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Bayonetta - No Items. Jeanne Only. Final Destination.
Klyka
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Release: January 5th 2010
Welcome to my Fantasy Zone!
What is Bayonetta?
Bayonetta is an action game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, directed by Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe creator Hideki Kamiya at Platinum Games in cooperation with publisher Sega.
Yes, that's right, the man who made Devil May Cry decided it was time to get back into the action game genre and show all the rookies how it's done. And as you'll soon discover he did it with a bang.
Hello everyone. It's been a long time, hasn't it?
I can finally let you all in on the details of my latest project, BAYONETTA. BAYONETTA is a world-class 3D action game for the world at large, the summation of all of our technology and know-how here at PlatinumGames
Speaking of 3D action games, I can?t help but remember a time nearly seven years ago, and my first completely original game, Devil May Cry. My own immaturity towards game design filled it with straight-forward, pure ideas. It has become my defining work, a game that drew the roadmap for all 3D action games that followed.
Now, seven years later, I?ve decided to return to 3D action. I?m sure some of you are asking... Why is he making another 3D action game?
After DMC, I went on to develop Viewtiful Joe. In pursuing a new way of creating an action game within the limitations of 2D stages, it was a game that was ahead of its time. It was a game that spawned a love-hate response amongst users; however, as a game developed by a small team, its flaws can be forgiven as a bold experiment that achieved its initial goals.
Okami was a change of gears. My attempt to make a ?Nature Adventure? game based upon the theme of healing, it also represented an effort to broaden my own personal abilities. Even though it is labeled an adventure, we succeeded in making a grand journey that represented a progression for us in every way, from its text-heavy story to our trademark brand of action controls.
With these two completely different games, I sought out the new, making them as groundbreaking as possible; however, I never forgot my love of action games. In fact, my love grew stronger. So once development of Okami was completed, it marked a turning point, and a return to the Devil of seven years past ? a return to my starting point of 3D action. Once again, the fires of creation were lit inside me.
How have 3D action games evolved since we blazed a new trail with DMC? Can you even go so far as to say they?ve evolved?
Seven years ago, we put everything we had into Devil May Cry. But since then, like the hands of time for the 3D action genre were frozen at that moment, it seems like the drive to push users further has stopped. There is so much more that should be done now. And we are the only ones who seem up to the task. This is the spark that has lit the fire within me.
?Pushing 3D Action to a New Dimension?
With that goal in mind, we are going to set the clock on 3D action back into motion. Where we once gave birth to true 3D action, we return to unleash a new truth on the world. A truth only we can create.
We will prove this with BAYONETTA.
Believe us. It will be worth the wait.
Wow, this sounds amazing, so what can I play this on?
The game is available for PlayStation 3 and XBox360.
Both versions of the game have the exact same content,however there are technical differences.
Platinum Games developed Bayonetta in-house on the 360, then handed off the assets to Sega for conversion to the PS3. Neither version is flawless - framerate drops and screen tearing are issues on both consoles - but the PS3 version suffers in terms of load times,lower quality textures and with an overall lower framerate.
However, after the Japanese release in October '09, a team from Sony was brought in to help Sega polish up the PS3 version prior to its North American release - this resulted in some subtle, but marked improvements between the Japanese and NA PS3 versions and brought the PS3 more in line with the 360 version in regards to framerate and overall smoothness.
Check out this comparison video to get a detailed look at the differences: Gametrailers.com Console Comparison
But I heard this game is REALLY Japanese, is that true?
Yes, that's true. Bayonetta is colourful ,crazy, completely off the wall and over the top insane.
The game doesn't take anything serious,especially not itself and every single digital pore is filled with that wacky Japanese style that we all love/hate so much.
Cutscenes are abundant and filled to the brim with completely insane but wonderful to look at stunts, the corniest one-liners you have ever heard, Characters you will come to adore and the story may just be too much to comprehend for people who can't switch their brain into "anime mode".
If you ever played (or rather watched) Metal Gear Solid 4 you are familiar with this kind of presentation. Cutscenes can go on a bit too long and the narrative likes to get lost between all the explosions and crotch shots.
But, if you liked Devil May Cry 3's cutscene craziness,you will enjoy Bayonetta's even more over the top escapades.If you are not a fan of bright colours, weirdly sexist feminism, long cutscenes and the highest amount of digitally rendered hair in a videogame ever, then this is probably not for you.
Oh,and be sure to keep that controller in hand,will you? You never know when that deadly QTE might pop up and destroy the unattentive player's rating!
So if I like DMC's gameplay,can I just skip every cutscene and enjoy this?
A big YES to that!
You can skip any cutscene, long or short, by pressing RT+BACK on the 360 or R2+SELECT on the PS3!
Bayonetta features the smoothest, most perfect fighting system in a DMC style action game to date!
Just like Bayonetta's curves, fights are an up and down of offense and defense and the game can be played by both button mashing newbies and hyper elitist, jump canceling fighting gods.
But how could mere words portrait the sheer beauty of Bayonetta in a fight to the death?
Here are some moving pictures!
VIDEOS FOR MY LITTLE CHESHIRE PUSS
First Teaser Trailer
TGS '08 Trailer (You Want To Touch Me?)
"First Climax" Trailer (shows Cat Form)
Newest Trailer (E3 '09)
E3 Developer Walkthrough (cam footage, lots of gameplay)
Megaton Combo Video (with a simple background and no enemies, this shows of a shitton of Bayonetta's kickass combos. Very cool).
Ice Skate Combo Video (just like the Megaton video, only it's much shorter and now she shows off combos utilizing a pair of supernatural figure skates).
Bayonetta "Combo Mad"
Bayonetta combo vid
(This is how the game looks when played by an absolute master. Don't forget to catch your jaw on the way down!)
Want to try this yourself? Play the demo on PSN/XBL!
Don't forget, pressing SELECT (PS3) or BACK (360) during a loading screen will start TRAINING MODE!
Try your best to make Bayonetta break a sweat!
Don't forget, pressing SELECT (PS3) or BACK (360) during a loading screen will start TRAINING MODE!
Try your best to make Bayonetta break a sweat!
Ok,I get it, so I beat this once and then I've seen everything,right?
You couldn't be further from the truth! Bayonetta is filled to the brim with unlockables, costumes, new weapons, new characters, higher difficulties, collectables, achievements, extra playmodes etc...
You will not find everything in your first playthrough and to really get the entire 100% this game has to offer,you will have to invest a really big chunk of your time into it, if you so choose.
To put this into numbers:
- A usual first playthrough on Normal difficulty done by an average gamer should take about 10-12 hours.
- Unlocking half of what the game has to offer nets you at least another 12 hours.
- Really 100% the game will probably be another 20 hours or so, if not more!
So don't worry about replayability, cause Bayonetta is one hot girl you do not want to run out on!
Ok but I need this one little extra kick to go out and buy the game now.
Well,you could read these reviews:
360 Metacritic - 93
PS3 Metacritic - 91
But come on, just do it for her, ok?
BUY A GAME, GET A DANCE FOR FREE360 Metacritic - 93
PS3 Metacritic - 91
But come on, just do it for her, ok?
Ok, that's it...
TIME TO GO VRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!
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2. The story is abysmal. If I go through it again, I'm skipping every single cutscene.
You beat the game already?
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It's only like twelve hours and it's been two days.
...
I'm on break.
Agreed on #2. Haven't beat the game yet, but I'm skipping every scene anyway. The gameplay is phenomenal, deserving of every accolade thrown at it, but being that anime is in my top 2 most hated things on the planet directly behind squid, the story just isn't for me.
Plus Enzo is basically Wheelie from Transformers 2.
From what I've seen so far, retarded-ly enjoyable is the best way to describe the story. Yeah, part of it is anime-BS, but so much of it is just so ... stupid, that I can't help but smile like a fat kid who fell into a batch of butter-cakes.
Especially when Bayonetta goes around
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So I'll give my opinions soon.
Thanks for laying the groundwork Chance! :^:
I don't think it gets away with "knowing it's bad" or "so bad it's good," it's just bad bad. Japanese bad.
Even from a practical standpoint of moving you from one scene to the next it's total nonsense. I rarely knew where I was or what I was doing.
Well Each Difficulty past Normal ramps up the insanity so you'll replay it at least 3 times
Sadness
Well you may be right. The games bundled with the Elite were Lego Batman and Pure. I thought I wouldn't play either but I think I put 30 hours into Lego Batman already just for achievements. I used to not be an achievement whore. What happened to me?
This chick is CRAZY!
What the hell is she saying when you perform the (it's in the demo but I'll spoiler it anyway)
Is there a good spot early on where you can pretty much farm halos?
She shouts the name of the demon she is summoning. You can read about the demons you summoned in the "file" section of the menu.
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Go look up Youtube videos, there are some glitches you can use to get Halos super fast if you want to use them.
I just need to agree with this so hard. DMC i actually liked the story. But with bayonetta i get really annoyed trying to sit through cut scenes. Since they are, as alucard said, Long, nonsense exposition and just terribly terribly TERRIBLY written. At times (to me) they seem completely nonsensical.
I mean i guess i enjoy it, collecting things and upgrading stuff, but without any story to back it up (since i skip every cutscene) its kind of meh.
but I'll go check it again.
And yes, halo farming. You can return to any chapter you've completed at any point, right?
Also, clarification on the weapons you buy:
I enjoyed the cutscenes quite a lot and man I would be seriously sad about missing all the crazy stuff that happens later on,haha.
But as we said last thread, tastes differ and that's good. The gameplay is the same no matter what, so we all get to enjoy an amazingly crafted game
@ringswraith: Yes.
Like i just killed the
Like i'd dig it if someone put a plot summary up on gamefaqs.
I'd definitely advise watching them the first time through at least. In the last few chapters especially it would just be really confusing to jump into some of the scenarios with no introduction.
for example...
END GAME SPOILERS:
Well,if you skipped all cutscenes,I can tell why you don't know what is happening. If you watched them,it's quite clear why and what is happening.
If you have Ventrilo or something, I'd be up to give you a little story synopsis up until the point where you are.
Oh my god at the "breakdance" move.
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I love that you can dodge out of the breakdance move into ANOTHER breakdance move. Endless breakdancing!
Jesus christ this game does not forgive. Its not hard per-say, but its easy to die.
I don't think Platinum Games and Kamiya really know how to use QTE's as well as the God of War and Resident Evil teams. The QTEs and "quick! do something or you die!" events in this game are kind of vague and FORCE you to die several times just to figure them out.
Like the collapsing bridge into lava sequence.
Chapter 3 in general is a dick, with the lava everywhere fucking you up. I'm sure it will get worse though, hah.
Still loving the game, just wish I were better at it. I kick Devil May Cry 3's ass, but I haven't quite got the flow of this down yet.
Wait.... let me get this straight.... you're SKIPPING... all the plot in the game. Yet, you're complaining because you don't know whats going on?
wow.
Seeing the combo video in the OP means I will most likely cave, though.