Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon seemed to be met with confusion when it was first announced due to appearing to be a big departure from the rest of the series in both gameplay and presentation, being a more family-friendly action-adventure spinoff with a focus on exploration rather than an adult-oriented character action game primarily about combat like the mainline series. Now that it has been out for a while, what do you think of Origins specifically and it’s relation to Bayonetta?
How well, if at all, does Origins feel like an entry in the Bayonetta series or was it just some unrelated game with the IP tacked on? How well does it fulfill it’s purpose as a prequel?
Does the game feel like it deserved its full-price status, or should it have been a lower priced budget title?
What are your thoughts on Platinum’s latest attempt at controlling two characters at once? Does the focus on puzzles and exploration benefit more from this control schemes than …
I was watching Digital Foundry’s podcast with Alex claiming that Hi-Fi Rush is the only PC port he played in 2023 that is solid in a play and forget manner and I agree. No stutter, no VRAM concerns, highly scalable and with most modern options like DLSS, Nvidia Reflex and ultrawide. It is a truly great PC port, despite being an Unreal Engine title, and they even went on about how they spent extra time and effort eliminating stutter.
However, I was surprised to see it is very likely the least sold, with only 13,193 Steam reviews to accompany it.
In comparison:
These games also sold for 60 to 70 dollars, whereas Hi-Fi Rush, despite being a polished …