This review contains spoilers
This game is cocaine for guys who have a latex fetish...
As opposed to Vanquish (the other Platinum game that comes in this bundle), the lore behind the story is so interesting that it mostly overshadows all the stupid dialogue and confusing flow of the plot. The combat is super fun and learning new combos is very rewarding, also the 'what're ya buyin?' guys fits the vibes perfectly.
The enemy designs and bosses (angels and other holy creatures) are incredible, they remind me of old artistic depictions of angels - with the creepy baby faces - combined with modern ideas of mythical monsters which I loved.
The fact that the final boss is a fight with GOD HIMSELF in the middle of the solar system perfectly defines the epicness of this game. However, the QTE get quite annoying as you end up loosing all the great work you've done before just because you can't smash a button at the speed of light. I've also heard a lot of people say how hard this game is and well... I'm bad at most of these sort of games and I died a lot during Bayonetta (got almost all stone trophies which is quite discouraging) but I mostly found it to be challenging and not ridiculously irritating as it has loads of checkpoints. There was only one occasion which made me almost cry which is when I decided to press 'NO' in the continue? screen and it made me go back to the start of the chapter, therefore completely decimating all the checkpoints I went through. I've never seen this happen on a game before... (I understand that you want to restart the chapter to get a better score but then make it explicit for the user)
Apart from those few aspects, the game is gorgeous and provides a continuous shot of adrenaline throughout nearly all its duration
As opposed to Vanquish (the other Platinum game that comes in this bundle), the lore behind the story is so interesting that it mostly overshadows all the stupid dialogue and confusing flow of the plot. The combat is super fun and learning new combos is very rewarding, also the 'what're ya buyin?' guys fits the vibes perfectly.
The enemy designs and bosses (angels and other holy creatures) are incredible, they remind me of old artistic depictions of angels - with the creepy baby faces - combined with modern ideas of mythical monsters which I loved.
The fact that the final boss is a fight with GOD HIMSELF in the middle of the solar system perfectly defines the epicness of this game. However, the QTE get quite annoying as you end up loosing all the great work you've done before just because you can't smash a button at the speed of light. I've also heard a lot of people say how hard this game is and well... I'm bad at most of these sort of games and I died a lot during Bayonetta (got almost all stone trophies which is quite discouraging) but I mostly found it to be challenging and not ridiculously irritating as it has loads of checkpoints. There was only one occasion which made me almost cry which is when I decided to press 'NO' in the continue? screen and it made me go back to the start of the chapter, therefore completely decimating all the checkpoints I went through. I've never seen this happen on a game before... (I understand that you want to restart the chapter to get a better score but then make it explicit for the user)
Apart from those few aspects, the game is gorgeous and provides a continuous shot of adrenaline throughout nearly all its duration