
With near-perfect execution, Bayonetta is a must-play for any action fan.
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92%
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IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (92% positive from 31K reviews)
Outstanding soundtrack
No significant drawbacks reported
Bayonetta is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Sega. It was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Japan in October 2009, and in North America and Europe in January 2010. It was released on Wii U in September 2014, Windows in April 2017, Nintendo Switch in February 2018, and PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in February 2020.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 11d ago
Bayonetta is Nietzsche's ubermensch, dominatrix ultra, and the ideal woman a reasonable human being should admire, fear and venerate. Bayonetta is a game about a confused person without sense of who they are and what their life purpose is, gradually coming to a grand self-realization in anti-dogmatic individuality and sexual liberty. In this game, Bayonetta is being attacked by the Catholic Church and the faithful masses who seek to strip her liberty and individuality off of her. The fight between Bayonetta and the Angels is in itself poetic as it tells the fight between a liberated individual and the order of the church and its religious dogma. It is a tale of liberty told with bullets and katana blades, leaving lipstick traces and fatal wounds. Bayonetta is poetic at how sexy everything that happens in the game is, and how the sexiness itself may be understood as a voice of freedom. Bayonetta's abilities are not merely superficial, their true meaning is especially significant - awakening bestial power within, transforming into beasts to move freely, dancing and by dancing conjuring powers from hell to her aid. All that happens in Bayonetta is essentially a celebration of sexuality and self-empowerement through individualization against dogmatic morality. Thus Bayonetta teaches us the path to liberty through sexual freedom, physical excellence, individualization, katanas, guns. The music is supreme, the enemy design is supreme, you're going to drive a motorcycle badassly and surfboard on an tactical air missile, all while terminating angels by putting them through medieval kinds of torture. The amount of torture devices in Bayonetta would certainly make any faithful inquisitor proud, although he would avert his eyes at the selfish purpose of their user. Praise this game
If you liked the DMC games then you will love this as it works and plays better then then all the old dmc games but i will say the story is hella confusing and another thing is sadly we wont have bayonetta 2 and 3 since nintendo owns the selling rights to 2 and 3 but besides that great game
Its witching time One of the hardest babies and highest ip’s produced by Platinum games. High risk high reward ceiling. Some of the gameplay will take your hair plugs into stratosphere. If you can tame Witch Time then the world is in your hand palms. Its that good and rewarding art of sacrifice. Book of revelation or at least on few of the pages. Visual and art direction from this game is godray shining sun. Even the angels themselves look like real deal. They are grotesque, terrifying and majestic at the same time. The world is split in three realms: paradiso, inderno and the world of chaos. This is just one taste of the story. Lets not forget our heroine of this franchise. Bayonetta is one of the most beautiful woman created. Especially in Bayonetta 2 she is best looking version of witch. She can transform she can tame you she will be dangerous in every step of the way. Sparkly dangerous and bubbly lovable spark of joy. The whole game is just high mayhem of true gameplay chaos that you’re not prepared for. Platinum games exist and their gameplay experience is always elevated into heavens
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