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8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 617 Ratings

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  1. Negative: 44 out of 617
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  1. Jul 1, 2018
    10
    Bayonetta 2 is not only one of the best sequels ever made, but quite possibly one of the best character action game ever made; and we have yet to see more of DMC5! The plot is confusing and paper-thin, characters are quirky and comedic, but you probably won't notice until you play through the game more then twice because of how much fun it is.
  2. Nov 9, 2022
    10
    Is the best hack and slash ever. Is that simple Graphics are amazing y and the gameplay is a master piece
  3. Nov 1, 2022
    10
    Bayonetta 2 takes all the things that were amazing and fun from Bayonetta 1 and polishes it to perfection...The combat is a bit tighter and smother, the progesion is more enjoyable, it's just the same but perfected..And the ending, damn the last fights were cool, I got chills and " One Punch" vibes..
  4. Jul 23, 2018
    10
    Less than 2 weeks ago, I reviewed the first "Bayonetta" game and I gave it a 9 out of 10. I thought it was a pretty awesome game that's aged pretty well 8 years later. Now, keep that in mind for a second: I gave that game a 9 out of 10 less than 2 weeks ago, you got that? Now, I want to think about the worst action-orientated game you've ever played. Anything. You have one? Good. Now,Less than 2 weeks ago, I reviewed the first "Bayonetta" game and I gave it a 9 out of 10. I thought it was a pretty awesome game that's aged pretty well 8 years later. Now, keep that in mind for a second: I gave that game a 9 out of 10 less than 2 weeks ago, you got that? Now, I want to think about the worst action-orientated game you've ever played. Anything. You have one? Good. Now, consider this: having just played and beaten "Bayonetta 2," I have to say this, and some may disagree, but here it is: "Bayonetta 2" makes the first "Bayonetta" game, a 9 out of 10 game, in my eyes, look like that absolutely awful action-orientated game that you're thinking of right now. That's how fantastic "Bayonetta 2" is.
    The sequel that may not have happened had it not been for Nintendo, "Bayonetta 2" may be one of the finest action games of all time, and it's definitely gonna be remembered as a highlight of the eighth generation. The visuals are vibrant and gorgeous, the story brings even more of the campy fun of the first game (with some more high-stakes, badass action as well), the gameplay remains very smooth and the boss battles even more exciting than before, the combat system has been improved in many ways to be faster, more fluid, and much deeper than before, and despite the relatively short length of the game, there's a lot of stuff to collect and do here. I really cannot complain about a thing with the game even if I tried, "Bayonetta 2" is the rare sequel to an already-great game that not only outdoes its predecessor, but runs circles around said predecessor to the point where it makes the old game look like total garbage. This is a game that everyone should experience and, now that it's on the Switch and plays at 60 FPS...what the hell are you waiting for? Go buy this game!!!!!
    Final rating: 10 out of 10 "Fantastic"
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  5. Jun 23, 2019
    10
    Bayonetta 2 is an absolute blast from start to finish. It's stylish, fast-paced, and loaded with variety. The music is great; the visual elements are sharp; and the performance is consistently strong. Easy to recommend for all Nintendo Switch owners.
  6. Jun 4, 2022
    10
    Great story! Great combat! One of the best action games out there! Love it!
  7. May 18, 2018
    10
    el mejor juego de accion y aventura, les un juego frenetico lleno de accion y estilo que combina mchos elementos de otras franquicias simplemente el mejor god o f war de esta generacion es bayoneta 2 pero ademas es portatil
  8. Feb 17, 2018
    10
    The best hack & slash are now also portable....I love Bayonetta! She is sooo "naughty", to control, to watch, to hear and beyond!!! Wonderful combo system, great add ons, customizing your gear ect. - a little nice feauture is the amiibo's.....fx the Mushroom Kingdom Princess custume....Rawrrr!!! Ohhh YES boys, you'll love it :P
    The story is about heaven/hell......short: Your friend is
    The best hack & slash are now also portable....I love Bayonetta! She is sooo "naughty", to control, to watch, to hear and beyond!!! Wonderful combo system, great add ons, customizing your gear ect. - a little nice feauture is the amiibo's.....fx the Mushroom Kingdom Princess custume....Rawrrr!!! Ohhh YES boys, you'll love it :P
    The story is about heaven/hell......short: Your friend is caputred in hell, bring her back! The whole world fits the characters ect.
    A MUST HAVE FOR YOUR SWITCH!!!!
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  9. Apr 22, 2018
    10
    Este juego muestra claramente como se debe hacer una segunda parte, la versión de switch es completamente fluida y con muy buenos gráficos, la jugabilidad es impecable
  10. Feb 16, 2018
    10
    Bayo 2 is one of the greatest games of all time. It is the Devil May Cry on steroids. The combos are easy to pull off, but they do take practice. You will be destroying demons in no time with some practice. The story is crazy, but that is fine, it whisk you up with how silly it all is, but there is some deep emotions in the game as well to keep it grounded.
    The graphics get a mild
    Bayo 2 is one of the greatest games of all time. It is the Devil May Cry on steroids. The combos are easy to pull off, but they do take practice. You will be destroying demons in no time with some practice. The story is crazy, but that is fine, it whisk you up with how silly it all is, but there is some deep emotions in the game as well to keep it grounded.
    The graphics get a mild upgrade, it is the frame rate that got upgraded the most and it helps. The smoother frame rate helps pull off combos much easier and keeps the action going so you don't lose momentum. Better shadows and lighting do help the atmosphere.
    The controls are butter smooth and they don't put too much on the player. You do get some tutorials to help you figure out how to do a lot of the combos, but it wants you to experiment with button pushing and analog pressing. The set pieces are just breathtaking and set a new bench mark for action games.
    If you think what you see in COD is amazing, you ain't seen nothing yet. The action pieces on this are simply amazing and will keep blowing you away, even after you have played it over 10 times. Simply put, this is the action masterpiece to get. This game is better than the game that inspired it. DMC, which is saying a lot, but this game is leagues ahead of any action game today, so if you don't have it, get it, and is there enough new content to get it again? Not a whole lot, but the portability aspect alone makes it worth 60 bucks. Get this game now.
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  11. Feb 17, 2018
    10
    The perfect Hack and Slash. Es una obra maestra del genero. excelente juegazo!
  12. Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Bayonette the best hack and slash game ever made, the action beat em up we deserved. very good game
  13. Aug 28, 2018
    10
    The best hack and slash, nice ost and the gameplay, is solid is fun and fast. May be little short.PlatinumGames, is one of the best companies in this moment.
  14. May 19, 2018
    10
    This is basically a Hack 'n Slash Staple, revamped for the Switch in the best fashion possible! Bought the console for this game, was not disappointed. Just did not like the amiibo rewards, but it comes with the Nintendo territory... Still, great story, over the top action and style! Kudos for Platinum Games!
  15. Mar 4, 2018
    10
    Jogo simplesmente fantástico, um dos motivos de se ter um Switch, principalmente para quem não teve o Wii U.
  16. Mar 5, 2018
    10
    Maravilloso Juego que se re edita para nintendo switch, a fin de recibir el reconocimiento necesario de esta obra maestra de la acción, que no logro brillar en nintendos wiiu. El juego es pura acción frenética, una invitación constante a re jugar cada fase a fin de mejorar tu ranking, conseguir halos necesarios para deesbloquear un sinfín de habilidades, ataques y armas de Bayonetta,Maravilloso Juego que se re edita para nintendo switch, a fin de recibir el reconocimiento necesario de esta obra maestra de la acción, que no logro brillar en nintendos wiiu. El juego es pura acción frenética, una invitación constante a re jugar cada fase a fin de mejorar tu ranking, conseguir halos necesarios para deesbloquear un sinfín de habilidades, ataques y armas de Bayonetta, ademas de mejorar combos interminables hasta formar una danza de golpes, remates y ataques tortura contra ángeles y demonios, formidable. Ademas portátil! increíble experiencia que pareciera saltarse al menos 10 años de tecnología para llegar a este nivel de excelencia para un jugador. Expand
  17. Sep 14, 2018
    10
    Bayonetta 2 feels like it was born out of an impossible bet: can you take the craziest character action game ever made, and make it crazier? Against all odds, Bayonetta 2 delivers. It's still Bayonetta, with all the knobs turned up to 11. The first level alone contains more over-the-top action than most game's final boss battle. It just grows more hectic from there, and never misses a beatBayonetta 2 feels like it was born out of an impossible bet: can you take the craziest character action game ever made, and make it crazier? Against all odds, Bayonetta 2 delivers. It's still Bayonetta, with all the knobs turned up to 11. The first level alone contains more over-the-top action than most game's final boss battle. It just grows more hectic from there, and never misses a beat until the very end.

    If you already played Bayonetta, then imagine a sequel that doubles or triples up on everything that was in the first game, from the number of enemies to the astoundingly cheesy cutscenes. If you never played it... what are you waiting for?
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  18. Aug 16, 2018
    10
    the best action game ever made period go buy it now get off your chair and go to the nearest game store and buy it 10/10 now go
  19. Oct 30, 2019
    10
    Bayonette the best hack and slash game ever made, the action beat em up we deserved.
  20. Nov 20, 2018
    10
    Como la mayoría de los juegos de Platinum Game, mantiene la esencia de los combates y de ser un juego realmente entretenido.
  21. Dec 13, 2018
    10
    El hack and slash perfecto.

    Mejor que el primero en todos los aspectos, jugabilidad, duración etc.
  22. Feb 22, 2019
    10
    J'ai joué à Bayonetta 1er du nom sur Xbox 360 et c'était un vrai régal. Le jeu sort de l'ordinaire. Une petite pépite. J'ai ensuite acheter la Wii U pour jouer à Bayonetta 2 et toujours aussi jouissif. Si vous avez une Switch et voulez découvrir un nouveau monde, foncez !
  23. Mar 12, 2019
    10
    I don't own a Wii U so I was pissed to hear that Bayonetta got an exclusive title. I went trough so many forums just to find a glimpse of hope, that one day they will port it to other consoles, but it never happened.
    Then I bought a Switch and I almost got a heart attack when I heared it will be ported to Switch.
    Played it and it's as cool , cheeky, sexy and action packed as the first
    I don't own a Wii U so I was pissed to hear that Bayonetta got an exclusive title. I went trough so many forums just to find a glimpse of hope, that one day they will port it to other consoles, but it never happened.
    Then I bought a Switch and I almost got a heart attack when I heared it will be ported to Switch.

    Played it and it's as cool , cheeky, sexy and action packed as the first one.
    It was like a breeze to play trough, loved the story the upgrades and the costumes.
    I couldn't wait to unlock the next move just to see what comment or pose will wait for me.

    My only hope is that 2019 is the year of Bayonetta 3
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  24. XB0
    Sep 5, 2019
    10
    Bayonetta 2 es muy parecido al primer Bayonetta, excepto un millón de veces mejor, es exagerado como el infierno y no se toma en serio a sí mismo. Si has jugado bayonetta, tienes una buena idea de cómo será esto. Tiene una cantidad interminable de combos increíblemente animados que fluyen entre sí sin problemas y ofrece una cantidad casi infinita de combinaciones, incluso más infinitas queBayonetta 2 es muy parecido al primer Bayonetta, excepto un millón de veces mejor, es exagerado como el infierno y no se toma en serio a sí mismo. Si has jugado bayonetta, tienes una buena idea de cómo será esto. Tiene una cantidad interminable de combos increíblemente animados que fluyen entre sí sin problemas y ofrece una cantidad casi infinita de combinaciones, incluso más infinitas que su predecesora, que pueden comenzar como un combo y terminar como otro si lo cambias en mitad de la animación.

    Equipas a Bayonetta con armas tanto en manos como en pies, esto hace aún más combos y posibles estilos de juego, que cada uno maneja de manera diferente dependiendo de dónde los equipas. Al igual que en el primer juego, no todas las armas pueden equiparse a sus pies, pero hay más que pueden y todas las armas que pueden también pueden equiparse tanto en manos como en pies al mismo tiempo.

    Cada enemigo tiene ahora varias animaciones de golpe y aturdimiento basadas en con qué lo golpeaste y dónde, mientras que el original solo tenía una por enemigo. Esto se suma al espectáculo y te hace sentir un poco más rudo. como antes, puedes seguir disparando tus armas de mano y pie a mitad del combo al enemigo para extender el aire o el tiempo de aturdimiento, pero ahora se siente más fluido y hay más variedad de ataques posibles. Todas las armas ahora tienen la posibilidad de disparar un proyectil si detienes un combo y mantienes un ataque. Esto también es más variado que en el primer juego, donde esto solo resultó en disparar una especie de arma de carga del arma con la que atacaste, pero ahora tienes parte u otras funciones del arma que se descarga para servir como proyectil .
    No hay nada en este juego que sea inferior al juego original, incluso toda la sensualidad se mantiene a pesar de estar en un sistema Nintendo. De hecho, es aún más arriesgado que el primer juego.

    Los gráficos son maravillosos y una verdadera vista para la vista. Y a diferencia del primer juego, que tenía gráficos y colores muy sosos, este juego tiene la paleta de colores en pantalla completa con grandes contrastes y ubicaciones mucho más variadas, tanto en términos de diseño de nivel como de arquitectura. También hay algunos niveles con muchos ríos y piscinas por donde se camina, donde el agua crea una hermosa réplica del paisaje en su reflejo.

    La música es fantástica y realmente crea el ambiente para la acción y el personaje de Bayonettas. Es una mezcla peculiar de jazz de estilo antiguo de los años 40 y pop y rock moderno, y complementa el estilo sexy y atrevido, pero de clase alta del juego.

    Algunos de los mayores defectos de la primera Bayonetta, como las secciones de conducción o el minijuego de arcade de ataque de ángel obligatorio, se han ido o se han solucionado esta vez. Todavía tiene las secciones del vehículo, tanto de aire, agua y tierra, pero se han mejorado mucho. Las secciones son más cortas y profundas en términos de mecánica de juego, con un control muy mejorado.

    El ritmo del juego también se mejora significativamente. Muchos se quejaron de la falta de jefes o * sobrepasamiento * en los primeros pasos de Bayonetta. En Bayonetta 2, comienzas inmediatamente con una batalla loca en la cima de un avión de combate haciendo acrobacias aéreas en una ciudad, el avión se destruye y terminas en un tren con un ángel gigante en el techo de un tren de alta velocidad en un puente que finalmente culmina con una batalla contra tu propio dragón demonio alrededor de la cima de un rascacielos.

    Dado que esta es una exclusiva de Wii U, por supuesto tiene contenido de Nintendo. Este contenido viene en forma de una serie de disfraces y cambios de apariencia que se asemeja a ciertos personajes de Nintendo. Estos son tan sexys como otros disfraces de Bayonettas. estos no solo cambian el aspecto de Bayonettas, también cambian ciertos aspectos de la jugabilidad o el mundo. como los demonios en los ataques de bayonetas cambian a bowser en los trajes de melocotón y margarita.

    Este es un juego imprescindible para el que absolutamente puedes comprar una sola consola.
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  25. May 26, 2019
    10
    Absolute masterpiece and stellar sequel. If you haven't played Bayonetta and are thinking about it. its like DMC with a bit more sex appeal and even better combat. If you LIKE DMC you will Love Bayonetta.
  26. Oct 10, 2021
    10
    Jogo da minha vida, Platinum não está de brincadeira quando o assunto é trazer uma gameplay impecavel. Trilha sonora marcante desde o primeiro. Bayonetta eleva o que temos hoje do gênero Hack'n Slash, ansioso pelo 3
  27. Jul 10, 2020
    10
    es el mejor hack and slash que hay actualmente, combos increíbles, acción total, muy re jugable con extras para darle mas duro.. sin duda debes probarlo
  28. Mar 17, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the best hack and slash game i ever play i play the first game but this one have alot of improvement like the dodging and combo system is way better, and i like balder boss fight in this game more than the first one Expand
  29. Apr 12, 2020
    10
    El mejor Hack & Slash de la historia...
    Este juego es mantecaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  30. Jun 13, 2020
    10
    Will not go into many details but game is absolutely amazing. Visually delightful, incredibly fun and surprisingly story this time is understandable and at an excellent pacing. This is the kind of game that makes its prequel greater only by the fact of its existence. Try it and you know what I mean.
Metascore
92

Universal acclaim - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Mar 17, 2018
    90
    The adventures of the sexy witch were superb when thye were first released on the Wii U and -even though there’s nothing really new to find in this edition- they remain superb on Nintendo’s newest console.
  2. Mar 1, 2018
    100
    Bayonetta 2 is Action video gaming perfected. The game is simply great, with amazing set pieces and a crazy story, but the real highlight of the game is the combat that simply thrives on letting the player figure out the best ways to tackle a fight without holding your hand. With the extra modes and the added bonus of the first game, there is no getting around it – this game is a masterpiece and a must have on the Switch.
  3. Feb 26, 2018
    87
    The fastest, most spectacular and most beautiful action game on the Nintendo Switch so far. Belongs in every collection.