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I challenge anyone not to stand back and think “what the hell” when you’re suddenly controlling a ghost train in 3D space and drawing tracks around enemies to deal massive damage. Each new summon also has a traversal ability (Butterfly can speed and fly a bit, Phantasmaraneae the spider can climb and swing like Spider-Man, and there’s more I won’t spoil here), and each is a highlight. There are combos for every single one which follow a pattern throughout, and they can be incorporated into Bayonetta’s melee combos as well. Once summoned, our heroine will dance on the spot (pretty much nude, but not entirely) and you take direct control of the summoned demon. But thanks to the demise of alter-verse Bayonettas, you will quickly pick up new Demons, and it all goes hand in hand with the weapons systems and the summoning abilities that, frankly, you’ll have to get used to, pretty quickly.Īdding to all of the usual tricks Bayonetta has up her sleeve, now you can summon one of three demons (based on a quick menu that you assign them to) at will by holding the left trigger. Likewise, you know of Madama Butterfly, who helps her fly about a bit, and speed across land. The giant dragon/godzilla thing that she can and has summoned over the previous games. You’ve seen our Bayonetta’s Demon Gomorrah before. The reason you shouldn’t groan is that the multiple versions of Bayonetta provide the foundation for some of the most fantastic parts of the third entry: Demon Masquerade and Demon Slaves.

Bayonetta 3 screenshots series#

In one scene, as water splashed over a partially nude torso, I couldn’t help thinking it would be nice to have a game that played like this that doesn’t require me to explain to my wife and kids that “dad isn’t a pervert, this series is just that way”.Īnyway, with that out of the way, this Bayonetta story focuses on the metaverse (don’t groan yet), and to keep this as spoiler-free as possible, let’s just say that essentially there’s an entity that’s going universe to universe wiping out everything, defeating alternative versions of Bayonetta. But there are just one too many scenes that the camera focus starts on the breasts or crotch. I can deal with the clothing decisions I can even deal with the moaning and groaning (Jennifer Hale’s Bayonetta is great, to the point I forgot the voice actor had changed until the drama unfolded) from Cereza herself as she bends and contorts her legs in ways often saved for certain websites. I’ll get this out of the way early on, because I know it’ll make some people roll their eyes, but the sexualisation of the characters in Bayonetta 3 got to me a bit. Bayonetta 3 is a showcase of game design in the way that Nier: Automata was by PlatinumGames, and despite how brilliantly it plays, I could never shake the feeling that there is still room for improvement.

Multiple moments you see them switch genres on a dime and you’re left thinking “make a shooter, why don’t you just make a shooter?” and then you remember they did, or “make a fighting game” and realise that, yeah, they kind of also did that. There are parts of Bayonetta 3 that feel like a developer showing off.