Being good at God of war = being good at bayonetta
I'm playing God of war 3 now for the first time and am really shocked how different these games are. Its like driving a light nimble precision race car vs driving a massive engined Mac truck.
Out of the hack and slash games that Bayonettta is comparable I played and beat I'd rate them in following order.
NG Black harder than DMC3 harder than Bayonetta harder than NG2 harder than DMC1 harder than DMC4