Dante's Inferno [St. Lucia Edition]

At that moment the murderer stabs Dante in the back as well.

Dante is however able to resist Death, who wants to take him down to hell, and robs him of his scythe.

With these new powers he can descend into the inferno by himself to track Beatrice whose soul has been captured by the devil.

Lucifer plans to marry her soul, which should have gone to the heavens instead, to flee from hell and overthrow God.

To prevent this from happening Dante has to travel through the nine circles of hell and master their demons to finally undergo his toughest test.

Matching the original Inferno theme of recognizing and rejecting sin, he has to face his own past, his own crimes and his own sins to free Beatrice.

Through the journey he often meets the poet Virgil who explains the different circles and drawn flashbacks show how Dante sinned in each circle during the crusades.

The gameplay is largely similar to the God of War games.

Dante's preferred weapon is a scythe and he commands magic through a holy cross he carries which has been given to him by his beloved Beatrice shortly before her death.

This magic utensil sends out rays of light that kills all evil it touches.

Dante even can tame some demonic beasts and use these to his own needs.

Players however have to choose between a holy and an unholy path.

When grabbing enemies or encountering trapped characters (including a large number of historical figures) Dante can choose to punish or absolve them.

Either choice is rewarded with unholy and holy experience points respectively.

This allows Dante to level up in one of the two tech trees and spent the souls he has collected there.

It is not possible to max out both sides, so a certain path needs to