This quest led Bayonetta to Inferno, and very much tied into the overall plot. There were two prominent story threads, with the lesser of the two coming to a resolution around the game’s halfway mark. Needless to say, the game left a strong initial impression, and the story didn’t waiver as much as it did in the original either. New to the game was Tag Climax mode – an online competitive/cooperative mode. By the end of this first stage Bayonetta summoned a skyscraper-sized beast from Inferno which turned on her, forcing her to destroy it as it scaled a skyscraper King Kong-style. Within minutes, Bayonetta was in a battle on top of an airborne fighter jet. I’ll say quickly, what a shame they didn’t retain Enzo’s voice actor from the original. Beginning with the backdrop of Vigrid during Christmastime, Bayonetta was out doing some shopping with Enzo acting as her personal luggage hauler. From the outset, it was just as outlandish as the original. With Bayonetta 2, I never found myself losing interest in the story. Eventually though, everything evened out the story bits that I was interested in picked back up and I began to excel at the game. That, and the game’s difficulty was ramping up, but my skills weren’t. As it progressed though, I began to lose interest in the story as the overarching plot took a backseat to character development. At first I was mystified by the game and eager to learn more. Recalling Bayonetta, I was able to easily define my satisfaction into three distinct tranches. It was definitely a factor, but this game had enough chutzpah to keep me entertained for its duration. For a while it was hard for me to determine how much of that was attributable to the knowledge of the gameplay systems I carried over from my recent playthrough of the original. During the course of my playthrough, it was apparent that I was enjoying my time with it considerably more than I did with the original. Platinum Games refined the formula of the original and managed to top it in every way imaginable. Bayonetta 2 was released for the Wii U a few weeks ago and it follows up 2010’s Bayonettain spectacular fashion.
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