Bayonetta has been praised to high heaven by gaming rags the world over, but it seems the atrocious nature of Sega’s PS3 port is something they are keen to avoid any mention of.
The Xbox 360 version is hailed as a paragon of the genre by the international gaming press, getting a highly impressive if rather suspect metascore of 93% over 17 reviews:
100 Edge Magazine
100 Eurogamer Spain
100 1UP
96 IGN UK
95 IGN
95 PALGN
95 Multiplayer.it
94 3DJuegos
94 Vandal Online
93 Games Master UK
90 GamePro
90 Game Informer
90 Official Xbox Magazine
90 Eurogamer
90 Meristation
80 TeamXbox
80 Eurogamer Italy
However, the PS3 version, widely acknowledged to be a disaster, still manages an overall metascore of 91%, despite the porting issues:
IGN on the Xbox 360 version – 95%: “The 360 version is vastly superior to the PS3 version on a technical level, so PS3 owners fortunate enough to own a 360 should absolutely avoid the PS3 copy.”
IGN on the PS3 version – 82%: “If you have no other choice but to purchase the PS3 version, you’ll still get a kick out of it. Just be ready to be exorbitantly patient.”
Other PS3 reviews doll out top scores with scarcely a mention of the platform differences. Bayonetta’s marketing machine seems to have done its work well indeed…
The combo system and the moves/weapons you get are really nice and the levels take you through several twists you would not expect in an action game to keep the gameplay interesting.
Omg I love this game I plan on getting as soon as it comes out. Idc if it takes some of my games to trade in but that game is mine from the pre-order 🙂
Can’t really trust metacritic there. We still don’t know what their “algorithm” is, nevermind the very fact that it’s an aggregate site.
They put a 100 for 1up even though that site gave the game an A and their highest score is A+. They do that stuff specifically to avoid metacritic but it really just does nothing but make metacritic misinterpret them.
The PS3 version has some framerate and loading time issues, but that doesn’t automatically make it a bad game. It deserves the scores it got, and I think IGN was too harsh on it.
You should definitely get the 360 version over the PS3 version if you have the option, but the PS3 version is still excellent in its own right.
Wow, IGN gave the PS3 version 13% less? That must mean the port is fucking awful in comparison. I only have a PS3, and was looking forward to this, but didn’t expect it to perform this bad. f♥♥k this crap. I’m not buying it until they fix their issues (if ever, but probably not). Oh well, what a shame.
Hah I love how people are saying this game looks awesome and has critical acclaim when they were bashing it as “weeaboo garbage” a year ago.