Bayonetta 2
| Bayonetta 2 | |||||
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| Original title | ベ ヨ ネ ッ タ 2 | ||||
| Studio | Platinum Games | ||||
| Publisher | Nintendo | ||||
| Senior Developer | Yūsuke Hashimoto , Hirono Sato | ||||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
Wii U: September 20, 2014 October 24, 2014 October 24, 2014 October 24, 2014 Nintendo Switch: February 16, 2018    |
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| platform | Wii U , Nintendo Switch | ||||
| genre | Action | ||||
| Game mode | Single player , online multiplayer | ||||
| control | Wii U GamePad , Wii U Pro Controller , Joy-Con , Nintendo Switch Pro Controller | ||||
| medium | Wii U Disc, Game Card , Download | ||||
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Voice output: English, Japanese (switch) Text language: German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish |
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Bayonetta 2 (OT: Jap. ベヨネッタ2 , Beyonetta TSU ) is one of Platinum Games -developed action - video game , which by Nintendo exclusively for its game console Wii U is distributed. It first appeared in Japan in September 2014. The publication in Europe and the USA took place in October 2014. Bayonetta 2 appeared in Germany in three versions: The “Standard Edition”, which only contains the game Bayonetta 2 , the “Special Edition”, which also has a Wii-U port of the first part is included, and the limited “First Print Edition”, which combines both games in one lavish slipcase and also contains an art book. At the Games Award 2017 in Los Angeles, the game was announced along with the first part for the Nintendo Switch and released on February 16, 2018. Bayonetta is included as a free download code.
Game mechanics
Like its predecessor, Bayonetta 's Bayonetta 2 is a third-person - Action Game . The combat system is similar to that of the game Devil May Cry , which, like the first Bayonetta, was developed by Director Hideki Kamiya . The player controls a witch named Bayonetta, a survivor of the medieval witch hunts , who uses melee and ranged attacks, complex combination chains and many different weapons to kill her opponents in the most stylish way possible. In addition to the angel-like beings from the first part, hell demons also appear here as opponents. The game mechanics have not changed much compared to the first part, but they have been improved in detail: It is now easier to string several combos together to form long combo chains, and the controls are overall even smoother than with the predecessor, which was specially praised for this , by hand. In addition to the weapons known from the first part such as pistols and katana , Bayonetta now also has various new weapons such as a magic bow. However, these must first be unlocked by finding gold records in order to be able to purchase them in the shop. Bayonetta also has special actions such as executions and special "torture attacks" at their disposal: these have been significantly defused compared to Part 1. As before, it is possible to slow down time with the “witch's time” by means of tight evasive maneuvers and to conjure up powerful demons, which are made of the hair of the witch. This ability is activated for a short period of time when Bayonetta dodges enemy attacks in time. Another innovation is the "Umbra-Klimax". After filling up the magic bar, Bayonetta can perform the Umbra Climax, which increases her attacks for a short time. So the magic bar also fulfills its purpose in boss fights in which torture attacks are not possible. The player can reach special heights with a double jump, dodge backflips and destroy background objects and doors. The camera can be rotated freely, enemies can be marked and weapons can be changed while playing.
In addition, Bayonetta can now transform into even more living beings: In addition to the black panther from Part 1, there is now e.g. B. a floating adder is also available for the new water levels. In Rodin's jazz bar, the Gates of Hell (to German "gate to hell") can use halos objects, techniques and new weapons to buy again.
As with the predecessor and also with other games by Platinum Games, the player receives a medal after each fight. The ratings range from a stone award to pure platinum. In contrast to part 1, however, the use of items no longer results in a deduction of points, which makes it easier in Bayonetta 2 to get good ratings.
The game can be played in four levels of difficulty: 1. Klimax (easy ), 2. Klimax (normal) , 3. Klimax (difficult) , ∞ - Klimax (very difficult) . On Easy , the combos are partly carried out automatically, so that even complex combos are executed with just a few buttons. Unlike in the first part, witch time can be used in ∞ - climax mode and not deactivated. Instead, more and stronger enemies appear than in the other modes, and Bayonetta takes more damage.
Game world
Like the first part, Bayonetta 2 is set in futuristic worlds that are only roughly based on the real world. This world is divided into three dimensions: Inferno, Paradiso and the human world. These three are connected by another dimension that only magical beings can enter: Purgatorio . In this world, the Umbra Witches and the Lumen Sages have always striven for a balance of forces between good and evil. So the Umbra Witches stood for the dark, the Lumen Sages for the light. But 500 years ago, an incident between the clans sparked a war that sealed the fate of the Lumen Sages and made them disappear from the scene. Shortly thereafter, large-scale witch persecutions of the residents of Paradisos led to the extermination of the Umbra witch clan. So the history of both clans and their treasures fell into oblivion to the eyes of the world .
action
At the beginning of the game, the umbra witch Bayonetta, her sister in arms Jeanne and Enzo, the informant from the first part, are attacked by fighter jets and angels. A demon, conjured up by Bayonetta to help, turns against her and takes Jeanne's soul to the underworld. Of course, Bayonetta does not want her friend's soul to burn in hell for all eternity, and so she goes there to free her friend from the underworld. In addition to various angels, hell demons and a masked Lumen sage, she also meets the mysterious boy Loki, who like herself has magical powers.
In the course of the game it turns out that Loki is the "good" half of the god Aesir, who once created the world of chaos - our world - between light and darkness. Everything in this world sprang from his will, what he saw with his eyes became reality. That nothing in this world had a will of its own saddened him, which is why he gave people - according to the fruits of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the Old Testament - the right eye of light and the left eye of darkness and thus free will .
The "dark" half of Aesir, Loptr, now wants to have this power for himself again, which is why he is hunting the two "eyes" - Bayonetta and her father Balder - and his other half. Here the plot ties in with the first part of "Bayonetta". In the course of his hunt, Loptr kills Rosa, Bayonetta's mother, and makes Balder believe that Loki is responsible. However, since Loki, who like Loptr can influence time, is in the future, Loptr also sends Balder there so that he can track down Loki for him.
Loki, who has inexplicably lost his memory of all this, meets Bayonetta on his way to the holy mountain Fimbulventr (in the German translation incorrectly Fimbulvetr). While he only knows that he has to reach the summit for some reason, Bayonetta wants to look for a way to Inferno from there, which she succeeds - via a few detours -. After Jeanne's rescue and another encounter with the masked Lumen sage, who later turns out to be Balder, Loki Bayonetta unintentionally transports Bayonetta into the past, where she first fights at her mother's side and then has to witness her death. Together with her father she then returns to the present to fight with him against Loptr. They can defeat him, but his spirit survives and prophesies that in another era he will return and complete his work. In order to protect his daughter, Balder sacrifices himself by locking in the spirit of Loptr. Balder's soul is poisoned by the dark side of Aesir, which explains his behavior in the first "Bayonetta". After Balder's death, Loptr's ghost dies with him.
development
Since the first part of Bayonetta , which appeared on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2009 , did not sell as well as hoped, publisher Sega did not want to finance a second part. Since other major publishers such as Sony and Microsoft also rejected the project, it looked for a long time as if no second part of the witch saga would appear. Ultimately, however, unexpectedly stepped in Nintendo and financed the title. While Hideki Kamiya, the director of the first part, only acted as a consultant and wrote the story, this time Yūsuke Hashimoto took over the role of director and Hirono Satō that of designer.
reception
The game received largely very good reviews, with the aggregate average rating on Metacritic being 91%. The Japanese magazine Famitsu rated the game with 9.2 / 10 points. 4Players presented a Gold Award and praised not only the imaginative design and the impressive technology, but above all the grandiose staging. On the other hand, the thin plot is criticized here. Eurogamer awarded a full 10 points. According to the magazine, the game alone would justify the purchase of a Wii U.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tobias Münster: Bayonetta 2 - Platinum Games: Nintendo was our "White Knight". In: GamePro . March 3, 2014, accessed February 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Bayonetta 2 for Wii U Reviews. In: Metacritic . Retrieved February 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Bayonetta 2 Scores Highly In Famitsu. In: My Nintendo News. September 16, 2014, accessed February 29, 2016 .
- ^ Mathias Oertel: Test: Bayonetta 2. In: 4Players . Computec Media Group , October 17, 2014, accessed February 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Björn Balg: Bayonetta 2 - Test. In: Eurogamer . October 13, 2014, accessed February 29, 2016 .