Honestly, Dante did get done dirty. His capture model might be ridiculously handsome but the final product looks like a homeless old man. The fact that people can make a comparison between him and Clancy Brown in Detroit, whose SUPPOSED to be a deadbeat alcoholic, is a sad fact.
If I had to wager a guess is say it was Ninja Theory's influence. Their'realistic' approach to their game probably left Itsuno with the urge to follow up with that philosophy.