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animeboy12
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A little warning about Bayonetta.
If you have a ps3 and just a ps3, you definitely should hold back on it, least until it's $50 or $40 because that technically flaws on the ps3; the grainy textures, the slow downs in between combat, the loads times DEAR GOD THE LOAD TIMES makes $60 a little to steep for all the trouble you have to go through to enjoy the hampered core experiences. It's definitely a great game. IMO, what devil may cry was trying to be be never made it, but if you just own a ps3 it's best to either hold that money till the game gets cheaper or better yet save for God of War 3 |
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Trunks
Posts: 43 |
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If you haven't read it, there's an interesting writeup over at Gamepro's site about Bayonetta's character design:
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konkonsn
Posts: 172 Location: Illinois |
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I'm really glad Todd said something about the arguments. Penny Arcade endorsed this view, and I shudder to think the influence it will have (though not as much as certain gaming websites, thank goodness). I really don't think people would be so quick to defend Bayonette's sexism if the gameplay was crappy, but people want to have fun without feeling guilty about the bad stuff in it. Hey, if FF XIII is a good gameplay, I'll probably still play it. But I'm not going to say Sazh is a good role model for African Americans if his character falls into bad stereotypes. |
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Shale
Posts: 337 Location: The Middle of Nowhere, DE |
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I find it funny that Penny Arcade took that stance right after their "the difference between rip-off and homage is whether I like it" crack about Darksiders.
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John Casey
Posts: 1853 Location: In My Angry Center |
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The load times are a little annoying, but look on the bright side: more elbow room to practice your mad skillz. And...it could just be me, but I couldn't even notice the grainy textures or slow-downs at all. The only weird, graphical issue I noticed was some random floating textures in the Sea of Stars. Like...tree branches with leaves just kind of hanging out in the middle of a nebula. |
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sfried
Posts: 266 |
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That Lupin DS game looks a little bit more intruiging. And I agree: I've seen videos of the game in motion and the sprite animation in it is definitely something. |
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The Xenos
Posts: 1519 Location: Boston |
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Plus it would be pointless to get the Japanese game if you don't speak Japanese as it's a puzzler game. Then again friends and I used online translations to get through the challenges of the Smash Brothers esque Jump Super Stars. Still holding out some hope that there might be some chance it comes to the US. |
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duofangirl
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Wow, I am surprised at your Bayonetta review. I work at a video game store, and so far no one has liked the game. I haven't played it myself, so I have no real opinion on it. But yeah, the various complaints coming in include a lacking story and the fact that a lot of people are beating it in about 8 hours. The people who don't outright slander it are saying it would have made an ok game if it lasted longer. Again, not my personal opinion, but I wanted to throw in the other side of the coin on this one for people who are on the fence for buying it. If you're really not sure about this game, you may want to wait till it's not $60 anymore.
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daedelus
Posts: 743 Location: Texas City, TX (ajd: 6/11/05) |
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I guess it depends on who you know. I have a friend who works at Gamestop and he has gotten mostly positive feedback. Bayonetta does have replay value in that at certain points the player is awarded medals that reflect performance. For those who care about that stuff, they could replay it until they get all platinum medals. I played through a level last night and I was very impressed. I love the awesome finishing moves she performs that doesn't take a six-button combo to pull off. It's funny though, after playing last night, I had a stronger urge to play God of War rather than DMC. |
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GrilledEelHamatsu
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"Bayonetta is complete trash. It is garish, self-indulgent, self-aware nonsense wrapped around a slinking heroine who wears guns on her feet and poses seductively at the touch of a button."
Wow, Todd. You must really truely hate SEGA. I didn't realize it early on but everytime you review a new Sega title, you just bash it for no reason at all. What's your problem? don't like the fact that they're the only publisher trying something new. SEGASammy is on the verge of a huge comeback this year. They got huge marketing campaigns planned for the Q1 2010 releases and are preparing to unveil an On-Live like device that uses RingWide hardware which will compete against Wii using a GPU ( Radeon2600HD pro) that's simluar to Xbox 360 and will sell for $150. http://www.mcvuk.com/retail-biz/previews/629/Aliens-Vs-Predator http://fgnonline.webs.com/ And to those bitching about the game, you haven't even played it. All your trying to do is find something wrong with her? Either complaining that the PS3 should have been better then the 360 version or that the game is too much like DMC. Please do yourself a favor and shut up about your bias. |
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Generic #757858
Posts: 1354 |
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Yeah, Todd's a real hater:
Also, most of the credit for Bayonetta belongs to Platinum Games and Hideki Kamiya, Sega's just the publisher. |
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
Posts: 7912 Location: Anime News Network Technodrome |
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Not only is this demonstrably false, but I am getting quite tired of you spewing your version of "reality" all over these forums. Settle down or get banned, those are your options. And the next time I see you posting wild speculation as "facts", you're out regardless. |
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Megiddo
Posts: 8360 Location: IL |
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Hahahah. You might want to actually read the full review instead of just the first few sentences next time. Unless you want to embarrass yourself even further anyway. |
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Letthemeatraep
Posts: 161 |
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I was planning to rent Bayonetta at some point, but my friends all bought it day one, and from what they've said about it, it sounds like it has a pretty severe recycling problem. Is it true there are bosses that repeat four times throughout the game and many levels are just variants of locations you've already passed earlier in the game? That would have sounded fishy enough to me, but the battles are apparently also intensely button mash heavy to the point where playing can physically hurt according to one associate.
Think I'll stick with Ninja Gaiden 2 until GoW3 comes out personally. |
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Battle Cossack
Posts: 87 Location: Bay Area, CA |
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That's bothered me for years. I did not like walking along a path from literally one side of the planet to the other, even if it did serve to preserve the scale within the game. Still, it wasn't as linear as this looks. I don't know how to feel about the GamePro excerpt. Bayonetta's design looks like it was developed to please sexually frustrated nerds, and that intent is the antithesis of female empowerment. I think a feminist heroine would try to challenge gender roles instead of appealing to men by her very design. Playing as a woman is always a good thing, but in this case her sexuality feels as though it is being exploited for either laughs or the gratification of gamer, neither of which reinforce positive images of or interaction with women. The more modest lead from Beyond Good and Evil looks like a step in the right direction. |
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