Clearly the weakest of the Bayonetta's. We waited years for this and it really was really disappointing. Everything from the story, the characters, the writing, the music, and the gameplay all had problems in some aspect. But let's take this one step at a time.
Combat:
The core combat is still Bayonetta but the demon slave mechanic being the main focus this time around undermines how much damage you do to your enemy, It's like they want you to keep using it to rack in the big damage numbers. Other than that, I'd say the combat is pretty solid and what you'd expect of a Bayonetta game. They have this new upgrade system for each weapon and demon you get which is pretty nice as it opens up the room for more attacks but it's not fully there yet. I think the older games handling weapons was much cleaner and simpler than having to just go to a menu and buy everything. It's not bad though. Viola's combat style... really didn't do it for me. There are 2 problems with it, the first being that this doesn't feel like I'm playing Bayonetta anymore, I get that was the intention but she's just not fun to control with how unforgiving her playstyle is. second is that she doesn't get anything new after you max her out, she has no access to Bayos weapons and is essentially the hard mode of this game. If you want to suffer and hate yourself, play as Viola.
Exploration:
So Bayo3's big selling point is the overly ambitious open world-like design where the places are bigger which means more exploration right? Haha, WRONG, it's still roughly the same with mini-challenges sprinkled throughout. I think it's even worse here as the platforming challenges are some of the most annoying to deal with given how Bayo and Viola control. I think also not being able to skip the unskippable cutscene that plays when you start a platforming challenge really got on my nerves when I kept failing the same one. There are 3 collectibles to get in the form of tears and usually, it's held by an animal. Cat runs fast so you need to chase it down, Bird flies away so you have to chase it down, and Frog stays in one place but you need to find it. These were ok, I didn't really struggle too much since they're forgiving and let you retry catching them since their respawn resets.
Music:
It's subjective, but this ost is missing that Bayo flair that we've all come to love, it's mostly some marvel movie grand ost for most of its runtime, and the only song I'd consider actually worth listening to is the battle theme. It almost has the same energy and even with the final boss, it was the only track I liked.
Story:
It's bad. Like.. really bad. Long story short, it takes itself way too seriously to the point where it doesn't know when to end. Was not enjoyable at all and I'm really not looking forward to the future of the series if the ending was anything to go by.
I didn't know what to expect, we wait more than 4 years for this game and this is what they got to show for it. It just leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
Combat:
The core combat is still Bayonetta but the demon slave mechanic being the main focus this time around undermines how much damage you do to your enemy, It's like they want you to keep using it to rack in the big damage numbers. Other than that, I'd say the combat is pretty solid and what you'd expect of a Bayonetta game. They have this new upgrade system for each weapon and demon you get which is pretty nice as it opens up the room for more attacks but it's not fully there yet. I think the older games handling weapons was much cleaner and simpler than having to just go to a menu and buy everything. It's not bad though. Viola's combat style... really didn't do it for me. There are 2 problems with it, the first being that this doesn't feel like I'm playing Bayonetta anymore, I get that was the intention but she's just not fun to control with how unforgiving her playstyle is. second is that she doesn't get anything new after you max her out, she has no access to Bayos weapons and is essentially the hard mode of this game. If you want to suffer and hate yourself, play as Viola.
Exploration:
So Bayo3's big selling point is the overly ambitious open world-like design where the places are bigger which means more exploration right? Haha, WRONG, it's still roughly the same with mini-challenges sprinkled throughout. I think it's even worse here as the platforming challenges are some of the most annoying to deal with given how Bayo and Viola control. I think also not being able to skip the unskippable cutscene that plays when you start a platforming challenge really got on my nerves when I kept failing the same one. There are 3 collectibles to get in the form of tears and usually, it's held by an animal. Cat runs fast so you need to chase it down, Bird flies away so you have to chase it down, and Frog stays in one place but you need to find it. These were ok, I didn't really struggle too much since they're forgiving and let you retry catching them since their respawn resets.
Music:
It's subjective, but this ost is missing that Bayo flair that we've all come to love, it's mostly some marvel movie grand ost for most of its runtime, and the only song I'd consider actually worth listening to is the battle theme. It almost has the same energy and even with the final boss, it was the only track I liked.
Story:
It's bad. Like.. really bad. Long story short, it takes itself way too seriously to the point where it doesn't know when to end. Was not enjoyable at all and I'm really not looking forward to the future of the series if the ending was anything to go by.
I didn't know what to expect, we wait more than 4 years for this game and this is what they got to show for it. It just leaves a sour taste in my mouth.