(Warning: Possible minor spoiler for some. This post is all about MY views on Bayonetta. If you do not agree with me on something of the things written here, don't come in and start bashing. Also, keep your fanboy and girl attitude away.)The player takes controls of Bayonetta, a witch who was sealed 500 years ago, now she is awake and ready to settle the old scores.
While playing Bayonetta, you will most probably find that the gameplay is pretty similar to Devil May Cry. You walk towards your goal, kill any enemy that is in your way, collect what they drop and use it to buy stuffs. The techniques is also pretty similar like Dante's Stinger to Bayonetta' Stiletto. However, that doesn't mean Bayonetta is just Devil May Cry in another form.
The graphics is your modern day graphics. I won't really go touch on that.The battle system is very fluid. You can dodge at anytime during the battle, that means disengaging your enemy halfway through a technique then engage again. If you are good enough, you can evade everything the enemy throws at you. You can enable 'Witch Time' for a few seconds when you dodge the enemy's attack at the last possible moment. During 'Witch Time', Bayonetta will be hyper-sensitive to time and this causes everything beside her to be in slow motion. However, you can still get hurt if the enemy manages to land a hit on you.
Bayonetta does not just fight with weapons that is in her hands. She fights with all four limbs. You will have 2 set of weapon equipped at one go, one for the hands and one for the heels.
Using various combination of punches and kicks, the player will be able to execute different kind of combo. Some of them ends off with a Wicked Weave, very useful when you need to deal heavy damage. There is a lot of weapons in the game and each weapon is unique. By holding down the button bind to the weapon, the player can prolong the weapon's attack. For example, Bayonetta's gun isn't just simply for whacking. Hold the button and she will fire bullets.
In addition, there is also a combo system. You get certain number of halos when your combo ends. Basically, the longer your combo is, the more points and halos you get. Halos are used like Red Orb in Devil May Cry. You get the ranking for your combo in the form of a medal when one verse ends. Keep the combo ongoing and you get yourself a very action packed battle and game.
There is quite a number of breakable objects in the game and they will drop "materials". Using this "materials", you can concoct your own items rather than spending halos to buy them. You set the amount of "material" you want to use and spin the right stick when you get the prompt. It is a pretty neat idea.
The music in Bayonetta is good. Some of them are boring ambient music, however the battle music and cutscene is great. It gets you into the mood and fits Bayonetta personality pretty well.
It is usually the case that light is good and darkness is bad but not in Bayonetta. You are fighting angels in the game yet they are playing the role of the villain. The enemy are pretty well designed to fit that. It is pretty refreshing to turn things around. The cinematic in this game can be ridiculous to a certain extent but it is definitely entertaining. Well, it is a game don't ask too much, just play it.
Like most game, the main character will always have a rival. In Bayonetta, your rival is named "Jeanne". She is a witch just like you, she knows all of your techniques and uses them during the battle. It is always enjoyable to fight her. Her battle is pretty intense and the music during the battle really get the player in the mood. 'Witch Walk' is enabled when fighting her, so you are fighting on all 6 surface as you transit from one to another if you are in a room. My first impression of her wasn't really good, however I come to like her as the story progress.
Bayonetta is really a quality game and has brought me lots of fun. Tall, Sexy girl with guns, Seductive, Action packed, what else do you want ? Platinum Game gained one more supporter and I am looking forward to their future production.
One of the battle music, Enjoy !
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