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Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:07AM xFSUxBatman said
I liked this game, hopefully they make a sequel
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:07AM ZexionArmando said
Thank gawd they changed Witch Time to the dodge. And sped it up. And added Wicked Weaves. And generally made it into a giant knee buckling wet climax that we got, lol.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:07AM xFSUxBatman said
I liked this game, nice distraction till the next devil may cry
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:08AM ZexionArmando said
@xFSUxBatman Till you found out what the new DMC was... then you ran back into Bayonetta's loving bosom.
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Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:11AM ZexionArmando said
@xFSUxBatman Till you found out what the new DMC was... then you ran back into Bayonetta's loving bosom.
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Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:15AM The Joy of Painting w Bob Ross said
@xFSUxBatman
I thought the exact same thing... until I saw the new DmC trailer.
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I thought the exact same thing... until I saw the new DmC trailer.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:22AM xFSUxBatman said
I don't really mind that they changed the look of Dante. Don't judge a book by it's cover. It could be the best DMC yet...
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Posted: Nov 24th 2010 7:44AM original fred said
@xFSUxBatman
It's not just the look that matters. The developer, engine and the fact that it's a reboot, matters.
That said, the look is... guys it's so bad. The character looks like he has a diet consisting of the uppermost leaves. Why would anyone need a neck that long?
http://www.sciencecentric.com/images/news/sauropod_dinosaur_300_362.jpg
Why don't they just make it a new, dinosaur based hack and slash series? That idea is SOLID. Name one person on here that wouldn't play God of War with dinos.
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It's not just the look that matters. The developer, engine and the fact that it's a reboot, matters.
That said, the look is... guys it's so bad. The character looks like he has a diet consisting of the uppermost leaves. Why would anyone need a neck that long?
http://www.sciencecentric.com/images/news/sauropod_dinosaur_300_362.jpg
Why don't they just make it a new, dinosaur based hack and slash series? That idea is SOLID. Name one person on here that wouldn't play God of War with dinos.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:12AM Prboi said
This game is ok. I personally liked DMC better. I think it was just the fact that you played as a scan-dally clad woman that kept this game afloat
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:19AM dakoe3 said
@Prboi this game was flat out awesome. Probably the only action game I've played through more than once. The combat system is so deep and fun. That's what kept me coming back.
*Spoiler* The chick was actually annoying with the stupid ass dancing at the end.
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*Spoiler* The chick was actually annoying with the stupid ass dancing at the end.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 8:48AM poronponporin said
@Prboi
Ten hours in... no, maybe even one or two is enough, and the novelty of the character design wears completely off. If it got the critical and financial success it had, it simply HAD to have something else, something not everyone could see.
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Ten hours in... no, maybe even one or two is enough, and the novelty of the character design wears completely off. If it got the critical and financial success it had, it simply HAD to have something else, something not everyone could see.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 3:01PM ZexionArmando said
@ZenGaijin It does though, lol. The secret chapter where you fight angels based on normal to nonstop infinite climax; lol.
ANgel Slayer or something.
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ANgel Slayer or something.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:27AM Mach2 said
Oh God. It's so slow. And boring.
I would've liked having the old menu styles and the Beta-netta design as unlockables, though.
I would've liked having the old menu styles and the Beta-netta design as unlockables, though.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:39AM Jhoalot said
I'm currently playinf this game, and i like it a lot! In fact the thing that i like about this game is the fast placed gamepleay...and look at the video xD
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:52AM RickGhastly said
Wow, that entire video just feels wrong (and not in "all of the right ways" like the final product).
I personally loved THE HELL out of Bayonetta. I was previously a die-hard NG/DMC fanboy, but now my loyalties lie elsewhere. There wasn't a single wasted moment in the game; it only got better and better as you progressed.
I personally loved THE HELL out of Bayonetta. I was previously a die-hard NG/DMC fanboy, but now my loyalties lie elsewhere. There wasn't a single wasted moment in the game; it only got better and better as you progressed.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:55AM ZippyDSMlee said
DMC only got good at 3 2 and 4 suck thanks to capcoms ineptitude, Bayoneetta is a good game to take over for DMC since DMC sucks now.
And sorry the anorexic drug addict hollywood star that dreamt up to play Dante is sad.... tho if it's a large open world DMC game with better paced equipment and skills I will happyily buy it. If its another on the rails throw back like Castlevina:Lord of shadows.... I will pass...... if I want to watch a film I will watch a film if I want to play a game I want to play a game... films as games inherently suck....
And sorry the anorexic drug addict hollywood star that dreamt up to play Dante is sad.... tho if it's a large open world DMC game with better paced equipment and skills I will happyily buy it. If its another on the rails throw back like Castlevina:Lord of shadows.... I will pass...... if I want to watch a film I will watch a film if I want to play a game I want to play a game... films as games inherently suck....
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:55AM ZippyDSMlee said
DMC only got good at 3 2 and 4 suck thanks to capcoms ineptitude, Bayoneetta is a good game to take over for DMC since DMC sucks now.
And sorry the anorexic drug addict hollywood star that dreamt up to play Dante is sad.... tho if it's a large open world DMC game with better paced equipment and skills I will happyily buy it. If its another on the rails throw back like Castlevina:Lord of shadows.... I will pass...... if I want to watch a film I will watch a film if I want to play a game I want to play a game... films as games inherently suck....
And sorry the anorexic drug addict hollywood star that dreamt up to play Dante is sad.... tho if it's a large open world DMC game with better paced equipment and skills I will happyily buy it. If its another on the rails throw back like Castlevina:Lord of shadows.... I will pass...... if I want to watch a film I will watch a film if I want to play a game I want to play a game... films as games inherently suck....
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 1:55AM Basevi said
Can't imagine playing this game at such speeds.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 2:23AM bargaingamer said
Best action game i ever played , i tried DMC 4 and i couldn't get pass the first level since i thought it suck so badly compared to all the other action games i had play.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 3:03AM MasterGouken said
Please give me the 14:49 minutes of my life back...
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 4:55AM FakeJamaican said
I couldn't stand Bayonetta. What a chore it was playing that game. To each his own.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 7:39AM Edsabre said
Fun videos to watch. The game has come along way and taken it's place as the best action game I've ever played. It'll be hard for DmC or any other hack'n'slasher to top her.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 7:59AM original fred said
The game is easily one of the best action games I've ever played (if not the best). Though the J-pop in it didn't feel... battle-y. I have to agree with others that the game just feels wrong at the speed shown in this video. I'm glad they chose the pace that was in the final product
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 8:52AM poronponporin said
@original fred
I hope by "J-Pop" you don't mean the cover of "Fly me to the moon". The rest of the soundtrack sounded kinda jazzy so that's the only thing song that would more or less fit the description, and it is about as Japanese as the Statue of Liberty.
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I hope by "J-Pop" you don't mean the cover of "Fly me to the moon". The rest of the soundtrack sounded kinda jazzy so that's the only thing song that would more or less fit the description, and it is about as Japanese as the Statue of Liberty.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 8:56AM inevercheckthis said
That is the LARGEST cliff I've ever seen!
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 9:15AM Lerkero said
It doesn't look too different, but making the combat faster was definitely a smart decision. Good one Platinum.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 10:12AM Ophidios said
God damn it, now I have to go play Bayonetta AGAIN. Thanks, Joystiq - I don't have time for this!
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 10:21AM shattercross said
A pretty interesting window into the world of game design, I liked the final look of Bayonetta.
In regards to Devil May Cry,
I liked the 4th, my biggest complaint was that, as it was the first installment on new hardware- more of a focus was put towards graphics and cutscenes as opposed to varied and robust gameplay. I'd still like to see more exposition on Nero's origins and future... although it may be awhile if at all.
In regards to Devil May Cry,
I liked the 4th, my biggest complaint was that, as it was the first installment on new hardware- more of a focus was put towards graphics and cutscenes as opposed to varied and robust gameplay. I'd still like to see more exposition on Nero's origins and future... although it may be awhile if at all.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 12:31PM poronponporin said
@shattercross Actually I felt that it was too focused to the mechanical component of the game to the detriment to the "artistic" aspect. By this, I mean that they game us a really fun to play newcomer with Nero, a refining of Dante's movepool (even if an abridged one) and then they proceeded to make us think as the rest of the enviorments as just sandboxes for us to try out the new combat engine. This worked as a detriment to the game in my opinion, as it resulted in recycled level designs and bosses. Recycled bosses are not new to the franchise but usually there is something new to the fights that keep them interesting, and Nero's "gimmick" is that his fighting style doesn't really change much and you only find new uses to your tools instead of expanding your arsenal.
I think that if someone had gone crazier with the storyline we'd have more interesting and varied demons to fight instead of reusing the same bosses three times (and sadly, all of the more uninteresting ones) and the same environments two times: even Team Sonic, a name which is synonymous of poor planning and gameplay nowadays, found a reasonable way of making two characters go through the same roughly similar levels, with similar gimmicks and overall look, feel different depending on which character do you play as.
In my opinion that was the greatest victory Bayonetta had over DMC4. It managed to have an even deeper combat engine while still keeping the gameplay fresh and varied. Even the second fights against the Cardinal Virtues were so radically different from their first encounter they can hardly be considered a proper "rematch", not to say from the proper final bosses, which are unique enemies and therefore have a greater impact than DMC4's final boss, itself a second fight against a previously fought enemy. In fact I could even argue this second fight is actually easier and less climatic than the first one.
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I think that if someone had gone crazier with the storyline we'd have more interesting and varied demons to fight instead of reusing the same bosses three times (and sadly, all of the more uninteresting ones) and the same environments two times: even Team Sonic, a name which is synonymous of poor planning and gameplay nowadays, found a reasonable way of making two characters go through the same roughly similar levels, with similar gimmicks and overall look, feel different depending on which character do you play as.
In my opinion that was the greatest victory Bayonetta had over DMC4. It managed to have an even deeper combat engine while still keeping the gameplay fresh and varied. Even the second fights against the Cardinal Virtues were so radically different from their first encounter they can hardly be considered a proper "rematch", not to say from the proper final bosses, which are unique enemies and therefore have a greater impact than DMC4's final boss, itself a second fight against a previously fought enemy. In fact I could even argue this second fight is actually easier and less climatic than the first one.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 12:33PM poronponporin said
tl;dr
Bayonetta knew how to keep itself fresh and DMC4 didn't.
Bayonetta knew how to keep itself fresh and DMC4 didn't.
Posted: Nov 24th 2010 4:30PM JCDoe said
Bayonetta was pretty good, although I played the PS3 version, which was inexplicably ugly at places.
I don't understand the DMC 4 hate tho. Its still easily one of the best looking games of the generation, and the whole devil arm mechanic really opened up a lot of possibilities gameplay-wise.
The thing I didn't like was the backtracking though . . . such a cheap way to artificially extend a game.
I don't understand the DMC 4 hate tho. Its still easily one of the best looking games of the generation, and the whole devil arm mechanic really opened up a lot of possibilities gameplay-wise.
The thing I didn't like was the backtracking though . . . such a cheap way to artificially extend a game.
Posted: Nov 26th 2010 12:02AM Cafecito said
It looks ok with slower gameplay, actually... thought it'd be worse. Could be an interesting game option there.
