Bayonetta is out today....impressions

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RVDondaPC said:

It's not funny. Satire is supposed to be funny. I get what they are going for but it's just stupid if you ask me. Video games by nature are over the top and this game is supposed to be funny by going slightly more over the top? I think they failed to convey humor and in the end were left with just a stupid character.

If you want to play a game that successfully makes fun of itself and yet creates compelling characters and storyline while doing so, go play Uncharted 2. 

A. Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form, although in practice it is also found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improvement. Doesn't require humor.

B. After playing Bayonetta, I surely believe that anyone who didn't at least enjoy it, either doesn't like this particular type of game(maybe they go more for presentational appeal, like in GoW) or doesn't understand the gameplay system yet. Believe me, two rounds on normal-hard doesn't mean you've graduated from novice. Go check out some of those Japanese videos on youtube....

....besides the spectacular gameplay(who gives a shit past the gameplay though, really) the framerate combined with stuff happening on screen really impressed me on the technical side. The game packs some amazing moments that I feel I would've actually have really missed out(in my life) by not playing. There are 4 or 5 "train sequence from Uncharted 2" moments in this game, and let me close by saying this: This game is the one game that really made me feel like games have progressed along with consoles this generation. It isn't revolutionary, it's evolutionary, and it really turns the corner when showing me what action games will be like in the future. Wow. Clover's best work....