Dante's Inferno Sequel Would Have Taken Its Hero Through A War In Purgatory

"The follow-up was envisioned as the inverse of the first game, as Dante was meant to scale Mount Purgatory to reunite with Beatrice and reach the Garden of Eden on top. However, each layer of the mountain represented one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and Dante had to both purge himself of those sins and defeat the embodiment of each one."

"Dante also would have found himself in the middle of a war between Heaven and Hell, which he inadvertently set off by allowing Lucifer to escape Hell and invade Purgatory. St. Lucia--Dante's guardian angel from the first game's DLC--and the poet Virgil would have returned to guide Dante on his journey. To reach his goal, Dante would have to defeat some lethal archangels who considered him to be their enemy."

"In the game's closing moments, Dante and Beatrice made it all the way to Heaven, just for the former to discover that Lucifer had tricked him again. Through Beatrice, Lucifer murders Dante and casts him all the way back down to Hell. The only hope that ending offered is the spirit of St. Lucia, who assures Dante that even his death was part of God's plan."

Dante's Inferno 2: Purgatorio would have reversed the original premise by sending Dante upward to scale Mount Purgatory toward the Garden of Eden and reunite with Beatrice. Each level of the mountain would have embodied one of the Seven Deadly Sins, requiring Dante to purge himself and defeat each sin's incarnation. Lucifer would escape Hell, spark a war between Heaven and Hell, and force Dante into conflict with lethal archangels. St. Lucia and Virgil would guide Dante. Dante would reconcile with Beatrice, only to be betrayed when Lucifer uses her to murder him and cast him back into Hell.

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