What's there to say about Bayonetta? It's ridiculous as all hell and takes the character action formula to its extremes. Despite being built around a fairly powerful mechanic it still has plenty of challenges. My biggest criticisms are that despite the extensive combo options, it's impractical to make use of most of them so you tend to just use the same moves you know will work repeatedly, which is not helped by the weapons being pretty poorly balanced. The game also infamously has loads of QTE's, sequences, and even attacks that result in instant death should you fail on them. I shouldn't need to elaborate on why that's annoying for a new or rusty player. A Switch specific problem is that all slow down has been eliminated, which accidentally makes button mashing mini games much hard than they are supposed to be. Still, it's a great playing game that's just the right length for a single playthrough in this genre with plenty of unlockables and incentives giving it amazing replay value. An absolute must for fans of the genre.

Reviewed on Sep 20, 2022


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