![]() ![]() She can perform kicks, fire guns or even whip with her hair. This enables novices to feel a perfect sense of fulfilment with the combat, while genre veterans can pick apart more in-depth manoeuvres.īayonetta herself has many attacks that can be intertwined to make substantial attacks. Bayonetta has multiple attacks that are easy to pick up, but hard to master. Outside of the lacklustre story, however, is a perfectly tuned and in-depth action-adventure filled with such admirable imagination that it’s hard not to fall in love. Massive lore dumps of different factions, beasts and otherworldly entities become disengaging as the plot spends too much time explaining rather than showing you its world. Instead, it goes too far the opposite way and creates caricatures of all its cast. It never manages to find that perfect balance of conveying a story while maintaining a degree of humour to keep the characters relatable. In fact, some of the writing is crammed full of cheese and cringe. This isn’t to say that the story of Bayonetta is good. Bayonetta learns from past games’ mistakes and ensures it maintains a lighthearted approach to its storytelling. Devil May Cry experienced early entries to the series that lacked any tongue-in-cheek style and priced themselves on taking their lore with a level of sincerity. ![]() It’s a plot that thankfully doesn’t take itself too seriously. Bayonetta is a witch who awakens after 500 years with a loss of memories, and forces are hellbent on taking her back to where she belongs. To delve too much into Bayonetta’s plot would be doing the excellent gameplay a disservice. ![]()
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