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Introduction From the mind of Hideki Kamiya, creator of Devil May Cry, comes another Hack n' Slash called Bayonetta. Now, for those not familiar with series, Bayonetta is about the titular heroine who is a witch that fights angels with weapons on her hands and feet, summoned demons, and torturous hair magic. The games has plenty of absurdly awesome action and fanservice, which is a problem with some people but I really don't care. Anyways, I'll be talking about the second and latest game in the Bayonetta series, so let me get started with some narrative critique.Story Graphics Sound Gameplay Combat One of the noticeable changes is the Umbran Climax mechanic, which very similar to super modes in other Hack n’ Slash games. Umbran Climax will transform Bayonetta’s basic attacks into Wicked Weaves, giant magic hair attacks normally reserved for combo finishers. Her combo finishers during Umbran Climax are instead Challenge Similar to the Alfheim challenge rooms in the first game, Bayonetta 2 has Muspelheim challenge rooms. Muspelheim works almost the exact same way as Alfheim in the you must defeat a group of enemies under a certain condition to earn the prize. Except that I found the Muspelheim challenges to be easier to complete than the Alfheim challenges. You may also change the difficulty, climax as it’s called in-game, with the highest level of difficulty being called Infinite Climax. Infinite Climax like previous difficulty mode will increase the strength of enemies, but it also increases the number of enemies and introduces enemies from later chapters earlier than expected. This adds a greater degree of challenge as you must be even more caution than ever before, especially in certain battles. However, there is also the secret chapters called Witch Trials that may present an even greater challenge than Infinite Climax. Witch Trials is similar to previous game’s Angel Slayer as you fight waves of enemies without any items to use and an increasing difficulty. But, Witch Trials simplifies it by breaking it into several Chapters, and this allows people who aren't able to withstand continuous battles to complete Witch Trails at their own pace. So unlike Angel Slayer where if you die you have to frustratingly start the whole thing over again Witch Trials saves your progress when you complete a chapter in it. However, Witch Trails isn't the only way to give yourself more challenge in this game, there are also other playable characters.Characters Like any great Hack n’ Slash game Bayonetta allows for multiple characters for you to unlock and play as. Like the previous game you can unlock Jeanne, who still retains her stronger Wicked Weaves and inability to activate Witch Time through dodging. There is also a new third character who may give you the biggest challenge in the game. I won’t give their name but I say that they have double the strength, take double the damage, can only use their default weapon, and they can’t equip accessories. Also unlike Bayonetta and Jeanne, this character’s Umbran Climax is instead Umbran Armor, a giant mechanized piloted armor that is great against larger foes. Now, there are two other characters that you can unlock and play as, but only in Tag Climax, which I will talk about later. One of the characters is the Masked Lumen who fights with his glaive, throws feathers, spells as his “Wicked Weaves”, and summons Virtues as his “Infernal Weaves”. You can also unlock Rodin as a playable character who uses his fists, shoots lasers, and has a frustrating perfect block move instead of Witch Time. Now, characters are not the only extra content available in the game there is also nintendo content.Nintendo Content Nintendo Costume mostly comes in the form of costumes that not only change Bayonetta aesthetically, but also changes other aspects both aesthetically and mechanically. For example: the Link costume grants the ability to use a perfect block move, changes halos into rupees , and if Shura is equipped it will be the Master Sword instead. There is also an unlockable weapon in the form of a Chain Chomp, which was a bit too cumbersome for me to use. However, it does have this neat ability to sniff out chests if you’re having trouble finding all of them. Now, while the Nintendo content is pretty cool extra content, the best has to go to Tag Climax.Tag Climax Tag Climax is the game’s online mode where you and partner (friend or A.I.) pick a type of enemy, represented as a card that you unlock through the story, for you to battle against. Once you’ve picked the enemy you then challenge the difficulty of the battle, and the difficulty changes the amount of Halos you’ll win and increases the number and strength of enemies including certain bosses, which really increases the intensity of those fights. In fact some boss cards are bosses that you don’t even fight in the story but through different means, or even one that’s exclusive to Tag Climax. Now, in each battle you and your partner compete to get the most points, which I guess works like points in regular combat gameplay, but I’m not sure since it isn’t explained. I also find it rather irritating that if you fail to revive your partner then you both lose, and it makes sense within the context of the mode but it is still frustrating to lose all that progress. Another thing I don’t understand is this meter in the top center of the screen, I have no idea what is nor is it fully explained to what is. However, despite those gripes with the mode I still found Tag Climax a very fun game mode, just like the rest of the game.Conclusion Bayonetta 2 is a marginal improvement to its predecessor, not just in artistic design but mechanically as well. It is an absolutely gorgeous game to behold with an awesome soundtrack to go along. Combat has been improved so that isn’t so cruel to you; mostly thanks to changes Witch Time. The extra content is very wonderful to play with, especially Tag Climax. However, I did have my gripes with some of the gameplay and the story. But, all in all Bayonetta 2 is a great Hack n’ Slash game for the Wii U.Introduction From the mind of Hideki Kamiya, creator of Devil May Cry, comes another Hack n' Slash called Bayonetta. Now, for those not familiar with series, Bayonetta is about the titular heroine who is a witch that fights angels with weapons on her hands and feet, summoned demons, and torturous hair magic. The games has plenty of absurdly awesome action and fanservice, which is a problem with some people but I really don't care. Anyways, I'll be talking about the second and latest game in the Bayonetta series, so let me get started with some narrative critique.Story Graphics Sound Gameplay Combat One of the noticeable changes is the Umbran Climax mechanic, which very similar to super modes in other Hack n’ Slash games. Umbran Climax will transform Bayonetta’s basic attacks into Wicked Weaves, giant magic hair attacks normally reserved for combo finishers. Her combo finishers during Umbran Climax are instead Challenge Similar to the Alfheim challenge rooms in the first game, Bayonetta 2 has Muspelheim challenge rooms. Muspelheim works almost the exact same way as Alfheim in the you must defeat a group of enemies under a certain condition to earn the prize. Except that I found the Muspelheim challenges to be easier to complete than the Alfheim challenges. You may also change the difficulty, climax as it’s called in-game, with the highest level of difficulty being called Infinite Climax. Infinite Climax like previous difficulty mode will increase the strength of enemies, but it also increases the number of enemies and introduces enemies from later chapters earlier than expected. This adds a greater degree of challenge as you must be even more caution than ever before, especially in certain battles. However, there is also the secret chapters called Witch Trials that may present an even greater challenge than Infinite Climax. Witch Trials is similar to previous game’s Angel Slayer as you fight waves of enemies without any items to use and an increasing difficulty. But, Witch Trials simplifies it by breaking it into several Chapters, and this allows people who aren't able to withstand continuous battles to complete Witch Trails at their own pace. So unlike Angel Slayer where if you die you have to frustratingly start the whole thing over again Witch Trials saves your progress when you complete a chapter in it. However, Witch Trails isn't the only way to give yourself more challenge in this game, there are also other playable characters.Characters Like any great Hack n’ Slash game Bayonetta allows for multiple characters for you to unlock and play as. Like the previous game you can unlock Jeanne, who still retains her stronger Wicked Weaves and inability to activate Witch Time through dodging. There is also a new third character who may give you the biggest challenge in the game. I won’t give their name but I say that they have double the strength, take double the damage, can only use their default weapon, and they can’t equip accessories. Also unlike Bayonetta and Jeanne, this character’s Umbran Climax is instead Umbran Armor, a giant mechanized piloted armor that is great against larger foes. Now, there are two other characters that you can unlock and play as, but only in Tag Climax, which I will talk about later. One of the characters is the Masked Lumen who fights with his glaive, throws feathers, spells as his “Wicked Weaves”, and summons Virtues as his “Infernal Weaves”. You can also unlock Rodin as a playable character who uses his fists, shoots lasers, and has a frustrating perfect block move instead of Witch Time. Now, characters are not the only extra content available in the game there is also nintendo content.Nintendo Content Nintendo Costume mostly comes in the form of costumes that not only change Bayonetta aesthetically, but also changes other aspects both aesthetically and mechanically. For example: the Link costume grants the ability to use a perfect block move, changes halos into rupees , and if Shura is equipped it will be the Master Sword instead. There is also an unlockable weapon in the form of a Chain Chomp, which was a bit too cumbersome for me to use. However, it does have this neat ability to sniff out chests if you’re having trouble finding all of them. Now, while the Nintendo content is pretty cool extra content, the best has to go to Tag Climax.Tag Climax Tag Climax is the game’s online mode where you and partner (friend or A.I.) pick a type of enemy, represented as a card that you unlock through the story, for you to battle against. Once you’ve picked the enemy you then challenge the difficulty of the battle, and the difficulty changes the amount of Halos you’ll win and increases the number and strength of enemies including certain bosses, which really increases the intensity of those fights. In fact some boss cards are bosses that you don’t even fight in the story but through different means, or even one that’s exclusive to Tag Climax. Now, in each battle you and your partner compete to get the most points, which I guess works like points in regular combat gameplay, but I’m not sure since it isn’t explained. I also find it rather irritating that if you fail to revive your partner then you both lose, and it makes sense within the context of the mode but it is still frustrating to lose all that progress. Another thing I don’t understand is this meter in the top center of the screen, I have no idea what is nor is it fully explained to what is. However, despite those gripes with the mode I still found Tag Climax a very fun game mode, just like the rest of the game.Conclusion Bayonetta 2 is a marginal improvement to its predecessor, not just in artistic design but mechanically as well. It is an absolutely gorgeous game to behold with an awesome soundtrack to go along. Combat has been improved so that isn’t so cruel to you; mostly thanks to changes Witch Time. The extra content is very wonderful to play with, especially Tag Climax. However, I did have my gripes with some of the gameplay and the story. But, all in all Bayonetta 2 is a great Hack n’ Slash game for the Wii U. |
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Wow, no doubt that this review will become a feature soon! You went into great details without being boring, you made ample comparisons to the first game and to other similar games like DMC. Had I been into this kind of game, I would have surely given it a try. |
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Very well done! This game actually sounds pretty fun. I'll need to try it out sometime! I mean, it was good enough to where Sakurai scrambled to get her in Smash Bros as soon as possible. So that's gotta be good right? Anyway, this review is really informative without becoming boring. Great job! Anyway, this review is really informative without becoming boring. Great job! |
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