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Bayonetta 2 |OT| The time has come, and so have Wii!
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Haha I love the "Angel of third sphere" climax cards. 32k for a fight I'll end in ten seconds with Umbran Climax? I'll take it. Even as a total scrub I still end up with give or take 100k per Tag Climax run. How much do you guys who are actually skillful earn?
Also noticed a pretty nasty bug in the AI in Tag Climax. Using the double swords they charge up their X attack but never actually release it. Great on farm runs since it guarantees I win the round, but devastating when I attempt boss fights :/
Also noticed a pretty nasty bug in the AI in Tag Climax. Using the double swords they charge up their X attack but never actually release it. Great on farm runs since it guarantees I win the round, but devastating when I attempt boss fights :/
dragonlife
Member
I'm laughing so hard. This mode is too good.
It's not just stylish cutscenes. Everything is clearer thanks to the more colorful visuals. Which in turn makes combat easier to read. The controls are better. Areas are more open. Camera is better. Attacking and combos just feels tighter. It's great.
The level designs are less interesting....not to say that Bayo 1 was good in this regard but....eh.
not enough
moon river. srsly it only plays like a few times in the game
otherwise it's gr8
but i gotta admit, the online multi is smooth as fuck. Dat platinum polish. Just imagine Vanquish 2 with the same level of online multi polish.....a man can dream can't he?
My giveaway for Bayonetta 2 and Senran Kagura ends tomorrow at 5 PST.
if you havent entered yet, DO IT NOW! DO IT ENTER IT! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=919069
if you havent entered yet, DO IT NOW! DO IT ENTER IT! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=919069
Miss.Selfdestruct
Member
Just on Chapter VII. LOVING this DMC1 feels omgggg <3
I can't believe how much insane action is in this so far.
I can't believe how much insane action is in this so far.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
You can earn halos in Tag Climax?
Shoot, and here I was planning on waiting until after I beat the game to check that mode out.
Shoot, and here I was planning on waiting until after I beat the game to check that mode out.
Zomba13
Member
That's it for me for now dragonlife. Fantastic games. We really need to try that
again though.
Best way to earn them. Can very easilly get over 100000 a run by just picking the easiest ones and putting them up to 2 stars (it helps having a good AoE weapon, the swords, scythe and whip in your hands work very well). Just do the AoE attack (circle on the stick and punch) over and over and umbran climax on the "harder" ones. Almost feels like cheating though you need 9999999 for the Platinum Ticket so I don't feel bad grinding it out like that.
3 star Aesir
Best way to earn them. Can very easilly get over 100000 a run by just picking the easiest ones and putting them up to 2 stars (it helps having a good AoE weapon, the swords, scythe and whip in your hands work very well). Just do the AoE attack (circle on the stick and punch) over and over and umbran climax on the "harder" ones. Almost feels like cheating though you need 9999999 for the Platinum Ticket so I don't feel bad grinding it out like that.
Just beat it. Going to check out that mode soon.
dragonlife
Member
GGs! I'll definitely have to be Bayo for that one; I'm not getting any better with Jeanne's Witch Times. But when they do come out... so lengthy!
This Bayo 2 poster is adorable.
http://bayonetta2.nintendo.com/wallpapers/241_Bayonetta_1_1920x1080.jpg
http://bayonetta2.nintendo.com/wallpapers/241_Bayonetta_1_1920x1080.jpg
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Some combination of weapons and accesories makes tag climax very unfair, if you are in your first playthrough...
Palculator
Unconfirmed Member
What combination of weapons and accessories make tag climax very unfair, I am on my first playthrough...?
dragonlife
Member
Platinum secretly made a horror game with Bayonetta 2 because the fear is real when picking verse cards. Three-stars are basically asking for a game over. We'll just have to pick three-stars in the beginning to soften the blow 
Zomba13
Member
Platinum secretly made a horror game with Bayonetta 2 because the fear is real when picking verse cards. Three-stars are basically asking for a game over. We'll just have to pick three-stars in the beginning to soften the blow
Yeah, start with them and if you win, great, if you lose, eh, just some halos gone. I don't think anything will top that big one though. Unless
Rodin's
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Items like Bracelet of Time or the whips alongside the scythe for massive range on scenarios with multiple enemies.
Rotating Stick+Punch during Umbran Climax with the Scythe still is my favorite attack in the game
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
I want to get in on some Tag Climaxing too some time!
NNID: HawthorneKitty
NNID: HawthorneKitty
I'll add you guys above!
Very cute, saved.
My mind finally made sense out of your avatar.
It's amazing.
Very cute, saved.
My mind finally made sense out of your avatar.
It's amazing.
DaanMuffin
Member
Add me for tag climax: NNID: Daanmuffin
This is some Monster Hunter shit.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
The new IC is way better,harder than 1 by far
Wow, just dug into Bayo 2 after beating Bayo 1 on Hard and unlocking 98% of the stuff. And wow, 1st and 2nd Climax diff is basically Very Easy/Easy, I had to start over on 3rd Climax. Also the Alfheim...err Mefheim challenges seem to be a lot easier at least in the first two/three chapters, or is it just me? Umbran Climax def seems OP on 1st and 2nd Climax, so hopefully 3rd fixes that along with Hard and beyond.
Also, accidentally deleted my 30 hour Infinite Climax Bayo 1 save (saving after beating Hard), trying to go through Easy really fast to grab the bracelet only to totally forget and wipe my Hard mode completed save file accidentally... So yeah, 30 hours of work for nothing, why the hell can't Nintendo just allow 100% save files to be downloaded and used off SD cards or USB flash drives, I got vids to record damnit! At least I beat Father Rodin Pure Platinum using Sangfong + Bracelet of Time + Climax Bracelet recorded and a bunch of other Hard mode Pure Platinum's. *sigh*
Edit: Please tell me there's a Nunchaku analog in this game to the Sangfong! Was my fav weapon.
Also, accidentally deleted my 30 hour Infinite Climax Bayo 1 save (saving after beating Hard), trying to go through Easy really fast to grab the bracelet only to totally forget and wipe my Hard mode completed save file accidentally... So yeah, 30 hours of work for nothing, why the hell can't Nintendo just allow 100% save files to be downloaded and used off SD cards or USB flash drives, I got vids to record damnit! At least I beat Father Rodin Pure Platinum using Sangfong + Bracelet of Time + Climax Bracelet recorded and a bunch of other Hard mode Pure Platinum's. *sigh*
Edit: Please tell me there's a Nunchaku analog in this game to the Sangfong! Was my fav weapon.
mrmickfran
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The first 4 witch trials were pretty easy, I even got Platinum rank on all of them.
As for the fifth one, I got slaughtered within the first 10 seconds.
As for the fifth one, I got slaughtered within the first 10 seconds.
Lady Siara
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Yeah, like dragonlife, I didn't see it until I was doing the witch trials yesterday and died to it then. I was very confused.
Monocle
Member
OMFG, I just unlocked the two bonus characters for Tag Climax in a pair of back-to-back quick matches. I don't know if I got incredibly lucky or if the random verse cards are fairly common, but I'm pumped. (Edit: Wow, and the
card just showed up when I was messing around with a CPU partner! Turns out
Also, that win quote...
Aww yeah.)
I beat 3rd Climax today as well, which netted me
Hell yes! And here I was worrying it would take too long to bag all of the playable characters.
My only real concern now is getting the Climax Brace for that sweet infinite magic. There's a lot of contradictory information out there. Michellegun201, the awesome player on YouTube, claims it shows up in the shop after you collect all of the crows (giving you 20 tears of blood), but I already did that and no brace!
On the other hand, I found a couple of sites that say you have to earn all 50 tears of blood, meaning 30 achievement thingies and 20 crows. I sure hope they're wrong because some of the achievements seem way harder than Bayonetta 1's. Like, I don't even want to think about killing all the enemies in the
, or beating the Chapter 12 boss with no damage. And I'd rather not try to tackle Nonstop Infinite Climax immediately. I'm pretty decent at this game but not good enough to keep my health up against the faster and trickier enemies on higher difficulties.
Oh, and at least one other site says the Climax Brace is unlocked by getting all Platinums on 2nd Climax, while the Climax Brace 2 is unlocked by doing the same in 3rd Climax. WTF! Get it straight, people.
Bayonetta and Jeanne
Rodin is as strong as he's portrayed in story mode, because he cleaned them up no problem.
"Best not to fuck with dudes with face tattoos."
I beat 3rd Climax today as well, which netted me
Mamanetta (AKA Rosa, lol) and that adorable, wicked strong Chain Chomp weapon.
My only real concern now is getting the Climax Brace for that sweet infinite magic. There's a lot of contradictory information out there. Michellegun201, the awesome player on YouTube, claims it shows up in the shop after you collect all of the crows (giving you 20 tears of blood), but I already did that and no brace!
On the other hand, I found a couple of sites that say you have to earn all 50 tears of blood, meaning 30 achievement thingies and 20 crows. I sure hope they're wrong because some of the achievements seem way harder than Bayonetta 1's. Like, I don't even want to think about killing all the enemies in the
final level's jet fighter shmup
Oh, and at least one other site says the Climax Brace is unlocked by getting all Platinums on 2nd Climax, while the Climax Brace 2 is unlocked by doing the same in 3rd Climax. WTF! Get it straight, people.
Would like to know this also, all Bayo games need that hidden Bruce Lee badass weapon! Sai-Fung FTW! So far, looking at videos of all the weapons, it looks like the roster was massively scaled down.. So here's hoping there's some hidden unlockables still to figure out... Otherwise massively disappointed on that, part of the fun of Bayo 1 was all the eventual weapon variety and experimentation.
R
Retro_
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I'll look in the guide when I get back home
uh oh, lemme check on that. I set up the NNID, but haven't done any miiverse stuff. I sort of rushed my set up of the console so I could play this lol
Monocle
Member
Even if there are no super secret hidden weapons, the roster is just fine. Here's a list of what's known so far:
Love is Blue (dual pistols)
Rakshasa (dual swords)
Takemikazuchi (hammer)
Alruna (dual whips)
Kafka (bow)
Chernobog (scythe)
Undine (flame/ice throwers)
Salamandra (dual chainsaws)
Shuraba (Bayo 1 katana)
Scarborough Fair (Bayo 1 dual pistols)
Handguns (weak dual pistols)
Chain Chomp (adorable wrecking ball)
Unforgiven (Rosa's dual pistols, exclusive to that character; they pack the punch of shotguns)
Rodin (hybrid of all angel and demon enemy weapons)
Rakshasa (dual swords)
Takemikazuchi (hammer)
Alruna (dual whips)
Kafka (bow)
Chernobog (scythe)
Undine (flame/ice throwers)
Salamandra (dual chainsaws)
Shuraba (Bayo 1 katana)
Scarborough Fair (Bayo 1 dual pistols)
Handguns (weak dual pistols)
Chain Chomp (adorable wrecking ball)
Unforgiven (Rosa's dual pistols, exclusive to that character; they pack the punch of shotguns)
Rodin (hybrid of all angel and demon enemy weapons)
I'd call that outstanding variety, especially considering how only a handful of weapons are similar to one another.
Thanks!
BTW, can you check if it says anything about getting four magic bars? Michellegun201 has that many on some of his or her videos. I've collected all of the Moon Pearl fragments and I only have three.
Never forget!
Nunchakus are a must! Damnit, they better be unlockable by some means, same goes for dat Lightsaber! Ninja Gaiden did them best first, then Bayo 1 bested it, to leave that out of the sequel would suck... Being able to equip dual Sai-Fung to hands and feet would a a awesome addition, with more Bruce Lee kai charge-ups!
Monocle
Member
Actually I couldn't agree more. God tier weapon. I'm really fond of the laser pistols (Bazillions) too.
Monocle
Member
Humble suggestion from a non-expert: Salamandra on hands and feet, Moon of Mahaa-Kalaa and Eternal Testimony for your accessories. Got myself a Platinum on 3rd Climax with that setup, first try. (My other weapon set was Kafka and Alruna, but I barely used them. I keep this set handy for most bosses though because Kafka keeps your combo going at range and Alruna has great reach and can grapple anything during Witch Time and Umbran Climax.)
Oh, and replace Eternal Testimony with the Earrings of Ruin if you have them, because they wreck everything, period. (Also good for making your Tag Climax partners sad when you take all their kills.)
I'll go even further than that, if you equip Sai-Fung to both A/B weapon slots (all 4), you enter a mode where the ZL (left trigger whatever it's called) enters into a Bruce Lee-esque "ping-pong" sort of Witch Time when dealing with projectiles when timed correctly, including directing the projectiles. And when normally pressing ZL it just smacks enemies around in different combo's+weaves. THAT would be fucking amazing as a earned reward for skilled play!
Finished my first playthrough of Bayo2 last night, 2nd Climax. I think it´s easier than Bayo1, I only died 3 or 4 times in all the playthrough and all the deaths were due to instakill attacks (except one death in the final boss). I´m no master, in fact I have to relearn dodge offset ´cause I almost didn´t use it in all the game, so I was surprised at blazing through the game with so little trouble. I died a lot on my first playthrough of Bayo 1 on Normal, but this may also be because of all the ways to regain health in 2, that helped a lot.
BAD
GOOD
Some questions regarding the story:
How did
in the first place? I may have missed this...
I´ve seen many people here saying that the end of Bayo 2 leaves the plot set for a possible Bayo 3. But,
What control setting are you guys using? I´m playing on the gamepad with the standard setting, but I may switch Evade to a different button, I feel like the deadzone of the trigger is too wide. Any suggestions?
Such a great game, I´m going to be playing the hell out of this for the next months.
BAD
- Some enemies have attacks that instakill you...I don´t like that at all.
- Infinite Climax is a 'Win button'.
- Muspelgheims (sp?) were too easy. There were 1 or 2 more difficult, but I completed the vast majority on the first try, with the limited equipment you have in the first playthrough.
- Checkpoints that kill exploration: sometimes you had different paths to take: one will probably take you to a hidden Muspelgheim, a piece of heart of something, but if you take the wrong path you trigger a cutscene, the game advances and you can´t go back to check the other path. It adds to the replay value but is a bit frustrating.
GOOD
- Everything else. This game is fantastic, they polished everything that didn´t work in 1 which already was a masterpiece and released a true tribute to gamers.
- Practice mode with enemies!
- The Lost Chapter is awesome, it truly forces you to 'git gud'. Love it.
- Now you can use Angelic Weapons and your custom weapon setup at the same time, instead of them replacing your normal attacks like in B1. HUGE combat design improvement with such a small change.
- The story, cheesy at it may be, allowed for one of the greatest YEAHH!! moments I´ve had in gaming:
when you fight in the falling clockwork tower which is the starting point of Bayo 1. I was with a big smile on my face through all the scene.
- The story also gave depth and motivations to some important characters, fleshing the Bayo universe to a bigger degree,
.specially Balder: after playing B1 I thought he had used Bayo´s mother as a mean of conceiving the child that would wield the left eye, but now I see his actions in B1 have real ground and I no longer think of him as such a big jerk. Quite the opposite, he´s turned out to become one of my favourite characters. He really loved Rosa, cared for Cereza and made the ultimate sacrifice at the end of Bayo2.
- The references to other games and stuff:
These little details are great, I wonder why no other developer does this kind of things.the Valiantium blade, the game Rodin plays where you springle magic powder on a chicken, the jet borrowed form Alex Kidd, the 'ask your mom' taunt and many more things
Some questions regarding the story:
How did
young Balder get to Bayonetta´s time
I´ve seen many people here saying that the end of Bayo 2 leaves the plot set for a possible Bayo 3. But,
I think the end scene pretty clearly leaves everything set for the events that happened in Bayo 1 instead of a new Bayo 3. Balder travels to the past, is corrupted and starts his search of the left eye. Am I missing something?
What control setting are you guys using? I´m playing on the gamepad with the standard setting, but I may switch Evade to a different button, I feel like the deadzone of the trigger is too wide. Any suggestions?
Such a great game, I´m going to be playing the hell out of this for the next months.