Same here. Platinum on the very first stage and I think I managed a silver on one of the final stages. I died lots of times on all the other stages, even on multiple attempts.
But Bayonetta has such a weird difficulty curve. Many times I thought some set of enemies or a certain boss was impossible, only to kick their asses an hour later. I retried a few levels and did much better. Instead of dying 5-20 times I would only die once or twice! I'm sure I could get good at the game with some more practice but I'll probably move on to the sequel now before burning out completely.
Love the combat system, but I would have liked some more trash mobs to practice on to be honest. I hated fighting Grace and Glory but most other enemies were fun. Route 666, the Space Harrier level and most QT events were infuriating nonsense though. I actually came close to ragequitting on some of that crap.
