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  • Summary: Bayonetta returns in an all-new, over-the-top climax action game. Sporting a wicked new ensemble and somehow familiar pigtails, the titular Umbra Witch must face a mysterious evil using her signature guns and time-slowing Witch Time ability. Is her foe angel, demon, or something elseBayonetta returns in an all-new, over-the-top climax action game. Sporting a wicked new ensemble and somehow familiar pigtails, the titular Umbra Witch must face a mysterious evil using her signature guns and time-slowing Witch Time ability. Is her foe angel, demon, or something else entirely?

    Tap into Bayonetta's naughtier side with Demon Masquerade, a new ability that channels the demon linked to her weapon allowing for some exciting action options, not to mention some hair-raising combos. She can also summon her demonic darlings like Gomorrah, Malphas, and Phantasmaraneae during battle, unleashing their demonic powers in the heat of combat and in new, larger-than life battles where you directly control the action.

    Bayonetta fights bravely in the streets of Tokyo against a mysterious enemy bent on plunging humanity into the depths of chaos.

    Why is she there? And has the enemy already extended their grasp to other worlds?
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Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 0 out of 125
  1. Oct 25, 2022
    100
    Bayonetta 3 is an experience filled with a constant feeling of surprise, quality of life add-ons, dynamic and electrifying action and an epic story. Though it lacks visual refinement, the end result is a must-play for fans of the series. Although unfortunately there is still male gaze imprinted on the game, being a woman and playing with such powerful and fun characters such as Bayonetta, Viola and Jeanne is a huge joy.
  2. Oct 25, 2022
    95
    Taking risks and daring to be better, Platinum Games has created one of the best games in its history with Bayonetta 3. The witch returns stronger and better accompanied than ever, proving why it is a Hack&Slash icon.
  3. Oct 25, 2022
    90
    Bayonetta 3 is over-the-top in every possible way, and I get the feeling newcomers and long-time fans of the series will appreciate that.
  4. Nov 8, 2022
    90
    Bayonetta 3 is held back by the hardware limitations of Nintendo Switch, but this naughty sorceress is cunning enough to shake off those chains. She brings a lot of perfect, crazy fast fun, so imaginative that you won’t get a chance to be bored.
  5. Oct 25, 2022
    85
    Do you want more of Bayonetta 1 and 2? That's Bayonetta 3! It keeps the heart and soul of the first two games in every sense, but adds even more fun ways to pound your enemies into the dirt with style. Its chock-full of action set pieces, each more ridiculous than the last — it stays at 100% almost the whole time. Our favourite witch is back in black!
  6. Nov 3, 2022
    80
    Bayonetta 3 is an excellent action game that lives up to the series name, but the aging hardware it runs on and some story choices bring the experience down.
  7. Nov 14, 2022
    50
    Despite featuring what's arguably the best combat system in the series, Bayonetta 3 is nothing short of disappointing. Bayonetta's core gameplay is outstanding, weaving fluid controls together with incredible weapon variety and tons of fun mechanics to play around with. The combo potential is high and battles just feel great to play… as Bayonetta. An unforgiveable amount of playtime is dedicated to newcomer Viola, stealth segments that make poor use of Jeanne, and relentless gimmick stages that wear out their welcome immediately. Tossing in mediocre level design, lacklustre performance, and a flavourless story that panders towards the current multiverse craze, it's clear PlatinumGames has lost its magic touch when it comes to the Umbran Witch. Bayonetta 3 is simply mediocre, at best.

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Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 52 out of 289
  1. Nov 6, 2022
    10
    Es un juego excelente. Tiene muchas armas (para quienes tienen el bayo 1 y 2 en la switch les carga las pistolas de estos 2 juegos). Se puedeEs un juego excelente. Tiene muchas armas (para quienes tienen el bayo 1 y 2 en la switch les carga las pistolas de estos 2 juegos). Se puede pelear con ángeles en algunos niveles, demonios y homúnculos.
    Es un espectáculo visual. Tiene los mapas mas grandes y variados que he visto en la saga.
    Se merece que sea comprado y bien valorado por nosotros los fans de bayonetta.
    Totalmente recomendado.
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  2. Oct 29, 2022
    10
    Спасибо Platinum Games и Хидеки Камии за то, что не сделали Байку лесбухой и этим подожгли как левацкие жопы в твиттере, так и жопы некоторыхСпасибо Platinum Games и Хидеки Камии за то, что не сделали Байку лесбухой и этим подожгли как левацкие жопы в твиттере, так и жопы некоторых игрожуров (да-да, это не шутки). У меня тоже сначала дико пригорело с концовки ( по другой причине, естественно), но потом я вспомнил что Платинумы это не Юбисофт и понял, что для франшизы так действительно лучше. Самый весомый недостаток третьей Байки это её эксклюзивный выход на Сыче. Окружение уровней лучше не рассматривать - могут защипать глаза. Expand
  3. Oct 29, 2022
    10
    Best Platinium Games Entry! Bayonetta is back with more weapons, demons, style, and charm.
  4. Oct 29, 2022
    9
    Bayonetta 3 acts as both a capstone for the game's titular character, and an introduction to a bevy of new mechanics, concepts, and futureBayonetta 3 acts as both a capstone for the game's titular character, and an introduction to a bevy of new mechanics, concepts, and future prospectives for the series. The gameplay is as tight as ever, further exploring Bayonetta's own toolkit, while introducing new means of demon slaying with other characters. The action, set pieces, and lunacy of it all have hit a new high with this entry. The new introductions and expansions that work for the gameplay are a mixed bag for the story - the game seems to take inspiration from its peers such as Devil May Cry 5, Astral Chain, etc., without really reaching their highs, while also building on top of Bayonetta 1 & 2's meddling with time by adding multiverses. What this ultimately produces is an ending that will satisfy some, confused others, and leave people either happy or disappointed with Bayonetta 3's ultimate conclusion. As a story, Bayonetta 3 will be something that fans and non-fans will be divided over. As a game though? My goodness is it a blast to play. Go play 1 & 2, and then come back and enjoy the bombastic lunacy that is Bayonetta 3. Expand
  5. Jun 3, 2023
    8
    tutto il bello di bayonetta 2 ma più incasinato.
    le varie zone esplorabili prima degli scontri ora sono un po più vaste per offrire un po di
    tutto il bello di bayonetta 2 ma più incasinato.
    le varie zone esplorabili prima degli scontri ora sono un po più vaste per offrire un po di esplorazione in cerca dei vari segreti disseminati nella mappa di gioco.
    il titolo è un più che valido titolo action, che offre davvero tantissime idee differenti, ma che messe tutte assieme risultano un po confusionarie.
    tante armi, tanti demoni evocabili e controllabili renderanno un po meno chiaro le azioni che possiamo fare.
    con l'aggiunta che quando evochiamo i vari demoni molto spesso occuperanno la maggior parte dello schermo non riuscendo a vedere i nemici, e quindi con il rischio di essere colpiti non per un nostro errore.
    per me che gioco per divertirmi poco importa, ma potrebbe essere una problematica per chi cerca i platini puri.
    questa complessità si aggiunge anche al fatto che nell'avventura avremo una compagna di viaggio che avrà un modo tutto suo di combattere.
    tra cui la parata da fare a tempo, che è su un altro tasto rispetto alla schivata di bayonetta. cosa che potrebbe confondere, anche perchè ha un tempismo differente che complica il tutto ulteriormente.
    in generale mi è sembrato che il titolo puntasse più sulla spettacolarità di certe situazioni e sul fatto di aggiungere tante meccaniche differenti ma che in uno stylish action non sempre risultano funzionali.
    non comprando i bayonetta per fare i punteggi maggiori, per me non è stato una grossa penalizzazione, però un po si è fatto sentire.
    voto 80
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  6. Oct 31, 2022
    6
    A game with great potential ultimately brought down by weird design choices. First off, the prologue is very well done and the combat is asA game with great potential ultimately brought down by weird design choices. First off, the prologue is very well done and the combat is as great as ever. Weapons are all fun to use while still playing differently and the new demon puppet gimmick is also pretty fun if used correctly. Speaking of, that really seems to be the thing for this game: gimmicks. Bayonetta 3 is basically the ProzD skit about too many game mechanics. Boss battles completely lack the fun and creativity of the first game (it doesn’t help that the enemy design is completely boring and forgettable). A whole chapter dedicated solely to a massive multi phase boss battle? Nah, those days are gone. Here’s a standard enemy with a bigger HP bar and some mini game at the end. Rock-paper-scissors, holding a target over the enemy or spamming a single button until the enemy is gone. None of those are actually fun. Neither are the 2D levels as Jeanne, but at least those are short. However, by far the worst gimmick is Viola.
    Where do I even start? Viola is probably the worst playable character I have seen in many years. Imagine 2013 DmC Donte except ten times worse. She looks like a clown, acts like a clown and plays like the Walmart version of Raiden from MGR. Even her voice acting performance is pretty lackluster (apparently she’s voiced by some influencer in the English dub, which kinda figures). Being forced to play as her feels like some form of punishment for enjoying the Bayonetta levels too much. Her gameplay lacks the variety that Bayo has, she feels stiff and awkward and her counter move is really weird to pull of. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Not that it actually matters because you can’t use it anyway when you summon Cheshire, which is what you need to do if you actually want to do some damage. Then there is also the smart decision to have the block button also do a homing-in-move, in other words if you are unlucky instead of blocking you are diving right into the enemy attack. Great design choice. Even her role in the story is completely irrelevant. All she does is telling Bayo and Jeanne what to do at the beginning and that’s about it. You could write her completely out of the story and nothing would change, in fact it would only improve things. It’s obvious that PG didn’t really put too much thought into her and her sole purpose is to attract the western Gen-Z audience that majors in gender studies and gets offended over everything. The questionable naïve angel mode is just further proof of that. That kind of westernization of Japanese games was very common in the PS360 days and killed many beloved franchises (Ninja Gaiden, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil to only name a few). Bayonetta didn’t fall quite as hard as those; you can still have fun if the game lets you. However, this is the first game in the franchise where I’m not trying to go for completion and it’s also the first time I’m not looking forward to a potential sequel, especially after that terrible, terrible ending.
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  7. Aug 8, 2023
    0
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game rodin boss fight too hard
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
    rodin boss fight too hard fk this game
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