First off don't buy this game for the story or anything like that, because after playing it it's all still a big WTF to me.
Bayonetta is a member of a clan of witches who were in an eternal battle against the angels, the witches gained the upper hand and the humans saw how powerful they were becoming and held the witch trails killing off the majority of them.
Now I'm going to start my complaints about the story. How on earth did humans kill these witches with all the magic and abilities they possess? And they talk about how the world of Inferno (Hell) and Paradisio (Heaven) Purgitorio (Purgatory) are interacting too often with the human world recently, but they were feuding back in Renaissance Europe.
Getting back to the story. After the introduction you pick up where the demo kicks off, and basically Bayonetta decides to go fight stronger angels, and on a quest to find a jewel in the hope of gaining her memory back. And that's the story without any spoilers (as always).
The gameplay of Bayonetta is where it shines. Every aspect of the gameplay is near perfection. Each weapon you equip to Bayonetta give you a diverse and new way to play, and all the powers Bayonetta has make her feel so powerful against your foes. Mixing items together and stirring them as if the were a cauldron was brilliant. Bayonetta is a true hack and slash dream come true in the gameplay department. Boss battle are very cinematic and challenging, and the game is just a bliss to play. The only damper is a slow camera. The for some reason moves slower than a grandma with a walker, but thankfully by pushing in the right stick it resets to the direction Bayonetta is looking. Loading screens are good and bad. Good because they let you practice combat, but they are a bit to frequent (and that's on the Xbox 360 so PS3 owners I feel sorry for you). You have to get use to dodge a lot, since you'll be needing witch time especially on the harder difficulties.
The music in the game is forgettable, unless you like elevator Jazz music or Japan pop. The voice acting is sub par with the exception of Bayonetta, and the dialog is god awful "How do the Americans put it. Ah yes, bust a cap, in yo ass" (Bayonetta).
Overall Bayonetta is one of the weirdest, and probably the most awful written games I've ever played, but there's no denying that the gameplay that's here is among the best of the best.
Bayonetta's character design and abilities have changed a lot since the series debuted in 2009, with new costumes and dark arts in every title.
For fans who love challenging combat and the sheer silliness of Bayonetta, here are some other games that offer a similar experience.
The Bayonetta hack-and-slash game franchise has not made $450 million as voice actress Hellena Taylor claims. It's unclear where the figure came from.
Lol, no kidding. It’s a niche series. I think what she did was looked up VGChartz figures and multiplied that by $60.
Games do not sell at $60 constant. That is why first few months are critical for a game's success and then sales hit sometimes 20% to 75% (depending on the game and company). In theory the figure will be lower than million unit sold * $60 in my humble opinion.
The game needs to be multiplat anyway. If it was on PS5 Series X and Still on Switch maybe the devs will be less frugal with paying everyone involved. The game shouldn't be limited to the switches way less powerful hardware. Nothing against Nintendo but being on higher quality hardware with bigger marketing this game could have been almost as popular as Devil May Cry or at least in terms of Bayonetta being a bigger name than what it is now.
Given the fact that nintendo supported it when no other company would it definitely should be on switch and if they choose to, only on switch.
The other companies didn't care enough for it, this has been stated over and over again
Even that doesn’t make sense because the series would’ve had to have at least sold 7.5 million to have made that much. Bayonetta sold less than half that amount
No one is conflating quality with sales, but you sure are.
Even though this series isn't really my thing, I can totally see why people love them.
I don't even like hack and slash games and I'll say the first bayo was pretty fun. Haven't played the other two but they say they only get better.
Have you played the games ? What's overrated ? Your not saying much
Since it's to late to edit the review I'll have to do it here. First off the slow camera can be fixed by going to options and selecting camera. For some absurd reason Platinum games decided to set the default camera speed to slow.
After playing through a second time I realized that the story isn't the WTF it's just moments in the game like a posing battle between Bayonetta and one of the angels who tries to imitate her. The story isn't great at all, but it's not bad.
One thing I didn't want to mention about because of spoilers is the mini games you HAVE to play. Angel attack is fine, it's like a carnival game hit the targets you win stuff, but the Motorcycle and Rocket parts are far to long.
The only score that can be changed is the gameplay, but again the framerate is consistent up until the later stages of the game where it drops.
So 8.7/10 is still the final score, but Bayonetta can is a highly recommended game (8.9 or a 9/10 if it wasn't so weird).
I dont see how these game reviewers can say this game is better then god of war. They were probably focusing on "other aspects" of bayonettas features when they gave out the perfect scores....