Bayonetta PS3 patch adds hard drive installation option

Is the slowdown and tearing as bad as in Assassin's Creed 2?

I'm actually thinking of getting this game now it has been "fixed".

That's good news.

Now, any word on that impending Darksiders patch for x360?

Too little too late. This game drove me mad with it's horrendous load times and clunky interface. It's like they developed the menus in 1990.

this option would be great for a lot of games :)

How big is the install? I'm assuming they don't install movie, sound assets etc..

No matter what this game still sucks.

Apparently we have another Co-op watcher/Rebel.FM listener here.

I have no idea where those guys are coming from. AC2 plays and looks find on PS3. I never noticed ANY tearing at all, and the frame rates, while not at the level of a 1PS are plenty high enough to play the game. The only real difference is that you do see textures phase in on walls of buildings on the PS3. If you can ignore this (I managed), there's no problems the the PS3 version.

For those who don't listen to these shows, the co-op guys harp on this all the time and in face on the Rebel.FM 50th episode, they were on there and were relating their "biggest gaming regrets ever". One guy says "I regret trading in my NES/SNES", another says "I regret that my girlfriend lost my Dreamcast and all my 25 DC games". And a third says "my biggest regret is I bought AC2 for PS3 instead of 360". Give me a f-- break. Not only is the difference minor, but that's only a $30 mistake anyway (he traded it in for half price and bought the 360 version the next day). What a drama queen.

(What gives, joystiq is holding comments for swear words now? reposted)

It's still ridiculous that devs can't make games smooth on PS3 off optical. I can play Burnout: Paradise without an install, but not Bayonetta or Hot Shots Golf?

lazy lazy lazy devs.

Crap and I just Platinumed that game yesterday after playing through those loading menus for 40 hours

Nice. Just beat this game last night and am looking forward to playing through it more. Though, not sure how much it will help. I remember playing half of Valkiria Chronicles without the install, then the last half with the install and I literally couldn't tell the difference. That being another Sega offering it makes me wonder what to expect here.

@acefondu: If I remember right, the only thing doing the install on Valkyria Chronicles does is help with the time it takes to load a level or a game saved within a level, actual in game play is the same either way.
Back to Bayonetta, I may actually get this now since I don't have a 360. But of course Mass Effect 2 on PC must come first and by then maybe the Bayonetta price will have come down.

el serpiente: No. If you read my initial post, you can see that all I wanted to know is how Bayonetta performs on the PS3 before wasting my cash, since I don't own a 360.

I have no clue what you mean by "console warrior".

Great news. Having played both versions, the erratic loading / load times in the PS3 version were more distracting than the actual framerate drops. It was the first time I was ever worried a single game was going to murder my BRD lens.

Definitely a step in the right direction. May also be a slight indication that hopefully we're not going to have to deal with this crap when the (potential) sequel rolls around.

The only real problem I've had with Bayonetta is the load times, which can be really ridiculously long at times, and not so bad at others. At least you get to practice moves while it loads. I'll be happy to get an install, though.

The only problem I had with AC 2 was when I was trying to get the kill 10 enemies trophy, using a smoke bomb and quickly killing about 5 enemies would make my system lock up, so I had to reset. This also happened in Ratchet and Clank, killing a whole bunch of enemies at once. Maybe it's just my system.

As much as I love Bayonetta (and I really love Bayonetta), the load times on PS3 are so bad that sometimes I don't concoct items/change accessories when I would usually want to because I don't feel like waiting for the effing screens to load. I can't say that's ever happened to me in another game.

Needless to say, this patch is more than welcome.

Yet ANOTHER reason that when you buy a multi-platform game....you go with the 360 Version.....

It was this way with the XBOX vs PS2........same for this generation.