Bayonetta demands Dante (DMC) to make her a sandwich. Patch fix available for PS3!

yah_yaahh_b_tch · July 29, 2009, 8:30am

If Bayonetta aint worth 60, PoP aint worth 30. Used.

Aion · July 29, 2009, 8:39am

Aww man Bayonetta owns, I’ve been looking forward to this game in forever, can’t wait till it arrives.

Yummy · July 29, 2009, 8:46am

I’m looking forward to Bayonetta and Dante’s Inferno, no doubt.
It’s a damn shame though that Bayonetta got pushed back, but that seems to be the ongoing trend lately with release dates for video games.

Aion · July 29, 2009, 8:47am

I don’t mean to fight over digital women but she’s mine so back off

Radiantsilvergun3 · July 29, 2009, 5:02pm

But…I never said that.

Anyway a guy on GFAQS by the handle of ContraMundiX got to go to the Bayonetta Party that Platinum games hosted and he played the demo while he was there and post his impressions. He said it was alright I throew them up here so thats what I’m gonna do.

I’m not here to brag about it. You guys have kept me informed on this game since day one and I really appreciate it. So this will probably be my biggest contribution to this forum and I hope you find it interesting. So lets get down to it, a person can only find out so much by watching trailers. You really need to try a game to really see what its made of. Believe me, Bayonetta is so much more than meets the eye.

Gameplay
When Kamiya made Bayonetta he set out to create a character that felt significantly different than all the rest. Well he succeeded. BAYONETTA IS A BEAST! If I had to compare her to anything she plays like a great mash-up between Dante (Devil May Cry) and Ryu (Ninja Gaiden) but that really dosen’t do her justice. Bayo moves alot like Dante but she has a combo system like Ryu, well kind of. Unlike Ryu whose combos have a set number of attacks Bayo’s combos could pottentially go on endlessly. For example although bayo has finishing moves (the ones with Madam Butterfly) she can immediately go into the next combo without any delay. Or if you so choose you can keep interupting your own combo to make one endless one. With that said I’m going to talk about each button individually. I was only able to try the 360 version but whatever (the two controllers are very similar anyway ).

A button: jump, nothing special here

Y and B: Y is punch and B is kick. They string together extremely well as I stated earlier.

X: This one is kind of strange. Outside of battle this checks things and other stuff like that. In battle this whips out one of the fairs and fires it at MACHINE GUN SPEED at the nearest enemy while you can still move around. All in all very useful.

Right Bumper: locks on.

And now for the controls that will blow your mind.
Right Trigger: This is the almighty dodge button. It works very similar to the one in DMC2 with two major differences. 1. Enemies can still hit you when you use this. 2. You can actually use this in the air (up to three times!!!).
Witch Time: actually kind of hard to use.

The D-pad: THIS CONTROLS YOUR ITEMS. YES ITEMS. So far I have only seen three; one that looks like an herb, one that looks like a butterfly, and another that looks like a heart. The herb heals your health and the butterfly recharges your magic (I think). Don’t know what the heart does but I’ll check tomorrow.

Finally the Left Trigger: This one switches weapons but instead of switching them individually they are SWITCHED AS A SET! For instance in the demo when I hit left trigger the weapons switched from the four fairs to the katana and the shotguns. Looking at the inventory menu on the Japanese web site it looks like you can set these up. Very useful.

(Sorry for the huge wall of text and the double post ;))
Now lets discus the enemies and the mission.
First of all I played the demo on normal mode. I’m one of those hardcore action gammers. I’ve beat DMC1 on Dante Must Die mode (back when it meant something) and Ninja Gaiden on Master Ninja. Once again I say this not to brag but to give you an idea of what kind of gammer I am and how my opinion might be biased.
Anyways the enemies common angels feel a lot like the marionettes from DMC1. By that I mean you can wale on them all you like but that doesn’t mean you are going to interrupt their attacks. They only actually hit me once in that garden battle sequence and it took out about a tenth of my life (Bayo-chan is pretty tough), about what it should me. By the way I saw a NEW TORTURE ATTACK. One of the angels was laying on the floor, Bayo walked up to it and laid a flower on the ground near it. Than a gravestone burst out of the ground and split the angel in half.

The Beloved was easy and did no damage to me.

The boss of the demo was Jeane from the witch walk trailer. Firstly witch walking is really awesome and seamless, look forward to it. Jeane was pretty tough and effectively raped all of the people around me. She can lock you into a combo and do some major damage. I did have to use an herb but it was a lot of fun. That’s it (finally). If you have any questions I will try to answer them to the best of my abilities. After playing the demo I am way more pumped up about Bayonetta than I was before (and I was obsessed to begin with).

Sounds fantastic. If anyone has Questions and doesn’t have a gfaqs account you can post em here and I’ll ask him over there.

Sonichuman · August 1, 2009, 2:15am

^ sounds awesome

Bayonetta - Japanese Torture Attack gameplay

short…but it’s simply a drop kick into an Iron Maiden

Edit:

thinking about it…anyway you can ask him if jumping has any invincibility frames?

DJ_San · August 1, 2009, 2:24am

Platinum Games, from the same guys who brought you Godhand, Okami and Madworld.

Fucking awesome titles, will look into this if I get a next gen console.

CyberAkuma · August 1, 2009, 2:55am

He didn’t say anything about it, which makes me believe that it probably doesn’t, hence why dodging is probably going to be something you’ll rely on heavily. You can mid-air dodge, so I guess that’s something.

ezekial45 · August 1, 2009, 3:22am

I worry for them though. So far their only game to be a hit was Infinite Space for the DS. So much talent under one roof. I’d hate to see them go out like Clover studios did. :sad:

Sonichuman · August 1, 2009, 3:43am

I’m asking for the same reason…he didn’t say it didn’t. And by the sounds of things dodging doesn’t really have invincibility if much at all by the statement about ‘enemies can still hit you when you use this’

Radiantsilvergun3 · August 1, 2009, 3:56am

I hope jumping has no I Frames. This I-Frame abuse in Action Games needs to. NGII requires you to be in a perpetual state of I-Frames in order to play even remotly well above Warrior difficulty. I’m all for things having I-Frames and what not but lately it’s been getting out of control in my honest opinion.

Anyway I’ll ask and see if it crossed his mind to check. He may not have said because he didn’t attempt to find out.

yah_yaahh_b_tch · August 1, 2009, 4:10am

if by I you mean “invincible” I believe the initial startup should be a little more strict.

I know DMC3 and 4 are pretty damn ridiculous. When I would look at the DMD walkthroughs on youtube I would be like “damn, if I knew all I had to do was stand there and just JUMP i woulda beat it a lot easier”

I agree the invincible frames on jump need to be toned down with more emphasis on actual evasion. I hate when moves that LOOK like they should hit you dont because moves like jump move through them, but shouldnt.

Radiantsilvergun3 · August 1, 2009, 4:15am

I just think I-Frames have become a really lazy answer answer for intense situations. I’ll just on NGII’s ass again cause it’s so easy to do so. Instead of looking at all the stupid crap in that game and going “Boy…Maybe we should tone it down or develop a system for the player to use to be able to compete with these foes” the devs got lazy and just slapped I-Frames on tons of techniques through out the game.

I dunno why they attached I-Frames to so much stuff in DMC especially something as simple as jump. Makes trickster style completely pointless for everything but quick ground cover. I sure as hell don’t use it to dodge stuff.

Septimus_Prime · August 1, 2009, 4:30am

I’m almost certain that any frames between the transition from grounded to airborne will be invincible. If they aren’t, it would be an absolute programming/testing nightmare because the state of the character would be neither airborne nor grounded.

Radiantsilvergun3 · August 1, 2009, 5:52am

Wouldn’t she be grounded until the second she leaves the ground at which point she would then be air born?

yah_yaahh_b_tch · August 1, 2009, 10:08am

This ^^

Because currently, if you are within a split second of being hit and you jump, attacks will phase through you because the invincible frames activate so soon.

jimmy1200 · August 19, 2009, 10:03pm

awesome

fancy

Irennicus · August 19, 2009, 10:39pm

Really, though, the gratuitous fan service might just be enough to drive me away. I like looking at ass and titties like the next man but this shit’s overboard. Using her hair as clothing and then needing to strip just because she summons some big ass demon? Lame.

Radiantsilvergun3 · August 26, 2009, 5:15am

This game has the most bonkers ass Easy Automatic Mode ever. Good thing it only works on Easy and below.

System_1 · August 26, 2009, 5:26am

+1

Game still looks fucking stupid and that easy mode controller set up is ridiculous… but I’ll still probably buy it when it hits the $20~30 price range cause I need my DMC-like fix. God I hope capcom is working on DMC5 RIGHT THIS MOMENT.