street market at night. It is bathed in blues, yellows, and greens while revellers talk and dance in silhouette beneath strings of fairylights. A blond young man, Andrea, is fully illuminated and can be clearly seen standing between them.

An unsettling illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing three naked young men illuminated in neon pink light against a black background, flowers obscuring their genitals. Claudio stands in the centre, arms outstretched within the shape of a cross, while Andrea and Mida dangle either side of him, suspended by golden wires that wrap around their bodies.

An illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing an Italian graveyard presented in subdued shades of brown. Statues line a path leading to a family mausoleum with the name “Visconti” above the door.

An illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing a blond young man, Andrea, addressing someone out of the frame. He is telling them, “Italian Covid restrictions have been so Catholic…"