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HyrulianScrolls on 05 October 2014

I've said it for months, and I'm more confident now than ever: Bayonetta 2 will be the GOTY and I think it will be near universal too.



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TheWPCTraveler on 05 October 2014
Vasto said:

EDGE ended with the following:

You never tire of it, but how could you? This is a game that begins with Santa riding a car along the side of a building, continues with you summoning a demon to headbutt a meteor, and ends with the most joyously cathartic climax of any game since, well, Bayonetta. When the pace does dip, there is more than enough charm, wit, and heart to take its place. It is a masterclass in combat design, in videogame variety, in the balance between accessibility and depth. Sure, it’s a sequel, but it’s a sequel to what has stood, for almost five years, as the best game of its type ever made. Until now, that is. SEGA’s loss is Nintendo’s gain: Bayonetta, twirling away from a gigantic demon’s maw and smacking the highest choir of angels on the nose, has just given Wi U its first true classic.

Other than the "first classic" part, this is enough to sell me on Bayonetta 2, and the Wii U.

But, first classic? I beg to differ! The Wonderful 101 is the first classic!



 
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AZWification on 05 October 2014

This is definitely a good thing.. Hopefully other Bayonetta 2 reviews are also going to be very positive.



                
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baloofarsan on 05 October 2014
Darc Requiem said:
EntilZha said:  "– EDGE says you could “play and replay forever” because of the different accessories, weapons, hidden battles in chapters, online co-op, and more"

Does this game have onlline co-op? I thought I heard it only has local multi-player co-op.

I pretty sure on-line co-op was confirmed. I remember it coming up in the Hyrule Warriors thread. Someone remarked if Bayonetta 2 has online co-op, why couldn't Hyrule Warriors.

http://mynintendonews.com/2014/09/04/bayonetta-2-has-online-2-player-co-op-tag-climax-features-bayonetta-jeanne-and-rodin/

Nintendo of America and Platinum Games have lifted the lid on the online co-op mode in Bayonetta 2 which is titled Tag Climax. The game mode will feature Bayonetta, Jeanne and Rodin – the master of the Gates of Hell. 



baloofarsan on 05 October 2014
AZWification said:

This is definitely a good thing.. Hopefully other Bayonetta 2 reviews are also going to be very positive.

Bayonetta 1 has Metascore 84. Hopefully Bayonetta 2 will improve.    http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/bayonetta



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AZWification on 05 October 2014
baloofarsan said:
AZWification said:

This is definitely a good thing.. Hopefully other Bayonetta 2 reviews are also going to be very positive.

Bayonetta 1 has Metascore 84. Hopefully Bayonetta 2 will improve.    http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/bayonetta

I'm sure that Bayonetta 2 will at least manage to reach a Metascore of 90.



                
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fps_d0minat0r on 05 October 2014

" Other similar games “hide their greatest prizes behind a skill barrier that may take dozens of hours of study and practice to surmount”, but Bayonetta 2 “simply asks that you keep pressing buttons” "

I'm not a big hack and slash fan, but I always thought people interested in the genre hated "button bashers" and actually wanted a skill barrier?

Personally I'm fine with it. Thats how I got through GoW =P



Pristine20 on 05 October 2014
fps_d0minat0r said:
" Other similar games “hide their greatest prizes behind a skill barrier that may take dozens of hours of study and practice to surmount”, but Bayonetta 2 “simply asks that you keep pressing buttons” "

I'm not a big hack and slash fan, but I always thought people interested in the genre hated "button bashers" and actually wanted a skill barrier?

Personally I'm fine with it. Thats how I got through GoW =P


^This, sounds like the game was watered down for nintendo. That didn not go too well  for Ninja Gaiden 3. People that play this type of stuff get their "replay value" from mastery. If there's no mastery to be had, it loses value fast. I have never been able to get into GoW because it's too button mash-ey



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bubblegamer on 05 October 2014

If you give the first game a 10 already, you can't give the second any lower score when there are improvements. Unless you want to lose your credibility.

I do wonder though why they're praising it for being a button masher? Isn't that the exact thing we hate about games in this genre!?



episteme on 05 October 2014
bubblegamer said:
If you give the first game a 10 already, you can't give the second any lower score when there are improvements. Unless you want to lose your credibility.

I do wonder though why they're praising it for being a button masher? Isn't that the exact thing we hate about games in this genre!?

We don't have the full quote for the context, but I think he meant that the most similar game in recent years (The Wonderful 101) had more complex controls with it's drawing techniques and they like that PG went back to button controls.

EDGE gave TW101 a 6/10 and wrote in the review: "You’ll soon wish for a simple selection menu or button shortcuts, and we quickly found ourselves defaulting to the easy-to-draw sword morph rather than experiment with our other options during battle."

lol, they missed the best part of the game, you can do insane combos the difficulty makes it very rewarding. Well, professional reviewers only have limtited time and I can understand that they couldn't practice dozens of hours to master the system.