Bayonetta 3 - Before You Buy

Bayonetta 3 (Nintendo Switch) is a unique action game with fun crazy moments. How is it? Let's talk.

[awake]

“Ridiculous in the best way possible, ” is honestly all I am looking for in Bayonetta.

[skaven]

Loved it. It feels limiting compared to bayonetta 2 but after chapter 3 the game mechanics explode. Far more depth than you expect.

[kulerthankule]

Never played this series myself but i’m glad Falcon is happy with this new one!

[TheBatosai]

My only problem with this game is I feel like it's being held back by the hardware in a very impacting way. Makes me sad it's not something at the PS4 lvl at least.

[Gregtech]

On behalf of Helena Taylor I donated to Walmart and they gave me a copy of the game in return. I actually wasn't going to buy the game but I did after all of her lying

[rookless]

Geez, you can tell that Platinum really used what they learned from Astral Chain with the summons. It looks pretty smooth.

[fizzburn]

I played Bayonetta 1 until yesterday and got into Bayonetta 3 today. Love the gameplay and controls. The graphics are okayish. My only complaint is that the photo mode sucks. The graphics are so pixelated in the photo mode and it looks worse than the in game graphics. I’m not sure if I’m missing any setting.

[gogeterdone]

Those 43 seconds are all I needed to hear 🙌.

[Geo]

I didn't buy a switch until Bayonetta 3 was announced. So I have been waiting for this game for years. Really enjoying the game so far. They brought back alot of the good elements from the previous 2 games. Haven't finished the game yet so can't judge the story but I am loving the combat.

[joepwrsurge]

I love Astral Chain too. That game is a really great example of one player controlling two characters at the same time. The Infernal Demons are more of an extension of or a tag-in for Bayonetta.

[fathercadi]

Bayonetta is a fantastically ridiculous game that takes itself seriously.

[BlackMilker]

The voice actress controversy made me want to buy this game even more

[thenamegoeshere]

I just got into Bayonetta last year. My first time way before this, my reaction was "I don't really get it". But now it's "I don't really get it" in a positive light. This franchise stands out so much on it's own. I'm DROOLING with anticipation to play the 3rd.

[jeremycards]

For those worrying that the gameplay might become too much "puppet mastery" with Bayonetta, as you can use the demons for a long while (i know i was worried about it), it really depends on you, you can just keep controling the demons for extended periods of time, OR you can decide to quickly summon them, pop 2 commands and then release the button and keep playing on your own while the demon finishes the attacks, wich is actually pretty effective!

You can also use "flash attacks" in wich you simply press the summon button at the end of the combo so they come deliver a big blow at the end (kinda replicating how it worked on Bayo 2 when umbran climax was on). So don't worry too much about it, but do experiment a little with what i said, because i seen a lot of gameplay of people not figuring that out and just controlling the demons a long while.

[Mmcontrolz]

The gameplay is so well done in these games. I wish more of these style games came back and they would make another God of War like the older ones. Thanks for the review!

[Crzypengu]

Yeah this new entry to the series is really good for the gameplay options it has. I did like Bayonetta 2 more as far as colors go, but Bayonetta 1 had the best gameplay and I think 3 is doing what it can to replicate that feeling again just in a different light.

[Entropic_Alloy]

Bayonetta 3 is the next evolution for the series. While Bayo 2 was more iterative and can be reduced to "more of the same" as Bayo 1, Bayo 3 is brimming with new innovations for the gameplay. They took everything they learned from Bayo 2, Astral Chain, and probably a lot of stuff from Scalebound and made something amazing.

[.-.]

It feels like it's been a while since a before you buy that was this positive

[MrFaktenFaktenFakten]

Just so everybody knows. The voice actor that called platinum games out got proven wrong. So don't believe that liar

[midnitecro]

Imagine if this was on the Next-Gen... the Switch is holding it back.