Several details on the canceled sequel to Dante's Inferno have leaked
, by Thibaut
Dante's Inferno is a beat 'em up game heavily inspired by the first God of War trilogy that released back in February 2010. It was published by EA, and despite being an extremely ambitious title, its critical and commercial reception ended up being very mixed.
Visceral Games was working on a sequel before it was canceled by the publisher. The publisher then focused on the Dead Space series and later developed Battlefield Hardline. Unfortunately, the company closed its doors in 2017.
In any case, IGN managed to get hold of the 240-page script for a certain Dante's Inferno 2: Purgatorio. It was written by Joshua Rubin, who was also co-writer on Assassin's Creed 2. The game had reached a fairly advanced stage of pre-production. The goal with this second installment was to go beyond the limits of its predecessor, with a quality gap equivalent to that between Assassin's Creed 1 and 2, or between the first three God of War games and the one released in 2018 on PS4.
Dante would have had access to new powers allowing him to take control of enemies or use his angelic wings to gain height during combat. There would have been numerous climbing sequences in the form of puzzles. Players would have had to find handholds or avoid rocks and attacks during the climb. The final battle would even have pitted us against the terrible Lucifer. It was also poised to offer co-op and multiplayer modes.
Finally, the trilogy was to conclude with Dante's Inferno 3: Paradiso.
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Source: ign.com