Honestly that's just a single facet of it.

What bores me to tears is the fact that Bayonetta seems so happy with it's over-the-topness it just can't get enough of itself. After wading through tons of exposition via As You Know, Bob, terrible voice acting, and ridiculous cutscenes I was hoping I could get into the game, but instead it just keeps going, constantly hammering away at the ridiculousness of it all instead of letting me play.

The point where it really made me annoyed was when Luka goes running, then grinds to a halt, and spends at least a minute looking at someone and taking his hood off, loaded with dramatic turns and camera cutaways. If every character of this game wasn't incessantly posing to show how much they rule the cutscenes might take about four or five minutes total. I can forego some gameplay for good storytelling or entertainment - close-up shots on Bayonetta's ample proportions over and over again don't count.

Then when they finally do stop doing the ridiculous full-motion action sequences instead it's all cut-and-stop film frames because, uh, Kamiya wills it I guess. The fact that Bayonetta actively spreads her legs on a routine basis - seriously, like, all the time - is just icing on the cake.

And really I don't know if the sex-appeal thing can be explained. Let me think about it more before I start to tell anyone what about it's so embarrassingly annoying to me.

My roommate's enjoying it though.

Gameplay itself, great. As I said I'd be perfectly fine with the sex appeal aspect considering once it gets going you barely notice. I'm starting to develop some real complaints about the fighting, though, mostly with the sometimes wonky camera, needless and infrequent QTEs, and sometimes overwhelming flashiness of it all.

Also Noncon I get that you're frustrated but I don't think that reading my Twitter posts while playing the game is the best and most descriptive way to get my thoughts on the game thus far.

my jaw hurts
 

I'm 99% sure it's pointed at myself, since I mention the phrase "DMC3" about as often as I mention the word "Videogame."

Better than DMC4, at least.
 

Mirai, I like you, but you are not the only person who does not like Bayonetta's cutscenes, and so the fact that they bother you merely reminded me that I've been trying to think of what the difference is, and that is what caused me to post that, not it being directed specifically and only at you. I usually start writing parts of the review in my head at least a week before I start writing it, depending on how quickly I beat the game, and how to address the issue of the cutscenes is something I've been thinking about a lot.

Also, I haven't had any problems with the camera, but locking on to a target always helps I hear.

Same reason MadWorld had comic book style cutscenes, I figure.

@Synk: As far as I was aware, DMC3 was very well received, and part of the reason, I thought, was that it took itself far less seriously than the previous two titles.

What

There is a rumor that based on the sales of the "Remakes" of GOW 1&2 The DMC guys are doing the same with their series...I am waiting for that So i can Buy that and when a near the end Rent DMC 4 and Live happy.

Yeah I can understand that, it's just the DMC3 comparison felt like it. My apologies.


It seems more random, here. Mad World seemed to be going about things in a deliberate comic-book style, hence the yellow and red comic font lettering that pops out at you.

Here it just seems like he thought it would be cool. Nothing about it seems especially film-noir or classic movie stylized but the cutscenes.

PROTIP: Enzo was the name of Dante's agent in the DMC3 manga. In this one he's more like Joe Pesci but still.

STOP TALKING VILLAIN
 

What would you rather have. The NOmura Cliff or 30 minutes of I don't give a shit science from Kojima

He's so talkative Luka tells him to shutup.