The counterpoint between what’s literally happening on screen and its logical impossibility lulls you into a state that’s both meditative and frenzied. Then it’s back into boss fight duels with masked swordsman priests. Just pummeled a giant shape-shifting diamond full of lava? Here’s a stretch of platforming where you can run around as a panther or double-jump on butterfly wings while hunting for old witch hearts to extend your health. In the same way that it balances irony and soul, though, Bayonetta doles out spectacle at just the right pace.Ĭhapters never drag on as they did in the first game, and it knows right when to let you relax and take in the scenery. Platinum’s game never wants for scenic variety. Mountains that span the space between heaven and hell churches crumbling inside hurricanes you surf up while fighting angel-faced dragons the belly of a demonic, battleship-sized manta ray.

As with the previous game, Bayonetta can use Torture Attacks on her enemies, conjured torture devices that finish off single enemies in gruesome ways and grant a bonus to the player.She certainly doesn’t go anyplace normal either. Players earn grades during combat, with the highest 'Pure Platinum' grade achieved by performing high numbers of combos, in the fastest time possible, without being damaged.

A large array of weapons can be equipped, including the character's signature guns, a bow, swords and other forms of projectile weapons. Weapon customization from the first game also returns, allowing players to equip combinations of new weapons on both Bayonetta's hands and feet. Players are also able to use special moves called Torture Attacks, trapping opponents in infernal devices for extra points. Dodging enemy attacks at the last second activates 'Witch Time', slowing down enemies around Bayonetta and allowing players to easily retaliate and solve certain environmental puzzles. Bayonetta 2 carries on the action-style gameplay of its predecessor, in which players control the eponymous Bayonetta as she fights against various angelic and demonic forces using combinations of melee attacks and gunplay.

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