I kinda put off playing this game because 1. I had other games in my backlog and 2. I wasn't sure how much I would enjoy it, but after playing it, it looks like I didn't need to worry about that after all.
Yeah I really liked this game. I admittedly haven't played a whole lot of beat 'em up/hack and slash games outside of the night/Werehog stages in Sonic Unleashed (which honestly kinda gave me a bad first impression of the genre lol) and Hi-Fi Rush (which I really enjoyed) but I can certainly say that Bayonetta really kept me invested in the gameplay pretty much the whole time (aside for a couple sections which I'll get to). There's a lot of depth here with the different techniques and combos you can pull off, even just at the start with even more you can unlock as you progress plus different weapons you can unlock and choose from. The game does have a bit of that traditional 'Sega learning curve' and can be hard at some points, but I didn't really ever feel 'frustrated' with the game and when you do learn to pull off techniques and combos well, it becomes extremely satisfying in just how 'powerful' you feel. The enemies, bosses and stages are all generally well designed in challenging the player, timing your dodge moves for Dodge Offset and Witch Time, with a few puzzle elements here and there, and the ranking system also adds further replay value with everything else I just talked about.
That of course isn't to mention the story and characters which, well, I also really liked. There's a lot of worldbuilding and lore here that I liked, and I was genuinely interested in just seeing whatever happened as I played through the game and uncovering the backstory of the different characters. Bayonetta herself is just a complete girlboss which I can always appreciate and her interactions with the other characters (both the supporting cast and antagonists/enemies) did get some laughs out of me. I really gotta appreciate how the game couples the overall serious tone of the story with a lot of humor in how the characters interact leaving the game to be pretty damn quotable. (the "You're much too ugly to not put out of your misery" is such a good roast lmao).
The only real things I took issue with was the "Space Harrier" section in Chapter XIV (and to a lesser extent the motorcycle sections in a couple other chapters) which was a neat novelty at first in reference to Sega's past but did... kinda go on for too long and didn't really offer much in terms of depth. The rank system is also a bit harsh here which wasn't too much of an issue for me since at least in my first playthrough was just playing through the main game and story but admittedly it did feel somewhat defeating (for lack of a better word) when I kept getting Stone Enzo statues in every chapter except for the prologue. Yeah I know it's a skill issue on my part but I have heard that the game is pretty tight with it's requirements in general (from what I looked up supposedly deaths will automatically take away a single rank and there's also penalties for using items) so, word of advice to anyone playing the game for the first time, don't feel too defeated if you keep getting those stone enzo statues lol.
Overall though, yeah this is definitely a game worth playing and one I liked even more than I was expecting.
bayonetta and jeanne didn't kiss though so 0/10.
Yeah I really liked this game. I admittedly haven't played a whole lot of beat 'em up/hack and slash games outside of the night/Werehog stages in Sonic Unleashed (which honestly kinda gave me a bad first impression of the genre lol) and Hi-Fi Rush (which I really enjoyed) but I can certainly say that Bayonetta really kept me invested in the gameplay pretty much the whole time (aside for a couple sections which I'll get to). There's a lot of depth here with the different techniques and combos you can pull off, even just at the start with even more you can unlock as you progress plus different weapons you can unlock and choose from. The game does have a bit of that traditional 'Sega learning curve' and can be hard at some points, but I didn't really ever feel 'frustrated' with the game and when you do learn to pull off techniques and combos well, it becomes extremely satisfying in just how 'powerful' you feel. The enemies, bosses and stages are all generally well designed in challenging the player, timing your dodge moves for Dodge Offset and Witch Time, with a few puzzle elements here and there, and the ranking system also adds further replay value with everything else I just talked about.
That of course isn't to mention the story and characters which, well, I also really liked. There's a lot of worldbuilding and lore here that I liked, and I was genuinely interested in just seeing whatever happened as I played through the game and uncovering the backstory of the different characters. Bayonetta herself is just a complete girlboss which I can always appreciate and her interactions with the other characters (both the supporting cast and antagonists/enemies) did get some laughs out of me. I really gotta appreciate how the game couples the overall serious tone of the story with a lot of humor in how the characters interact leaving the game to be pretty damn quotable. (the "You're much too ugly to not put out of your misery" is such a good roast lmao).
The only real things I took issue with was the "Space Harrier" section in Chapter XIV (and to a lesser extent the motorcycle sections in a couple other chapters) which was a neat novelty at first in reference to Sega's past but did... kinda go on for too long and didn't really offer much in terms of depth. The rank system is also a bit harsh here which wasn't too much of an issue for me since at least in my first playthrough was just playing through the main game and story but admittedly it did feel somewhat defeating (for lack of a better word) when I kept getting Stone Enzo statues in every chapter except for the prologue. Yeah I know it's a skill issue on my part but I have heard that the game is pretty tight with it's requirements in general (from what I looked up supposedly deaths will automatically take away a single rank and there's also penalties for using items) so, word of advice to anyone playing the game for the first time, don't feel too defeated if you keep getting those stone enzo statues lol.
Overall though, yeah this is definitely a game worth playing and one I liked even more than I was expecting.
bayonetta and jeanne didn't kiss though so 0/10.
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