The most luxurious action game ever made.
There are many combos, but each of them have a purpose. You can hold the button at any point of a combo for extra damage or a different function. There are multiple weapons, magical finishers, taunts, parries, breakdances. There are gigantic kaiju bosses to one-on-one adversaries. There are literally combat verses that are hiding right behind you. There's so much lore about the alluring culture of Vigrid and then there are cutscenes where Bayonetta middle fingers an ancient being. There are two-to-three credits sequences and then a dance montage. When you beat the game, you unlock the shittiest set of guns and when you beat 100 chapters, you unlock a sick new weapon.
Of course, the initiative to throw in as much as possible does mean an inadequacy will hide in the pile every now and then: mainly instant death QTE's, the odd arcadey minigame, the ranking system being unnaturally strict for such a freeform game, and the occasional unreadable enemy animation. But they hardly leave a dent on what is an overall addictive and excessively good package. Bayonetta is a character who truly gives you everything despite it all, regardless of any mysterious or overblown lore or dodgy gameplay section, and makes you want to live out the song and dance with her for as long and as many times as you possibly can.
There are many combos, but each of them have a purpose. You can hold the button at any point of a combo for extra damage or a different function. There are multiple weapons, magical finishers, taunts, parries, breakdances. There are gigantic kaiju bosses to one-on-one adversaries. There are literally combat verses that are hiding right behind you. There's so much lore about the alluring culture of Vigrid and then there are cutscenes where Bayonetta middle fingers an ancient being. There are two-to-three credits sequences and then a dance montage. When you beat the game, you unlock the shittiest set of guns and when you beat 100 chapters, you unlock a sick new weapon.
Of course, the initiative to throw in as much as possible does mean an inadequacy will hide in the pile every now and then: mainly instant death QTE's, the odd arcadey minigame, the ranking system being unnaturally strict for such a freeform game, and the occasional unreadable enemy animation. But they hardly leave a dent on what is an overall addictive and excessively good package. Bayonetta is a character who truly gives you everything despite it all, regardless of any mysterious or overblown lore or dodgy gameplay section, and makes you want to live out the song and dance with her for as long and as many times as you possibly can.
A irmã mais madura de DMC, o projeto dos sonhos do Kamiya, combate mais complexo (por muitas vezes errando em muita coisa), estética mais desafiadora e temas mais sérios. Um jogo que tem muitos erros, principalmente na reta inicial, mas que prova que o Kamiya é o gênio do Stylish Action, que com muitos tropeços conseguiu fazer uma obra de arte em formato de jogo.
Ainda acho DMC melhor lmao
Ainda acho DMC melhor lmao
Bayonetta was a fun time, but a few design flaws hold it back from truly great, in my opinion. Mostly with the level design, which I actually didn't enjoy as much as I wanted to. It looks cool aesthetically but doesn't quite play as great as you'd want it to. It's a little too ridiculous at times for my taste but I won't give it a lot of flak for that - it's a Platinum game, I know what to expect from Platinum by now.
Score: 86
Score: 86
A great character action game that I've cooled on a little over time. There's a lot to like here, but the instant death quicktime events are pretty bad. I've never been able to completely vibe with this series because the story and setting doesn't do anything for me. It just ends up being a series of cool boss battles and levels with cutscenes in between that I absolutely do not care about.
I know damn well Kamiya about to cook with his upcoming franchises hes cooking up. The skill ceiling in this game is so daunting that every time I pick it up I feel like I learn something or two every time. Paired with a brilliant soundtrack with charming and outlandish characters to boot, its truly hard to hate.