Bayonetta 2... - The Bear and Badger

Choke

...is rumoured to have been cancelled following the recent restructuring at Sega. One of the most brilliant, imaginative IPs of this generation has been lost. In an effort to make this into more of a conversation, what other original IPs have we seen this gen which haven't done the numbers to guarantee being raised to the lofty heights of sequel-dom?

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Dark Soldier

I for one applaud this decision.

Frosty

I couldn't even finish the first. Got stuck at some regular bad guys and not even a boss.

Choke

Pfft, get with ye back t'old forum.

Edit: @DS

Dark Soldier

She has hair and tits and she made a raunchy comment and haha her footwear did something mental and killed someone.

I wish I could stop growing old, I would've loved this shit if I was 14.

Choke

But she's not sexy because of her hair and tits. She's sexy because she's a powerful and intelligent female videogame character... who can turn into a panther like the wolf in Okami and collects Sonic the Hedgehog coins and fights massive demi-God tidal wave monsters and throws skyscrapers at people - ok you might have a point DS.

g.man

SHENMUE 3

I still believe

g.man

Choke

Shenmue 3 would be lovely - it'd have to be next-gen though to have a similar impact to the 1st game. Do Sega even own the rights to a Bayonetta sequel? Is it not owned by Platinum? And couldn't they conceivably publish it with someone else - Konami?

Brooks

g_man said:
SHENMUE 3

I still believe

g.man

Kickstarter lol

[Deleted User]

It looked great and played slick, but just didn't gel with me. Don't really care.

Time_on_my_hands

It would never have matched the first, which was a breath of fresh air after what Devil May Cry had become. Most of what made Bayonetta great was that total batshit mentalness that just becomes 'meh' in a sequel.

Choke

Fingers crossed for a new Vanquish though. And Enslaved while we're at it. Also, were there any plans to remake the second Siren game. The first one was utterly chilling.

pantyfire

XTC_NRG_4_DARKRAVER said:
It looked great and played slick, but just didn't gel with me. Don't really care.

Ironically, for me, it was all those things and gelled with me, which no other game of it's kind had before.

[Deleted User]

It was full of unlikeable cunts and the music was irritating. I haven't even bothered to finish it and now Ninja Gaiden's fucked too. Boohoo etc

tigersgogrrr

Aesthetics aside, Bayonetta has the best combat and spectacle of any game in the genre. An absolutely brilliant title that put most action games to shame. The intro alone, plummeting through the sky on the clock tower while divine monstrosities assault you and Jeanne from all directions, was OTT batshit-amazing.

Wouldn't want a sequel, mind.

Bollockoff

tigerswiftly said:
Aesthetics aside, Bayonetta has the best combat and spectacle of any game in the genre. An absolutely brilliant title that put most action games to shame. The intro alone, plummeting through the sky on the clock tower while divine monstrosities assault you and Jeanne from all directions, was OTT batshit-amazing.

Wouldn't want a sequel, mind.

Demonstration of strokes for folks. I recommended Bayonetta to a friend and he got off to a terrible start with this bit because he couldn't concentrate on the combat while listening to the narration. After that the OST just drove him fucking livid and almost tore apart what we had together.

I really liked it though.

[Deleted User]

Great gameplay all wrapped up in shit presentation. Gawdy, horrible, unfunny anime horse shit.

[Deleted User]

It's the best 3rd person combat game ever made as far as I'm concerned, lots of it just got on my tits though.

It was like some sort of ADHD addled nightmare. Painful that this gets canned and Sony have another fucking Kratos game lined up for the suckers.

[Deleted User]

bayoneta were shit....really!

the guys at edge must have been smoking powerfull shit to score it a [10].

either that or platinum sent them monies or somesuch.

gaiden is better imo.

rockissponge

I had *zero* interest in Bayonetta. Looked gaudy and teenage. But the boy convinced me to play it just a few weeks ago and I am *totally* hooked.

I've not changed my opinion on the gaudiness, but actually it's all a bit of daft fun, I believe it *knows* how ridiculous it all is, and beyond that is the important bit - it plays like a frikkin' dream. The combos you're able to pull off are incredible, and I have to say feels more satisfying than many of the moves I managed in God of War. A few weeks ago I wouldn't have cared about this cancellation, but now I'm about 2/3rds of the way through the original, I'm now a little more worried about finishing it, and it being over forever!

[Deleted User]

It does know, it's just a bit much. It's like going from Rear Window to Spongebob Squarepants.

tigersgogrrr

daviedigi said:
bayoneta were shit....really!

I can appreciate that some people would hate the art/sound/graphics design philosophy, but if you don't think the core combat system is at least worthy of being labelled as "very good" you're utterly fucking mental.

JonB

Bayonetta was so comprehensive in its combat system that I wasn't sure it had left itself anywhere to go if it continued. There was so much packed in, especially going through all the difficulty levels and getting all the weapons. Would have been more of the same probably. Not all great games need sequels.

Rev

I just don't see why it got a 10.

I play it - I put it down,

I leave it for ever then remember its there and play it some more...

But its never been a 10 in my book, A good 8 at the most.

Brooks

XTC_NRG_4_DARKRAVER said:
It does know, it's just a bit much. It's like going from Rear Window to Spongebob Squarepants.

Hahah

[Deleted User]

I do totally agree the gameplay was superb but gameplay, for me, is only half the package. I'm not going to eat Kobe beef with a dog shit sauce.

I would rather stick to angus beef and a peppercorn sauce(God of War).

Beef analogies, thats what its resorted to, bloody beef analogies.

JonB

The aesthetics are really only an issue in the cutscenes, and they were admittedly shit. But if you're in it for the long haul, you skip them after the first run and they end up a distant memory once you're into the meat of the challenge.

[Deleted User]

So scrape off the shit sauce?

beano

I am here to vent.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Shit news.

optimark_prime

Bayonetta, L4D and Mario Galaxy are my three favourite games of 'this gen'.

I'd have loved a sequel, but I doubt it'd better the first game.

Jem

There's always Lollipop Chainsaw.

Erm.

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