To OP : The title is your opinion only and a goold old IMHO would have been more than welcome.
Personaly, I don't really like Bayonetta. I find the ennemies cheap and sometimes I don't understand what I am doing. And the low fps sometimes hurt my eyes badly.
I prefer God of War imho, somehow I spent a lot of time playing Golden Axe and Street of Rage and these two are by far superior to any of those you named in my opinion. You should play those two for your beat them all knowledge. Battletoads is a must have also :grin:.
Also, I liked Darksiders a lot, but now that I am playing God of War, I am amazed how vigil Game litteraly copied the combat system shamelessly. I think it's weird (also I thought that I was some time playing Portal, Zelda, DMC...).