Good god. The amount of hype this game gets is unreal and massively undeserved for sure.
Bayonetta 1 and 2 stans are the kinds of people who... I can't even think of anything funny, it's like being a stan for Bayonetta 1 and 2 is enough honestly.
Bayonetta 1 was a fun game with loads of missed potential and a lazy, tacked on hard mode where enemies just have shittons of health and you take loads, which encourages you to spam abuse broken defensive mechanics, such as the Link shield forward spam. But it had POTENTIAL. Above all of it there was this eh, pretty cringe dialogue and script, surface level story telling, but there was very clearly a really passionately crafted lore for this world that just wasn't quite there in showing itself. But that, I can forgive - it was the first in the series. I did really enjoy the way it almost scratched that itch left by DMC1 (the only DMC game I actually like). In fact, I only played Bayonetta 1 because I was hyped to play 2, and thought it would be a shame to miss out the first game.
But holy fuck. This game is just really... it exists, for sure. The combat is fun for a little while, until you realise that all of your combos look the exact same visually, and you realise that nothing is gonna be too varied from what you're used to in Bayonetta 1 - except now there is very little room for exploration, levels are just tunnels and corridors with no breathing room.
But the worst offender that made me put it down after 2 hours? HOLY shit, the cringe dialogue. It's so bad. Oh my god. If you see this dialogue it's garbage. Delivery is landing anywhere between subpar - really shit. Characters dropping the F bomb constantly (swearing is totally fine but its just lazily used and adds nothing here, the things they say don't sound like actual conversations whatsoever), really corny one liners that never land, and stupid shit like Loki the little dork fake british accent loser who says "heh ur the guy who look at bayonettas tits? xd". It's so cringe.
Honestly, it's so bad I just turned the game off. These characters are not fun to watch, and seeing how many cutscenes this game throws at you at the start its a slog to get through. This game isn't campy, it's corny.
Bayonetta 1 and 2 stans are the kinds of people who... I can't even think of anything funny, it's like being a stan for Bayonetta 1 and 2 is enough honestly.
Bayonetta 1 was a fun game with loads of missed potential and a lazy, tacked on hard mode where enemies just have shittons of health and you take loads, which encourages you to spam abuse broken defensive mechanics, such as the Link shield forward spam. But it had POTENTIAL. Above all of it there was this eh, pretty cringe dialogue and script, surface level story telling, but there was very clearly a really passionately crafted lore for this world that just wasn't quite there in showing itself. But that, I can forgive - it was the first in the series. I did really enjoy the way it almost scratched that itch left by DMC1 (the only DMC game I actually like). In fact, I only played Bayonetta 1 because I was hyped to play 2, and thought it would be a shame to miss out the first game.
But holy fuck. This game is just really... it exists, for sure. The combat is fun for a little while, until you realise that all of your combos look the exact same visually, and you realise that nothing is gonna be too varied from what you're used to in Bayonetta 1 - except now there is very little room for exploration, levels are just tunnels and corridors with no breathing room.
But the worst offender that made me put it down after 2 hours? HOLY shit, the cringe dialogue. It's so bad. Oh my god. If you see this dialogue it's garbage. Delivery is landing anywhere between subpar - really shit. Characters dropping the F bomb constantly (swearing is totally fine but its just lazily used and adds nothing here, the things they say don't sound like actual conversations whatsoever), really corny one liners that never land, and stupid shit like Loki the little dork fake british accent loser who says "heh ur the guy who look at bayonettas tits? xd". It's so cringe.
Honestly, it's so bad I just turned the game off. These characters are not fun to watch, and seeing how many cutscenes this game throws at you at the start its a slog to get through. This game isn't campy, it's corny.