Sega: "Words can't describe Bayonetta"

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 21st August 2009
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Sega: "Words can't describe Bayonetta"

We'd tell you all about Sega's Bayonetta, but apparently the only way to understand it is to play it yourself.

GamesCom 2009: Taking a look at Sega and Platinum Games’ Bayonetta yesterday at GamesCom 2009, a Sega producer confessed that trying to explain the games to fans probably wouldn’t leave them very impressed. Instead, you’ve got to play it to understand it, he claimed.

Built in the style of Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden, Bayonetta is a fast-paced fighting game that goes way past the over-the-top stylings of either of those reference points. The game itself is about a demon who exists in only half of reality and who wakes up after a 500 year nap and decides to go on a rampage, though Sega is keeping the exact details of why a closely guarded secret apparently.

Cast as Bayonetta, a demon with guns on her stilettos and who likes to turn her clothes into a giant snake for impressive finishing moves, players basically spend most of the game button-mashing through hordes of angels from the looks of things.

“Explaining things that way really doesn’t do the speed of the game or the smoothness of it all any justice though” said a Sega spokesperson as we were treated to a quick demonstration of the game. “You really need to try the demo out to get even close to understanding what the game is about.”

Our own thoughts are that that isn’t entirely true – the game itself stays very close to the Devil May Cry mould and haters of that genre aren’t likely to be won over by the game no matter how smooth the animations are or how gory the finishing moves look. That’s especially the case when the game runs into a few framerate problems at points, as happened in a boss fight that we tried it out at GamesCom in Cologne. There's obviously still time for Sega to work on the code, however.

If you’re on the fence though then Sega’s words are probably worth paying attention to, so keep an eye out for a demo before the game launches on Xbox 360 and PS3 next year.
Quote GFC 21st August 2009, 18:01
If it's anything like DMK [which they say it is], then i do not want it.
Quote Ghys 21st August 2009, 18:14
unfortunately, sega have been disappointing for quite some time now and I am not really looking forward for any of their new games.. and haven't for years
Quote boiled_elephant 23rd August 2009, 00:23
Describing a game as more action-oriented and fast-paced than Ninja Gaiden is just setting your fans up for disappointment...
Quote leslie 23rd August 2009, 05:03
You know it's going to flop with a claim like that.
Quote rickysio 23rd August 2009, 05:39
Describing a game as more action-oriented and fast-paced than Ninja Gaiden is just setting itself up for people who lambast it solely because they died after 5 seconds ingame.
Quote Skiddywinks 23rd August 2009, 20:19
Frankly, what I have seen looks terrible. I really don't have any high hopes for this at all.

I might buy it if the actual gameplay is decent (and somehow manage to ignore how cheesey it looks and everything else), but I highly doubt that is going to happen.
Quote ElZog 24th August 2009, 12:03
The devil may cry games have always combined cheesiness with badass combat so as long as this continues the trend I am going to enjoy it immensely.
Quote kenco_uk 24th August 2009, 13:00
From the videos I've seen, it looks pretty good. Pretty graphics do not an awesome game make though, so the proof will be in the cheesecake.
Quote Sathy 24th August 2009, 13:23
Yes words can't describe the lack of taste employed in the creation of this game, that's very true.

She actually wears her hair as clothes and "disrobes" when attacking from what I've seen. So basicly the game mechanics revolve around how much you can peep in mid combat without getting killed in combat. Thrilling.
Quote themax 25th August 2009, 03:24
Too bad Sega didn't show such faith in the game when they delayed it to avoid going up against Modern Warfare 2.
Quote damienVC 25th August 2009, 13:17
Guns on her stillettos? Er......
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