Yeah, I admit it.  I'm making this thread simpkly to vent my own frustration.  I just cleared the "Rocket Sequence" in Chapter XIV, which is probably the worst part of this entire game.  Was it really necessary?  Did Platinum Games really just toss in a ridiculously lengthy on-rails shooter stage with next to zero checkpoints that wasn't even entertaining and call it a day?  I didn't even find it that difficult, but the length and general out-of-place feel of the whole thing was a huge turn off.

Well there was one checkpoint i'm sure during that section since it's made up of two verses. I liked it myself, but it did drag on a bit like the motorbike part.

Space Harrier dude! I will admit it was a little lengthy and you can get through the whole level just mashing the trigger button, but that was also very effective in making me feel sick to my stomach.

" Well there was one checkpoint i'm sure during that section since it's made up of two verses. I liked it myself, but it did drag on a bit like the motorbike part. "

Never mind the rocket sequence.  Got to the final boss and that game can go and fuck itself.  The difficulty of that last encounter turned the game from "pretty awesome" to "clusterfuck" in a matter of minutes.

" Never mind the rocket sequence.  Got to the final boss and that game can go and fuck itself.  The difficulty of that last encounter turned the game from "pretty awesome" to "clusterfuck" in a matter of minutes. "

" @Kombat: So you hate Bayonetta now because the game is challenging? "

" @Kombat said:

" Never mind the rocket sequence.  Got to the final boss and that game can go and fuck itself.  The difficulty of that last encounter turned the game from "pretty awesome" to "clusterfuck" in a matter of minutes. "

What difficulty are you playing on, out of curiosity? "

" @jukezypoo said:

" @Kombat said:

" Never mind the rocket sequence.  Got to the final boss and that game can go and fuck itself.  The difficulty of that last encounter turned the game from "pretty awesome" to "clusterfuck" in a matter of minutes. "

What difficulty are you playing on, out of curiosity? "

Normal.  I don't believe anything other than that's unlocked prior to completing the game for the first time.  Except easy. "

I'll agree about the random difficulty spikes, they really do harm the overall flow of the game.

It was way better then the motorbike chapter.

I didn't play Space Harrier either yet I frekaing loved that scene. The music! The awesome arcadey controls! If you're having trouble just do some Witch Time and you can blast them for a while. 
 
As for fighting Jeanne and the final chapters on Normal... go buy the Mahala Kalaa (W/E) accessory. It will make your fights with Jeanne so easy because it's one on one. It takes a lot of skill to use that accessory with multiple enemies, though.

" Never mind the rocket sequence.  Got to the final boss and that game can go and fuck itself.  The difficulty of that last encounter turned the game from "pretty awesome" to "clusterfuck" in a matter of minutes. "

hmm, I have never seen any of these difficulty spikes as you describe them, I get caught on a few fights every now and then, but its not frustrating, it just makes me want to pull off some fancy ass techniques to take the suckers down, and I enjoyed the otor bike and rocket sequences, not because they are homages to other games, but because they accent how ridiculous this game is...
 
...maybe I am just better at this game than you guys, haha

" @Kombat said:

" Never mind the rocket sequence.  Got to the final boss and that game can go and fuck itself.  The difficulty of that last encounter turned the game from "pretty awesome" to "clusterfuck" in a matter of minutes. "

What? The final boss is really easy... "

Welcome to MY fantasy zone! 
 
 
Also yeah, the last boss was pretty easy, just long as fuck.  That dumb insta-kill black hole move can get bent, though.

It got on my nerves aswell, I done it first time but it was far too long.
There were also some scenes later, particularly one where you have to sit an use a cannon that really grated on me.

"Never mind the rocket sequence.  Got to the final boss and that game can go and fuck itself.  The difficulty of that last encounter turned the game from "pretty awesome" to "clusterfuck" in a matter of minutes. "

The spinning dodge move made me dizzy. And the explosions hurt my eyes.

Is it possible to avoid the attack from the last boss where you get turned into cereza and all you can do is run around? 
Am I being really stupid? 

The last boss was disappointingly easy; especially compared to some of the freakishly harder previous ones.  It had a very cool theme song, though.
 
Oh, and I liked the concept of Bayonetta's "fantasy zone", but just like "Route 666", it was executed poorly.