The Weapons and Combos of Bayonetta

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I played the demo of this recently and....weirdly enough...pretty much loved every second of it....i'll be playing this game next year.

"I hate everything this game stands for.  Fuck Bayonetta. "

"I HATE THIS GAME AND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT "

" @RsistncE said:

" @Icemael said:

" @RsistncE said:

" @Branthog said:

" This is the result of a bunch of thirteen year old boys developing a video game for thirteen year old boys. I think I'll save my money for something good. "

This.  I'll buy the superior action game this early 2010...God of War 3. "

You complain about Bayonetta being a game designed for thirteen year old boys, and then you praise God of War III? Allow me to facepalm. "

Dude please, God of War 3 features an epic story which rewards Greco-Roman and Ancient Greek historical knowledge, features an epic story, epic graphics, epic everything. You're honestly trying to compare it some weirdo Japanese game featuring a librarian who strips down when she attacks? Really? "

You've got to be kidding me. God of War's so called "epic story" can be summed up as "Kratos gets betrayed and decides to kill everything". Bayonetta might not have a great story, but it has superior graphics(perhaps not technically, but the art style is so much better it's not even funny), superior music and far superior combat.  Don't get me wrong, God of War III is doubtlessly going to be an excellent action game. But when compared to Bayonetta the action feels stiff, repetitive and restricted. "

this looks good...but the only game in my mind rite now is DARKSIDERS !!!!!

"The story brings into play actual mythology (even if they do take free creative license with said mythology). It doesn't change the fact that if you've taken Greco-Roman History, it will put many of the themes and elements of the story in a different perspective.   

 Bayonetta has superior graphics? This is joke right. I'm not even going to respond to this, you'd have to be blind to say Bayonetta looked better, either technically or artistically (unless you wanna make your argument pointless and argue the subjectivity of art angle).   

 Music is better? Wtf is this the twilight zone? I'm sorry but the uppity, J-Popish crap spewing out of Bayonetta made me turn the music off when I played it, it was THAT bad.   

 The gameplay is probably personal preference but if I wanted the wonkiness of DMC I wouldn't be playing God of War. It might feel restricted and stiff to you but that's probably because you're used to playing Japanese games made by developers who are making a last ditch effort to save their industry...by polluting their games with hyper-sexualized leads who strip down when they attack. The absurdity of this fact makes me laugh everytime I think about it. "

"What it essentially comes down to - and I think others who complain might also agree - is that I don't mind sex or sexuality or a little overt ridiculous pandering. In this case, it just feels extremely patronizing and I don't want to reward that. "

" @RsistncE said:

"The story brings into play actual mythology (even if they do take free creative license with said mythology). It doesn't change the fact that if you've taken Greco-Roman History, it will put many of the themes and elements of the story in a different perspective.   

The mythology only provides the setting and the characters, and those are damn awesome. The story, however, is crap.

 Bayonetta has superior graphics? This is joke right. I'm not even going to respond to this, you'd have to be blind to say Bayonetta looked better, either technically or artistically (unless you wanna make your argument pointless and argue the subjectivity of art angle).   

I think you're the one who's blind. God of War looks pretty, sure, but the environments are as monotonous as they could possible be. You're always fighting in either rocky landscapes or temples, all of which look very similar. Bayonetta's art style, on the other hand, is both colorful, intricate and varied. I'm not saying God of War looks ugly, because it certainly doesn't. I'm just saying that compared to Bayonetta, it looks boring.

 Music is better? Wtf is this the twilight zone? I'm sorry but the uppity, J-Popish crap spewing out of Bayonetta made me turn the music off when I played it, it was THAT bad.   

God of War's music is as generic as it gets. Bayonetta's music, on the other hand, is a wild mix of jazz, techno, R&B, J-pop and choir, and fits the game's fast-paced, chaotic combat perfectly.

 The gameplay is probably personal preference but if I wanted the wonkiness of DMC I wouldn't be playing God of War. It might feel restricted and stiff to you but that's probably because you're used to playing Japanese games made by developers who are making a last ditch effort to save their industry...by polluting their games with hyper-sexualized leads who strip down when they attack. The absurdity of this fact makes me laugh everytime I think about it. "

You know what makes me laugh? That you call improving, evolving and polishing action gameplay to near perfection a "last-ditch effort". Did it ever occur to you that the reason I find God of War's gameplay restrictive and stiff is that I've played something that's faster, smoother and much more varied? Oh well, I probably shouldn't expect that level of insight from someone whose brain apparently can't handle anything more complex than God of War.

@Branthog said:

"What it essentially comes down to - and I think others who complain might also agree - is that I don't mind sex or sexuality or a little overt ridiculous pandering. In this case, it just feels extremely patronizing and I don't want to reward that. "

I'm not a big fan of the ridiculous sexualizing either. The game could definitely do without it. I am, however, a big fan of the outstanding job the team has done on almost every single aspect of the actual game. Bayonetta is head and shoulders above anything I've ever seen in the genre, and that is something I think you should reward. "

"I could repond to every last bit of this wall of text or just confirm my suspcisions that you are one of the many who are hanging onto the failing Japanese gaming industry with every essence of your will. "

"Really though if Bayonetta was better than God of War like you say it would get better review scores and sell better. Go ahead and quote me: Bayonetta won't score nearly as well or sell nearly as well as God of War. Why? Because it sucks in comparison to God of War. Pretty simple."

" @Icemael: When an industry dies, all firms within the industry die also. Even though Platinum is doing well if the Japanese games industry did ultimately dissolve they'd have to move to the West. Now I don't have sales figures for their games in the West but I bet they wouldn't be developing with Japanese gamers in mind so much anymore if they came to the west.  Conspiracies aside, God of War 3 will score better overall because it is a better game. To claim that ALL reviewers will only review the game highly only because of the few factors you provided, or to claim that ALL the people that buy it will buy it because of those factors is absolutely ludicrous. We're talking millions of people all thinking this game is awesome but coincidentally they all think it's awesome because it's a sequel, it's stale and it's got lots of blood and gore. Right. "

• Resident Evil 2, one of the most beloved survival horror games of all time.
• Devil May Cry, the game that revolutionized the genre God of War is part of.
• Viewtiful Joe, possibly the best beat 'em up ever.
• Okami, possibly the best game ever.

The guy who made Viewtiful Joe is making this!!!