It's no surprise this is reviewing well. The first one was one of the best games of last gen. PG are good at what they do.
I just crapped myself. LOL! Definitely need to go in the Bayonetta 2 OT.
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Bayonetta 2 Review Thread - Metacritic: one billion-hit combo, buy it kids
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I just crapped myself. LOL! Definitely need to go in the Bayonetta 2 OT.
I knew expressing a slightly negative opinion in the evil within thread would come back to haunt me.
outunderthestars
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a 7.5 is dismissing the game? I thought a 7.5 was a good score.
I don't recall ever saying that she should be prohibited or that I have any issue with her outfits.
Wow, great reviews. Too bad I suck at playing theses games. Does this game also have an auto-win button? I finished Bayonetta that way and I loved it.
I believe the touch control mode is exactly what you're looking for!
Relaxed Muscle
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Personally, being overly harsh and unfair to one of the few examples of female empowering in gaming instead of not being fair to a revision of a game from a niche series in step decline is way worst.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Bayonetta confirmed for Smash.
Brewster's Wallet
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7.5 out of 10 isn't dismissing the game, FFS.
You say it so much better than I would
I'm in the same-ish position. Bf loves the genre but we finally cancelled the pre-order after feeling that we just can't stand the camera caressing and oogling her. We might buy it later, we might buy it used. But at the moment, after seeing a couple of the gifs people chose to post here neither of us are really interested in supporting it.
Sad, since the gameplay seems to be amazing for the genre.
I'm afraid I'm in the same boat here.
The Maverick
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I want to play this game so bad. Probably my most anticipated game on my list. And it comes with part 1. I need to find a friend with a Wii U.
digoutyoursoul
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Jim Sterling was constantly accused of this when he was reviewing games for Destructiod
He is now well revered on this forum
It's no surprise this is reviewing well. The first one was one of the best games of last gen. PG are good at what they do.
Ahahahaha, I wonder what this would look like if Activision published the game
Her point she raises reminds me of this scene in The Big Lebowski. I can understand how the sexualized nature of the character can cause discomfort, or the way the camera conveniently works to the advantage of male gaze, but this scene was the first thing that came to my head this morning when i read his review (I think Leigh's essay here also echoes that sentiment).
The score doesn't even really matter. He's using it as a platform for misplaced social critique and male-champion-of-women, "put clothes on!" tier garbage. As a trans person who identifies as a woman, I think he shows a shocking lack of nuance on the subject on which he's deciding to chide the game.
he is really just an ass.
OrbitalBeard
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No, he's pestered constantly on Twitter by console warriors. He has plenty of cordial interactions with people online every day.
outunderthestars
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Reminds me of Phil Fish. Some people really shouldn't use social media.
It feels weird sometimes how much I can enjoy reading their features and how much I can feel rage toward their reviews.
Anyway, I don't think anybody is surprised to see these scores. I'm very happy for Platinum and I hope that this game sells well (I've only managed to convince one other friend to buy a Wii U for the game...ah well).
I've said this for months but this will be the only game to *truly* deliver this year.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Nah, he smiles at people a lot.
Kamiya is harassed just like Phil Fish. In the case of Kamiya, the amount of racist, boneheaded shit that gets hurled his way is even worse. Why should someone that gets routinely harassed just shut up?
He'll respond to interesting questions. It's just everyone asks him the most mundane shit. Like, "hey, this guy is Japanese, I'm going to ask him if he likes this anime series because he's Japanese and they all like anime!"
Chill Penguin
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Wii U is just killing it this year. Mind is made up, i'm finally getting one.
You are absolutely making the right decision.
i follow him on twitter. i see it and still think that he should behave otherwise.
about bayonetta: really happy about the metacritic. maybe i'll buy it. money is an issue with the new 3DS and MH4G incoming.
Don't judge him yet. nikiwiki43 might not be a girl.
i like you!
ShockingAlberto
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Considering that news stories bashing Platinum as a whole get written when he tweets, I'd be fed up with console warriors trying to get me to talk about what I have explicitly said I will not talk about, too.
outunderthestars
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ShinMaruku
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Oh very necessary.
They both make money, but any shot to a man's pride sometimes is much more effective than a shot to his wallet. Nintendo paid platinum they got their money. All platinum needs to do now is actually focus on a platform with the market in where they are. None of their games barring MGR had the focus on where the fans of their Genre are.
BocoDragon
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At first I thought the Polygon review quote and score was a clever parody of Polygon. "That is what they'd say, haha", I thought to myself. And then it turned out to be real.
Because he's constantly getting harassed by ignorant people and trolls.
At this point, though, he's to blame for always answering.
man, twitter is the worst
Stardust_Comet
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The problem is more, if the only thing in the review that Gies says he doesn't like is the sexualisation, then that indicates that's why it's not a 10 or 9. We can't know why it's not a perfect game to him, but if he's not criticising anything but that it just looks like "I don't like all the crotch shots so you only get a 7.5!" we can only assume that's why the score is not perfect. And rating a game down because of "over-sexualisation" is not a very good thing if you want to be taken seriously as a reviewer. That'd be like rating a game down because it has too much violence. You'd just sit there dumbfounded as to why someone being paid to be professional about this is rating a game down for something that's based on a person's morals and is not critically analysing the damn game.
SerTapTap
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It's no surprise this is reviewing well. The first one was one of the best games of last gen. PG are good at what they do.
dead at the polygon one
aspiegamer
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I call it dismissing because it's the only substantive complaint he musters. If he had a complex argument about x y and z detracting from the experience that'd be fine. And yes, a 7.5/10 isn't bad. I'm one of the first people that will complain about the stupidity of how ratings for AAA games goes now. I expect critiques that aren't as shallow for all games regardless of score.
Exactly! Score axing for not being able to handle this are what the issue is.
For me it's not the opinion so much that it's the hypocrisy. If you're going to review a game at least be consistent if you apply your social views to the art.
Speaking to your point about the whole consistency thing, people often cite the But It's Satire chestnut as if that's some kind of ironclad defense against justified critiques of GTA.
ShinMaruku
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Man it is such a shame that only they and Team Ninja have good booty modeling...
Wii U is definatly getting the good games but in stretches far too long. But every spectale fighter fan who has a wii u should get this. (I won't say every wii u fan needs to get this, I'm not insane)
Wii U is definatly getting the good games but in stretches far too long. But every spectale fighter fan who has a wii u should get this. (I won't say every wii u fan needs to get this, I'm not insane)
I feel bad for people who are embarrassed of playing certain games in front of their SO. My fiance doesn't bat an eye when I play even the most fanservicey of games, but then again she's also into anime and she "gets" it. Her stance on sexualization in games is "Why would I want to play as a non-sexy character?"
I feel very lucky.
Back on topic, my hype levels for this game are uncontainable. Probably will be a very strong contender for GOTY along with Wolfenstein and potentially Captain Toad.
GANGSTERKILLER
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Wow, all those perfect scores! Bayonetta 2 will be my GOTY. The demo alone blew me away! It plays like a dream and the graphics are amazing!
Action games like these are rare these days people! I'm really happy with my Wii U, this console is so worth it.
Listen to this and get hyped for Bayonetta 2!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZRy6XfJ8mI
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Bingo.
I don't give one shit about Arthur Whoever, it's just what everyone is talking about and I am bored.
Learning his inconsistencies though(that information about him on that podcast, him giving GTA V an almost perfect score, etc...) makes him look really bad.
Not just someone with an arguably shitty opinion but one with an arguably shitty conscious/mindset.
You can't be selective while retaining any credibility for these deep issues you are so adamant about.
Various Artists
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Glad to see it getting great reviews. It's my most hyped game and almost here!
Bayonetta 2 is trending on twitter
Tailored trends strike again! It was legit trending in the US earlier.
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