The Daily Populous Sunday July 21st, 2024 night edition
Authored by nintendolife.com and submitted by Prudent-Character431

@Lady_rosalina This is so cool, thanks for jumping in and writing your comments in a way that it won't get deleted/censored 😁 Love how passionate you are about the game!

It seems that you had completely different expectations of this game than I did.

What I adore above all in all 3 Bayonetta games is the gameplay, the combat/combos, the witch time mechanic and enemy variety. Characters and story are secondary to me.

I'll try to give you my feedback so you can compare with my perspective:

1: that sucked, but artists are tortured people and the controversy here came from the actual voice actress, so yeah - **it happens.

2: each of the 3 games have a different art style, some environments in 3 are ugly and the whole idea of bringing her in the real world was not my cup of tea but Vigrid was supposedly already in Europe somewhere, and it fits the whole multiverse thing.

3: 1 & 2 are full of inconsistencies as well.

4: Bayonetta just sat and watched many times in 1 & 2, nothing new there, the storytelling is just dumb many times.

5: completely agree, but at the same time it was more of a big joke than a serious character imo, but overall he was disappointing in many ways tbh.

6: ok, again just like 1 & 2 (the motorbike, the missile ..)

7: I also didn't like the character or her gameplay but I think it's good to add variety for other people/tastes.

9-11-12: Now the story, if you consider 1 & 2 to be a loop on eachother, I'm expecting the same with 3 & 4 so as long as we won't get #4 I don't want to be too harsh judging the story.

10: Homophobe? No idea what you mean.

Also agreed that Hale's performance was not as "involved" as Taylor, seems more recorded in a rush, same with some dialogs. But she was taking the role over, not an easy task.

Now overall I did enjoy the story (with many reserves, waiting for #4), it was nicely over the top, very Bayonetta-esque, entertaining, and even engaging (which the previous two were not). A bit too Hollywood like for my taste, but that's a choice from the developers, why not.

Combat is absolutely great, the demon summoning is a great addition and allows for even more challenging combos, and all of the masquerades as well.

The fight against Rodin doesn't disappoint, even if they could have created more new moves.

Only 3 Witch Trials was a disappointment as well, but considering all the extra challenges throughout the game, it's also fair.

There are so many bonus challenges and achievements that adds replay value.

The music is also really good, maybe not the background music, but all of the main themes are great, and greatly improved on.

So there you can see how my opinion differs. Thanks for sharing yours, and glad you could still enjoy the combat, I hope they make a #4 and it fixes all of the plot/characters/lore for you too. Something better than "that was just a dream" I hope.

Puzzleheaded-Ad6023 on July 20th, 2024 at 15:35 UTC »

Viewtiful Joe was such a treat as a kid. The cel shading looked so cool and the slow-mo/fast forward mechanics were amazing. I wonder if they can recapture that. Searching the release date made me feel old it's been over 20 years 😩

theTully on July 20th, 2024 at 15:09 UTC »

Viewtiful Joe doesn’t get enough praise, it was a banger

TroliePolieOlie_ on July 20th, 2024 at 11:41 UTC »

Fucking let him back in the kitchen Capcom, the man can fucking COOK and I need more Okami.