Bayonetta is an amazing game. I am so glad I decided to pick this up.

I'm in core gamer heaven right now, cause of this wonderful, quirky title!! :)

I'm going to pick this up next week (360 version, that is).

I didn't like the demo. I didn't like the first few hours. I love the game.

The game is ok but is in no way revolutionary...
First I find that there are easy ways to handle many fights due to off-screen enemies not attacking you before they get on your screen.( there can be 6 enemies in the room, only those on your camera will attack and those off camera will take forever to move closer to you).

Secondly the whole score/leaderboard is kinda very screwy...
Thirdly as with many games of this type the camera management sucks ...
Finally you seem to be able to power your way through hard mode thanks to heavy consumable useage if you want so ..

The best part of the game imo is the Alfheim portal challenges...

The huge number of checkpoints ( even half way through a boss fight) ensures the game isn't really that hard either...

Another issue I have is the combos, there are so  many of them and so similar that random push of punch and kicks will lead to a valid combo and you don't really need to learn them except for the Allfheim portals...( i cleared normal mostly pushing random buttons.. )

To sumarize it, it's decent but it's not in the same league as NG Black/NGS....

Heck, I had a lot more fun playing DMC4, at least the score/leaderboard made sense in that game...

They did not...

It sucks ass when during your second play-through it takes you 8-10 seconds to skip a cinematic ( and the game is riddled with them).

That statement alone makes me laugh at the rest of your post.

DMC4 was a fun game when I played it over a year ago but I tried playing it a few days ago on PC with superior visuals and Nvidia 3D vision and I was bored to tears. Bayonetta makes DMC4 combat, visuals and style look like lego characters compared to real life people.

Ninja Gaiden Black is still a classic...but the series hasn't evolved an inch since 2004. This is a lot more inspired and creative than ninja gaiden has been since 2004.

Bayonetta seems like a fun game too bad I have absolutely no desire to play as the protagonist in this game. A hooker in leather with gun stilettos that sucks on a lolipop for life... no thanks. Keep it classy VGC.

Yea....because a deranged spartan who rips peoples heads and uses them as a flashlight ,and a ninja who dismembers enemies are just gleaming with class.

Considering Bayonetta is pure satire and the other characters you listed, which are ok, are actually created as serious protagonists...thats one really weak excuse for not wanting to play the game.