Bayonetta puts every other action game to shame

VGArabia: From now on, when you talk about the best combat system in an action-beat em up game, you have to forget about God of War, Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry and every other game; that's because Bayonetta actually have the most responsive, enjoyable, varied and frantic battle system around and I will explain why after the jump.

[Rikitatsu]

Scores so far

Famitsu: 40/40
EDGE 10/10
Eurogamer 9/10
OPM UK 9/10
nowgamer 9.3/10
4players: 9.3/10
Gamersyde *scoreless* "New King of beat'em ups"

The combat is so deep that it makes other games look tame
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Epic Bosses
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And amazing Level design
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This game, is completely out of this world! Best beat em up ever.

[Noctis Aftermath]

Enjoy your ride on the hype bus, next stop disappointmentville.

[WildArmed]

although the game looks awesome.. the demo was statisfying.. idont have too high hopes of it.

The demo also seemed to easy for the most part, the combos being too easy and over powered. The boss battle at the end of the demo didnt do much for me.

I guess I'm to accustomed to games like GoW/DMC/Ninja Gaiden.. every move counts.
in bayonetta, just be ready to tap R2 to save the day :)
Its not a bad thing i guess..

also the fact that she strips down to do every skill does get annoying =/ Be vary of who you play it around.
I'm more hyped for Dante's inferno atm.. but will have to rent this atleast.

[edgeofblade]

I'm totally taken in by Bayonetta. Above all, the demo was extremely satisfying, the sign of a game I can't wait to play when I get home from work.

[wxer]

lol
i dont care
I ( PS3 OWNER ) still can play both this and GOW 3
so i got 2 great games

while the 360 fanboys can only play this game alone

lol

[deadreckoning666]

Before the fanboys begin to cry, realize that the full game is ALREADY in the hands of reviewers.

The title should have been, "Bayonetta puts every other action game to shame..TO DATE"

@Wxer- Why are you even mentioning GOW3? It's not even finished yet and hasn't even been reviewed. And if you "don't care" then why did you comment? Why do you find the need to turn this into some stupid fanboy fued? The open zone is to the right, this is where you belong.

@Tony P- As sad as it sounds Tony, people fight over game consoles here..yeah. LOL, can you imagine, fanboys say they "don't care" yet they take the time to comment..its pretty funny sometimes lol.

[Tony P]

I haven't paid much attention to the game tbh. It got perfects?! So maybe worth a look.

So anyway, why the hate? What stupid excuse are we using to avoid playing the game instead of enjoying it now, N4G people?

I swear, I don't know what goes on on this site half the time.

[mint royale]

@wxer

woooooooo!!!! You win at life! :)

O wait....

[Simon_Brezhnev]

lol all these sites desperate for hits. flashy/easy combos dont mean its best the action game.

[raztad]

I agree with skv007. Bayonetta has 2 difficulty levels.

1- Easy
2- Normal

On Normal everything is already easy. Even if you just go botton-mashing you can defeat your enemies with ease. Bayonetta is just too powerful.

Bayonetta is a version of DMC toned down for noob-friendliness with more colors and flashy stunts.

BTW, the most "innovative" addition to Bayonetta (from the demo) were "TeH QTEzz", pressing triangle-circle pulls the hairy wolf, or torture attacks.

@Guy bellow

I'm just saying what I saw in the demo.

You are laughable dude. DMC was so hard that it needed to be toned down for the western market in DMC 3 (Special Edition)

[Why o why]

these games are very different (uknow which 1) but ill enjoy them both....simple. For me; pitching one against the other is like pitting Burnout vs GT...Both great games but definitely different.

[Rikitatsu]

Bayonetta has four difficulties

-Easy
-Normal
-Hard
-Infinite Climax Hard

The demo featured the first stage of the game and ON normal, of course the enemies will be easy, You can clear the first stages of DMC with button mashing too, so stop pulling false information from your arse.

[ultimolu]

The game is good, I'll give it that but you're going way over your head there.

[bigrudowsky]

Well they are talking about the combat system they prefer the more complex combo style of bayonetta to the more noob friendly button mashing of Gow3.
I wont be touching bayonetta and will be buying Gow 3 day one but bayonetta does have some real depth to it from what i've played of the demo.Gow 3 is just like the other versions easy easy and easy.

[Megaton]

I think the game looks great, always have, but lol @ anyone who claims it isn't a button masher. You can play it successfully with one hand, mashing 2 buttons over and over.

http://www.gametrailers.com...

Gaming for dummies.

[Rikitatsu]

a mode for casuals, its there as an OPTION... AN OPTION... get it?

[wxer]

@1.5

because
1- in the article the guy already talks about GOW

2- because i know it
all of you 360 fanboys saying the same thing about halo reach
let me ask you this
is halo reach finished yet ?? reviewed ??

NO

[ThanatosDMC]

Why does the boss slow down after getting hit??? His a giant monster and slows down everytime he gets hit by whatever it is she's using. I dont see a sword anywhere. What was she using???

[Homicide]

@Rikitatsu, It's nice to see another Bayonetta fan in here. I never expected Bayonetta to get amazing scores like these.

Ignore the haters. All they want to do is play Simon says and play the same ol' stale combat system they've been playing for the past three games.

Kamiya FTW!

[blackpanther25]

the character, picking up sonic rings, and story does not seem intriguing at all. IDK bout you guys but i play games mostly for their story and gameplay comes second (maybe cause i my favorite genre is RPGs)....Bayonetta looks like it is going to have a such horrible story mode but

l'll wait till i can play the full game to really give my judgement

[jesuisankit]

Let me say (after I have already finished the game twice) The demo doesnt do justice to the game.. they cut out a lot of things that are actually there in the same demo lvl in the final game.. there are so many items around, stuff to do.. dont judge the game based on the demo. When I played Bayonetta demo I found it avg.. but now I have played the full game. Demo doesnt do justice to the game.. its not even the final one we see in the game.

[heroicjanitor]

But I played the demo of bayonetta and I can say it is interesting. There are problems though:
1. It is ridiculously easy to dodge attacks and activate witch mode(could be because it is the first few levels, or maybe the higher difficulty levels pose a challenge)

2. She just keeps stripping:/ Play it around the wrong people and you are declared a perv, asked why you got the game etc.

3. Even when she isn't stripping she is wiggling her ass enticingly, see point 2.

4. The demo doesn't do a great job of making me feel powerful. GOW3's demo makes you feel epic for taking down such beasts, even though in the end it is quite easy to do. In bayonetta the enemies feel weak since you can just activate witch mode and they have nothing on you. Kratos looks like he is battling hard, and looks all the more epic for it, she just struts around killing things and the combos can only get you so far in keeping boredom from setting in.

I would say though that it was only a demo, and I don't know the story. I am already interested in GOW's story which will definitely keep me glued to my seat but if Bayonetta has a good story it could turn things around. As it stands I dislike her character and don't see her as a great character, more of a means for bringing people in and then letting the fighting speak for itself, she is an ass that can fight essentially.

[blackpanther25]

I want to know how you feel since you beat it twice cause eurogamer was very vague when they touch up on the story part.

[ABizzel1]

I must say I enjoy the combat system in Bayonetta probably more than the others. It is every bit as fluid as the article states.

But that's about it. Bayonetta doesn't have the best graphics in the genre (God of War owns this), it won't have the best story in the genre (God of War owns this), It won't have the best longevity in the genre (Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 owns this with co-op), and it doesn't have the best presentation in the genre (God of War own this). You can't be the best of the best unless you are winning the majority of these categories, and God of War is still winning most of these categories which is why Bayonetta won't be the best of the genre until it does.

Bayonetta is a direct jab at Devil May Cry and based off everything said about Bayonetta it's trumping DMC, but God of War and Ninja Gaiden (needs a story overhaul hopefully losing Itagaki will help) are still holding their own, but until I play the full game I'll hold my opinions.

[Homicide]

Gameplay is the most important thing in an action game, and God of War has a stale, boring combat system. It's been the same for the past three games. Onimusha, DMC, Ninja Gaiden, Bayonetta all own GOW in gameplay.

[PrimordialSoupBase]

God of War Collection being my first experience with the genre, I find it to be a clumsy mess of design. Bayonetta is far more responsive and fun, indeed.

[Saaking]

It's gonna be like inFAMOUS vs. Prototype again. Due to lack of a similar xbox 360 exclusive, the media is gonna hype up Bayonetta and Dante's Inferno as 360 exclusives (even though they're multiplats) and compare it to GOWIII. We all know how the inFAMOUS vs.Prototype debate ended and besides, PS3 owners can play ALL of them.

[Trebius]

The main character in this game is so bloody overpowered that it doesnt matter how you mash the buttons or in what order.

I guarantee if you play the demo and press random buttons the whole time you wont get a scratch on you...and saying that it's because it's on "normal" difficulty does not mean anything...

Whenever a big 'mid-boss' or 'boss' looking creature comes out and you expect a tough fight, no...she just tears off her clothes and chews up the bad guy and spits it out.

The game is all glits and glam...flashy colors, crazy innuendo for geeks, and nothing else.

Thats only my opinion though...and these reviewers have their opinions as well, and who are we to say they're wrong?

If they feel it deserves a perfect score...no matter how hypocritical or foolish it seems...then whatever...we have our own tastes and we can decide on our own whether to get a game or not..,

Modern Warfare's gameplay is very easy compared to a game like Killzone, but it gets perfect scores...because people like mediocrity or games that take no skill to play...

God of War is not very difficult (unless you play on the harder difficulty the way it SHOULD be played), but at least it has an EXCELLENT storyline that STILL has us captivated since the very first game...which is why the game is so popular.

Bayonetta's score isnt lowered because of the crappy storyline though :P which makes no sense to me when lots of other games get marked down for that reason...

[XXXCouture]

I agree with Saaking. This thing has been blown up, so that 360 fans can point and laugh at ps fans and say. "HAHA we got a better game than GOD OF WAR III". Exactly like Infamous and Prototype.

I am not denying that this game might be good, maybe very good. but just because the media says "ITS BETTER THAN EVERY OTHER BEAT'EM UP". Doesn't mean theyre saying it's gonna be better than GOW III. but they're saying its better than GOD 1 & 2. Which i doubt, but you know... You never know.

[ABizzel1]

@ 1.24

Are you serious. Onimusha and DMC combat system are not on par with God of War. DMC tries to have a combo system, but there's no point, because you can button mash your way to a long chained combo.

Ninja Gaiden is the only game available that has a true combat system every other game has combos, but tether on being button mashers EVEN Bayonetta. You can push Square or "X" to death on be successful in any of those games.

All of you people trying to hate on God of War need to stop. God of War 3 is still going to be the best of it's genre, and the only game that's going to dethrone it is Sony's Santa Monica's next game. Hack and Slash developers focus on the gameplay which is the most important thing, but Santa Monica gives you an Experience which is the difference between PlayStation exclusives and other games.

[Christopher]

If the combo system is so open-ended that you pretty much can create any combo you want, is it really a combo system then?

Combo games have relied on stringing together specific moves to get a certain desired combo result. If this one offers a limitless selection of moves that can be streamed together with anything else, then it seems this game isn't really about combos as much as it is just about keeping you button mashing without the need to think about what you're button mashing.

Also, why is GoW being compared to the likes of Ninja Gaiden and Devil May Cry? Completely different gameplay styles and combat systems with definitely less of a focus on combos and more of a focus on traditional combat manipulation (using the right move at Point A to enable the opening to use another move at Point B and so on).

[jesuisankit]

The story is decent and passable.. for the times you would have anticipated most of the stuff.. maybe coz they already showed some in the trailer.. but I will say the story does has its share of twists that we don't see coming and the ending is very very epic and good. its not a cliffhanger or anything.. its very satisfying.. The story doesn't has the GOW depth to it.. GOW beats this game black and blue when it comes to narration but on its own it does a decent job.. dont expect a uncharted kinda narration or DMC even for that matter.

For the ppl who are saying the game is easy coz of witch time, or is a button masher or anything, The game never tries hard to be flashy and that not the only thing to it, its a challenge to beat the game on normal and I did died quite a no of time (I never died when I played the demo as like most of the ppl exp here) the game builds up on the difficulty as a good game is suppose too, the graphics are not as good as GOW or DMC Iv.. but the game has a very good sense of style and knows whats it doing,.. I would say whenever I successfully activated the witch time it felt very very rewarding.. it not easy to pull of once we have 5 to 10 enemies on screen hitting from wherever they can and later on the game opens up a even wider variety of enemy type that put the game to be as fast as the Ninja gaiden combat is.. it gets really frenetic. And boy I havent mentioned the special accessories u can were tht just keep getting better and better.. watch out for the Maha kal Accessory and the diff transformations.. The game is filled with gameplay variety and never get repetitive. My only complaint with the game is the narration could had been better..

[pixelsword]

-Bayonetta, while a pretty good looking game, is nothing like GoW, it's more akin to DMC with the Bullet Witch as the star; and even then it doesn't do anything so spectacular that it becomes a "must have" in any respect.
+ character animations are stiff and comes non-existent when standing still other than the hair/clothes moving from the wind
+ Shooting "quicktime" sequences are straight from Stranglehold (albeit better animated)
+ fighting in general feels worse than any in it's genre and feels more like playing Darkstalkers than an actual hack-and-slash
+ The music is not the best for it's genre, the music sounds more like walkway tunes rather than a score for a videogame
+ Bayonetta feels like DMC for girls because of all of the feminine imagery; and for all of the sexual imagery it tries to sell itself on, it barely shows any of it; at least GoW is blunt with it, and you can take that either way.
+ It's award system rips-off the trophy hierarchy of the PS3 (which ripped-off the 360's Achievement points, which ripped-off Insomniac's skill points)

DMC flashbacks? Yes. GoW flashbacks? Nope, not even close.

+ GoW is more visceral; when the players become disappointed by the hype of Bayonetta, Dante's Inferno will become the new "GoW killer" by default, and will be hyped-up, and will fail because it won't match the quality.

Either way, I'm sure Bayonetta will be fun, but I don't think that it's so great that it's worth fussing over, or purchasing if you can beat it as a rental.

But to each his own.

[blackpanther25]

that helped me decided whether i am gonna buy the game or not. I'm just that type of person where if the game's story isn't intriguing enough i will not finish it (i went through Assassin's Creed even though i hated the repetition).....i just don't see the point of trying to beat a game like that (last remnant had good gameplay but god the story was so horrible so i never finished it). Action games i loved was Onimusha 1,2, and 3.....DMC 1 and 3....and GOW 1 and 2 cause of their stories.

If anything i will rent the game or borrow it from one of my friends who i know is gonna jump on this game.As of right now I am more hyped up for Dante's Inferno cause i know straight from the trailers that the story is gonna be a beast

[jesuisankit]

I agree man.. Dante's inferno seems to be killer and even I am somewhat a similar gamer to you.. Story in a game gets me going.. Fahrenheit(indigo prophecy), God of war, etc.. though for baynonetta.. I quickly didnt cared for the story much as the gameplay was awesome.. rent it/buy it.. do try this game :)

[Nikuma]

This game is going to be epic. You'd be a fool to pass on it if you like hack n' slash beat em up games. At the very least rent it and try it out... I think a lot of people are going to be surprised.

If it's true that Sony is working on the US version to bring it up to snuff, then all the better but even if they didn't I would still buy this game.

Anyone that says it's going to be to easy need to do some research btw.

[chewmandinga]

God of War's genre is Hack 'n Slash (or so it's been said), which implies that the combat isn't that deep anyway. Kratos is usually too pissed off to bother with jump cancelling and such, seeing as his main method of attack is just ripping heads off with bare hands.

Although i can see the point of making the combat deeper for bigger move variety, it wouldn't feel right in a God of War game. That's like putting SF4 style timing combos in a Tekken.

PLaying the demo, i do think the game deserves the praise, but i don't know why the reviewers keep on trying to put GoW3 down because of it. It's not like there's only room for 1 great action game. That's like saying there's no room for VR Troopers because Power Rangers is so good, or no room for Halo / Killzone because COD is so good.

[Anon1974]

It's been getting good reviews but from who? Famitsu? If you're a 14 year old, Japanese boy maybe their reviews mean something to you. Edge? Please. They gave Let's Tap a better score then Killzone 2. Eurogamer is the only other site that's reviewed the game that I've heard of and, although I don't have a specific review I feel they steered me wrong on their demonstrated pro-360 and anti-anythingelsebut360 bias makes me distrust their publication in general. If they're compromised in respect to Microsoft's console, in what other areas are they compromised? Best to just stick to reviewers who I trust. For me, that's IGN and to a lesser extend Gamespot (I know, I know, they've had their issues in the past but I almost always, after playing a title, find myself agreeing with their assessment)

If my two "go to" sources side strongly in favor of Bayonetta, that might, and that's might, be tempted to give it a try. Right now, everything I've seen of this title bores the piss out of me. How about story? How about characters? How about visuals? Where's it's heart?
There's more to a great game then scantily clad chicks stylishly fighting baddies.

[raztad]

@chewmanding

To answer your question about reviewers.Because there are sites like EDGE trying to content their xbox fanbase, telling them Bayonetta is SOOOOO good they dont need to be jelous for GoW3, while others sites like VGArabia are just pulling flamebait titles to get hits.

When I mention EDGE I'm not even talking about its Bayonetta review. I just recall a very recent article from those fanboys in the same vein of this one.

[ThanatosDMC]

GOW is not anything like DMC or games like it. It's completely Hack and Slash. It just feels epic because of the environment, the giant monsters you have to fight and what not... but it does not have a solid fighting system nor is it dynamic. It's a tank game. Heck, it even has a pain in the ass puzzle game which people like but if you put it in a game like DMC it's spit upon like the cube game on DMC4 with Nero that Dante destroys.

I'm not saying GOW is a bad game, but it does not belong in this type of game that are fast pace, stylized, you'll die if you slow down or get hit and etc. Bayonetta slow downs are terrible, btw. It's like how GOW slows down everytime you hit an enemy. DMC3:SE gave you the option to speed up the gameplay even more.

Bayonetta is best compared with DMC and NG not GOW. GOW is best compared with the guy and his shield (i forgot the name) and the new game Dante's Inferno.

[Golfcoachh]

I didn't read one 360 fanboy rant, but a ps3 fanboy started crying about 360 fanboys? Man, I mean I know on this site if it is a multi plat game it can't be as good as a ps3 exclusive, I know this, but man I have yet to see the the 360 fanboys take over this thread and make it a 360 vs ps3 issue, what I have read are people who like this game getting trashed by the same fanboys who trash everything that is not a ps3 exclusive. Wow. Crazy, even for this site. I really like the guy who said it only has two difficulty levles, easy and normal, to only get shot down, and not even reply to it. lol This is so flippin funny. Not my kind of game anyway but when I saw 100+ comments I figured it had to be a good fanboy vs fanboy fight, but nope, just whats becoming the norm on this site, anti anything that is not ps3 exclusive. Yikes.

Edit, to the disagree that is there, or that will come, please, where are the 360 fanboys above my post, I really can't spot them, so please don't stealth disagree just show, me maybe I missed all the 12 year old 360 fanboys posting that this is better than GOW3, I don't see it, pleas show me, please. Not expecting you too of course, just felt like typing.

[SaiyanFury]

I did enjoy the Bayonetta demo, but I can't forget the Ninja Gaiden Sigma games. Quite simply, they're my favourite action/combat games this entire generation. I will certainly be getting Bayonetta on my PS3 when it comes, but to say it's so much better than the beautifully crafted fighting engine in the NG games is a step over the line for me. In Bayonetta, you can pretty much get away with mashing buttons to get by. If you try that in a Ninja Gaiden game, you're dead. The NG games basically force you to learn the intricate combat system, and to be honest, it's the only effective way to survive.

[DelbertGrady]

Tried the demo today on 360. It's indeed amazing. Like DMC on steroids.

[leila01]

If it's not a PS3 exclusive, it can't be good.

[NoBias]

This is easily thee most hating website towards games, out there. It's absolutely ridiculous.

[4Sh0w]

Noctis Aftermath, I played the demo, there was nothing about it that makes me think someone looking for a kick ass action game will be dissapointed.

Homicide, why bash God of War, sure its the same gameplay thats becuase its still GoW, GoW3 still looks like its going to be Epic.

Saaking, yes you're right everybody knows that Prototype and inFamous ended up being two good games, both had some annoying flaws but still fun games, you're also right if you owned a ps3 you could play both like I did.

360 owners should just be happy their getting another great action game, ps3 owners should embrace the possibility that Bayonetta could be as good or better than GoW3, either way they cant loose as they get to play both, take the comparison as a compliment. Its like if someone was saying theres better shooter than Halo and its multiplat(MW2 imho) is coming out, why iin the hell would a normal 360 owner bash the game, he gets Halo and the new hot game(maybe Brink?) I understand if you tried the demo and werent really impressed by Bayonetta so you're just reponding saying you dont think so, personally the game has some sick combos and gameplay mechanics to me, but hey to each his own I just cant understand the need to bash any of these games, yet games like Terminator and G.I. Joe dont recieve much bashing from all these Democrats and Republicans.

Seriously get out your pitchforks and warn those helpless unaware gamers to stay away from those terrible games where devs are trying to cash in and make a quick $$$ with little or no effort...cause we need more Bayonetta type games and less G.I Joe's.

[ViciousBoston]

So playing Bayonetta I realized a few things.

1) The Grafix are fine. I honestly expected something drastically bad but it was perfectly fine looking. textures seemed a bit off but aside that it was good.

2) The gameplay wasn't "immersive". I was honestly not really taken by it. It seemed too much like a DMC ripoff. To me the game does nothing original in terms of gameplay. What it does do originally is the over the top sexual overtones.

3) It seemed really silly. Me and my g/f were playing it and we both just laughed at how bad the actions were. It was way too cliche. She enjoyed playing it and called it a "female devil may cry" stating that the game was "deffinately for girls".

The media is starting to sicken me with these hype train games. Bayonetta is just like any other beat em up/hack n slash. To say it is the best out of them is a stretch of Mr. Fantastic proportions. Devil May Cry was the deffinitive Hack n slash of the generation brining it into the limelight once again and then God Of War took it to an all new level with its powerful grafix, unique Greek mythology spinoff, and unique combat system. To go farther DMC4 was a new fresh take for myself on HnS. For me and millions of other gamers, Bayonetta is just a hype train with no real cargo.

[moparful99]

Im so sick of everybody labeling GoW as a "button masher" Can you button mash your way through GoW? Yea you can but GoW is sooo satisfying when you take the time to learn and master the moves and combos.. A little bit of tactics can take you a long way in GoW.

[Information Minister]

@ Noctis - That was epic! If that doesn't deserve a bubble, I don't know what does.

Anyway, if this game was really that good, it would be hyped for its own merits and features. Not at the expense of bashing other games in the genre. I still don't enjoy the demo and I still think its a mediocre game. If someone tells me "Bayonetta is the best game evah!", I take it as their personal opinion (one that I don't agree with). But you guys can keep eating whatever the media tries to feed you with.

[baum]

Famitsu gave Nintendogs a 40 out of 40, and gave great scores to Last Remnant and Haze. Edge, well... they're pretty much a joke. So lol @ posting their scores.

Also, Rikitatsu, nobody cares about your opinion either. Your fanatism shows, the fact that you're trying so desperately to convince anyone in holding your opinion proves you're a fanboy, if only a fanboy of this game. I also just saw your videos, how's that any different from Devil May Cry? Not like DMC is a bad thing, but it's gotten old; Bayonetta is basically DMC with a new coat of paint.

[solar]

this game is not a ps3 exclusive. so your logical argument is invalid.

[kindi_boy]

It was actually a nice read,

but please nigga please!!!! putting ninja gaiden in that mix is just wrong you can’t justify that. you need to take it back lol….

you reasoning says “button mashing = less game quality” you raise up Bayonetta and put down the rest because of that and other factors…let me tell you something, you have NEVER played Ninja Gaiden (not talking about the second) any previous NG game would never let you kill any enemy on any difficulty if you were hitting buttons. and if you did you were lucky and if you played the game enough you would understand why.

the AI in that game is so brutal they don’t care that you are 1 guy against 100 they have and WILL go all out on you. you mash buttons you DIE. you don’t evade you DIE, you don’t right time you DIE. and evading doesn’t take a hit of a button to do it. timing doesn’t take a hit of a button to do it, you need to calculate everything.

so it’s not just you have to know what you push to win, it’s why, when, where, and on who and how many… it’s very complicated am sorry i played the asian Bayonetta and all i can say there is alot going on, on the screen it is really hard to time anything it’s just too much so i have to mash my way through. and hope to get a break while evading, and couldn't’t complete the game because it has a LOT of japanese cliches my stomach can’t take.

am sure that you never played NG. never maybe you tried it but never actually went deep, i’ll tell you what i’ll give Bayonetta another chance you give NG another chance best of all is the NG Sigma. (you can go to youtube to know that you master this game you are a ninja in real life lol)

again please not NG anything else am fine with but not that game it is the difference between hardcore gamers and casual gamers. it draws the line between games you play for fun and games you play to concur and feel that you DID an amazing work concurring it.

[NewZealander]

i played it...and hated it.

its too hectic for my liking, and the chick sucks.

[littletad]

The way ps3 fanboys are downgrading this title simply because it's not a ps3 exclusive. Forget what the article says, the game rocks. I love it, and have been playing it on my ps3 since last night. Even if it's just a demo, it's a pretty good indication that the game isn't going to suck. Then the reviews seem to also be in favor of our excitement.

The way I see it, the game hasn't been proven yet, but how can you ignore the reviews and our demo impressions. In my opinion, there's plenty of room for Kratos/Dante and Ryu to share.

[mal_tez92]

The gameplay consisted of pressing Triangle and Circle in random combinations. Ther were some slight variations such as hold a button or wiggle a stick but it has to be the most repetitive game in existence.

It's also very stupid, the main character seems to strike a pose every chance she gets, and she produces butterflies from her skin when she jumps.

[The Shadow]

I hate to admit it,but it is true. I can't lie to myself. I truly want this game to fail but it is truly spectacular! Every game I have played seem very slow (GOW 1 & 2, Ninja Gaiden II, Devil May Cry 1 to 4).

[Sarcasm]

Meh who cares, some will like it and some won't. But it's retarded to say it's the "King"

There's a reason why people like God of War, it's mostly because of the set pieces and story. Where else can you kill gods?

And GoWIII, Zeus will finally get slaughtered in glorious HD. Nuff' said

[Jaces]

I really can't agree with a lot of what's being said about this game.

Puts every action game to shame? Yea when were talking about years old games (can't say the same for Ninja Gaiden) it would seem logical that Bayonetta would blow them away.

I don't get the fanboyism either, who cares. 360 owners are nurturing this game as their own to rival GoWIII and PS3 owners are trying to defend Kratos. Give it a rest, GoW focuses on brutality, amazing set pieces and epic finishing moves while Bayonetta is flashy, fast paced...and half naked most the time. They're both great in their own ways.

Haven't played to demo yet to judge for myself...still waiting for it to finish downloading on my PS3 and 360. =P

[vhero]

Wow these kind of articles shouldn't ever be posted especially from these bunch of biased *****. But whatever I still think it's not gonna sell too well mainly because it's a new IP and people have moved on from action games. Ask devil May Cry producers.. Compare the sales of DMC to COD or some other big seller it blows it away. Action games just don't sell like they used to. GOWIII probably will though being an exclusive. Well in the US anyways..

[commodore64]

This is so sad.

The entire thread is full of ps3 fans complaining, whining and damage controlling.

bu bu.. 'reputable websites'
bu bu.. 'gow3'
bu bu....

Let's face it, Bayonetta is an oustanding action game which happens to be available on both platforms, and, according to numerous reputable websites and 'apples-to-apples' comparisons the game looks undeniably better on the 360.
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...
http://kotaku.com/5379685/b...
http://www.gfdata.de/archiv...

Pretty much anywhere you look on the net, reputable websites give the nod to the 360 version.
Them's the facts.

In response, Sony and Sega reputedly have sought to address the ps3 specific version issues with additional development resources (read: more money), but the result is still not up to scratch:
http://www.ps3center.net/ne...

It wouldn't surprise me at all if this game was a ps3 exclusive, the same disgruntled ps3 fans would be hyping this game to the high heavens as a display of ps3 power... dear god... the irony!

Get a grip you sad fanboys!

This whole debacle really makes me wonder if a game like God of War3 might not also look marginally better on 360?
Certainly the Bayonetta precedent would support my forecast.

[BWS1982]

you missed the fanboys because you are one. DeadReckoning, Mint Royale, there's a good few. I'm not one, and will give any game a chance, regardless of what machine I put it in to play it. But just note there is an air of 360 fanaticism about here, and the title is flamebait, believe it or not.

Any reason a user here is making this PS3 vs 360 is because the viewpoint is stating that Bayonetta is superior to all other stylized action games. They disagree and bring up GOW, and to top that, yes they can talk about GoW, maybe 3 isn't out, but the first two and several DMC games ARE out and can be used.

I'm in the middle of downloading the demo right now, it looks interesting, but since I'm logically going to address this "comparison" where they said it topples other games, I'll wait for the FULL game, but start with some impressions from the demo to start.

And please, Commodore, tell me you aren't using Eurogamer and Kotaku as "reputable sources"...is this sarcasm day in your land? Who cares if a difference is there, you're so involved in pissing matches I wonder how you play games? The game was made from the ground up on 360, and we've seen how gorgeous PS3 visuals can be (which I'm sure you deny)...I stopped reading your post there, I typically never agree with any of your bias comments, as you've admitted a strong fanboy-view in the past, and I'm going to respectfully (I mean that) avoid your post. Please let's not waste each other's time now?

[commodore64]

@ bws

Dude, there is no need for you to damage control.
There already is a plethora of damage control in this thread.
Don't make it worse, please.

Eurogamer normally do the most in depth and accurate comparisons, thus are the most useful and applicable when comparing games.
There is no other site that has consistently gone to the trouble of making detailed and comprehensive comparisons like they have, for multiplats.
Thus, why wouldn't I use them?
Their analysis has shown them to be the most professional and detailed. Throughout the industry, they are certainly regarded as being reputable.

Of course, PS3 fans don't agree. I wonder why?
Indeed, why are you trying to downplay the veracity of their findings?
Is it because you are just another PS3 fanboy who doesn't like the truth?

Oh wait.... you want me to reference a pro playstation blog instead, that will gloss over the inferior ps3 bayonetta defects?
I get you, now.
Thanks for clearing that up... I have now safely ascertained that you are a mere ps3 fanboy, like the rest.

Of course, we don't have to settle for Eurogamer at all... let's consider some other opinions:
http://www.1up.com/do/newsS...
http://www.destructoid.com/...
http://www.wired.com/gameli...

It is funny how they all came to the same damning conclusion, huh?

I guess in your book sites such as: eurogamer, 1up, famitsu, kotaku, Lensoftruth, destructoid and wired are all somehow conspiring against the ps3 and are therefor by definition not reputable?
I had to laugh!

Now, before you attack me again, my previous comment was not about a 'pissing contest' (your words) at all.

It was merely a reply to all the damage control which seems to spring up whenever there is a slight pro 360 vibe.

My previous comment stated words to the effect of lauding Bayonetta for its excellence and stating that, with this precedent in mind, the 360 would seem rather well positioned to run a game such as gow3 equally as well, if not better.
Again, the truth of this statement seems hard to ignore, given the precedent of Bayonetta.

Hopefully, as a 'gamer' you can see what I am talking about.
If you can't then don't bother replying.
I am sick of little fanboys, anyway.

[BWS1982]

you missed the part where I said I don't care. Damage control? Is this politics? Again, your point being? You still have nothing that makes any sense to me, since you are still pissing in your contest. I saw some images, yes, the 360 version appears a bit sharper and cleaner as it was ground-up work on the 360, the game's not out yet and Sony is helping Sega, and the Ghostbusters on PS3 looked worse than 360, so did Orange Box....blah blah blabber blabber drivel all the way...

Again, your point? Are you pissing any better yet? Does it make you feel better? Did you win anything? What was the prize?

I'm not addressing the GOW3 comment, as that is your own speculation based around what you consider "evidence" and I'd rather not waste my time, the game was built around the PS3, we have seen what those games can do.

[Xgamerzus]

The reason why they pull off all this is the Graphics-Engine is last gen!
take into account the graphics engine is similar to Ninja Gaiden and DMC for the fact it is cartoony with colourful effects and graphics which could of been done basically on a Naomi2 version of dreamcast or Xbox 1..with More Ram of course!.
All Im saying is it looks fun and such but this is at best a Rental.Last Gen no doubt..

Ill take realistic ,ILM photreal imagery anytime over Pixar cheese..

[nycredude]

I am not trying to be an ass but IMHO this games plays like just another DMC. The demo was ok at best and the graphics subpar. It more like a shooter than a hack and slash.

It's seems the only people praising this to high heavens on N4g are the 360 fans. Sony fans know they will have the "definitive" hack and slash coming next year.

Seriously I really don't see what the hype is about. Alot of people should prepare to get severely dissappointed comes next year. The action is bland, and the graphics are meh, the sound is cheesy and the overall feel is cheesy. I could understand why some would like it but come on with the "puts every other action game to shame" comments! That is bullsh*t and everyone knows it! I mean the two bosses in the demo sucked ass and you can beat them just spamming the triagle button! Garbage.

[jesuisankit]

I agree with the statement to a certain extent.. I finished the game and I totally loved it, The combat is the best, Story is decent and passable. The battles are brilliant and there is lots of variety around with lots of WTH moments that u never see coming... GOW III and Dantes inferno better gear up there just has been a surprise entry and almost beats all the comp..

[deadreckoning666]

"lol all these sites desperate for hits. flashy/easy combos dont mean its best the action game."

Ummm..maybe their just giving their OPINION? So by saying that all these sites want is hits, ur saying that gamers are powerless to ignore them? Don't you think its sad that gamers know which sites want hits, yet they give in and give them the hits anyways?

Judging from your comment history(largely pro-Sony) if the title was "God of War 3 puts every other action game to shame" you wouldn't be talking crap about this site.

[ThanatosDMC]

I would since i see GOW as a hack and slash tank game. It's no DMC1 or DMC3.

[alaa]

one of the best action games in the past ten years.

[MicroSony4Life]

The game is top notch AAA+

Why are people hating on it already.

I dont know about you but give me an new IP over a game that I played twice already.

[Noctis Aftermath]

More then likely it's due to the fact that it's being overhyped, how does this game get perfect scores? famitsu you can understand because they are known to be biased when scoring famous japanese game developers, but the other places that are giving it perfect scores imo are unjust, what does this game do that pushes boundaries? nothing, it does almost nothing new and yet all these places are hailing it like as if it's redefined the Action and H&S genres which it hasn't.

I know that this will be a good H&S game, i'm not really hating on the game, but more on the reviews which exaggerate how good the game actually is.

[King Hippo]

I guess by "every other action game" they mean "just Ninja Blade".

[hardcore1912]

This is a prove that N4G runs by mindless people. It's a preview and the author explains why the game have the best battle system around.

[WildArmed]

lol when in doubt, report =/
But the title is flamebait.. it'd be too hard for them to use the title:
'Byonetta is one of the best action games this gen'

instead its alot better to use
'Bayonetta puts every other action game to shame'
Then the fanboys in the people wakes up.. coz if you love a game very much, you will defend it

[Bumpmapping]

Fixed.

[Rikitatsu]

"Fake" ? WUT!?
http://i46.tinypic.com/2dt7...

[WildArmed]

lol apparently that is not the opinion of the author.
the author is lying to himself o_O
And N4G 'really' knows how the author feels.

[xcox]

sorry xb!tches, you're owned again

[The Creep]

how about this... your an idiot

[xcox]

gee... you nailed so hard, i feel cricified

[INehalemEXI]

In my humble opinion Bayonetta is the #1 action game , when you want your avatar to be phat, equiped with 1337 bottom swagger. When your looking for epic action its GoW all day.

[MetalGearRising]

I wish i could go into a game and rip Kratos head and hang it on my wall for all to see would be awesome.

I love my xbox360 it has great games but i never understand why someone would purchase a ps3 WHY. Even thinking of a ps3 makes me wanna feel sick it has hardly any games which have a wow factor to me it's the crappiest console ever made.

[Bumpmapping]

Typical bot doesn't know reality from a game.I think you should go out more kid,you know socialize with your 12 year old buddies and play some sports...

[Rumor Monger]

http://h.imagehost.org/0721...

[ZombieAutopsy]

crappiest console ever made was the original xbox, and in second place...well...they just added some numbers onto it (and the failure rate)

[karan8624]

You can say what you want... but this game looks really gay

[Gen0ne]

:/

[-Seven-]

Watching a hot sexy chick that is almost naked at times vs a bald head white male that wears a skirt.

LMAO... I don't know about you but I would pick the chick any day.

[MicroSony4Life]

For your sake I hope your a girl.

[Vgameman]

Put a lot of thought into that insult didn't you? Yeah, well... your comment is gay.

See how easy that was? Come up with some better insults, then try again next time.

=]

[The Shadow]

@Karan

...and who ever agree with you are gays...

[alexy0089]

bayonetta looks like my grandmother :)

[Spike47]

Bayonetta is just being used now as an excuse to bring down GOW3, and you can already see the little stealthy biased comments being made by the media.

[The_Zeitgeist]

I think after being spoiled by the likes of Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2 this year, every game looks like your grandmother.

[MicroSony4Life]

that means she is a GILF.

If your grandma looks like that, tell her to PM me : )

[savedbythebell]

can i have your grandmothers phone number?

[aliens]

I have the God of War III demo. I don't know why this game is getting so much hype. It's not that good.

And if you doubt that I have the demo.

PS3 ID: King_Cush

I will show you with pleasure. I am one of those that got a code. I got the code 31. october.

[karan8624]

I have the demo, and it doesnt seem that amazing either.

And before I get a mountain of disagrees, Im a PS3 fan. Just not that into GOW, but itll likely be better than Bayonetta

[skatezero246]

that's your opinion, I also have the demo and it's easily in my top 3 most anticipated titles it's all about opinion though and my 3 favorite type of games to play include RPG's action adventure/hack&slash, and shooters

[RedDeadLB]

Bayonetta is not sucha good game.. Don't know why everyone is praising it so much.

[Moebius69]

because it's a multiplatform game which runs better on the 360

[aliens]

Even if it runs better on the 360. I'm still going to buy it for my PS3.

I buy many PS3 games. Both multiplatforms and exclusives. I even have The Orange Box on the PS3, which was considered to be broken. But it was not. It was playable, and quite fun.

Last week I bought Mirror's Edge, Fallout 3, and Bioshock for the PS3 for only like 40 bucks. That's cheap.

[ultimolu]

Are there any games on the 360 that can compare to Uncharted 2, Infamous, Killzone 2, MGS4, Little Big Planet, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue...?

You know, because all 360 fanboys can brag about are multiplatform games.

How about growing up? The PS3 version isn't unplayable.

Wow, just because this guy said he didn't see anything special about the game, it's because of the fact the 360 has the *superior* version.

Keep it coming fanboys, keep it coming.

[aliens]

Ultimolu what games do you play?

Hannah Montana the movie?
Singstar?
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the dinosaurs?

EDIT:

Lol. Batman: Dark Asylum? You mean Batman: Arkham Asylum. Females and their games. Makes me laugh.

EDIT2: Did I hurt your feelings?

[ultimolu]

Killzone 2
Resistance 2
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Devil May Cry 4
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Blazblue
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Mirror's Edge
Need for Speed Shift
Uncharted

...I can keep going if you want because I have over 20 games. Most of them are action/adventure/fighting games.

Shows how much you know about a female doesn't it?

EDIT: And you're such a big bad male to correct me. A female can't even play games? What kind of a sexist are you?

EDIT: No, you just crack me up with your so-called male superiority.

Moebius: And he has a right to his opinion. Why did you automatically assume he said that only because the 360 version is better?

Owning both consoles doesn't excuse you from not being a fanboy.

[Moebius69]

@ultimolu,

First i am NOT a 360fanboy,i own GT5P UC2 and infamous and love playing them.I was responding to what the guy above me said "don't know why everyone is praising it so much".My PS3 id is the same as the my name on here

[Man_of_the_year]

So because a game is multiplatform, it no longer can compete with exclusives? Thats some pretty flawed blinded delusional thinking.

Here is your list, and i have provided games that i feel match up.

Killzone 2 - COD4 and MW2 and Halo 3
Resistance 2 - COD4 and MW2 and Halo 3
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue - Forza 2 and Forza 3, Dirt 1 and 2, Grid
Devil May Cry 4 - Multi so will ignor
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 - Pfff
Ninja Gaiden Sigma - Pfff
Blazblue - Multi so will ignor
Batman: Arkham Asylum - Multi so will ignor
Mirror's Edge - Multi so will ignor
Need for Speed Shift - Multi so will ignor
Uncharted - Since this is a 3rd person action adventure game the only game that is in the same category would be Tomb Raider, and there is no competition there.

You also firstly added Uncharted 2, Infamous, MGS4, Little Big Planet.

Uncharted 2 - Again nothing really out there to compete in this game genera as per earlier commented for Uncharted.

Infamous - Prototype i felt was MUCH better. But for sandbox games, there are plenty out there such as the entire GTA 4 series.

Little Big Planet - Again nothing really out there in the market that can compete genera wise.

MGS4 - Great disappointment. 4 hours of gameplay and 9 hours of cut scenes with half of that being just drawn out boring dialog. Splinter Cell Double agent was more entertaining as a game than MGS4. I am not going to mention Conviction since it's not out yet and wouldn't be fair to the comparisons.

So the Uncharted series and LBP i would say are the only games in your list that stand on their own with nothing to compete with them since they are pretty much the only games within their genera that are out there. However for the rest of the games you stated you are playing along with the list you first stated, there are plenty of great games multi and exclusive that are just as good if not better.

[ultimolu]

Moebius and I came to a truce. There is no need for your paragraph rants that I'm not even going to bother reading.

[Serjikal_Strike]

does it make you feel like a man talkin sh1t to a female?
lmao...
dumb fools like yourselves got me kicked into this zone

[Man_of_the_year]

@ultimolu
That's ok, you're a Sony Fangirl and don't read nor accept other people's opinions, thus never expanding your mind. Completely understandable...and typical.

@Hi-def freak
1st - where was the "talking sh1t" i was saying to a female? Because i said her views are delusional? LMFAO now that was truly a pathetic comment.
2nd - whether its a girl or a boy, man or a women, this is a forum where difference of opinions are made. Maybe you should do a bit more research as to her comment history and see she is no angle herself. Also prove to me she is a girl. Anything can be said over the internet. How do i know if she is...she could be a guy pretending to be a girl...or she could be a guy the is gay and thus types like she does.

Way to come to her defense thou...now you have made her look like she can't stick up for herself and needs help. Way to tear her down on a public forum where many people come on here to see that she's not strong enough to defend herself. I am pretty sure she can stick up for herself. Or maybe she can't. Now that i see you here.

[Serjikal_Strike]

Nice of ya to use your last bubble to reply....
I'm not sticking up for him/her or anyone here... but for you to say she has flawed blind delusional ways of thinking and you dont think thats not talking sh1t?

You my slow learning troll friend are the delusional one!

let me explain myself again....Its cuz of tards like you i got banned from the gamer zone and got put in here with douchbags like yourself!

[The_Zeitgeist]

I don't have time for this game. Uncharted 2 is what I am stuck on now. I am so addicted to the MP its not even funny. And then in two months when I tire of that Bioshock 2 comes out and then after that is God of War 3 and Final Fantasy.

[The_Zeitgeist]

And at some point I hope we see The Darkness 2 this year. Anyone that played the first Darkness knows why I am excited for this game. IT CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH!!

[KurdGamer]

wow lol highly dissagree, I downloaded Bayinetta and played it, it was a very good demo, and I have the god of war 3 demo and it blows it away. God Of War 3 = EPIC.

[ultimolu]

It's one of the better action games out there (really liked the demo) but it's not the king of action games.

The title is flamebait.

[DEADEND]

I don't see the reason for all the hype behind this game, it's not doing anything new at all and the story looks very generic. Don't get me wrong I'm going to get it day one for my PS3 but only for the trophies and just to add a hack and slash to the collection. It looks fun but for people to compare this game to God of War or Ninja Gaiden just doesn't make any sense at all. God of War will sh1t all over this game, hell Dante's Inferno looks better then this and that game has less hype behind it. I will give this a try when I get it but I'm looking more forward to God of War and Dante's Inferno a whole lot more.

[SpinalRemains138]

the combos are so crazy and at normal camera depth the character of Bayonetta is too small to follow all the action. All you really see is a chick bouncing around and all the moves are veiled by yellow hit detection things and the human eye cannot possibly process all thats happening. Its a tad too over the top for me. It is a fun game tho. I'm just going to stick to Castlevania.

[Thatguy-310]

I don't know what the big deal is with this game I downloaded the demo a few days aha and let me tell is not as good as the critic are making it seem. I'll amir that it's ok but doesn't have a chance against god of war, dante inferno etc. Their are just trying to hype it up but the end Its just gonna be dissapointed

[SilverSlug]

YES it is true, I prefer the PS3 console to the 360, but this is one that I will have to pull out the 360 and play on.

I have not used my 360 in like... 8 months. Had to happen sometime.

[Gen0ne]

Word. All the people negatively comparing it to GoW or Ninja Gaiden, are giving Bayonetta a bit of a left handed compliment. Right off the bait, this game is making people draw lines in the sand and mark territories with ample amounts off piss ( and wind ) It's already being compared to the greats and after playing the demo ( on both systems *360 version is a hair better* ) it think it deserves it's place amongst the best. GoW vs Bayonetta... apples and oranges or in gaming terms Metroid vs Halo. Two semi similar games delivering two completely different experiences. Ninja Gaiden vs Bayonetta... hmmm. This seems more of a fair comparison, I'm playing Sigma 2 on master now, and after playing Bayonetta, I'm gonna say that yeah, the combat system is better in Bayonetta. Which says a lot, because if you get good at NG, you can really jack people up in fairly violent ways. *They should've kept the blood...* Anyways, I'm looking forward to this and Darksiders. 2010 gonna be good.

[tatotiburon]

PS3 fanboys are so funny, first MW2, now bayonetta.

Can't wait for this game

[ultimolu]

So heaven forbid someone has a different opinion about the game, it automatically makes them a PS3 fan?

Are you kidding me?

[gamingisnotacrime]

There is nothing to brag about when IW releases a CoD 4.5 at full price and raises the price in United Kingdom and PC gamers are treated like fools.
I have not played the game, although i do realize fans of the series are very satisfied. I wont pay the price for CoD 4.5 because with that money i can buy a real new game (Assasins Creed 2, Borderlands, Batman etc etc)
Im not a MP junkie, so the poor campaign is the low point for this game.
Besides one thing you have to Understand is the PS3 owners/fans can get Uncharted 2 instead of MW2, Or Demons Souls, or any other exclusive or multiplat that offer a Lot More Value for the money.
Im not bashing on MW 2 because i know the fans are loving it, but since im not a fan and i can play KZ2, MW2 (CoD 4.5) is below the standard

[xabmol]

Didn't you know? If you don't like a 360 game you're a PS3 fanboy. And now if you don't like a multiplat witch is available on ALL CONSOLES you are a PS3 fanboy.

You understand the logic here, right?

/sarcasm

[WMW]

"PS3 fanboys are so funny, first MW2, now bayonetta." lol how many game ruining glitches have been found in MW2 again i lost count? and bayonetta putting every action game to shame how many good ones have come out hell forget good ones how many action games have been released? it is not hard to be the best when the rest of your competition is garbage too human, ninja gaiden 2, and ninja blade funny how they all have 1 thing in common. you can sit here once again trying to defend and act like it is a 360 exclusive while ps3 owners can get this and then later get the king of action games gow3.

[tatotiburon]

you people are funny because:

1. you're bashing a game that you even have played, and bashing every review that gave bayonetta a perfect score from people that actually played the full game. Same think about MW2, since the first day that you knew that the ps3 version sold less than the xbox 360 version you started to bash MW2 with no mercy and is and it will be the same story with any game that run better on xbox 360.

different opinion my ass...if you want to have a different opinion first you have TO PLAY THE FULL GAME..the rest are only ps3 fanboys crying for anything

[MajestieBeast]

Is this a joke the camera in bayonetta is just rubbish the game doesnt offer any difficulty its almost a carbon copy of dmc with little innovation from the demo i played it looks like a 8.5 at best certainly not the 10/10 its been getting from edge(lol) and famitsu who gave nintendogs a 10...

[gamingisnotacrime]

does the scope of the game makes it epic (ala GoW or DMC 1,3)?
How is the action overall, Satisfying, average, mediocre?

[gamingisnotacrime]

My expectations for this game are above average. Nothing special, and i learned a long time ago that reviews are just an opinion, and core gamers should get their own experience and draw a personal opinion also. The attention/hype this game is getting is something i dont understand. The visuals are ok, the action is fun (based on the demo), but i dont see the DMC(1 and 3 of course) epicness or GoW series. The chick is very refreshing for a genre full of pissed off males protagonists, that is a plus but getting all this perfect scores and etc is awkward. I will definetely rent this game, and decide if it is wirth buying because by the demo i dont expect that much greatness

[Raoh]

I'm not that impressed.. I think the game will be a great fun to beat. I really liked the demo.

but to put it above all others before we played it in its entirety? and all the agrees? aren't we being a bit too gracious to games lately?

not to mention, god of war? really? would you lump every shooter in the same breath? no, then the same should not be for buttom mashers..

nothing about bayonnetta shouted god of war.. devil may cry yes.. i felt like i was playing devil may cry with a female as the lead character.

but above all other games?

wow.. not only has the game industry changed but gamers have as well..

no more should we use the word Bots or Droids..

looks more like a unified nation of lemmings

[xabmol]

I would have to disagree.

I just don't see why this game is so hyped. And I certainly don't see how it takes action games to "the next level." I keep hearing that. What is this "next level?" o.0?

Don't get me wrong, the game looks good, but all this hype is a little much. Even the DMC series is a little hit and miss. 1&3 are good, while 2&4 I found lacking.

[ultimolu]

I don't like the pop music that much. That's about the only thing that kinda threw me off, lol.

Other than that, the game is fun, based on my interpretations of the demo.

[xabmol]

And the Flash game Lunar Mouse is fun too, but did it take Flash games to "the next level?"

Perhaps in the full retail game it will shock and awe, but all I got from the demo was a stiffy. The game is overly sex driven. That doesn't mean they get a free pass just because it's soft core porn.

[sugatmahanti]

ya ya we get it !!! but based on demo i dont think so..coz maybe its just over the top DMC with some new moves

[L-a-i-n]

I guess expectations were so low that it just had to seem great when they played it. When I played the demo although it was enjoyable. I see no reason to pay $60 for it if anything would be a rental from gamefly.

[Grimhammer00]

Ok...here's my 2 cents. (and yes I own and have finished Bayo... psn: grimhammer00)

I love the game! It's fast, framerate is very playable...occasionally it'll hiccup during intense scenes...but it's never a hindrance. Graphics didn't look washed out to me in my 18hr+

Music is very atmospheric choir monk...only battles have the jazz lounge elevator music. Well, a few other cut-scenes and Rodin's bar.

Weapons are awesome, and you can change them on the fly ala DMC of course. Enemies are cool looking and hard. The whole game on normal (trophies are for normal & hard...and infinite climax has a few too I believe. The last too must be unlocked via normal play thru) is hard! This game's normal is other games hard.

Boss battles are amazing and are truly massive!

Story - it's good...though as you might expect, a bit convoluted and I recommend you read the journal pages you find scattered throughout the game. Somethings are painfully obvious while others are obscure as hell.

Negatives: While the story is better than say DMC4's I never once had that feeling one gets when you are so completely into the game that you forget you are playing. It's certainly too silly in many spots to take the story seriously...even though by the end you'll know that that's precisely what is expected of you.

Graphics are good on the models and very workman's like for the environments. In no place in the game did I get blown away by the visuals...other than the creative art direction.

Enemies are reused too often for my tastes. I know it's part and parcel of the action/adventure genre...but this game goes a bit to far. Don't get me wrong...they are cool looking, just you fight the same guys from stage1 as you do stage 16....(and they're are more stages than that...it's a long action game! Some stages take an hour to beat!) Mid-bosses get used over and over.

Lastly, many games this gen give you no reason to really play the single story (Bayo is obviously single player only) again after completion. Sure you might want a plat trophy or get some unlockables but it's over when it's over.

Bayonetta I think might peeve some people off - it has arguably too many unlockables that either you won't get enough "money" to buy or are tied to completing level challenges (which aren't all easy too find - and can be frustratingly difficult)or are only attainable if one beats the game on hard or infinite-climax which are both soooooo redonkulas!!!

I realize this ended up being my review - which I wasn't intending. But what the hell! If you are into action/adventure with crazy stories and gratuitous sexuality (notice I didn't say sexy - her proportions are waaaay wrong and their are two moments in the import version which will not make it to western shores - I promise you!), amazing fighting system and repetitive enemies don't bother you - which they shouldn't if you are into the genre...then I'd say get Bayo for sure! You won't be beating this game getting a Plat/1000 gamer score by renting!

For the pointlessness of review scores I give it a 9/10

(Import version load times on PS3 are long...but in between levels it allows you to train which you'll need! Even on 360 these load times are present. The other menu and menu item switching is annoying but not at all game changing in anyway. Though I heard the 360 version doesn't have the menu issues.)

[jesuisankit]

Bubbles for you man.. Almost exactly what I felt for the game.. though I felt the game does has nice variety of enemies but never really used a few couple of them more then in 2 or 3 fights.. Ppl should read your post and what I wrote about the game on page one and should realize the demo is not all to the game.. its a brilliantly made action game.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Kamiya is the king, people. : )

Bayonetta IS action.

[DigitalAnalog]

And then GOWIII gets released....

There would be silence............

followed by...

CHAOS!

-End Statement

[JonnyBigBoss]

Demo was good, but I enjoyed the God of War 3 demo at E3 substantially more.

[Bodyboarder_VGamer]

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[Bodyboarder_VGamer]

And that's exactly what makes this game a button masher... You just need to smash any button without even knowing what are you doing. People only care about what happens on screen and about what are they really doing... That's not the type of game that I would consider the King of actions games. More like the King of button mashers.

[Saaking]

except GOTY 2010 PS3 exclusive, king of hack-and-slash adventure game, God of War III.

[hatchimatchi]

i own it for the ps3. It's a pretty cool game but i don't think it's as great as these sites are making it out to be. The witch time mechanic is pretty cool though and it definitely has to be utilized in order to take down some enemies.

I think the best part about the game is it's style. It has a film noir feel to it and the soundtrack is jazz influenced. It's hard to describe but if you buy it you'll get what i mean. Also, Bayonetta is a really cool character and the game is actually pretty funny at times.

[devilhunterx]

Gameplay comparison:

Bayonetta Vs. Devil May Cry.

God of War Vs. Dante's Inferno Vs. Darksider.

Ninja Gaiden Vs. poop.

[shinobi333]

u ppl make me sick u guys played a demo and r talking all this smack about the games combat its diffulculty its MUSIC really the MUSIC wow what a sad bunch u are. what the hell happened to being a GAMER and waiting to try the full build ur self im getting GOW beyonetta and dantes inferno if not rent and stop crying over this nonsense.

[L-a-i-n]

Last time I checked that is the point of a demo to a game..... A demo is put out so you may see what impression it gives you before you buy it. Some comments on here are pretty stupid, but yours is not much better. It is up to the developer to make a close representation of what the final product will be. If it falls short for some people it is just there opinion. Live with it and move on.

[Gen0ne]

... but the music really does suck. Badly. Custom soundtracks, here I come!

Oh yeah, that also sucks that custom soundtracks don't work on the PS3 version. I tried and was sorely disappointed. I'd prefer a game like this on my PS3, but if I have a choice ( and I do ) I'm gonna roll with the 360 version. My ears are already thanking me for it.

[Neo604]

What about the salesssd??!!!

[matchgrade]

How many of the review scores were earned by the blatant sexual overtones and near-nude Climax moves?

[Neo604]

This game flop if it doesn't get 1mil sales day one.
Another great xbox exclusive trying to compare to GOW.
Kratos gonna rip her asshole.

[Eiffel]

So... it's DMC with tits?

[Gen0ne]

Come to think of it, DMC had plenty of tits in it. Unfortunately, they weren't playable tits...

[Eiffel]

Lol, it's not a bad thing to some. But by the way it plays and by the few differences. I figured it was pretty funny.

I wonder when Nintendo will make Super Lugi Brothers.

[Christopher]

"Bayonetta actually have the most responsive, enjoyable, varied and frantic battle system around and I will explain why after the jump."

"Bayonetta also have the richest list of moves in an action-beat em up game thus far."

"The game also have some very well animated finishing moves (Torture Moves) that can be triggered whenever the purple meter is filled."

I have. You have. He has. She has. It has. Bayonetta HAS. The game HAS.

/end_grammer_rant

[CernaML]

"/end_grammEr_rant"

lol

[Christopher]

Everyone has to do that every once in a while. Earlier today was my time.

Regardless, or irregardless for the idiots, I'm not the one writing a blog to be posted on N4G.com. If I was, I wouldn't make these type of mistakes because I'd actually proof read my work prior to posting it.

[ipe]

i wonder sometimes how old are these reviers.

Im gamer for 13-15 years and i cant see what for stands all these superlatives.I have demo and its fun game with nice art,fast paced action,and in SHORT ,DMC with female.

Any1 who says bayonetta powns everything or best game ever is complete jerk or 360 fanboy thats it.

I wont be buying it on release no chance,maybe later for 20,30$.My cash goes for heavy rain,bioshock..later gow and gt.

[L-a-i-n]

I don't see how saying Bayonetta pwns everything or best game ever has anything to do with the person being an 360 fanboy... That could just be a really immature person 8)

[CobraKai]

Until i played the demo. Now I want this game like nobody's business.

[DonCorneo]

only perv xbots would play this in public.

this + DOA beach volleyball = xbot's substitute for a GF/wife

LMAO!!1!

[chrisulloa]

What? So a female character automatically makes you a homosexual/pervert. You guys sure do have some interesting logic.

[n to the b]

that's droid logic. shouldn't really be called logic at all though.

[robotnik]

I don't like the girl. She looks dumb, stupid and walks like a duck. I prefer Ayane or Rachel from NG.

[WMW]

like i said in my other post how many game ruining glitches and cheats are in MW2? the game got bashed and deserved all of it but since the 360 version has timed exclusive dlc you and others fanboy nature kicks in to defend it ignoring all of it's flaw just to try and give the 360 some worth since you didn't have much this year. also again how many action games are out to compete with bayonetta? the gow collection is scoring as good as bayonetta it can't even put a 2 last gen games to shame so don't get your hopes up that it will be better then gow3. also the ps3 version out sold the 360 version in japan so no one is bashing it because it sold more on the 360. you 360 clowns get so attached to multiplatform games that it is sad you really have it set in your mind that ps3 owners can't have multiplatform games don't you? get over it people who have chooses don't have to just settle for what is available they will get what they prefer so if they don't like bayonetta oh well deal with it.

[WLPowell]

There was nothing (I mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING) that resonated with me in terms of gameplay, setting, story, atmosphere, music, etc. It doesn't come close to God of War or Ninja Gaiden I'm still trying to figure out how this game has garnered such high praise. Unless the full game is not represented whatsoever by the demo, I doubt it's AAA material. It's gonna be just like Prototype vs Infamous. Yeah Prototype offered more in what you can do to your enemies, but you play it and it feels like a waste of space and increbily confused. Whereas Infamous you could tell more thought went into the overall game, instead of "Just fill the game's combat system with a bunch of ridiculous crap for no reason."

[dkgshiz]

and now its claimed to be the greatest hack and slash ever?! Yeah, ok.

[Squirrelturd]

I actually thought the demo was very fun, specially the fight against that other witch.

[ShinFuYux]

That's how i see it.

[Raoh]

I don't think anyone has a negative thing to say about the game.. we seem to disagree with the articles title of "putting other games to shame"

he did what he wanted, got us arguing and got a few hits.. other than that..

i cant wait to play it but putting other games to shame?

LMFAO

[harrisk954]

I am not interested in this game in the slightest. Something about the whole thing just bothers me... it's like "same old, same old"... another Japanese DMC-clone button masher.

[i like jam]

looksgood, but gonna stick with the daddy

god of war

[TwistedMetal]

If you havent bought ninja gaiden2 or DMC I really dont see people getting this game because its not appealing. With dante inferno, darksiders, and GoW3 comeing out I see this game failing. Most of those getting it will have a unfinished trophy/achievment game lol. I say 50% completion max. This game should only be compared to DMC and Ninja Gaiden. dante inferno or Kratos shouldnt come out of any reviewers Fu*king mouth. Dont give this dude the hits. People want to mess around and start ruining games with ther fanboy stuff then they gonna get burned. you aint gonna help bayonette by getting arrogant. look what happend to prototype. I forget that crap game even exists.

[Hudahudahuda]

Ninja Gaiden is the king of combat.

God of war is the king of level design and platforming.

Dante is cooler than this rediculous slut.

Beyonetta will not outdo any of this.

Took me 13 minutes to install the demo and 13 seconds to delete. Mediocre game based on the chosen sample they have given me.

[WLPowell]

When I kept hearing it was better than DMC, NG, and GOW I was expecting hollywood level set-peices , a narrative with truly epic characters, a damn good soundtrack, and a fighting game style of a battle system. I saw none of that and I facepalm everytime this game gets anywhere near a perfect score, I understand it's Kamiya so I was expecting the next evolution of DMC, but it's JUST DMC with a chick and Viewtiful Joe's Bullet time (Woot we're back in the early 2000's) and even DMC4 evolved the regular DMC formula with Nero's stretchy arm.

[kindi_boy]

enjoy your bubble, 100% agree.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Shock and awe on this game. I enjoyed the demo.

[Ashriel]

So much hate from PS3 fanboys -__- it's not like you can't play the game, people.

You are trying really hard to put down an awesome game like this.

So what if it turns out to be better than GOW3? You seem so afraid of that. It would be better for all of us and remind SCE Santa Monica that graphics aren't everything and force them to step up in gameplay mechanics.

One thing is for sure, flamebait articles like this are not helping Bayonetta :( the fanboys now WANT to hate this game... it's a shame :(

[Digitaldude]

Rofl, more hype its a shame cause i was anticipating it but didnt expect the hype to build this much....

[Zeal0t]

i've played the Bayonetta Demo and i have to say its amazing and fun game. I've just pre-ordered my limited edition of Bayonetta and i can't wait to get may hands on it.

BUT...

It won't put God of War 3 to shame, because GoW3 is a league of it's own. Sure i only base this claim on the E3 Demo but i trust SCEA Santa Monica on this one. I've played the demo 40 times now and it's just pure epicness.

Also Dantes Inferno is shaping up to be one "hell" of a ride and after Dead Space (i love it) i have all the faith in Visceral Games.
In the end its all coming down to personal preference and in my case i will be getting all three of the above mentioned games :D

[jc48573]

that people can buttom mash to win their way out in bayonetta. spamming with the action button on the other hand is a different story.

[broomhead123]

did anyone not play this and just feel like you are playing a shoddy game, oh wow u can do crazy combos wooo but when u jump of something butterfly's appear when u land..... that is a sure sign of quality :D the demo was just awful the fighting was terrible yeah u can do some 'cool' combos but summoning a massive fist out of 'somewhere' is the end of most of them just the angle changes. the first boss of the demo is easy if u stay underneath it, it seems to forgot to attack u and just flail around lol! the glimpse of the storyline was awful. She looks like a odd kinky library lady! That has a fetish for guns and lycra.

[broomhead123]

oh yeah and i forgot the music was awful and facepalm

[jc48573]

just proves that you haven't seen anything yet cause you can pull more tricks than what the tutorial has shown you.

[broomhead123]

dammit sorry i forgot i magically make my Lycra turn into a big dog that looks like Sirius black out of harry potter... ok admittedly there are like a trillion combos but i have actually tried alot of them thanks to helpful combo thing on the right that came up i tried alot of them out and they did feel slightly monotonous oh and RUBBBISSSHHHHH play it if u do have library assistant fetish invloving witches.... masssive tiny faced stone golem things... oh and black dogs... and gay pink guns

[Mwaan]

I am in awe of Bayonetta's battle system. It's the best action game ever because you can dodge attacks in mid air.

[broomhead123]

*rolls eyes*

[jc48573]

@broom

you like the game. you are just trying to get more people to say positive things about it by being the bad boy.

[broomhead123]

i love your logic...... i do not like the game it is awful and yes i am a bad boy maybe we shall make a action game about me being a bad boy with wizards and giant small faced giant fire golems and i have a suit that turns into a tiny kitten the purrsss at my enemies...

[Veneno]

So that ppl can stop talking about how awesome and amazing it's NOT gonna be. just plain over hyped game. and its pathetic to once again see the Xbox crowd rally behind a MULTIPLATFORM game to kill a PS EXCLUSIVE, in this case God Of War III. Does anyone else out there understand how pathetic that is?

[WIIIS1]

Isn't it evident from this long thread that the only ones worried and whining about GOW3 being killed are the PS3 fanboys? Just like how it was with Uncharted 2/ KZ 2 when MW2 came out. Now that is truly pathetic.

Bayonetta is going to be No. 1 in gameplay mechanics, and 360 is the superior version, so get over it.

[Cheeseknight28]

Sorry fanboys, I'll be enjoying God of War III AND Bayonetta.

Why b**** and moan about the nuances of each when you can just play both?

[slave_2D_controller]

why settle for just steak when you can have steak and potatoes?

[boss_killa]

i see all the noobs will like bayonetta.

add in the fact that the b'tch strips and we have a winner.

lol

[khellendros1]

The demo was awesome.I wasn't too excited about this game before, but now it's a must buy.

[xXKingofStingXx]

How can this game be any better than the aforementioned when all it does is imitate them? The demo was full of flash and had its moments but from what i gathered the game is nothing more than a seriously toned down DMC for younger and sexually depraved gamers, i mean come on she loses her clothing after firing so many rounds! I'm not saying it's a bad game but the demo gave me the impression this was a bargain bin pick up for me as i can think of other, BETTER ways to spend 60 bones.

[DW]

... could make a game better than DMC. The article though seems a little one sided but the points about the style of the game are true. Kamiya rose his level up with this and reinvented what he started without changing too much.

In some ways though Bayonetta is the DMC I wanted years ago so I'll give Platinum Games that. However, to say that it trumps GOW is akin to seasoning flambait for the fanboys.

[slave_2D_controller]

over Bayonetta is rediculous but ironically makes perfect sense when you think about it. The PS3 side is Meh about it while the Xbox360 side is ZOMG! LADY JESUS IS COMING!

PS3 owners have had a sweet ass run in 2009. After playing the likes of Uncharted2, GOW Collection, etc. Theres no reason to go haywire over Bayonetta, its just another addition to massive library. We've already seen and played better games. 2009 was filled with PS3 Exclusives AND Multi's that have kept us more than content and Q1 of 2010 doesnt look to be any different.

360 Fans were not so lucky in 2009. 360 boys are angry and hateful these days since MS has pretty much flipped their user base the bird as they have been busy prepping Natal for the casuals instead of supporting their core, Its a sad state of affairs as it stands. MS fans have no choice but take whatever is thrown their way. Its nothing but slim pickins for the 360 while the Sony tree is full with ripened fruit on both exclusives and multiplat fronts. So its no suprise to see the 360 base yelling- THANK GOD FOR BAYONETTA!

Bottom line is PS3 owners have the option to overlook game x and buy game y instead. While 360 fans only have game x=multi-plats to buy. Me personally, I think Bayonetta rocks and I will be picking it up for my 360 but only after I finish GOW3. The price should be cheaper by then as well.

Hope this helps

[Scriptor]

I just played the demo, this game sucks ass!!!

[ndibu]

cant judge a game by its demo. you saying Gt5 will only be as good as prologue? Don't hate me for saying that, i'm just using your logic

[ndibu]

sit down cos this is gonna blow your socks off! bayonetta. . .is coming...to. . .PS3!! Woohoo! This awesome game is no longer an x360 exclusive, so you can stop hating it so much Whats that? What do you mean it was never exclusive? why hate it then?

[TheTwelve]

After playing the Bayonetta demo, it turns out that it's exactly what I thought it would be...a fun time-filler until I get to play GOW3. That's all folks. Fun game, worth playing, but nowhere near as satisfying as GOW.

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[The Iron Sheik]

Did they play the same game I did? I played the Bayonetta demo, it was alright but nothing like people are making it out to be. I'll probably get it used eventually.

The GOW3 demo is superior in every way. Graphics, atmosphere, combat, and brutality. GOW3=Day one purchase.

[RumbleFish]

The Bayonetta demo is cool and fun. I don't want to compare it to other games. I like it, nothing else matters.

[Aaroncls7]

Hideki Kamiya (Resident Evil 2, Viewtifful Joe, Okami) is the creator of Devil May Cry, get it? CREATOR. Then it was taken from him after the first game because Capcom is ghey.
Bayonetta is the spiritual successor of DMC. How can it be a ripoff if the man invented the genre himself; back before the God of Wars and the Ninja Gaidens?

[xtremeimport]

i didnt enjoy the demo, but i think its I just dont enjoy japanese style games like this. Ninja gaiden and DMC didnt impress me. but thats just me, I have tried to enjoy them just maybe havent played them enough yet.

however, GoW series still holds the title as the best in my eyes based on what i've said above. I also enjoyed heavenly sword quite a lot.

[gameraxis]

Story, Dialogue, Combat, Graphics, and Setting vs. Combat...

I'll certainly play Bayonetta, but stick with GOW as far as the better game... because even if the combat is better which i have yet to see, its not by much, and GOW clearly has everything else in spades...

did u hear the awful music in that game, horrible storyline, dumb main character?

stupid article...

[blikz]

For me.. Bayonetta is better than DMC 4.. that's all..

[andy1664]

hack and slash -January- Bayonetta,darksiders and dante's inferno in one month in UK, no xmas presents for anyone so i can buy these and still have enough money for xmas beer and god of war 3 in march - my poor bank balance!

[Shendow]

Better then GOW? no because GOW3 isn't out an you can't say its better then a game that isn't out yet. Better then DMC? kind of -_- mostly because it is made by the same creater of DMC (Look it up) Anyways it is going to be a good time killer until God Of War 3 and Devil May Cry 5 come out.

All an all, its going to be a good game but I wouldn't get so over hype about it.

[matta]

It's more like we're ashamed that she isn't back in the kitchen.

[xg-ei8ht]

Sorry i must be off my hinges, but i thought the demo was just ok, nothing special and didn't even make me want to get the game.

I can say the same for L4D2.

Overhyped games.

[Keowrath]

Holy crap! The hate for Bayonetta is unreal!

I've always preferred DMC to any of the other big action titles. Don't get me wrong, I love GoW and NG but DMC was always my favoured action game (To me, it has a deeper fighting engine than any of the other titles). Now Bayonetta is done by the same guy that did the original, and to me that's been the best DMC released. Again, I love the other sequals (except 2) but the original had me going through Dante must Die mode where as I couldn't be bothered with 3 and 4.

Now because this game is being released on the 360 as well, people are going nuts because some reviewers think it's better than GoW. Before you go jumping down my throat. I don't own a 360 and I never intend to get one either.

Come on people, it's obvious Bayonetta IS A GREAT GAME, any fan of Devil May Cry is gonna be in for a treat. Make your own decision if it's better than God of War III but please, try doing it AFTER YOU'VE played BOTH games.

Bayonetta in January, God of War III in march. action GAMERS with a PS3 are going to be in for a treat early next year.

[boss_killa]

gow 3 will sh't on this game. guaranteed.

now with that said i might get this game when it's $20. it looks ok, a little too generic though.

[hankmoody]

Why all the negativity surrounding this one? The reviews so far have been pretty interesting to say the least and after playing the demo, this one is a definite purchase. The only reason anyone would get upset by this article is because they're hoping their little PS3 exclusive that could doesn't get upstaged by a game that happens to be available on both consoles. Either that or the mere possibility is something they just can't handle.

[Shendow]

Shows some 360 fanboys got little brains and no idea what they are talking about.

Learn to read before opening your mouth, if you read my comment, it had notthing to do with PS3 only titles and for the fact of the matter.

This game is made by the same guy that made Devil May Cry, but then again their is word going around that this game might look better on PS3 because of Sony helping Sega on it.

If that is true, then not only would USA Sega be working with a company that beat (Kind of lol) but learn more about PS3, that is a pretty big thing. An how is people saying this isn't going as got as a PS3 only title, if all 360 fanboys do is say Protype is better on 360?

When it comes to games that are on both system, their most likely going to be a little thing you can tell that makes it better, but if the company takes time you make it for both systems =^-^= well that is awesome.

I wish Protype was a 360 only title because it should have been, I don't care for the 360 but doesn't mean I won't get one to add to the collection of video game systems I got.

[rakunado]

All I see here is simply too many people judging a game based on the "demo" version.

"Demo version" this, "demo version" that.

I too like a few people on this board have the game and played the game, and honestly my opinion is more like all the reviewers.

Why? Well it depends on what type of gamer you really are. Are you old skool? Did you appreciate the wackiness of the first DMC when Dante first got impaled by the sword and pulled it out of him? At the time im pretty sure everyone went "WTF". Well if you liked that, Bayonetta brings back these "WTF" moments.

Secondly, this game is not meant to be taken seriously. Too many people are trying to think it is trying to contend directly against storyline greats like God of War. Unfortunately alot of you are missing the point. Bayonetta actually follows the more old skool japanese ideology of just whacky fun. There are alot of old skool references included as well, many people who have played this will realise when they see the bike sequences or the space harrier levels. No they are not ripping anything off, they are "tributes" to the genres that where successful. Hell, even the music during those levels are more of a 8bit version that we use to hear on the good old NES, PC ENGINE, MASTER SYSTEM.

Unfortunately alot of people do not see this. I can possibly see the reason behind this as the majority of gamers are getting younger. I myself am 32. I love games. Been playing games since way back during Atari and Apple IIe. Bayonetta is one of those first Japanese games that brings me back to the days when DMC originality "wowed" me.

Okay we all know her design is out of proportion, we all know she does not look that sexy. However while i was playing, the design kind of grows on you. Also we must really question what are we looking for in designed characters these days. Have any of you ever bought comic books before? Take a look at Gears of War, Batman Arkham Asylum or even Japanese/Western animated characters (Nightmare Before Christmas, Fist of the North Star, Dragonball, blah blah blah). Everyone is not designed proportionately. They are emphasized in different parts. For bayonetta her limbs were stretched. And when you play the game, you will understand why such a design was needed to be implemented. Her moves would not look as flowing if she didn't have those extra long limbs to stretch it out. Overall though when she executes alot of the moves they really did grow on me. Demo also only shows 1/6 of what she can really do.

The ps3 demo only shows 3 sequences, of a zone that has around 9 sequences. Not to mention when i played the demo on the japanese psn store in august i found it to be lacking as well. After playing the full version however, i am however amazed at how well all the parts were integrated.

So overall. If you like anime, Get it. If you like over the top action sequences that spits and laughs in the matrix face, get it. If you like absurd story telling with a protagonist that has comments that make you "cringe" but secretly find cool at the same time, get it. If you are a old skool gamer, get it. Difficulty on the harder "ultimate climax" levels are totally Ninja Gaiden Sigma 1 unforgiving.

The only bad thing is, the ps3 version right now has long long load times. I blame SEGA. So if you have both consoles, you would want to look and get the xbox360 version just because of the faster loading. And trust me, this game LOADS alot. Although i hear a patch is being released.

Is it as good as God of War series? No because God of War has that epic feel and polish. Kind of like comparing the movie Aliens(being god of war) to bayonetta being Alien. Both are brilliant and great movies, but one is higher production and has a larger cast and so many WOW and COOL scenes. Is it better than DMC? Yes well that is kinda debatable, but overall she fights/moves better than Dante or Nero, and looks cooler doing it. Is it better than Ninja Gaiden Sigma 1/2? Yes and in my opinion it is even more gorier than no.2, just take a look at how she dismantles the bosses.

Boss fights. Better than God of War? Right now on par, although nothing can kind of beat greek mythology and titans. Better than DMC? Yes. Better than Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, yes. Boss fights in Bayonetta are absolutely spectacular. Spectacular in such a way that they take up a whole chapter in the game.

So overall bayonetta really just does come to whether you believe you can like a long tall weird looking woman who wears glasses and talks like a posh 1920's errr.....english(im not even sure what type of accent to make it) who uses hair to fight things. I think that line says it all. If you can, then by all means get the game, you won't regret it. However if God of War "serious serIOUS SERIOUS!" is more your style. Then i would give this a miss and just rent it as a popcorn movie. Because it is worth playing just for the absurd laughs.

P.S. Wall of text crits you for 999999999999999! Eye bleeds everywhere! O_O Sorry also for grammar!

[powerhouse]

but you cant put this game and GOW in the same breath its ridiculous and I'm talking GOW 1&2.

[rakunado]

Unfortunately no. God of War, DMC, Bayonetta, Ninja Gaiden, even though some are more action intensive and others have a wider range of puzzles. They are all the same type of games.

They are pretty much the new definition of action/platform games. I would gladly love to set apart God of War from DMC/Bayonetta/Ninja Gaiden, but no they are all in the same genre.

[Justin_bristoe]

bayonetta is a fun ass game.i will be getting this and then gow.i've never really followed gow and it is a button masher. personally loved HS alot more.but i will get gow don't mistake me.

[Honky Kong]

i havent played many action games that really have that good of a story... gow is a nice dark tale but still its pretty lame. all these games try to be so serious and bad a$$ but bayonetta is actually poking fun at this....as in its actually pretty funny, but i think you need to have some sense of style or a bit more intelligence than the average gow/cod mainstream gamer to enjoy.
and i know this is obvious but man its just sad to see people on this site... this game is great but because it runs better on the xbox people are complaining about every thing but the crappy frame rate... grow up. it just shows that you feel hurt that yet again the ps3 is showing that it really isnt any better than the xbox. but dont worry gt5 and ff13 gow3 are all on the way....still. as is motion control and 3d graphics.....

[rakunado]

I totally agree, people have to treat this game with a not-so serious attitude! It was never made to be serious!

[Morituri]

I'll wait for this to hit the bargain bins before buying.

[Salta_nelas]

I dont know why all the fuss, most people can get Ninja Gaiden Sigma2 , Bayonetta and GOWIII. Simple.

[spektical]

the demo was satisfying, but to say its better than god of war is foolish.. Dont get me wrong bayonetta demo was good, but i dont see myself feeling for this character the same way one feels about Kratos. the character just looks like a straight up slut with weapons.. honestly im not get attached to that, but it mite be good.

[XGreyFoxX]

I think this game is a good start for something new but i dont think it will have a big enough fan to shame DMC4, Ninja Gaiden II. I luv this game and will buy it.. Demo was fun..

[Vortex3D]

I played both demos on PS3 and X360. PS3 has longer train chapter and X360 has the falling clock and shorter train chapters.

While the action is fun, I can't make any sense of what is going on other than button messing as quick as possible. Most of the time, I don't even know which enemy I'm attacking since the screen is full of stuff going on.

If the full game is like this, it's like mindless button messing at anything on the screen.

[RonRico]

If u just mash buttons, one than two, you can beat whatever enemy you run into. I think the combat system is a little too forgiving, hence, the game doesn't put EVERY other action game to shame. And it's corny as hell. Just my opinion.

[ExposingLames]

way to overhype....it better be, and not under deliver instead

i hate places that get the ball rolling for a game like this...9 times outta 10 its a complete failure

+ it only raises your expectations even more

[FxckOSX]

strange flattering like Zack&Wiki.
they are forced by MS again and again.

[baodeus]

I played the demo on both x360 and ps3, and i think it is like DMC but better. The game seem a little bit too chaotic though. There are too many flashy details all over the screen that seem to take away the focus of the action at times. I don't even see where i'm most of the time during that tower scene, just seeing flashes and feathers and other things....a bit too distracting.

However i do think the combat is spot on. It is more comparable to DMC (stylish game play) then GoW (focus on brutality) or NG (lightning fast, deadly, but controlled chaos). I think each games has their own style which is a good thing. I don't want Bayonetta to be like NG or GoW. What is the point?

This is what i think:

1. Just on Fighting Mechanic
NG >>>>>>> Bayonetta >> DMC >>>>>> GOW

seriously, NG is just so satisfying once u train and learn how to fight, u can feel every hit that u make plus the feeling of danger all the time, make the game stand out from the rest. In the last samurai movie where Tom Cruise kill all of the assassin and then he has flash back about what happen, NG is like that....the room full of body parts and blood and u don't remember how u survive it....The fighting in NG become like pure instinct (there is no other way to describe it). Even if everything else suck, I still buy this game just for the fighting alone. Nothing come close to it.

2. Stylish

Bayonetta > DMC > NG > GoW

Just from what i see on Youtube and the demo from GoW and Bayonetta (and previous experience with DMC and NG), i think Bayonetta take the cakes on this one.

3. Brutality:

GoW >>>>>>> NG >>>> Bayonetta > DMC

i guess this is pretty self explanatory.

4. overall presentation:

Bayonetta >/= GoW > DMC > NG

It could be a closed call between GoW and Bayonetta, although just from the look of things, they seem to be quite impressive incomparing to DMC and NG. Although i think Bayonetta might also take this one (let wait and see)

P.S.

I feel more satisfying in defeating bosses that are the same size as me than giant bosses. Small size bosses are almost always formidable adversary, fast, and usually consider your equal. Big boss are too clunky, slow, not agile, and too predictable. Therefore, games that mostly contain big bosses like GoW or Bayonetta (from the looks of things so far) aren't too interesting in my OPINION. Like NG2S, WTF is that budda statue doing in the city....it doesn't make any freakin sense. Give me more Doku, Genshin, Murai (crazy nunchuck), or just 30 black spider clan ninjas at once.

[xg-ei8ht]

Well most people judge games by demo's, right or wrong it happens.

Some demo's do games justice. Some don't.

Motorstorm 2 Original demo was poor compared the the actual game, the game itself was amazing.

Bayonetta:

Maybe because i played the japanese version i didn't enjoy as much, who knows.

Gow3 demo i enjoyed very much, remember though, i never had a PS2, so i never played 1&2, but will probably get the pack.

Uncharted demo i enjoyed.

Strangely lost planet demo i liked, but the full game bored me after awhile. Some games are like that.

As far as DMC, NGS. I've never been a big fan of those, maybe that's why./

The latest DMC i enjoyed, but got bored. Just felt the same most of the way through.

NGS movements are too fast to the point it's silly, yes i can control him and the movements, but just looks odd.

[dredgewalker]

Tried the demo, im not impressed but its only a demo so ill hold my opinion till then. But if im gonna choose between Bayonetta and GOW 3 as the best action game then hands down its GOW 3.

[immortal84]

Keep the good games coming.

[Knightofelemia]

I downloaded the demo on my PS3 yesturday and nothing wrong with the game the music is a little differant sounds like something off of FF10-2. The only thing i hate is when i push on the thumbstick by accident i loose a weapon i pick up but i think i will go play the demo again.

[hatchimatchi]

the game is getting overhyped.

I own it, it's definitely a fun/solid game but it doesn't "destroy all other action games."

That's just silly.

Go buy/rent the game, enjoy it and move on to something else. Also, the "inferior" ps3 version isn't an unplayable mess like people are making it out to be.

on a side note,

I'm actually looking forward more to dante's inferno than i am gow3. The whole hell theme seems really interesting.

[Hakimy]

since this game is by Kamiya,this reminds me of his other masterpiece Okami.If you watch someone playing it,you might not like it.and no matter how much you hear or read how great and innovative it is,many if you didn't buy it because you just didn't want to listen to all the praises it got! even IGN picked it as game of the year over Gears of war and Zelda.I think Bayonetta might have the same fate.I mean why don't you actually try it? it won't get high rates and a lot of praises from almost every gaming site just because she gets naked sometimes during the game.some of you hate the game just because it has the potential to be better than GOW,DMC and NG.well all I have to say is "so what?" this should get you excited instead.its like in the old days when I used to be a huge Mortal Kombat fan and when MK3 was released,I heard magazines praising another fighting gane which was a new ip.and I acted like you saying "wtf?" you know what was that game? it was Tekken.I was acting like a fanboy like some of you at first but I decided to give it a shot.what happened later? I became a huge Tekken fan and I'm still till this day.so I think some of you should stop act like a fanboy and actually try to be a true gamer and enjoy the game ;)

[Gun_Senshi]

While its fun to play, the game is shallow and I don't like how cheesy it is, playing a female character that gets completely naked.

Also, the game is too easy

[Enigma_2099]

... and the torture and climax mechanics are cool, but MORE combos do not equal better combat system. besides, once you find the combos that are the most effective, who's going to waste time with the rest of them? Who ever does?

Has to be the first game that may make me WALK everywhere. Oh god, look at that a**!

But of course, they had to go an do an unpolished PS3 port, ruining any chance of me paying full price for it.