dmc3.
 
Then again i played the ps3 version of Bayonetta (though i don't see it being a whole different game on the xbox360)

I remember the hype around DMC3 being mad hard when it came out, it was definately a step-up from it predecessors, the best in the series really. I'd like DMC5 to go back to that DMC3 style.

Devil May Cry 3 is an excellent action game, and I really like it...   
 
 
...but Bayonetta tops it in pretty much every area.

DMC3 had a party. And it was going craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy.

Only played the demo for Bayonetta, but DMC3 is just about my favourite PS2 game. I can't vote against it.

It's funny how nearly every post in this thread is supporting dmc3 but actual people voting heavily support bayonetta. 
 
I personally never played any of the dmcs, the only game of this "type" I have ever liked was the xbox version of ninja gaiden.  I picked up bayonetta exactly because it looks different, over the top, with a certain bizarre style and it has far exceeded my expectations.

" Devil May Cry 3 is an excellent action game, and I really like it...     ...but Bayonetta tops it in pretty much every area. "

Absolutely love Devil May Cry 3 and haven't played Bayonetta, so I will refrain from voting.

" @Icemael said:

" Devil May Cry 3 is an excellent action game, and I really like it...     ...but Bayonetta tops it in pretty much every area. "

This is exactly what I was thinking. Both good games, but Bayonetta is leaps and bounds better. Especially the combat... oh, the combat... "

DMC3. 

" @xyzygy said:

" @Icemael said:

" Devil May Cry 3 is an excellent action game, and I really like it...     ...but Bayonetta tops it in pretty much every area. "

This is exactly what I was thinking. Both good games, but Bayonetta is leaps and bounds better. Especially the combat... oh, the combat... "

Yeah. When you've reached a point where you can use the combat system's features -- combo chaining, weapon swapping, transformations and, of course, dodging -- effectively the stuff you're pulling off looks more impressive -- far more impressive, even -- than the stuff Dante does in the Devil May Cry games' cutscenes. "

I based my vote on DMC3 versus the Bayonetta demo. Bayonetta just doesn't do it for me, it's too weird.

Bayonetta all the way.  Dodge offset is an absolute revelation.

Devil May Cry 3.  It advanced the genre more than Bayonetta.  It's also crazy as hell.

Bayonetta is better in all aspects of it's design. 

I never played either game but I pick Bayonetta just for the fact I am a fan of boobs.

Bayonetta for implementing a real dodge system and vastly more customizable combos.

I prefer Devil May Cry 4.  So there.

" I prefer Devil May Cry 4.  So there. "

" I prefer Devil May Cry 4.  So there. "

They're both great, but I like DMC3 a little more. The weapons are all unique, I like the 'style' system where you kind of have to choose extra defense, mobility, ranged or melee attack, it's harder but more fair, no QTEs, and the combo scoring makes you use different moves instead of just requiring you to maintain a combo (getting 9.9 multipliers in Bayonetta is way easier than it probably should be). But the dodge offset, Witch Time and extreme cancel opportunities in Bayonetta are awesome, so really you can't go wrong either way.

Bayonetta. Devil May Cry III doesnt stick out as much to me as it appears to be for others. I still play the first one from Time to Time, that game had such a Great atmosphere. Since I Love Bayonetta, and its basically Devil May Cry I's sequel as seen by it's Creator, I'll go with that.

DMC3 because Vergil is my favourite villain of all time.

I love me some DMC 3, but it just can't touch Bayonetta in terms of general insanity, combat, and overall badass-ness!

"I love me some DMC 3, but it just can't touch Bayonetta in terms of general insanity, combat, and overall badass-ness! "

i love dmc3, but i gotta give it to bayonetta...

DMC 3 is way way WAY better. I don't understand why everyone is gushing over Bayonetta. I mean there are parts of brilliance that get counter balanced by some of the shittiest design and artistic choices ever. DMC 3 was top notch however all around.

I have never played the DMC games, only DMC 4.
 
SO Bayonetta then :P

Bayonetta, man; get with the times.
 
Btw my favorite in the DMC series is DMC1>DMC3>DMC4. Never played 2 but I hear it was the worst anyway.

How the hell is Bayonetta getting more votes? I mean, I love Bayonetta, but, dude, Devil May Cry 3 is the best game of this genre. DMC3 all the way.

I <3 Bayonetta.

I LOVE DMC3. But playing it after Bayonetta its a pain. Stil my two favorite action games, but if I have to choose Bayonetta all the way. 
 

@RhombusOfTerror

" I remember the hype around DMC3 being mad hard when it came out, it was definately a step-up from it predecessors, the best in the series really. I'd like DMC5 to go back to that DMC3 style. "

" How the hell is Bayonetta getting more votes? I mean, I love Bayonetta, but, dude, Devil May Cry 3 is the best game of this genre. DMC3 all the way. "

"DMC 3 is way way WAY better. I don't understand why everyone is gushing over Bayonetta. I mean there are parts of brilliance that get counter balanced by some of the shittiest design and artistic choices ever. DMC 3 was top notch however all around."

completed both and i have to give the nod to DMC 3 solely because the universe, over-the-top-ness and god aweful Jpop irritates me to no end...
in gameplay terms alone Bayonetta>DMC3

Lol at people who voted for bayonetta.

" Lol at people who voted for bayonetta. "

" @LiquidPrince said:

"DMC 3 is way way WAY better. I don't understand why everyone is gushing over Bayonetta. I mean there are parts of brilliance that get counter balanced by some of the shittiest design and artistic choices ever. DMC 3 was top notch however all around."

Um... no. Devil May Cry 3 was a superb game, but by the standards Bayonetta has set, it's terrible. Try playing a bunch of Bayonetta, and then switching to Devil May Cry 3. Most of the boss fights are god-awful, the camera is shit, the combat is stiff and the weapons are boring. Bayonetta does virtually everything Devil May Cry 3 does -- except better -- and more. "

"And I'd also like DMC5 to be a full game, unlike DMC4."

" @LiquidPrince said:

"DMC 3 is way way WAY better. I don't understand why everyone is gushing over Bayonetta. I mean there are parts of brilliance that get counter balanced by some of the shittiest design and artistic choices ever. DMC 3 was top notch however all around."

Um... no. Devil May Cry 3 was a superb game, but by the standards Bayonetta has set, it's terrible. Try playing a bunch of Bayonetta, and then switching to Devil May Cry 3. Most of the boss fights are god-awful, the camera is shit, the combat is stiff and the weapons are boring. Bayonetta does virtually everything Devil May Cry 3 does -- except better -- and more. "

You're comparing a game from the previous generation to a game this generation, it's just not a fair fight. Had DMC3 been released this generation and it would probably have topped Bayonetta, although I must add, it still tops Bayonetta.

" @Icemael said:

"Devil May Cry 3 was a superb game, but by the standards Bayonetta has set, it's terrible. Try playing a bunch of Bayonetta, and then switching to Devil May Cry 3. Most of the boss fights are god-awful, the camera is shit, the combat is stiff and the weapons are boring. Bayonetta does virtually everything Devil May Cry 3 does -- except better -- and more. "

DMC 3 is also 5 years old. "

"I disagree. Bayonetta is great in parts but some of the stuff really make it feel like a cheap ass production. I was led to believe that the stupid film grain and reel effect was only going to be used for flashbacks for example, but that is really not the case. There are parts that should be fully realized cutscenes except you sit there and wonder why you're looking at two static images of chicks yelling HYAA WATAHHH HURGH! "

• The two Witch Time plane crashes; the one in the first chapter, on the highway, and the one where you fight Jeanne.
• The part where you fight a Beloved while standing on a bridge it's bashing into a wall, and later run away from it as it climbs a crumbling stairway.
• The part where you Witch Walk up a tower, and it suddenly breaks and falls over.
• The first Fortitudo encounter(not counting the flashback) where he busts one of his heads through the wall of a church, and then proceeds to rip away the part of the church you're standing on and fly into the air as you're fighting him.
• The Jeanne fight where you jump between missiles...

DMC4!!!
 
I kid...
 
(But ?Angelus? was a pretty bad-ass boss)