Bayonetta 3

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  1. GaleXze
    Nov 16, 2022
    10
    Bayonetta 3 es una delicia, definitivamente el mejor Hack and Slash de la historia y un referente del género. Increíble como han podido meter este juego en la Switch a pesar de sus limitaciones, aún así esto no entorpece para nada la jugabilidad frenética, artísticamente precioso, banda sonora de infarto y la historia es una gozada. 100% recomendado.
  2. vuvejens
    Nov 16, 2022
    0
    Too many gimmicks, bad story, terrible ending. This really wasn't worth the wait at all sadly. Disappointing entry.
  3. bulborbplushie
    Nov 15, 2022
    7
    Good but its easily the weakest of all the bayo games, alot of the unique creative ideas arent all too expanded on but its still quite a blast, hope bayo 4 is better
  4. b3hater
    Nov 15, 2022
    0
    I hated the core gameplay so much that I opened a Metacritic account solely so maybe I could spare one single soul out there from parting with $60 hard-earned dollars for this manure.

    Gameplay: Tedious at best. Demon Slave fails to capture the up close, in-your-face combat Bayonetta really excelled in, particularly in the first game. Input reading is embarrassingly bad. Viola will    I hated the core gameplay so much that I opened a Metacritic account solely so maybe I could spare one single soul out there from parting with $60 hard-earned dollars for this manure.

    Gameplay: Tedious at best. Demon Slave fails to capture the up close, in-your-face combat Bayonetta really excelled in, particularly in the first game. Input reading is embarrassingly bad. Viola will charge inputs with simple taps, her built-in parry has bizarre and inconsistent hit registration (most seasoned players use Moon instead and that is telling) and even well-conditioned Bayonetta fans will find themselves wondering what ate their inputs regardless of who they play as. Animations have many more wind-up frames, movement mechanics have been changed from prior titles (the running trigger is finicky, a problem that never existed before - inputs have also negatively changed for some beast within mechanics) and Platinum never reimplemented air momentum from air dashes. I miss that from b1.

    Your camera will misbehave at every possible opportunity, particularly with (seemingly innumerable) behemoth enemies. Lock-on is now bound to R3 and it functions so poorly they probably shouldn't have even bothered binding it. Much of your base moveset (like single-input launchers) now need purchasing to excuse the existence of the skill tree. If you expect old moves to behave like you expect them to, surprise! They do not. Umbran Spear can be directed any which way. It does not target enemies at all anymore. Your downward Afterburner Kick is now bound to Heel Slide.

    Demon Slave is overemphasized and the time requirements make it very clear you're required to use it. Your flexibility as a player is restricted and diminished, further compounded by the tankiness of enemies. Masquerade Rage feels like a click-sticks-to-win button and is a boring rip-off of God of War. Then again, both are franchises that did their core playerbase dirty. Maybe there's a hidden message to behold, here.

    Also, the game is glitchy enough to make it feel deeply unrefined both in combat and its endless platforming. Minigames are more frequent, aggressive, and annoying than ever conceivably thought possible before. Constant cutscenes, gimmick sections, and minigames interrupt the flow of what should be the core gameplay loop -- combat. Platforming is clunky and tedious and mercilessly thrown at the player at rapid-pace.

    Sound/performance: Soundtrack feels like a sampler of OSTs from other titles and genres, it's really bizarre and doesn't feel like it's in the right game. A lot of it just feels lazy and bad. The combat music is grating, yet inexplicably an earworm - the absolute worst combination of qualities to have in a song. The voice acting isn't great. Viola's voice actor is annoying, Bayonetta's new voice actress failed to deliver the impact of her predecessor and her battle cries are shrill, and everybody else suffers from similar misdirection.

    Sound cues from enemies are nonexistent at times, quieter than the music/player character/environmental sounds at others. Desync in cutscenes is present on native hardware, crackling and other sound issues are a problem too. Framerate stutters are a frequent enough issue to detract from gameplay, which is inexcusable given the (supposed) genre. Perfect parries and bat within dodges require 5-frame reaction speeds - however that's only as consistent as your framerate is. This would be a chore to pure plat, and "chore" is surely generous.

    Storyline/Characters: You've seen the complaints. I'll avoid spoilers, but it's inexcusably terrible, and glaringly so since the game forces the storyline central to the game. Bayonetta feels recharacterized and meek, she seems to constantly need saving. If you enjoyed playing her to fulfill a power fantasy of feeling like a one-woman army of destruction, you won't find that feeling here. She simply watches others meet misfortunes with a glazed-over, slack-jawed, uncanny valley expression, all while striking the Vogue pose of the day. Every other character in the franchise? Subdued, meek on delivery and feeling, and mealy. Feels like a caricature of the character I grew to adore. Playing as Viola gives me secondhand embarrassment. All the cheeky humor of prior titles is gone and replaced with the "humor" of your fourteen year-old cousin with a crippling anime addiction. Godspeed, dear player.

    Visuals: Ugly art direction, bad fashion design, Tiktok choreography, bland and uninspiring semi open-world garbage level environments. It is clear many concessions were made to guarantee performance. Everything felt soulless and half-baked. Enemies are homogenous goo-spewing blobs.

    This game feels like a lazy cash-grab, because it is one. If there is ever a testament that game journalists are paid off, this game is it.    … Expand
  5. LinkByte
    Nov 15, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Em 2020 eu comecei um canal no youtube e bayonetta se tornou um dos principais assuntos que abordo nele, sendo até o único canal brasileiro focado nela. A espera pro terceiro jogo estava grande e posso dizer que em certos sentidos o terceiro jogo foi muito superior aos antecessores, mas que nos quesitos ruins ele também se destacou muito. Pra começar, vamos aos acertos do jogo:

    O combate certamente é o melhor de toda a saga é fluído e bonito. A exploração é divertida principalmente quando usamos o demon masquarede ou as habilidades dos demônios. O demon slave foi o grande acerto do terceiro título, controlar nossos parceiros infernais que eram meros artifícios de finalizar inimigos torna o jogo diverso e mais interessante, cada um tem sua habilidade única, tornando as lutas criativas. As fases com Jeanne são um respiro de criatividade e diversão. As novas armas são interessantes e muito bem desenhadas. o design do excelente departamento de arte da platinum continua no terceiro game e sem demonstrar sinais de ociosidade ou cansaço. Bayonetta interagindo com suas variantes é um ponto alto da história. Viola é uma excelente nova personagem. A árvore de habilidades. Excelentes momentos de ação. E claro, a trilha sonora, está impecável!

    Agora onde o jogo peca: uma câmera terrível e sofrível, que consegue em certos momentos ser pior que a do primeiro jogo. Não podemos mais customizar armas nas mãos e pernas de maneira separada, sendo que isso era um identidade da franquia. Quedas de resolução e fps que deixam o jogo com qualidade gráfica por vezes inferior aos 2 anteriores. Existem bugs de hitbox que não eram pra estar em um título que levou 8 anos pra ser desenvolvido. A gameplay da viola não é tão divertida quanto a de Bayonetta ou até de Jeanne. Esse jogo tem a história mais mal escrita de toda a saga, cheio de furos e contradições. Singularity é o pior antagonista da saga. Existem muitas áreas grande sem absolutamente nada a se fazer. Alguns acessórios quebram a gameplay, por exemplo um impede que seus demônios entrem em rage mesmo sofrendo grande danos, permitindo assim você usa-los a vontade sem sofrer consequências. Por vezes temos fases secretas pouco inspiradas.

    Minha nota pra esse novo game da nossa querida bruxa é 7.5, poderia ser muito mais se certas ideias tivessem um desenvolvimento melhor. Se realmente você for um grande fã compensa comprar pelo preço cheio, se estiver afim de conhecer a saga, os 2 primeiros games são uma pedida melhor.    … Expand
  6. Havharo
    Nov 14, 2022
    7
    I loved previous Platinum games but in this one… there’s just too many “mini games”. Large and rather uninteresting areas to explore are not in my interest either. The combat itself is fun, I just can’t feel the “punch” of it so to speak… enemies are uninspiring to be honest. Tried really hard to love this game, but I’m really surprised by all the 10/10 reviews and high scores from theI loved previous Platinum games but in this one… there’s just too many “mini games”. Large and rather uninteresting areas to explore are not in my interest either. The combat itself is fun, I just can’t feel the “punch” of it so to speak… enemies are uninspiring to be honest. Tried really hard to love this game, but I’m really surprised by all the 10/10 reviews and high scores from the critics. I mean, some parts of this game can be really clunky and uninteresting.… Expand
  7. DomDomDominatri
    Nov 14, 2022
    10
    Just an incredible game. It’s been many years when I’ve been so addicted to a game but Bayonetta 3 has seduced me to the point that I dream about waking up and playing this game. Just pure gameplay and incredible design means it’s simply the game of the year. Thank you Platinum.
  8. Anhilator
    Nov 14, 2022
    10
    fiel a su estilo, frenético, divertido! se ve muy bien dentro del propio estilo de juego de platinum games, me ha mantenido muy entretenido. lo recomiendo si te gustran los hack n' slash
  9. daniel_dbv
    Nov 14, 2022
    10
    Sin duda el mejor hack and slash , es un juego con increíbles combates, historia muy buena y la protagonista más carísimatica de los videojuegos, recomiendo terminarlo ya que el final te atrapará
  10. AlexXZ
    Nov 14, 2022
    1
    надеюсь тот лысый таракан читает комментарии
  11. Emansan
    Nov 14, 2022
    8
    Great gameplay once again from platinum games. This game also lets me stare at Bayonetta (respectfully)
  12. SilegnangeliS
    Nov 6, 2022
    10
    At first this game almost seems inferior to the previous instalment. But i gave it time and this game is a great love letter to the bayonetta fans
  13. Breikzer
    Nov 13, 2022
    10
    No entiendo el hate hacia este juego, realmente es un juegazo que merece mucho la pena probar. Bayonetta 3 se consagro como el mejor juego de la trilogía, el juego definitivo del estilo Hack n' Slash, en verdad lo disfrute de principio a fin. Veo muchas criticas hacía los gráficos, pero realmente es absurdo ya que todos los juegos de Switch a comparación de un PS5 obviamente no va a haberNo entiendo el hate hacia este juego, realmente es un juegazo que merece mucho la pena probar. Bayonetta 3 se consagro como el mejor juego de la trilogía, el juego definitivo del estilo Hack n' Slash, en verdad lo disfrute de principio a fin. Veo muchas criticas hacía los gráficos, pero realmente es absurdo ya que todos los juegos de Switch a comparación de un PS5 obviamente no va a haber punto de comparación, sin embargo Bayonetta 3 corre a 60 fps y corre bastante bien, que paren el mame los que dicen que tiene bajones de frames, ya que en verdad no se nota a menos de que tengas ojo de lince. En conclusión háganse un favor y jueguen esta pieza maestra.… Expand
  14. suprememan26
    Nov 13, 2022
    5
    Very nice Game, it feels like old ones but wey some new things that help to enjoy it
  15. Sergin
    Nov 13, 2022
    10
    Bayonetta 3 succeed in deliver an action packed game full of amazing moments, Bayonetta 1 is perfect, Bayonetta 2 is more of the same (in a good way) with more improvements, but Bayonetta 3 feels like something entirely new, in combat and in the game design, it brings the best combat in the franchise, the levels are more deep and bring more room for exploration, Bayonetta 3 have the bestBayonetta 3 succeed in deliver an action packed game full of amazing moments, Bayonetta 1 is perfect, Bayonetta 2 is more of the same (in a good way) with more improvements, but Bayonetta 3 feels like something entirely new, in combat and in the game design, it brings the best combat in the franchise, the levels are more deep and bring more room for exploration, Bayonetta 3 have the best soundtrack of all the franchise and looks amazing in the switch.
    The story might seem a little off, and the final deliver more clifhanger than a propper ending, but the story fufil its pourpose and the game is truly a masterpiece.    … Expand
  16. Allexeioftheros
    Nov 13, 2022
    10
    Bayonetta 3 is a really heartfelt and fresh experience. 

    The two others were amazing games, and this one really feels like the start of a new age, it feels like passing the torch to the future, and, in my opinion, it really benefits from that. There wasn't much more to do after we fought heaven, hell, and chaos, but there is an amazing space to explore what I feel to be a very    Bayonetta 3 is a really heartfelt and fresh experience. 

    The two others were amazing games, and this one really feels like the start of a new age, it feels like passing the torch to the future, and, in my opinion, it really benefits from that.

    There wasn't much more to do after we fought heaven, hell, and chaos, but there is an amazing space to explore what I feel to be a very contemporary version of the beloved witch.

    Some times the game can get a bit out of track, and some ideas aren't explored in the best way, however, they always feel epic, and most new things got at least a chuckle out of me, while the best ones got me screaming with excitement and joy while playing them. 

    It has been a long time since a game made me feel such honest delight as I played with yo-yos, danced, sang songs, and fought godzilla-style battles in beautiful, picture-perfect scenery.

    Overall, it was pure, honest fun.

    I look forward to seeing what our Bayonetta does next.    … Expand
  17. 1000eR
    Nov 13, 2022
    10
    Una franquicia que entre más envejece, sus entregas son cada vez mejores.
    Un título que cualquier amante del Hack and Slash no debe perderse.
    ¡Simplemente sensacional!
  18. Mister_Jay
    Nov 7, 2022
    10
    This game is nothing short of amazing. Full of content and variety. If you’ve enjoyed the last 2 games you’ll certainly like this one.
    The story is a bit confuse but if you pay attention, all the things that make Bayonetta our heroine are there.
    Platinum games excelled once again with their creativity and love.
  19. DaBigBoss
    Nov 13, 2022
    10
    This game is an absolutely masterpiece, dont doubt and give bayonetta 3 a try!
  20. dacca
    Nov 13, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mais uma vez a Platinum cagando em algum aspecto do jogo. Performance lamentável e gráficos datados em comparação a outros jogos presente no switch.… Expand
  21. Luisguerreroa
    Nov 9, 2022
    4
    No me gustan para nada los gráficos, la historia tiene potencial pero no llega a ser la gran cosa, la verdad me decepcionó
  22. Dayon
    Nov 2, 2022
    10
    Best Bayonetta game I see in awhile since Bayonetta 2 and that’s saying something.
  23. Lonewolftee
    Nov 12, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There is no way that people giving this game above an 8 are fans of Bayonetta or the first two games. If you hated the first games then maybe you'll like this because it doesnt play or feel like Bayonetta at all. Her personality is different, her fighting style is different, her voice obviously is different, you cant mix and match wealons on the hands and feet anymore. Each boss is a giant kaiju fight thats extremely slow and chunky. Viola is absolute hot garbage with no redeeming qualities. She fights bad, curses like a sailor all the timeand she is basically a bad joke. The story is beyond trash and I dont even know what doctor whatever wanted to do and why he wants to kill Bayonetta and everything else. Combat is just ok and worse than the older games, Viola os so bad and the game forces you to play with her, Jeanne just has bad stealth missions and you dont get to actually play her in the story. Bayonetta is nerfed and gets her ass kicked by some generic monsters and dies to a nobody. Worse of all Viola replaces Bayonetta at the end of the game. At least the first 2 exist, this is made to **** all over Bayonetta fans. If you want to play it get it used or just play something else, its not worth your time.… Expand
  24. Korra543
    Nov 12, 2022
    10
    The best game of the series. It's really fun and engaging to play and I enjoyed it a lot.
  25. engenier94
    Nov 12, 2022
    9
    Hermoso juego. En todo. Banda sonora magistral, diseño de arte precioso, jugabilidad bestial, historia, la mas loca que he jugado. Graficamente es donde cae un poco, ya que para mantener los 60fps tuvieron que jugar con la resolución. Pero es una maravilla que partió mi corazon
  26. LinKami
    Nov 12, 2022
    10
    Gameplay innovador y muy frenético, soundtrack hermoso e historia interesante.
  27. Bidoulou
    Nov 12, 2022
    9
    Les développeurs ont tout donné pour faire de ce jeu une expérience ludique généreuse: le gameplay connu des épisodes 1 et 2 qui introduisaient le personnage de Bayonetta est ici magnifié sans aucune retenue. De plus, les thèmes abordés permettent de mettre en avant l'excellence de leur proposition. Si je ne suis pas fan du beat them all, je reconnais le talent manifeste qui a permis deLes développeurs ont tout donné pour faire de ce jeu une expérience ludique généreuse: le gameplay connu des épisodes 1 et 2 qui introduisaient le personnage de Bayonetta est ici magnifié sans aucune retenue. De plus, les thèmes abordés permettent de mettre en avant l'excellence de leur proposition. Si je ne suis pas fan du beat them all, je reconnais le talent manifeste qui a permis de faire ce jeu. Pour tous ceux qui ont aimé les deux premiers jeux, c'est la conclusion idéale.… Expand
  28. rocksvain
    Nov 11, 2022
    10
    Excellent gameplay! There are more ways to play and the controls still feels good and satisfying. The story is kind of confusing but overall, the gameplay compensate for those short comings so i'm still rating it 10
  29. Ajenjo33
    Nov 11, 2022
    9
    This video game is clearly a 9, the only negative part is the technical capabilities, otherwise it would easily be a 9.5.
  30. Anthony1319
    Nov 11, 2022
    10
    Este juego mejora todo a los anteriores gran juego que saca lo mejor de su género
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#17 Best Switch Game of 2022
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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 125 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 110 out of 125
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 125
  3. Negative: 0 out of 125
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 24, 2024
    80
    It's just still an overblown, entertainingly inappropriate, B-grade, sexist action ride that doesn't let anything tie it down or control it. [Issue#324]
  2. Het Nieuwsblad
    Jul 31, 2023
    80
    Bayonetta 3 excels in over-the-top madness. In the best possible way. But the story with wacky characters across parallel universes, is just the canvas for the real highlight of Bayonetta 3: the action. The titular witch's lightning-fast attacks are complemented her own magical powers, but you can now also temporarily take control of several enormous creatures, the "Demon Slaves”.
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  3. Starbit
    Feb 7, 2023
    90
    Bayonetta is back and the long-awaited third game not only builds up on the excellent formula of games past, it goes one step forward and adds new protagonists, experiments with elements of other genres, improves on its plot structure, and allows all kinds of players to enjoy it, creating an experience that's both familiar and fresh, as well as accessible, thrilling, gorgeous, and enveloping. Bayonetta 3 is a fantastic addition to the Nintendo Switch catalogue and it deserves to be on everyone's collection.
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