In the Inferno, one of the first scenes that Dante comes upon is a the first ring hell. It's here, in the original work, where unbaptized children and virtuous pagans live. It's a scene, when turned into a battle, that could be problematic, it seems. But the developers when animating these children damned by original sin turned them into spider-like creatures with scythe's for arms. The reimagining removes the shock some might experience when confronted by children sent to hell simply because they weren't baptized, but it also will likely remove some mainstream flack the game could have received.

Beatrice, Dante's great love both in life and in the fiction of the epic poem, is an unrequited love, an ideal never tested, never fully realized.

Not so in the game. While the developers seem genuinely interested in trying to present a tour of Dante's hell that remains at least mildly representative of the original works, it can't remain a passive experience and still be a mainstream video game.

Their answer: Make Dante the game's hero, Beatrice the game's damsel in distress.