Bayonetta is the sexy female lead character, who possesses the power of the 'Umbran Witches'. She has forgotten her past and is on a journey to discover it. I'd go more into the story, but unfortunately there isn't much of one. There are 2 rival clans, the Witches and the Sages. These 2 clans were previously harmonious and blah blah etc. etc. No story. Be thankful for the ability to skip cinematics, because the game is riddled with them. Devil May Cry 4 had too many, this one has more....that, or they just felt longer.
...However...
Bayonetta takes the cake when it comes to fast, furious and fun gameplay. The game is faster than most I've played. Even faster than the Devil May Cry series. Now, when I say fast, I mean there were scenes that made the Final Fantasy VII Movie look like a child playing with toys. Thankfully, there is a handy feature in the game called "Witch Time" which is much needed for some of the fights. A very simple move to pull off, and it happens frequently, but you never really get tired of it.
The game was also quite challenging. Even on the Normal difficulty, I found myself dying pretty frequently. Luckily the game doesn't really have a GAME OVER screen, else I'd be face with that every 20 minutes or so. A simple penalty to your end-chapter score is all you take upon hitting 'Yes' to continuing.
The music gets a tad repetitive, but at least they do change it up a bit, and the main theme, "Fly me to the moon", isn't hard on the ears either.
Overall though, I'd have to give this game an 8.5/10. It only lost points for the lack of story. I'm sure I'll keep playing it as well to finish up the harder difficulties. It'll be a while.
Graphics: 9.5
Gameplay:10
Story: 6
8.5/10
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