After hearing generally very positive things about ‘Bayonetta’ I decided, if I could get it for sub-£30 I would check it out and see what all the fuss about. The truth is, I bought this game having not read a single review. I based my decision to buy purely on the perfect scores given buy two very respected videogame magazines (Edge – 10/10 and Famitsu – 40/40)
First impressions of the game were very positive. The graphics are stunning. One of the best looking games I have ever seen. Everything is very sharp and moves at an incredibly smooth rate. The gameplay is very smooth and intuative – very easy to pick up and play (even if the very fist battle does leave you button mashing until you begin to understand.
Essentially, the game is a 3rd person hack/slash/action game which sees the player (as a sexy evil witch) move from one huge boss battle to the next with cutscenes, smaller fights against multiple opponents and occasional ‘puzzels’ and platform aspects inbetween’. The narrative, cutscenes and action in this game is absolutely bonkers, and will seem very odd to a western audience not knowing what to expect.
There are a large number of moves and combos, many of which are easy to pull off even for an average player. put simply the gameplay and combat action in this game is of the same high standard of the graphics.
Next up, the music – this could potentially be a point of contention – but personally I LOVE IT. Fits perfectly with such a down right bonkers game. Its kinda electronic jazz music that starts up at very battle. Sega also salutes ‘Out Run’ by borrowing the arcade racers soundtrack at one point. genius! oh and lets not forget a J-Pop cover of ‘fly me to the moon’ that keeps rearing its head throughout the game!
about 4 – 5hrs into this game, I did start to wonder something… Having initially been very impressed, i began to ask, is this all there is? cutscenes followed by boss battles? and my enthusiasm did start to drop. I wanted more substance from the game – away from the combat aspect. And while the game does dish that up in small doses, it would be deluded to call this game a ‘platformer’ or to have any such expectations.
In conclusion, this game is great fun, and i would definitely recommend to all. I could not justify giving it top marks, simply because it didnt affect me in ths same way that my ‘top marks’ games do: TLoZOoT, shenmue 2 – which you could say are ‘richer’ games with more depth and substance. But that doesnt take away anything from bayonetta, i can simply not put it on the same level as those titles. I am however very glad that Edge and Famitsu DID give perfect marks to this game , or else it would never have come onto my radar!
9/10
No comments:
Post a Comment