little chaos can be fun, too bad the game is very chaotic.
the game was hyped by some poster as being the new hack and slash king, while the game has done everything right ( even better than my wildest imagination) the game fails in its core, the gameplay, and i shall explain.
Visuals: this is one rare game that you will like to look at, the game is colorful, the characters looks very good, the level design is OMG, one of the best i have ever seen in gaming, some levels will make ur jaw drop, overall the gfx is 15/10 ............. i really liked them.
Story: the story may seem intresting but at the end, you will just dun bother, not to mention that Bayonetta character and its sarcastic comments will cut any connection or emotional bond you will make with the story.
audio: i really dun bother.
GAMEPLAY: Chaos, this is how i describe the battle field once you encounter an enemy, let's start with the combo system: you will use two buttons, for kick and punches , alot of different combinations are there to be used, it may seem easy but there are literally hundrerds of combos that you won't remember , you will end up using certain moves everytime, anyway it's up to you but with too many things happening on the screen, you will get confused almost everytime, that's why you will just use the simplest and the most effective ones. the enemies attack aren't organized either, that add to the more chaotic gameplay, usually you will be doing some combos and then evade, combos, evade ...etc you dun evade coz u saw the enemy attacking but you evade in order to play safe. Enemies come in groups, when they are packed at some point, it's almost impossible to see what they are doing, that's why you will be evading spontanously not in response to an enemy attack.
when you successfuly evade an enemy attack, the witch time will engage, that's when everything slows down and you can perform ur combos more easily. the overall mechanic can't be mastered, i have to admit, i suck at this game, may be that's why i didn't like it that much, i am on hard now, sometimes i feel like i am toying with enemies, but many other times, enemies are toying with me, and some other times i dun know what i am doing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the gameplay is inconsistant, i am missing many items and 2 weapons, may be that's another reason for why i suck in the game, i dun have the neccessary equipments.
another annoying thing is QTE, they appear suddenly for a fraction of a second and if you fail you die !!!!!!!!!!!! what the hell ????
i can keep going, but what i said is enough for now.
replaybility: the game has a huge replay value, with higher difficulties, more weapons and items to unlock, the battle system itself is addicting if you are doing it right.
Final verdict: the game is a solid AA imo, the game overall made many good choices on the rightway to make the perfect H $ S , the game isn't NG or GOW
but it did make alot of good things the latter 2 games missed, too bad the game shines and fails in the most important thing, the gameplay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!