So about 10 years ago this guy named Hideki Kamiya claims to have reinvented the Castlevania style game of the generation yore with Devil May Cry. He actually did, and along came armies of clones, God of War being the most notable. Now he’s back with Bayonetta. The game is much like Devil May Cry on the surface, but it’s soon apparent that this time, Kamiya-san has turned it up to eleven. Here instead of fighting demons you’ll play as the last of the Umbra Witches fighting against armies of angels from Heaven. Yeah, you read that right. You fight God and the legions from Paradise. Sounds fresh right? Well that’s just the beginning.
You wear 8 inch heels with guns strapped to them and you clothes are made up of your own hair. Are you smiling yet? Well how about this then, when you climax combo during a fight, Bayonetta strips her clothes off and her hair summons demons from Hell that violently obliterate anything on the screen. Oh yeah did I mention the soundtrack is mostly Jazz? I haven’t been so tickled by a game since the days of Magician Lord on the Neo Geo. Seriously, Bayonetta is so off color that it will probably be one of the most under-appreciated masterpieces of this year. But then historically Witches were never appreciated.
