Developers Provide Update On Bayonetta 3 And Project G.G

Speaking to Japanese magazine Famitsu, Platinum Games confirm development for Bayonetta 3 and Project G.G is going well.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

Not much of an update. It’s been 3 years since Bayonetta 3’s announcement; the lack of a gameplay reveal or in-engine trailer is concerning.

[Dabigsiebowski]

Why? It's not ready? Maybe they should have shown off incomplete builds from years ago instead?

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

It’s been 3 years. AAA titles that aren’t large RPGs or Open World games typical have development cycles of about 3 years. Platinum likes to work on multiple games at once despite not being too large of a studio.

[deafdani]

I'm all for developers showing stuff when they are ready to show it... but come on, that should extend to game announcements, too. Bayonetta 3 was announced 3 freaking years ago, and they shouldn't have done it if it wasn't anywhere close to being in a showable state...

[ThePacemaker]

I am not surprised here because Nintendo tends to keep its top uocoming games under wrap. Same goes to BOTW sequel. When the release window is eminent, they will show some gameplay via Nintendo Direct.

[Concertoine]

Lately Nintendo's MO has been to announce games within months of release. See: Paper Mario and Pikmin 3 deluxe, the Mario collection + 3D world. Astral Chain was announced within 5 months or so.

I think it's possible Astral Chain and the ports of Bayo 1 and 2 were given priority over Bayo 3 from Nintendo as publisher so they had a new IP to point to and so Platinum could get a handle on the hardware.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

Nintendo keeps pushing Wii ports and remasters/“remasters” of older tiles due to profitability. I still find Bayonetta 3’s development concerning.

[BattleCat]

Bayonetta, Metroid.... Nintendo.....
Yeah but we have the fake remasters from the wiiu....

[Nintentional]

Would you rather the games released unfinished like Cyber Punk? Then you’d be crying about how they should have been delayed lol

[Michiel1989]

the wii u first party titles were actually really good, im glad to see them remastered so more people will play them. Look at mk8 for example, would have been a waste for such an amazing game to not be played by more people.

[CrimsonWing69]

I’ll never understand why these get announced early. Does it help generate hype and buzz? I honestly forgot about this game it’s been so long. I feel like companies should announce these from a year to 6 months to release. That’s what Capcom has been doing and when you think about it that keeps the hype and interest alive the longest instead of stretching it out for 3 to 4 years or however long it’ll take for this to come out.

Another stupid example is Shin Megami Tensei V. The damn game was announced like near the Switch launch and we still haven’t seen much nor do we have any clue when it’ll come out.

[Kubark]

Remember Lost Soul Aside? There was gameplay shown a couple of years back, now, nothing. I forgot all about it until the name popped into my head the other day.

[Majin-vegeta]

LSA was a tech demo when it was shown and being worked on by one person.It wasn't later till that year he was contacted by various publishers.And decided to go with Sony.Pretty sure we can let it slide.

[Riku07]

Shin megami tensei v is coming out next year. Likely in summer or fall of next year. They announced it like a few months ago but we haven't seen any gameplay yet though.

[CrimsonWing69]

2021 is the year of the Tensei then. Really looking forward to Nocturne HD Remaster.

[Lexreborn2]

I have a feeling Bayonetta 3 is going to look extra dated if it just releases on switch. Trying to find the right techniques to stay 60 FPS at 1080p and to stay dynamic in gameplay that can match or exceed say dmcv is probably going to be next to impossible on base switch.

[Nintentional]

Astral Chain looks great

[Lexreborn2]

It looks good, but i wouldn’t say it looks great. I’ve got the game and it’s very mobile esque. It doesn’t hold a candle to games like DMCV in that respect either.

But that’s to be expected given the hardware. I just don’t see B3 pushing higher then that without serious drawbacks

[talocaca]

This game was announced way too early. At this point I'm not even certain it will release in 2021 🤷‍♂️ also worried it might look extremely dated.