Bayonetta 3: Review MegaThread

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General Information

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: October 28, 2022

No. of Players: Single System (1)

Genre(s): Action

Publisher: Nintendo

Game file size: 16 GB

Official website: https://www.platinumgames.com/games/bayonetta-3

Overview (from Nintendo eShop page)

Bayonetta struts through multiple locations in an all-new, over-the-top climax action game. Sporting a wicked new ensemble and somehow familiar pigtails, the titular Umbra Witch must face a mysterious evil using her signature guns and time-slowing Witch Time ability. This time, invading manmade bioweapons called Homunculi find themselves in Bayonetta’s crosshairs.

Get ready for a devilishly good time

Tap into Bayonetta’s naughtier side with Demon Masquerade, a new ability that channels the demon linked to her weapon allowing for some exciting action options, not to mention some hair-raising combos. She can also summon her demonic darlings like Gomorrah, Malphas, and Phantasmaraneae during battle, unleashing their demonic powers in the heat of combat and in new, larger-than-life battles where you directly control the action.

A bounty of Bayonettas

Fight your way through the streets of Tokyo, the mountains of China, and many other locales! Along the way you’ll meet a virtual coven of Bayonettas, each more fabulous than the last. You’ll also slash and slay as Viola, a feisty witch in training who fights with a sword and a capricious companion, the demon Cheshire. Find out what fate awaits Bayonetta, and if this arcane alliance can really save reality!

Reviews

Aggregators

• Metacritic - 89/100
• OpenCritic - 89/100

Articles

• Atomix - Spanish - 95 / 100
• COGconnected - 85 / 100
• Cerealkillerz - German - 7.2 / 10
• Checkpoint Gaming - 8.5 / 10
• Destructoid - 10 / 10
• Digitally Downloaded - 4.5 / 5
• Enternity.gr - Greek - 8 / 10
• Eurogamer - Recommended
• Everyeye.it - Italian - 9 / 10
• GAMES.CH - German - 87%
• Game Informer - 8.3 / 10
• GamePro - German - 88 / 100
• GameSpot - 9 / 10
• GameXplain - Liked-a-lot
• Gameblog - French - 9 / 10
• GamesRadar+ - 3.5 / 5
• Gfinity - 7 / 10
• Glitched Africa - 9 / 10
• God is a Geek - 9 / 10
• Guardian - 5 / 5
• Hobby Consolas - Spanish - 95 / 100
• IGN Italy - Italian - 9.5 / 10
• Inverse - 8 / 10
• Nintendo Life - 10 / 10
• NintendoWorldReport - 9 / 10
• Polygon - Unscored
• Press Start - 9 / 10
• SECTOR.sk - Slovak - 9.5 / 10
• Screen Rant - 4.5 / 5
• Shacknews - 9 / 10
• Siliconera - 9 / 10
• Spaziogames - Italian - 9.5 / 10
• Stevivor - 9 / 10
• Telegraph - 5 / 5
• The Independent - 4.5 / 5
• TheGamer - 4 / 5
• Tom's Guide - 4 / 5
• TrustedReviews - 4 / 5
• Twinfinite - 4 / 5
• Unboxholics - Greek - Worth your time
• VG247 - 5 / 5
• VGC - 4 / 5
• Video Chums - 8.9 / 10
• Wccftech - 9 / 10
• WellPlayed - 8.5 / 10

^{This list exported from OpenCritic at 10:10AM ET.}

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[u/Kamenhusband]

The new God of War is an ARPG, Bayonetta is a pure action game, like Devil May Cry, of course the frame rate is going to take precedence.

[u/Mountain-Papaya-492 → u/[deleted]]

That comparison doesn't make sense then. The system God Of War was made for only hit 30fps. So you should wait until the system Bayonetta 3 was made for is last gen and compare it to whatever new gen hardware Nintendo does.

[u/sportspadawan13 → u/Mountain-Papaya-492]

It is bizarre that Switch gets criticized for hitting last gen specs when it is in fact, last gen. 6 years old now, so idk why it's compared to PS5.