Gaming Spotlight: Bayonetta

She's a B- I mean, Witch...

So, I beat this game a few days ago... and am now commencing my second run through. I absolutely adore this game! It is, quite possibly, the best game I have played in a very long time. If you've played it, you know how much fun it is. If you haven't, for the love of God, why not!?

"But, Victoria," you say skeptically, "It can't be that good..."

Yes it can, dear gamer, yes it can. There are many reasons that this game is nearly impossible for me to put down. However, for the sake of time, I'll only talk about four. Listing all of them would probably take longer than it took for Player 2 to beat Nyx....

Beautiful Graphics

Okay, so you guys know that graphics usually don't matter to me. If the gameplay is good, the game could look like a glorified version of Pong and I wouldn't care. However, if the gameplay is great and the graphics are lovely too, that is a bonus! Now, it's not just the character designs that make Bayonetta wonderful, it's the environments too. The cities and landscapes in this game are gorgeous. Everything from the architecture to the lighting is just done so well. It really sets the mood perfectly for the world that the characters interact with, which is based one Dante's Divine Comedy.

Gripping Storyline

I admit, I had my doubts when I first began the game. The Dialogue was pretty bad and I began to worry that this game was nothing but an excuse to show off Bayonetta as a sex symbol with stripper moves. Luckily, I was proven way wrong. While the main character does resemble someone you'd meet at a gentleman's club (Even going so far as to exclaim, "I should be a pole dancer!"), the game is just so much more than that. It takes the age old "Light vs Dark"/"Good vs Evil" storyline and reinvents it. Trust me, by the end, you'll be rooting for the Dark Side.

Great Gameplay

Now, if you're like Player 2, you might want to take this game in small doses. Those prone to motion sickness are bound to feel a bit ill if they sit through this game for too long. However, if you're like me, and think that the more you feel off balance while your playing a game, the better it is, go for it! This game does a  great job of keeping the action lightning fast while not being frustrating or annoying. I definitely approve of any game that makes me feel like a total BAMF.

Epic Boss Battles

What's a good game without a boss battle that makes you feel as if you've resolved something. Bayonetta is perfect at this. Not only are the Bosses ridiculously large (their size progressively increases the further you get in the game) but they back up that size with larger than life battles. So many games have a habit of having large bosses that just have a lot of hit points but only one central weakness. In Bayonetta, the developers really emphasized the need to take these behemoths apart piece by piece in order to destroy them. There is nothing more satisfying than completely decimating an Angelic Being and then feeding the pieces to a bunch of ravenous demons.