A Gaming Diary
Bayonetta (360)
Up to chapter five now. This is blooming marvellous. I’m still getting stone trophies at the end of chapters, but so are all my friends – and I’m holding my own in the combo leaderboards now. So I’m not missing anything, I’m just not brilliant at the game yet. That’s okay, though. While I’m dying a lot, I’m not actually getting stuck. Even the big boss battle that was chapter four had multiple checkpoints in it.
Bayonetta’s a more friendly game that I expected, it actually seems to want you to play it. A lot of games, especially of this type, seem more like tests of skill that you have to endure to prove that you’re worthy, Bayonetta just lets you play. It doesn’t make things especially easy, but it does at least recognise that not all of us have lightning fingers and superhuman reaction times.
I love it. A lot.
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Bayonetta (360)
about 1 year ago - No comments
It’s been too long. I’ve not played Bayonetta in a couple of weeks or so, but an hour spent with it last night reminded me of just how good it is. I went through chapter six from beginning to end. I found huge monsters, protected an annoying child and didn’t have to sit through too
Bayonetta (360)
about 1 year ago - No comments
Last night I finished chapter five (using an invincibility item I’d made on the boss) and bought some perfume. I also got a new weapon, claws of some kind, that don’t seem especially useful. I think they’re slow, short-ranged, damaging weapons, but I’m more of a quick in-and-out player, so they don’t seem to suit
Bayonetta (360)
about 1 year ago - No comments
Utterly brilliant stuff, obviously. I even managed to work out USING MY OWN BRANE how to stay in the air for a minute to complete one of the mini challenges I’ve found littered about the place. I was very, very proud of that moment. It was just pure experimentation and it worked. Now, though, I’m
Bayonetta (360)
about 1 year ago - No comments
Bayonetta is so amazingly brilliant that I just want to explode with joy. Okay, the cut scenes go on too long, but I’ll be skipping those after my first time through the game – and, yes, I fully intend to play through Bayonetta multiple times. I probably won’t, because I’ll probably get stuck on a
Bayonetta (360)
about 2 years ago - No comments
Got a whole hour with this last night. The luxury! Still a few too many cut scenes, really, but it’s calmed right down now and I am loving it, absolutely loving it. It’s silky smooth and funny and exciting and satisfying and it just hits all the right gameplay notes for me. I fear I’m
Bayonetta (360)
about 2 years ago - No comments
Only had half an hour to play this last night. (The first part of the evening was taken up by Mystic River, which is a fine movie but not close to the brilliance of the book, and then the first two episodes of Glee were on E4. I’m very much looking forward to seeing more.)
Bayonetta Demo (360)
about 2 years ago - No comments
Played this again last night, just to check I really liked it before spending my Christmas money from my grandmother-in-law on a pre-order. And I do like it. I like it a lot. I’m really rather rubbish at it – though remembering I can use healing items would make things a bit easier – and
Bayonetta Demo (360)
about 2 years ago - No comments
Stupidly OTT third-person gorefest, like the mad aunt nobody mentions in the Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden family. I surprised myself by actually managing to pull off sensible moves and dodges, despite everything being too busy for my conscious mind to process. One of those games where you really have to go with the
