Bayonetta | Multi | Quick Review
Created by Hideki Kamiya of Devil May Cry fame, Bayonetta is the apex of a flamboyant creative journey he began with that game. A third person hack and slash game that takes the best of its peers, mashes that up and spits out a stunning, stylish and hugely entertaining video game. An almost flawless exhibition of proper gaming awesomeness – which can make even the most sausage-fingered of gamers feel like they’ve got them skills.
The main reason for that is that the combat system is piss easy to grasp – but has a huge big (an I mean huge big) amount of depth. Three buttons handle guns, melee weapons and kick attacks, while the right trigger is used to dodge incoming blows and attacks. Those well timed dodges activate ‘bullet-time‘ which as you can imagine slows down the action, meaning you can, for a limited time, twat the hell out of the baddies with no fear of retaliation. That simple mechanic surprisingly spawns loads of combo’s. Obviously linking combo’s together creates increasingly ridiculous/enjoyable brutality. If you can keep those links flowing you’ll gain magic energy for stuff like torture combo’s, guillotines, spiked wheels, iron maidens and other antediluvian instruments upon the bad dudes – including some awesome ‘hair-death’ type action.
As you’d expect the game looks pretty dam sweet as well. Hideki has crafted a super-stylish Japanese fantasy world that never fails to dazzle. Whether you’re stalking winged angel/eagle style creatures in the sun-soaked streets or slashing your way through floating fat-faced babies in storm-blown ruins and temples – it looks stunning. Character and creatures are equally as impressive, with enormous villains in enormous (brilliantly orchestrated) scenery smashing boss battles (like those you’d expect to finish most games) happening continuously throughout the entire 10 or so hours it takes to complete.
Of course there’s no plot – why would you need one? Your job is simple, just get the Bayonetta woman through a series of increasingly fun/finger numbing fights with the odd bit of platforming and puzzle-solving style activity in between. Sounds simple, only it’s a bit like Devil May Cry 4 & God of War on ‘weapons-grade’ crack. And that’s pretty much it: Bayonetta is a ‘best-in-class’ barnstormer of a game that will make your hands numb and your eyes bleed.
You should go buy it now.
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