Rule the world with Cuteness !

If you think Devil May Cry is good, think again.

(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 !

(All pictures here belongs to their rightful owners.)

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8:42 PM

Hello readers ! I am back from the Annual Scout and Guides Camp ! This time, it was held at Sarimbun Scout Camp. There were Ups and Downs during the camp. However, I believe that campers were happy and had fun during the camp.

The Bukit Panjang Venture Unit had their own camp as well. It was a 2 day 2 night camp. However, the highlight of the camp during the first night. The Ventures went into the forested area and spent the night there. They had to build a shelter, make weapons or trap, collect water and have edible plants or food. They only had their survival kit with them and had to use the environment to their advantage. It was pretty cool and fun. However, I didn't sleep because I was afraid that something might happen to them while they were sleeping. So, Jia Wei and I spent entire night looking after them from a distance.

Initially, I wanted to type a post about Alien versus Predator. Usually, I will type my views the games that I played. However, I think I am just too lazy to type on Alien versus Predator. Maybe next time. =D

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4:33 PM

I have been going out with the usual gang in Scouts pretty much these few days. Rover investiture, Meetings and Jasvin's birthday celebration. Well, it is definitely better than rotting at home.

I rejected Rover-ship during the investiture even though I went through the entire thing. The investiture was held in Lower Peirce Reservoir. It's a solemn ceremony and the Rover squires are suppose to reflect on their own before they can be knighted as a Rover. We were all led in the the reservoir and one by one we were allocated our positions. We were about 30m away from each other. With a candle, paper and pen, we sat down and began to reflect the questions on the paper. However, it is still scary when you are sitting alone in the dark with the reservoir is just right in front of you, and the forest behind you. After 30 minutes, we went to the area where we are invested as a Rover and that is where I rejected it.

Job week camp and the annual March camp is coming soon. I'm going to be so busy but it will be fun, I think.

Last Sunday, The usual gang went to Marina Barrage and celebrated Jasvin's birthday. That day was well spent. =D

I just completed 2 games recently. One of them is Alien vs Predator and the other one is Bayonetta. Both games are quality games in my opinion. I shall post my views on the game one by one. I'm still aiming to 100% complete Bayonetta though. Still, there are games that I want to buy, Star Ocean 4 and Battlefield : Bad Company 2. I think I will buy it the next time I got the money.

Now I'm flipping through my blog archive and if I am given the chance. I will definitely go back in time and slap myself. I bet when I'm 20+ I will also think of slapping my current self. I guess this is the process of growing up. On a side note, I'm pretty amazed at how my thinking has changed.

Well, this is a song from Bayonetta, Fly me to the Moon. You can view the history of the song wikipedia, it is an old song. For those who know Neon Evangelion, you might know this song. I like the original version but this version isn't that bad too. Enjoy.

Lyrics
Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, darling, kiss me
Fill my heart with song
And let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
(Repeat)

Fill my heart with song
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
in other words,
I love... you

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12:03 AM

I'm having my holidays now and that means I have a lot of free time. So what do I do with my free time ? I play games and recently, I completed Bioshock 2 !

For those who know Bioshock, good for you. For those who don't know please visit wikipedia for more information.

In Bioshock 2, I feel that it is more interesting than Bioshock 1. Now you get to play as a Big Daddy in search of your own little sister. However, you are not any regular Big Daddy. You are a Alpha Big Daddy known as Subject Delta. You are one of the first generation Big Daddy. However due to some event, you were in coma for 10 years... so the other big daddy are more technological advanced.

So as a Big Daddy, you get to use a drill full of pwness. You are not using most of the weapons you used in Bioshock 1. You are using stuffs like drill, rivet gun, machine gun(more like a gatling gun). Also, you get to use plasmids and the other big daddies doesn't seems to have the ability to use plasmids.

In order to get plasmids, you need ADAM and the same old genetic goo still comes from the Little Sister. Basically, they are just little girls running around, stabbing corpses to get ADAM. However, they all each guarded by a Big Daddy. I like this part of the new gameplay in Bioshock 2. You have to kill the Big Daddy (as usual) and adopt the Little Sister after her "Mr Bubbles" is dead. After that, you will need to bring the Little Sister to gather ADAM from corpses (she will guide you) and after you settle her down to gather the ADAM. You will be attacked by Splicers. This part is rather fun especially when a splicer managed to get to the Little Sister and you just do a Drill Dash, pure satisfaction. Each Little Sister can only gather from 2 corpses and after that, you have to go to a vent and do one of the 2 things.

1) Just take the ADAM she has and rescue by curing her.
2) Harvest her, destroy her and get all the ADAM you can get.

After this, there will be a possibility of a new enemy coming to find you, The Big Sister.

This is suppose to be a little sister that's all grown up. She has the ability to use plasmids and jump around screaming like a little bitch. When low on health, she can also drag in nearby splicer and drain their health. It is always interesting to fight a Big Sister.

Like Bioshock 1, there is a good and bad ending depending on the action you do. I got the good ending. =D

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10:29 PM