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| Bayonetta Review by Jahanzeb |  | | PALGN Review: Everyone rejoice! BabeOnetta is here! | | [View Article] |
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IGN review says if you have both 360 and PS3, to avoid the PS3 version as x360 is far superior. Surprising for a Japanese game.
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Shame that the PS3 version didnt get a proper comparison. It seems like a good game but I have to get the PS3 version since I don't have a 360. This 9.5 will likely become a 7 or so when I get it... in my eyes.
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I have to admit I've had little interest in this game since its announcement, but after reading some reviews today I just might have to pick it up; this site doesn't dish out 9.5s very often.
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| Benc82 wrote: | | IGN review says if you have both 360 and PS3, to avoid the PS3 version as x360 is far superior. Surprising for a Japanese game. |
Platinum Games is a pretty small developer. For some reason the built Bayonetta using the X360 as the lead SKU, possibly as they felt it would be very attractive to the Western market, or maybe development costs were cheaper and easier.
Either way, they lacked the resources and man power to do the PS3 port so SEGA are handelling it. From what I've seen the PS3 version looks muddier, has more texture pop-in, less texture detail, and a few filter/shader issues here and there. That and the framerate is better/more stable in the X360 version.
Shame, but that's how she rolls. It's more SEGAs fault than Platinums.
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Climax Edition Pre-Ordered... Can't wait.
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I'm sure it looks better in motion, but those screen shots look a bit bland and fuzzy to me. Can't argue with the revierws though.
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The PS3 demo ran okay, it probably doesn't run as smooth as the 360 version but it's not broken by any means and is still perfectly playable. I'm still on the fence with this one though but knowing me I'll probably cave in anyway...
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| fatpizza wrote: | | The PS3 demo ran okay, it probably doesn't run as smooth as the 360 version but it's not broken by any means and is still perfectly playable. I'm still on the fence with this one though but knowing me I'll probably cave in anyway... |
I had no problems with it either but any problems with ps3 version will be fixed with a patch update anyway.
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| Death Angel wrote: | | fatpizza wrote: | | The PS3 demo ran okay, it probably doesn't run as smooth as the 360 version but it's not broken by any means and is still perfectly playable. I'm still on the fence with this one though but knowing me I'll probably cave in anyway... |
I had no problems with it either but any problems with ps3 version will be fixed with a patch update anyway. |
Visual upgrades and refinements rarely happen in patches.
I've played both the 360 and PS3 versions, the difference was night and day to me. Incredibly choppy on the PS3 which is disappointing as I've always felt action games like this flowed better with the Dualshock.
I'm still on the fence about Bayonetta as the demo didn't leave a great impression, though according to people that played the full thing, it's not the best of demo's.
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Having played almost all the way through the PS3 version (graphical differences aside), I wouldn't put it anywhere near God of War. Much better than DMC yes, as good or comparable to Ninja Gaiden sure but not close to Kratos and his games.
Also, apparantly Sony are touching up the PS3 version before it hits the rest of the world but I'm not sure if that's true or not.
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wow 9.5?
I've been looking at stuff for this game but didn't think it would be a 9.5! Maybe this might be my second game I buy after FFXIII for my soon-to-have PS3 
Cool review, lots of details, thanks
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Having played the PS3 version to completion, I can attest to the fact that it is marred by some significant technical issues. However, it is still immensely fun to play and is well worth a look for those without an Xbox 360.
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Must get BAYONETTA
Demo's were great, and it will be just what I need to get back into the swing of gaming on consoles.
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I have a huge dilemma with this game.
I like lots of different game styles and enjoyed DMC and GOW.
This game is also reviewing very well.
But....... I'm 42 years old.
I can't get over the fact that this game appears to have been designed to appeal to immature teenage boys.
I mean, seriously, the glasses - you can't really believe that makes your character sexy, can you?
And the hair that becomes a weapon leaving the character naked. Oh please - grow up.
Gotta say that I'd feel more than a bit embarrassed playing this in front of my wife and children. I'd even cringe in front of my male friends - they are grown ups too (and most share this opinion of the games visual style).
I find this sort of cheapness in games really de-values them. It's hard to argue about them being a valid adult media with games around containing this kind of childish sexist imagery.
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Part of viewing sexuality in a mature way is being comfortable with it, including when viewing it with other people. If seeing naughty bits in front of your friends makes you feel uncomfortable, then I'd say that's more of a personal hangup with sexuality than the game being pornographically crass.
I mean, really, wouldn't the 'mature' viewpoint be to play what you enjoy without being influenced by how the people around you will view it? If my friends thought the new Mario game was an immature kiddie game, I'd still play it, because I enjoy it.
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Sinthesys: All good points, but a bit off target with what I was saying - perhaps I wasn't clear.
It isn't the actual sexuality itself that I am uncomfortable with. It's the crass, immature use of sexuality that I find embarrassing.
I actually find that aspect more immature than "kiddie" games like mario.
Mario is obviously pitched at a family audience and as such i have no problems playing it.
Bayonetta seems to pitch itself as cool and sexy, but actually comes off looking like a virgin teenagers wet dream. Not cool and seems a bit desperate.
(As for hang-ups, I have very few. I'm a nurse, and have worked in EDs and Genito-Urinary medicine, so have pretty much got a very high threshold when it comes to sex and "naughty bits").
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Have to agree with you krazy - it's very obviously pitched at the young male demographic. Very blatant. Wow she wears glasses like me! Cool! Although, at the end of the day it's all about the gameplay, and if that rocks, who cares?
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I've already got it and being playing it today.
For those of you worried about the 'fan service' - fear not. Simply put the action is so frantic, crazy (and the special effects accompanying that action) and there is so much happening on the screen that by the time you notice her hair has been removed off her body, her move is done and it's back on. It's literally .5 of a second and then you're back to start another combo.
So I wouldn't be bothered by playing this in front of anyone. I was playing it in front of my girlfriend and she failed to notice 
I don't mean this offensively but if you honestly care that much about what people think why do you play games when you're well past 40? Seems a tad contradicting to me.
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| Krazy-Koala wrote: | Sinthesys: All good points, but a bit off target with what I was saying - perhaps I wasn't clear.
It isn't the actual sexuality itself that I am uncomfortable with. It's the crass, immature use of sexuality that I find embarrassing.
I actually find that aspect more immature than "kiddie" games like mario.
Mario is obviously pitched at a family audience and as such i have no problems playing it.
Bayonetta seems to pitch itself as cool and sexy, but actually comes off looking like a virgin teenagers wet dream. Not cool and seems a bit desperate.
(As for hang-ups, I have very few. I'm a nurse, and have worked in EDs and Genito-Urinary medicine, so have pretty much got a very high threshold when it comes to sex and "naughty bits"). |
Fair enough, bad assumption on my part. I used to work in a hospital, so I appreciate how tough as nails the nursing staff are - The stories they had would make a prostitute blush.
Personally, the immature 'boobies lol' factor isn't really an issue for me, its a pretty small part of the game, and from what I've heard (and from the little I've played) it is rather easy to look past. I think you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you gave up on it just for that.
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The game can be a bit cheap and tawdry (not to mention tiring in its longwinded and corney storytelling) but, yeah, the gameplay is so utterly terrific that you should be able to look past it. You can feel the genius behind the original Devil May Cry at work, and there's an irreverence and imagination on display which has been sorely missing from the genre since that game.
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I'm sorry but i don't get the Bayonetta love. I've played PS3 and 360 demo's and its just seems a whole bunch of "hairography".
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Seriously, this is the new DMC. Cannot wait.
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Bought it on release over here a couple months ago.
Actually, I lie... my local retailer nicely broke the street date for me on October 27th. :3
It is, without a doubt, the best action game I've played. I just didn't want it to end. When the credits rolled on my Normal playthrough, I dived straight back in and began it again on Hard. Same thing happened when I finished that playthrough. Only once I passed Infinite Climax difficulty and unlocked the final achievement did I give it a break.
Three consecutive playthroughs, 37 hours clocked up, and every achievement unlocked, and I'm still planning to play through it again when I move back to Australia. Got my friend to pre-order me the Climax Edition.
What can I say? Buy it. The 360 version, that is. 
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