One ability Bayonetta has is "Witch Time", which activates when the player makes a well-timed dodge to an attack. Such devices range from chainsaws to iron maidens. By pressing a combination of buttons, they are able to use "Wicked Weave" attacks and they are also able to use "Torture Attacks" in which Bayonetta summons a variety of devices to deal strong damage to enemies. The player controls a witch named Bayonetta, is able to use melee and long ranged attacks and is able to select multiple weapons. Gameplay Bayonetta gameplay screenshot, demonstrating one of the available "Wicked Weave" attacksīayonetta is a single-player, third-person 3D action and hack and slash game. The game was followed by Bayonetta 2 (2014) and Bayonetta 3 (2022). An anime film adaptation by Gonzo, Bayonetta: Bloody Fate, was released in Japan in November 2013. The game was nominated for and won several end-of-the-year accolades, had sold over a million units worldwide by 2010, and has been cited as one of the best video games ever made. The game was praised for its combat, presentation, and soundtrack, but drew criticism for its story and quick time events. Several demos were released prior to launch.īayonetta received generally positive reviews. To this end, Kamiya and artist Mari Shimazaki spent more than a year creating Bayonetta's design. The game was designed to have a core theme of "sexiness" and to feature "fashionable" characters. The development team's name, "Team Little Angels," is a play on the name of the team who developed the first Devil May Cry game, "Team Little Devils." According to Kamiya, Bayonetta was completely original, though he drew some inspirations from Scandinavian mythology and played Devil May Cry 4 for reference. Development began in January 2007, with Hideki Kamiya as the director. Although unlike Devil May Cry, which features a live Style Rank to directly judge the player, Bayonetta (and subsequent Platinum action games) feature an arena based ranking system, which judges players based on variables such as time, combo size and damage at the end of each individual fight which then gets tallied up at the end of each chapter to determine the final rank.īayonetta was the third project released by PlatinumGames, which was founded by former Clover Studio employees.
The game features a rating system, which gives players a grade based on their performance, and a combat system similar to the Devil May Cry series.
She possesses magical attacks and she can use her hair to summon demons to dispatch her foes. The game stars the eponymous character, a witch who is capable of shapeshifting and using various firearms. īayonetta takes place in Vigrid, a fictional city in Europe.
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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. It was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Japan in October 2009, and in North America and Europe in January 2010. Bayonetta is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Sega.
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