I definitely remember dying a lot more in the first, but tbh I don't care that much for it as I do for the aesthetic and characters.

Balder fights are the best in the game and the story it still crazy nonsense, but makes more sense with the context of the first game. Fighting alongside with Bayonetta's mother was cool

Everything is just a bit grander this time around which makes the sequel, to which the original was already a great game in its own right, A MASTERPIECE! 10