Be adviced; These impressions is by playing the demo, not the full game.

I’m in gaming Nirvana once again. Bayonetta’s graphics look like Fable II and it plays better than Devil May Cry. Yes, I said it. Better.

The demo starts off with a tutorial that is easy to understand and then throws you right into the action. I pulled off combos effortlessly, and when I say combos- I mean extra special super duper awesome sauce combos. In fact, my jaw dropped when I pulled off a “torture attack” and then it hit the floor when I went into “Climax mode”. You will have to see it to believe it.

Dodging enemies took a little timing but when I mastered it, “Witch Time” began and enemies moved in slow motion for a short period of time. This gave me time to try out the guns and they were just as amazing. In fact, during “Witch Time” she sprouted Butterfly wings and soared above the enemies to shoot down upon them. I’m not sure if this was because of the slow motion or my button mashing prowess. Either way, it was beautiful.

I had a few problems with the camera angle and went into the options to change it to a first person view. All four of the options they listed were inverted, including first person. I’m hoping this is just for the demo because it was very hard for me to play with the default camera.
After defeating enemies, goodies are sometimes left behind. The bad part of this is if you die- the goodies die with you. You can start back where you left off- just with your default weaponry.
Few faults so far, gameplay that left me begging for more, stunning visuals. I just have three questions for SEGA/Platinum games:

1. Why would I give up a big ass sword for a french horn?
2. What are the mystical powers of said french horn? (too chicken to try)
3. Can it be January now? Please?



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11 comments

  • T-nuts said,

    What three questions did you have for Hideki Kamiya and platinum games?

    Posted on November 20th, 2009 at 17:01

  • Sle said,

    Sounds awesome!

    Posted on November 20th, 2009 at 17:07

  • Twinkling82 said,

    Hey T-nuts.

    Those three questions are mentioned at the buttom of the article, right above the “related posts” links. :)

    Posted on November 20th, 2009 at 17:50

  • Sapphicnickel said,

    wicked!!! sounds rockin!

    Posted on November 20th, 2009 at 17:51

  • T-nuts said,

    Hey Twinkie, they weren’t there this morning when I read the preview. Why would I ask if they were already there?

    Posted on November 21st, 2009 at 06:23

  • Twinkling82 said,

    I realised that some browsers got confused on what color the letters should be because of the divs I used in the code. I have corrected it now. :)

    Posted on November 21st, 2009 at 17:37

  • Shinerbock88 said,

    I just commented on the camera for the demo on the TA site and Twinkling82 said I should post them here. So I will! Anyway, here’s what I found when toying with the camera:

    I think the problem is that the default camera moves too slow and it doesn’t turn enough while you’re moving Bayonetta around. I turned all inverted axis off and adjusted my camera speed to what I was comfortable with (3/4 of max right now, likely max once I get comfortable with the game). This allows me to spin the camera fairly fast which is needed with a fast-paced game like this IMO. Try that and see if it helps.

    Posted on December 16th, 2009 at 08:30

  • Bae said,

    Awesome news Shinerbock! I will try it out tonight. Thanks for taking the time to come here and let everyone know. Appreciate it very much.

    Posted on December 16th, 2009 at 19:24

  • Twinkling82 said,

    I appreciate it as well. I know I asked her to post inhere, but it’s useful for everyone who gets inhere to get info on the game. :)

    Posted on December 17th, 2009 at 00:05

  • Shinerbock88 said,

    Glad to help. There was someone who posted on TA that said he didn’t like it which disappointed me. Twinkling82 directed me to your review and it got my hopes back up. So it’s the least I could do! I downloaded the demo and played the game and agree with you 100% in your review. Great review btw.

    Posted on December 17th, 2009 at 18:31

  • Bae said,

    Thanks so much Shiner!

    Posted on December 21st, 2009 at 23:50

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