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Ezquimacore
Banned
Then you didn't play the previous games
InfiniteCombo
Banned
Not sure what this means. But to me, at least in the first game:
playing as Jeanne >> playing as Bayonetta.
Kataploom
Gold Member
Bayo 1 physical copies are being announced today
InfiniteCombo
Banned
You know that would be awesome? If they released all 3 games in one collection at some point.
lughnasadh123
Member
There's no nice way to put this, but the game is ass ugly. I expect everything to be over-designed in a Bayonetta game but this is just so much worse. Oh well. Hopefully it plays as well as the first one.
killatopak
Gold Member
Is that a dollar store Vergil?
Punished Miku
Member
It looks very gaudy and fun to me. Almost like Space Channel 5 meets the apocalypse. Reminds me of old Sega arcade titles.
They actually cancelled my GCU Metroid Prime 4 Preorder in 2021 sadly enough. Glad you got to keep yours though at least.sick! funny enough I've had this preordered since january 2019 before my best buy gamers club unlocked expired. the only game left other than bayonetta 3 is metroid prime 4
Buggy Loop
Member
Release on my freaking birthday?!
Well thank you Platinum games
Well thank you Platinum games
Isa
Member
Day 1 for me to be sure, been a long f'ng wait. Not keen on Viola's design though, whoa. She sticks out like a sore thumb. I like Jeanne's hair, super long. Bayonetta used to be my gf's favorite character back in the day, she loves that sexy witch vibe and super long powerful hair. I'm gonna have to do a new playthrough of the prior two games soon, I was waiting for the date so I could refresh myself closer to the release date of 3. I like Bayonetta's summons, being able to ride those monsters or control them is epic and that train fight looked really cool.
tmlDan
Member
I completely agree, but performance on switch is just not it - i really hope an upgrade comes soon that allow BC for switch
NeptuneCL
Member
It won't happen
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
Direct or not we are getting most of games we are looking forward to….at least for me.
I’m just super happy I’m getting Xenoblade 3, Bayonetta 3 and Mario + Rabbit 2 this year.
killatopak
Gold Member
That's what they said about Fatal Frame 5.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
I think the game looks great but I am reading many a comment about the gaming being "ugly" or "messy"
Am I misremembering what the previous two games look like? Does the Wii u game look better than this?
Am I misremembering what the previous two games look like? Does the Wii u game look better than this?
BusierDonkey
Member
I'll have to shoehorn this into my schedule somehow. Good thing there's nothing else coming out around the same time. I should be done with Xenoblade Chronicles 3 by then, I expect to put 300+ hours into it if I'm lucky like the last game there could be a standalone expansion like Torna. I thought I'd be playing Forza Motorsport and Starfield in the fall but they've been bumped so this was a nice surprise.
kunonabi
Member
The art direction, and character/monster/environment designs were better than what we've seen of 3 and it was much easier to read the action especially in 1. That said, the editing in this trailer is pretty terrible so it might not be that bad in the actual game.
Musashipan
Member
Oh man... will this be the game to finally convince me to buy a switch?? Looks great, I'm so tempted!!
lughnasadh123
Member
Just too much on the gaudy side for me to the point of I swear every idea got tossed in regardless of how much drugs it took to get there. Again, very much on point for the Bayonetta brand and all, just too far in that direction. Regardless should be a fun time. I just don't want to go blind doing so.
Shifty
Member
Now I've had the chance to give the trailer a proper watch, what on earth did they do to my man Rodin.
I can understand comedy schmoe Enzo having let himself go, but Rodin rocking that sweater and ill-fitting trilby combo is some mid-life crisis shit that needs to be fixed by no-selling another giant rock to the head. It feels like Luca is the only one sticking true to his style lol.
On other stuff, it looks like we're getting some nifty fusion tech this time around with that full-body Madama Butterfly devil trigger, absorbing that demon cannon thing, and what looks like a giant mish-mash kaiju of all Bayo's summons at the end.
And I really want to know who the conductor of the hype train is. Looks like a super version of Jeanne's historical costume from the first game, and she's got the umbra doo-dad on her chest. But rapunzel Jeanne from 2 also appears in the trailer, so it feels like parallel world shenanigans are almost guaranteed at this point.
Not sure about punk girl, gives me the same vibe as the chick from DmC. Though it looks like she's wielding Shuraba complete with its own summon, so that'll be interesting to see.
Looking forward to it
Though I hope we see a return of the Umbran Elegance system from the first game where you can get a set of modifiers that correspond to equippable weapons - 2's system was more about 'full set' costumes, which are good, but less conceptually integrated.
I can understand comedy schmoe Enzo having let himself go, but Rodin rocking that sweater and ill-fitting trilby combo is some mid-life crisis shit that needs to be fixed by no-selling another giant rock to the head. It feels like Luca is the only one sticking true to his style lol.
On other stuff, it looks like we're getting some nifty fusion tech this time around with that full-body Madama Butterfly devil trigger, absorbing that demon cannon thing, and what looks like a giant mish-mash kaiju of all Bayo's summons at the end.
And I really want to know who the conductor of the hype train is. Looks like a super version of Jeanne's historical costume from the first game, and she's got the umbra doo-dad on her chest. But rapunzel Jeanne from 2 also appears in the trailer, so it feels like parallel world shenanigans are almost guaranteed at this point.
Not sure about punk girl, gives me the same vibe as the chick from DmC. Though it looks like she's wielding Shuraba complete with its own summon, so that'll be interesting to see.
Looking forward to it
2 was quite well served for costumes, so I'm sure we'll get a nice wealth of options this time as well.
Though I hope we see a return of the Umbran Elegance system from the first game where you can get a set of modifiers that correspond to equippable weapons - 2's system was more about 'full set' costumes, which are good, but less conceptually integrated.
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93xfan
Banned
Hoping for Prime or 3D Zelda remaster. Nintendo takes their time drip feeding us classic gamers
TheDuskwalker
Member
Yeah, that's a alt universe Bayonetta.
Fbh
Member
Nice to have confirmation of the datre.
Still have a feeling this won't be as good as 1&2. But for now I'm still in day 1.
Yeah it's pretty ugly.
Since it's Switch I was expecting much from the actual graphics, but the art direction being bad is disappointing. Ugly environments, ugly character designs, too much grey, etc
Bayo2 came out 8 years ago on weaker hardware and looks more visually pleasing
Still have a feeling this won't be as good as 1&2. But for now I'm still in day 1.
Yeah it's pretty ugly.
Since it's Switch I was expecting much from the actual graphics, but the art direction being bad is disappointing. Ugly environments, ugly character designs, too much grey, etc
Bayo2 came out 8 years ago on weaker hardware and looks more visually pleasing
InfiniteCombo
Banned
Now I've had the chance to give the trailer a proper watch, what on earth did they do to my man Rodin.
I can understand comedy schmoe Enzo having let himself go, but Rodin rocking that sweater and ill-fitting trilby combo is some mid-life crisis shit that needs to be fixed by no-selling another giant rock to the head. It feels like Luca is the only one sticking true to his style lol.
On other stuff, it looks like we're getting some nifty fusion tech this time around with that full-body Madama Butterfly devil trigger, absorbing that demon cannon thing, and what looks like a giant mish-mash kaiju of all Bayo's summons at the end.
And I really want to know who the conductor of the hype train is. Looks like a super version of Jeanne's historical costume from the first game, and she's got the umbra doo-dad on her chest. But rapunzel Jeanne from 2 also appears in the trailer, so it feels like parallel world shenanigans are almost guaranteed at this point.
Not sure about punk girl, gives me the same vibe as the chick from DmC. Though it looks like she's wielding Shuraba complete with its own summon, so that'll be interesting to see.
Looking forward to it
2 was quite well served for costumes, so I'm sure we'll get a nice wealth of options this time as well.
Though I of hope we see a return of the Umbran Elegance system from the first game where you can get a set of modifiers that correspond to equippable weapons - 2's system was more about 'full set' costumes, which are good, but less conceptually integrated.
Also, one shortcoming of the alternate costumes in 1 is that, when Bayo/Jeanne do the big Umbran summons against the bosses, the "naked" effect only works with their main costumes. (For Bayo, her default one; for Jeanne, her "Umbran Witch" white one, the one she wears when you have to fight her for the last time)
Ulysses 31
Member
I wonder if the first teaser was just bait with Bayonetta getting owned or if they changed the story. 
Moses85
Member
Gambit2483
Member
October alone is packed on Switch; Nier Automata, No Man's Sky, Mario + Rabbids 2, Persona 5 Royal and Now Bayo 3...all in October!
Chukhopops
Member
Well the numbers don’t lie, they already have the following 80+ MC games:
- Kirby
- Triangle Strategy
- Sunbreak
- FE Warriors: Three Hopes
- Arceus
Xenoblade, Rabbids, Splatoon and the new Pokémon games are pretty much guaranteed 80+. Add Bayonetta and you’re at 10 80+ first party games in a single year.
What exactly is going to compare with that?
Punished Miku
Member
Total domination.
Labolas
Member
I hate to be that guy but I'm still relatively worried that isn't going to reach the highs of the first game. It seems to be relying on more spectacle than a tightly focused action game, but it is just the trailer and it is meant to bring hype to the game. The game does look worse than 2 visually speaking and has a very washed out look to it. But I will say that I am relatively hyped for it and looking forward to playing it. I'm practically starved for character action games at this point.
Phantom or Phantasmaraneae has been in the series since the first one as a summon.
Gambit2483
Member
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Is it me or does it kinda give a meaningfully higher budget/polish feel in the quality of characters, set pieces (most of which are combat based - which I'm sure is still great fun even when controlling the giant beast things instead of the normal characters - even though there's still that one token rail shooter section that will still probably be better than the stuff in the original game but otherwise forgettable), level scopes and what not, than previously? Though it's no DMC5 of course. Edit: wut, no way are some of the comments saying the complete opposite of this serious. Granted I just care for how the game seems to be, I initially watched the Japanese trailer due to age lock and viewing it in English the plot/dialogue is still just background noise to me, not something I care that much about. Though I don't think it seems any worse than previous games in that tbh. No age lock here btw.
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Honestly, people said the exact same thing about Bayonetta 2 when it released. "This looks nowhere near as good/polished/whatever as the first one". And now suddenly 2 looked great and 3 looks like trash. There's no pleasing some people. But this is also why I think it's kinda funny people want this on their shiny new PS5 or PC. Bayo was never a particularly good looking game in the traditional sense. Compared to a Spider-Man or Horizon this looks like a A or AA title at best and running on more powerful hardware with a resolution boost wouldn't suddenly change that.
To me the trailer looked pretty darn great and I'll be getting the Collector's Edition day 1. Even if it turns out to be not as good as the first two, it'll still be a fun ride, I'm sure.
To me the trailer looked pretty darn great and I'll be getting the Collector's Edition day 1. Even if it turns out to be not as good as the first two, it'll still be a fun ride, I'm sure.
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Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Well, it's not dry if you've been pining for a new Bayonetta. Or if you are a Xenoblade, Kirby or Pokemon fan. This just happens to be one of those "off" years for me as far as Nintendo's output roadmap. Waiting for a Zelda release, even if it's a Wind Waker HD port. Waiting for a Yoshi Woolly World Wii U port. Waiting for that next Mario game. Waiting to see if/ when they ever remaster the Mario & Luigi games and put them out on Switch. Waiting for BotW 2. Waiting for a 3D Metroid. Waiting for a new Pikmin. Waiting for a new Donkey Kong. Waiting for a remaster or remake of either of the first two Paper Mario games. Waiting, waiting, waiting.
Fbh
Member
I don't know, I always liked Bayo 2 better than one. Still do.
Also it might never be a looker but it for sure would look much nicer in 4K(ish) proper 60fps and with some higher res textures. Though I never complain about that because it's only thanks to Nintendo that Bayo2 and 3 got made in the first place, so I'll accept whatever hardware limitations they have to work with.
I just think the overall art direction is significantly worse than 2. Character designs are uglier and all the environments they have shown are very grey and bland. Also both trailers have focused heavily on gimmicky summons and "setpiece" moments which have, IMO, always been the worst part of Platinum games. Their strength is the core combat, whenever they deviate from that to make some on rails shooting section or something else it's usually shit (except maybe in Nier).
InfiniteCombo
Banned
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Most of those set pieces are combat, even if it's with the giant beasts twist I'm sure they made it just as fun since they intended to incorporate several rather than one like the token shooting section they still have (which at least doesn't look offensive and a drag for replays this time, just forgettable).
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InfiniteCombo
Banned
I kept seeing this comment and was confused; since I've only played the first game, to me Jeanne serves as that game's "Vergil." The comparison/analogy is clear as day.
But after watching the trailer... holy shit, what the hell was that!? "Danger hair Vergil" is absolutely the best description
So now, Bayonetta 3 has the distinction of having some of the worst character designs from the East and the West.
Whatever. At the end of the day, gameplay is king, and that will be my main judgment of the game.