No story thoughts because I've never given two shits about any Bayonetta games story.
After chapter 1 I was a bit concerned about how well the new demon slave mechanic was going to integrate into the combat as it felt slow and clunky but it turned out to be mostly just how that first demon controls. Others played better and you can unlock additional abilities that make it play better as you go.
It took some getting used to how the new playable character, Viola's, Witch time that activates by blocking instead of dodging but otherwise she's fun to play as in her chapters. I feel they could be a bit more generous with the timing needed for the block to activate it though. The window is super small.
The pacing of this entry is excellent, constantly mixing things up and having cool new set pieces. Some were very unexpected like the side chapters you need to play during the story which I wont spoil here. I feel it did these set pieces better then 1 and 2 which already shined in this area.
The main thing that holds me back from considering this as good as 2 is that frankly this is uglier and performs worse. this game goes for more open levels to accommodate the demon slaves you can summon. A result of this is performance is unsteady and they tried to help performance with LOD that updates a few feet from your character, tons of dithering and blurry textures. Hopefully one day we can get an updated version on a system that isn't stuck multiple generations behind in terms of power.
After chapter 1 I was a bit concerned about how well the new demon slave mechanic was going to integrate into the combat as it felt slow and clunky but it turned out to be mostly just how that first demon controls. Others played better and you can unlock additional abilities that make it play better as you go.
It took some getting used to how the new playable character, Viola's, Witch time that activates by blocking instead of dodging but otherwise she's fun to play as in her chapters. I feel they could be a bit more generous with the timing needed for the block to activate it though. The window is super small.
The pacing of this entry is excellent, constantly mixing things up and having cool new set pieces. Some were very unexpected like the side chapters you need to play during the story which I wont spoil here. I feel it did these set pieces better then 1 and 2 which already shined in this area.
The main thing that holds me back from considering this as good as 2 is that frankly this is uglier and performs worse. this game goes for more open levels to accommodate the demon slaves you can summon. A result of this is performance is unsteady and they tried to help performance with LOD that updates a few feet from your character, tons of dithering and blurry textures. Hopefully one day we can get an updated version on a system that isn't stuck multiple generations behind in terms of power.