Gaming Media Fawns Over “Flawless” Bayonetta
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Dec 25, 2009 03:02 JST
- Tags: Bayonetta, Comparison, Marketing, Mass Media, Ports, PS3, Xbox 360
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…
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Just one of the reasons I never pay attention to video game scores/reviews.
Are you retarded? This game IS great, your obviously just not into the genre..
She deserved it... I meant the game lol
Lawl. I'm still not getting an Xbox
I'm not getting an xbox just to play bayonetta.
I already own an Xbox to play Bayonetta.
The game is great but remember:
Video game rating sites will ALWAYS rate big buck games with top scores, even if they are not that good. How do you think they earn money?
Clive Barker's Jericho, Blacksite, Kane and Lynch, anything with Tony Hawk in its name, Dawn of Mana, Lair, Aion, Alone in the Dark, etc. were all either critically panned or received lukewarm ratings - and these are just a few big budget games of the last few years. And let's not forget all the small titles (Braid, Trine, Torchlight, Puzzle Quest, Galactic Civilizations II, Darwinia, Sins of a Solar Empire, etc.) that get the opposite treatment.
Darwinia was kickass.
Still, you have to admit that big buck games would always get better rating than a lower budget game with the same faults.
Like Aion is a completely soulless clone of what is defined with "mmo", similar to Shaiya or Rappelz but with pretty puppy eyes. Aion will still get a higher rating just because of the bigger buck put on the stake.
Also think Modern Warfare 2 or Guitar Hero 5. Being a sequel of something good will automatically put the game above average, even if it IS average or bad.
FF XIII has both of those factors combined.
I don't know about the game, since I haven't played it yet, I was actually referring to the blatant hiding of facts from certain "big name" gaming sites. The hiding of the PS3 flaws for example, that's why I never pay attention to reviews and scores.
so question then... why is the 360 version superior to the ps3? can anyone explain? i have all systems, but if i'm gonna get this title i'd also like to know what bugs happened in the ps3 that the 360 didn't have
EDIT: Oh and if the fact it's only loading times and a few shades here and there, then there's no point. I'd be getting the PS3 version then
loading times means that each time you press Start you will have to wait. Each time you find a new object on the level you will have to wait for the image and description to load. When you press Start to skip the cutscene - yes, you will have to wait for the menu to appear. Level loading times are ~25 seconds or so.
also, if you can't stand low framerate, avoid the PS3 version.
Zidus, you are really one of the few smart gamers out there. Scores and reviews based off the current checklist are flawed.
The inaccuracy of the scores are also based on threats these gaming websites get from the publishers. The publishers decides what they want people to read and what they don't want people to read.
If they paid more, they have more say on the content.
On that note, if you still feel the need to gather info about it, then it's better to look in less unofficial places like gaming blogs and such.
I played the demo, I thought it looked cool but the story and game play could get boring real fast. Last night I played the Dante's Inferno demo, man thats awsome! It makes a lot of these new games look like crap
Dantes inferno seemed alright, but cmon, God of War 3 comes out less than a month later
anyone with half a brain will walk right past a copy on dante's inferno knowing brighter pastures are right around the corner
anyone with a brain will play dante's inferno in february and GOW 3 in march.
I will at least
I just hope you're being sarcastic. The Dante's Inferno demo bored me to bits. A freaking God of War ripoff.
Dantes inferno demo was more enjoyable than the god of war 3 demo .
because it was a huge game metaphor of sexual frustration?
cause... there wasn't a whole lot else to Dante's Inferno (the game)
played both versions demos, didn't care for it.
Felt like a crap DMC clone with a shitty, stupid looking protagonist.
I'm sure these perfect scores are just bribed off
I love it when DMC fanboys always use the excuse "DMC clone". ANY game in a 3D enviroment where the protagonist uses melee weapons and ranged weapons in tandem is pawned off as a clone. (God of War, Ninja Gaiden, etc.)
Yeah, it came from the same creator. So of course it would be similar. But basing the opinion of the full game based off the demo is just fucking retarded. Your opinion is shit and you should be ashamed.
Actually, I'd like to know what really is 'crap' in this particular 'DMC clone'.
Combat system and gameplay mechanics, please. You don't like sword and two pistols combat, maybe?
Not that 'I like to watch countless cliche moe girls masturbate and I can't stand a videogame character that doesn't look like them' crap.
“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.”
This is why I have avoided the purchase of a 360, ps3, and wii. How am I to know what multi-platform game is going to be superior if I have to purchase all three consoles to find out. I say: infuriating-redundancy-money-wasting-BULLSHIT!
Its always superior on x360 and pc :] .
Loved the demo, loved the DMC series, but I still dont believe a fucking word of these reviews.
The game will be great, no doubt of that, and I will get it, but in no way is it perfect, or a day one purchase, at least not for me.
Its all a matter of opinion, I'm just sick of review sites whose opinions are altered by financial incentive, and while not all those mentioned will have been subtly bribed, I know at least one or two will have.
Is it really THAT good? >_<
It's good, but not "THAT good." The ability to pick up weapons from various monsters is sweet, but the posses and stripping from the protagonist gets old fast.
yes, it is really that good. I could rant about it for hours, but believe me on that.
They've done camera right this time, no more sneaky kills as seen in Ninja Gaiden, and the other slashers don't even have a free camera in most cases. Well, Heavenly sword had it, but it was largely uncontrollable. GOW still has a fixed camera. So, you're a looking at good replayable slasher with at least one HUGE improvement.
Platinum has done combo right (better than God Hand, mind you).
And still, yes, I think that the loading times and frame-rate in PS3 version won't be fixed (some textures though are looking definitely better than in Jap version.
The game is officially out in Russia (in English language though) since December 11 and I've already 4 chapters through, so my point of view is not a compilation of reviews.
It's f***ing great.
godhand will always be better
godhand had humour and pure awesomeness all rolled into once.
bayonetta has an ugly looking bitch
she. turns. angels. to. angel. dust.
what do you want her to look like? Hanna Montana? Sheldon Cooper? Oneechanbara girls?
I want her to look like a human and not have a head the size of a testicle
nor do I want the crap hair or the melon sized titties
she's fugly as fuck
No video game in human history will EVER be better than God Hand. This is an indisputable FACT.
These were my thoughts precisely till I've bought Bayonetta and played a couple of chapters ^^
It makes me laugh that the PS3 version still sold far more in Japan. Just goes to show that they flat-out refuse to buy a western video game system despite some excellent games. Seeing both XBOX systems have been a disaster in Japan, it makes me wonder if Microsoft will try again, or just give up on the Japanese market and rely solely on localization companies to port Japanese titles from other systems.
All that aside, I suppose I will give Bayonetta a shot, but probably not before I hear what others close to me have to say about it.
This may be a new concept but is it possible the game could just be good?
With all the framerate, controls, and graphical problems the PS3 version has? Don't think so.
Then don't buy the PS3 version. Atleast the 360 version seems to be kickass.
I'll get the 360 and PS3 version.Problem solved.
Why in god's name would you get both versions?
obviously he wants to play them simultaneously - remember, Kamiya promised one hand experience.
NO you idiot, you only buy one console not all three
Wasn't the US & European version remade with the help of Sony? For the end of january 2010.
Read a official sony blog entry that they sadly failed to reduce the loadtimes by any significant amount.
Perhaps the problem is too deep imbedded to be patchable as a afterthought?
I'm wonder if this game will get a director's cut ot special edition later on that resolves the problems + bonus content
Ah sounds good then, I do have a ntsc-j xbox360 but am already backlogged on games I haven't gotten 1/4 the way through yet. Will add this Xbox360 one to the buy list. I trust in sankakucomplex reporters info.
ok so xbox 360 is graphicly better right?
So ps3 is only graphicly weaker?
I mean gameplay still matters the most in games,so there is no real loss here.
it lags big time on ps3
Replace bayonetta with dante and I'd care
seriously hate that ugly looking small headed whore
I've pre ordered this game i love it im playing it on the ps3 and i can't really tell that there is a problem or prehaps a difference in graphics but the gameplay easily makes up for that.
LOL play the x360 version and you'ill see the diffrence . Tearing , loading times and sucky unplayable framerate + muddy textures.