So Bayonetta might be the greatest action game of ALL TIME

[iWarMachine]

ckmlb said:

iWarMachine said:
Bayonetta will be the greatest action game of all time, until God Of War 3 comes out.

Why? because Bayonetta it's 80% DMC + some redefined gameplay + new character + new story
-The game failed, it didn't sell more than 1M across both platforms, i don't think it will.
-Platinum Games can't even make a good port of their best selling platform.
-The main character is not appealing at all.
-The combat is not redefining anything.

Why GOW3 will be the greatest action game of all time?

-it'll be the best selling hack & slash game.
-The best story you can find in this genre, great design too.
-Great graphics running at 60fps.
-Main character appealing.
-The combat redefined the genre ( see darksiders, dante's inferno, and other games which tries to "steal" the best of it )

this is my opinion, i have to say that i don't like BAYONETTA at all, it looks dull to me, just because itagaki created the game it doesn't mean it's good, the game it's the same from DMC to me.

- Sales do not equal quality, by your stance Wii Sports is the best sports game of all time and Knock Out is the best boxing game of all time and Mario Kart is the best racing game of all time.

Fair enough.

- Yes, the story in Bayonetta is crap and God of War has one of the best story/dialogue combinations in video games.

I sense some sarcasm here...i'm not saying that the story in bayonetta is bad since i didn't played it, but the greek mythology is far more appealing than some witch stuff imo.

- Graphics don't equal quality (Killzone 2 and Crysis are not the best FPS games)

Quality depends on gameplay and story,but the graphics are not just eye candy since graphics = atmosphere = inmersion, but if we talk about graphics as a technical subject, then bayonetta is far from being good, since the ps3 version is crap compared to the 360 version and even this version has framerate issues.

- God of War only redefined gameplay because of copy cats: Dante feels like Conan or something (As in it's garbage) and Darksiders is more Zelda than GoW from what I've heard.

Halo redefined the genre with the same tactic as god of war...they copy some gameplay elements and made them much better, that's why several games have this game as an example

- God of War 3 is gonna be 99% the same combat as 1 and 2. Bayonetta is far removed from DMC (DMC 4 was all about juggling and button memorization, Bayonetta is all about timing), Bayonetta is the next evolution of action games just like DMC was when it came out. The future of action is in speed and reflexes and dodging not blocking and slowly hitting a few times (GoW) or juggling dumb enemies in the air for 30 seconds (DMC).

I don't know if GOW3 will be 99% the same as 1 and 2, they already added and showed different mechanics...bB

Bayonetta is about speed and reflexes, God Of War is about slow-paced heavy combat and Devil May Cry is about air combos and combinations, they're 3 different gameplay styles under the same genre, bayonetta will not be the evolution of action games, neither will be god of war or devil may cry, but each of them will inspire other games under the same category of gameplay.