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Bayonetta: Special Edition |OT| Fly Me To Wii U
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Insanity. I dare anyone here to agree with you!
ratcliffja
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FlashbladeGAF
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I take it with all the weird hatred for those sections, Bayonetta 2 won't really expand upon those awesome levels.
They have them. They are just more user friendly
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Retro_
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Jeanne fights aren't boring, they're just kinda overrated. (Balder the real best boss fight in the game)
best Jeanne fight is Jeanne 3 anyways. She gets a motorcycle phase so the fight isn't over in like 2 seconds like the rest of them
best Jeanne fight is Jeanne 3 anyways. She gets a motorcycle phase so the fight isn't over in like 2 seconds like the rest of them
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Man that fucking 666 battle on the highway wrecked me between not having a handle on the animations of those stupid angels and the cars speeding by bashing into us with what I swear were inaccurate hitboxes
ratcliffja
Member
OK good. The only parts I didn't like in the 2 levels I mentioned are this one section where you literally can't see where you're supposed to land until you've either landed or fallen in the hole between the two roads in Route 666 and the parts in Chapter 14 where it's nothing but green bullet spam. Even then, they're a billion times better than most of the game.
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Retro_
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yeah on NSIC space harrier is overwhelming lol
ratcliffja
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NSIC?
Equip the katana to hands and Durga to feet. Mash PKP over and over. Hold the k part and if you see one of them going to attack you, dodge then mash p for the wicked weave to come out.
If that doesn't work, buy the moon accessory for parrying.
if you don't have enough halos, use the Kilgore glitch.
frankie_baby
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Absolutely loving the game one of the best I've ever played, proper glad I never owned a ps360 so I can play this (presumably) difinitive version fresh, seriously though FUCK THE QTE BITS
Professor Renegade
Banned
Anyone have any tips for defeating the golden Grace and Glory enemies in chapter 10? I always get killed by them.
Nonstop Infinite Climax. It's the hardest difficulty in the game.
Dodge offset a PPKP ccombo to launch one, then follow it up with a PPKKK combo. That's my go to strategy for them.
Electric Durga on your will prevent you from taking damage from the electricity on the ground that Glory causes. Other than that, just mainly try to hit them with Wicked Weaves. Use PKP a lot, and use Dodge Offset to skip the attack animations for the first two attacks in the combo, then hit them with the Wicked Weave.
Also, the Evil Harvest Rosary is useful for them. It'll leave an orb that explodes and does damage when you dodge attacks, which is nice whenever Witch Time isn't possible.
Just finished it for my first time. Made it through on normal with 1 gold, 4 silvers, 5 bronze and the rest stone, with an overall of bronze. This game was fucking mind blowing, I played through this game in two 5+ hour sittings which I NEVER do with 99% of other games. I don't know how I didn't play more of this when it came out. I can't fucking wait to play 2 now!
Beat this for the first time.
I played a little less than half of this game on 360, and stopped playing when something else came out. Although I liked it back then, it really clicked with me this time around.
The game is bananas, but it's so much fun. What I love about this game is that although it's challenging the game doesn't demand perfection from you, just execution. I'll probably play some other stuff in between before I jump into Bayonetta 2 right away so I don't get burned out. I won't wait too long though...probably a good idea to take advantage of the little bit of skill I've honed playing the first.
I played a little less than half of this game on 360, and stopped playing when something else came out. Although I liked it back then, it really clicked with me this time around.
The game is bananas, but it's so much fun. What I love about this game is that although it's challenging the game doesn't demand perfection from you, just execution. I'll probably play some other stuff in between before I jump into Bayonetta 2 right away so I don't get burned out. I won't wait too long though...probably a good idea to take advantage of the little bit of skill I've honed playing the first.
ratcliffja
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I think deaths kill your score a lot more than items. At least that's what I assumed.
plutoknight
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I think 2 items = one death but it may vary on the strength of the item, too?
ratcliffja
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Really? I may just not use items then.
marvel8797
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2nd climax is normal, yes. bayo 2 2nd climax is gonna seem easy by comparison, but that may be because you're going into it with everything you've learned gameplay wise from the first one.
personally I dove into bayo 2 on 3rd climax immediately. playing 3rd climax raw, whew, that was rough but I kept coming back for more.
This is a really stellar game. Haven't played an action/adventure fighter this good since Ninja Gaiden on Xbox. Some of the city environments and architecture reminds me of the of the city in NG a lot. Nostalgia there I guess. I honestly didn't think I'd ever see a game that could be considered a match in the depth and complexity of that combat system. I mean, I've played the God of War games, and the DMC games and whatnot but they were never quite on the same level, but this game is I think. It actually has a lot of similarities pulled from many of those games and put together amazingly with it's own style and improvements injected all throughout. Glad I held out and decided against playing the PS3 version.
Mohonky
Member
Some games tend to attract such types.
The one phrase that shits me when people ask for help is "just get good" which is the least helpful and moronic statement someone can make.
Brian_FETO
Banned
Beat the game! Good stuff. Got stone medals on several chapters, looking forward to replaying to platinum them. Will probably finish Shadow Warrior and The Evil Within before jumping into Bayo 2 but we'll see
QuantumZebra
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I guess it's just cause I notice the aliasing a good deal on my TV (I sit about ~6ft away) but on the gamepad this game is so smooth looking. There is some blandness to the color but still (maybe I'm just giddy over Bayo on a handheld).
Yup, it's a hybrid of devil may cry and ninja gaiden.
It has the combo potential of the dmc games with the forward momentum and aggressive enemies of ninja gaiden.
To me, bayonwtta is the the best action series ever created.
Just finished bayo 1 and I gotta say, terrific game engine marred by some terrible design decisions.
1st, having insta death QTE's is total bullshit in such a game when the sublime combat can suffice.
2nd, the fact that the scoring system for the game penalizes based those same insta deaths and use of items is ridic. The system should reward those that take risks than simply rewarding sticking to a simple attack pattern. Would have preferred a DMC 3 system that focuses on variety rather than just damage, death and items.
1st, having insta death QTE's is total bullshit in such a game when the sublime combat can suffice.
2nd, the fact that the scoring system for the game penalizes based those same insta deaths and use of items is ridic. The system should reward those that take risks than simply rewarding sticking to a simple attack pattern. Would have preferred a DMC 3 system that focuses on variety rather than just damage, death and items.
I do like/hate how there are new enemy types thrown at you all the time lol.
makes you wonder how ubisoft can get away with their ass creed games that are made by thousands of people with just 4 or so enemy types.
god damn that jean ch5 boss fight. took 4 tries.
I think i finally starting to get dodge offset a bit. Just the most basic of punch kick hold dodge punch.
#stone4life
makes you wonder how ubisoft can get away with their ass creed games that are made by thousands of people with just 4 or so enemy types.
god damn that jean ch5 boss fight. took 4 tries.
I think i finally starting to get dodge offset a bit. Just the most basic of punch kick hold dodge punch.
#stone4life
plutoknight
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Holy shit at Chapter 14.
I've never made it past that part before, and that boss fight was absolutely God-tier. My hands hurt and I think I'm sweating a little, too. I haven't had that much fun in a fight since the...I think it was the
fight in Revengeance.
Absolutely brilliant. Totally worth going past that terribly-long Space Harrier section.
I've never made it past that part before, and that boss fight was absolutely God-tier. My hands hurt and I think I'm sweating a little, too. I haven't had that much fun in a fight since the...I think it was the
Jetstream Sam
Absolutely brilliant. Totally worth going past that terribly-long Space Harrier section.
You might be misunderstanding how the scoring works. It does reward taking risks, as you're penalised for performing the same combos. Using healing or buff items is obviously not risky, so why should it not penalise you for that? Are you thinking "items" refers to accessories or something?
Crab Milk Mickey
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Witch Time won't trigger against certain enemies or attacks regardless of how often you correctly time a dodge. The parry makes those instances a little easier to cope with; if you just 'succesfully' block something, an enemy will be briefly vulnerable since they'll stagger for like a split second. Plus there's also a window of opportunity to still activate Witch Time by pulling off a parry as late as you can so that you automatically follow it up with a counter-attack of sorts. Think Metal Gear Rising if I'm making it sound confusing. Witch Time through a parry also feels longer in duration than Witch Time via a dodge, but that may be my imagination.
It's a very helpful tool against the likes of Gracious & Glorious or boss encounters like Jeanne, and you'll feel handicapped without it on higher-than-Normal difficulties.
FlashbladeGAF
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If you haven't beaten bayo 1 yet you should do that first.
You'll get more out of the experience if you play them in order
Yes, I have played Bayo 1.
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On 360 it was RT+Back to skip cutscenes without going into the menue iirc. Don't know if that works on WiiU as I haven't tried it out yet, should be "-" instead of back I suppose.
Yes, my problem was more that I always let go of the attack button, not the timing itself
I find myself often using torture attacks on them as they halve their health on normal so 2 torture attacks kill them. One thing to note, on higher difficulties they can strip you off all of your health with a combo so it's very helpful to get used to blocking their attacks as this is the only way that can help you in certain situations I believe (when they punch you into the air this was often the only thing to stop their attacks)
man this game makes me feel so down.
Like this would have been the perfect game for me in highschool/college where I had time to master everything and keep coming back to. But now adult life is packed, and my backlog is growing exponentially.
no time for mastery of games no more
There is a simple answer to that, just don't play some of those inferior games and voila, you have enough time for the good stuff
man this game makes me feel so down.
Like this would have been the perfect game for me in highschool/college where I had time to master everything and keep coming back to. But now adult life is packed, and my backlog is growing exponentially.
no time for mastery of games no more
Like this would have been the perfect game for me in highschool/college where I had time to master everything and keep coming back to. But now adult life is packed, and my backlog is growing exponentially.
no time for mastery of games no more
Decided to replay this game before moving to Bayo 2. Can't believe that I got caught again by
Don't fret, game isn't really that hard. Just learn to mash punch and hold it when dodging.
the Dragon's fireball in the QTE at the end of chapter 2. I have never ever dodged it on my first try
no time for mastery of games no more
Don't fret, game isn't really that hard. Just learn to mash punch and hold it when dodging.
Decided to replay this game before moving to Bayo 2. Can't believe that I got caught again bythe Dragon's fireball in the QTE at the end of chapter 2. I have never ever dodged it on my first try
Don't fret, game isn't really that hard. Just learn to mash punch and hold it when dodging.
I think he means getting PP's and generally becoming awesome at the game. What you said just sounds like advice for passing it.
Oh yeah, that makes more sense.
You can collect (and/or buy) witch hearts to increase your life bar. There's also an item that activates witch time automatically when you get hit (if you have some magic meter left). Aside from that, if you have trouble surviving just craft a ton of healing and invincibility lollipops.
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Another anectode to blocking vs dodging, I just tried it yesterday in the early level where the flying Head with two serpent heads kills the other 2 witches after you dodged the meteors and got to the bridge (the sequence that is more of a memory-sequence).
Normally I walk towards the bridge while firing at the angel and then start fighting after the witches are eaten/killed. This time I just stood there near the start and tried to block the meteors and send them back at it. After a few blocks the sequence was stopped and the angel flew away withouth killing the other 2 witches, pure platinum on normal... it's very effective.
Normally I walk towards the bridge while firing at the angel and then start fighting after the witches are eaten/killed. This time I just stood there near the start and tried to block the meteors and send them back at it. After a few blocks the sequence was stopped and the angel flew away withouth killing the other 2 witches, pure platinum on normal... it's very effective.
I tried Chapter VI two more times, with the Link costume (to get used tot he parry a bit), mostly to farm... and finally got a gold award, yay!
Also tried Chapter II (or was it III?) again, but died, again, at the damn QTE of
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Goddamnit.
150k rupees, almost there.
Also tried Chapter II (or was it III?) again, but died, again, at the damn QTE of
the dragon spitting a fireball at you
Goddamnit.
150k rupees, almost there.
Yeah. I'm still able to finish these type of games lol.
Any of the other weapons worth getting?