Thanks for proving my point.
I read the article in EGM a while back and the topic came up about him wanting to push the limits of teh action, and he compared the game most to God of War. Personally, I think God of War will be the best of this genre for a while.
They also discussed problems of having a female main character. Its cool playing as girls and all, but you don’t get the same effect. Guys want to see ppl be macho, not some love fest like Heavenly Sword. Basically what I’m saying is I’d be very surprised if Bayonetta ever did anything as cool as Kratos picking someone up and breaking them in half w/ his bare hands.
TLDR version: Female main char = bad. Wont revolutionize the genre as expected, but will probably still be a good game.
…seduce a macho guy to do that for her?
We already know why you like it, you don’t need false justifications here man
I really don’t see how Kratos breaking someone in half is a revolutionary shift anyway. Theres nothing unique or intriguing about Kratos. I don’t think anyone is expecting Bayonetta being female to revolutionize a Genre that isn’t about the people you play as but about how you actually kill people and i don’t mean the animation of the kill i man the exacution of it. It isn’t the act of Kratos jamming the Blades of Chaos through a Minituars mouth that’s revolutionary to the action genre but the way its done as a context sensative minigame amongst a swarm of other foes. It plays into the idea of a fight, the struggle of one trying to kill another while the one being killed fights to prevent it. Its the mashing of triangle to make the kill. Its like your fighting as much as they are. Bayonetta clearly has a dragon that can bite people in half if she wants it to so her breaking people in half Kratos style isn’t what you should be focused on at all. That shits all just icing on the cake. Its the way the move is implemented into gameplay that should matter. How you exacute this move.
Take the Gillotine exacution move for example. do you mash the circle button in order to get the blade raised high enough to one kill the enemie and take its head off or does it all happen on its own. If it all happens on its own then its really just a boring little cinematic that is cool the first 4 or 5 times you see it then you pass. But if it involves you with some sort of little button mashing mini-game then your still involved in the kill, in the game play in the moment. Your not taken out of it. Thats why these type of moves work so well for games like God of War and god Hand. Its fun spanking the ever loving shit out of Shanon in God Hand because each press of the circle button is me delivering red hot justice to her ass. Its not some little cinematic move that i only watch. I am involved still.
Male, female that shit comes secondary and isn’t something with which to judge success by. Does it creat sparks of interest? Sure I am THRILLED to see a female who can finally stand toe to toe with the likes of Dante and Kratos because I love strong females who don’t take shit. Does that mean I was less interested in DMC or God hand because Dante and Gene are men? Absolutly not because a Stinger is a Stinger and Home Run God is a Home Run God weather Dante does it or Gene does it. the moves would not be some how less cool or fun to do just because a woman in glasses and sexy honey comb hair style did them.
I for one am enthusiastic for this game. I think what a lot of people here seem to ignore is that we are getting to a point in life where there is a more of a demand for information about gaming and in turn there is more of a openess for developers and producers to explain their motivations behind the game.
The reason why I love Bayonetta even if it’s more of a DMC/Hack n Slash clone is because of the insight that was revealed in the EGM interview with Hideki. It’s like listening to an audio commentary or reading an artist’s statement to know what shit is going through their head in order to come to this. With podcasts, BBSs, more gaming conferences and interviews that come out year by year, we are more privy to explore the thoughts of the directors.
While a lot of the complaints here are probably well founded, there are other options however it is sad that the industry is more inclined to take smaller steps rather than large ones in order to further progress the genre or medium. In the end all we can hope for is a properly functioning and a fun playing game rather than the next entire unique experience.
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do u also watch the WNBA? JK i couldn’t resist
you do make a valid point. It is the gameplay implementation that makes god of war so memorable, not just another stale cut scence, much of how heavenly sword was. We’ll be able to see when a demo comes out, only time will tell i suppose. I’m pretty sure at least it will be a good game, but after reading the EGM article the guy wanted to make is a benchmark of the action genre…that’s why I said what I said.
I uh…I don’t watch sports but I love Powederpuff Football…>.>. yeah he certainly did say a lot of stuf for sure I just don’t see anything that disqualifies his claims in the video. course nothing in the supports them either but it sure does looks fun as hell at the moment.
What justifications, bitch is hot, and the game looks like fun.
Sign me the fuck up.
SRK hypocrisy.
All these girl threads on this forum. And yet this game is sexually over the top?
I mean, granted shes partially nude … but what the fuck. Its really not that serious lol. I didnt think seeing a partially nude woman could cause any type of bitching from a man.
Whos gay? Raise your hand.
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nothin new on this yet, but i cant wait until we start getting more shit from this game. too good
Thread title make me sad.
I know, right? Like complaining when 2 hot girls make out or something, just shouldn’t happen. (complaining part I mean 
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Gun shoes?
Are you serious?
u want 2 taach me :3
I’m not liking the character that much
it’s not because she’s a girl but she looks like a…witch
a witch who fights angels, I don’t know
it would have been better a character more like the chick from the movie underworld
edit:wow rep groove!!
Could be fake angels like in that other action game. The name escapes me…
she is a witch
Yeah?
Eh, witch, demonspawn, ninja, princes, assassins, random guys named Joe or whatever it really don’t matter as long as the game allows you to provide stylish beat downs in entertaining fashion.
As for the angels, you play enough JRPGs, you wind up with a high enough angel body count that this game will be drop in the bucket. As long as none of the angels look like cute little babies that just hover and do nothing while you are performing your required blood bath, you should be fine. And the chick in the underworld movie was a vampire that fought werewolves and other vampires, they’ve already tried that with Blood Rayne and a recent 360 game that sucked but was also about “vampires”.