The sexuality in Bayonetta is super in your face. It's not some tiny little background quality of the game, whether it is sexist or not (I think it's totally not sexist and actually pretty empowered spare a couple moments I've seen. In no way does Bayonetta pigeonhole women into a stereotype nor implicate them as inferior. And it passes the Bechdel test with flying colors. She is her own moral agent with concerns other than men, is very powerful, and when a moment gets serious the camera gets some distance and respects her more than in the indulgent action sequences. She's not only titillation.).
But this indulgent sexuality is definitely going to turn some people away! It's a quality of the game and the reviewer has every right to be offput by it as a legitimate criticism!
Games are NOT just a set of mechanics to be viewed in a vacuum.
The only danger I find is that, if you choose to view Bayonetta as a puppet rather than a character whose role you are playing, it could seem that you are exploiting her and if you have low mental capacity you might extrapolate that expectation into relations with women in the real world. But I think that's on you.








