


Simply press and hold the next button in the string, tap ZR to dodge, and you should see Bayo, for example, continue firing her guns while dodging. If you’re mid-combo and see an enemy attack coming, your first instinct would be to stop attacking and dodge out of the way, but you can actually continue your attack string through a dodge. This is also how you use Dodge Offset, the tutorial for which is tucked away in menus so I’ll explain it here.

Regardless of weapon choice, you can hold the button while attacking to use the secondary effect before continuing your combo, in this case firing a barrage of bullets. You can actually unlock the previous games’ guns if you have Switch save data from both titles, but I restricted myself from using them until I beat the game. Scarborough Fair remains my favorite of the three gun sets for now, but Colour My World still presents a solid if basic moveset. It’s not a heavy hitter like Scarborough Fair or as quick as Love Is Blue, but it does take cues from both of those weapons in order to make something new. Her first weapon this time around is Colour My World, a set of four purple guns which will feel familiar yet different to those who played the first two games. Going into character specifics, let’s start with Bayo.

This change reminds me a lot of Astral Chain, and this feeling carries over into the rest of the game too. I’m not entirely sure if I like this change yet as a hardcore fan, but it certainly helps newer players get into the game and feel rewarded for playing rather than beating them down until they can stand up properly. Damage and time taken seem to weigh a bit less than before, and using items to restore your health or dying no longer incurs a penalty. Meeting this criteria is all about mastering the tools you’re given, but the game does give a lot of leeway this time around. The game will rank you accordingly, from Stone medals at the lowest up to Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and finally Pure Platinum for a flawless battle finished quickly with no damage and a high style score. While you could just mash a single button for attacks, the core conceit of the Character Action genre is to look as cool as possible in every fight. Combos involve pressing these buttons in different combinations with different timings to pull off a massive list of moves. X is for punches, A is for kicks, Y is for ranged attacks, B is to jump, ZR is to dodge, and ZL summons your demon, which we’ll get to later. Combat revolves around pressing buttons and moving the sticks occasionally to perform a string of combos for all of them. True to the number, Bayonetta 3 gives you three characters to play as: Bayonetta (A.K.A. Bayonetta 3 changes up the setlist in a lot of ways, and while it greatly succeeds in some regards it’s an abject failure in others. Each fight is like a dance, pulling off graceful combos while weaving in and out of enemy attacks. Bayonetta herself brings this all together she’s delightfully cocky and can effortlessly back up her attitude and sense of style with her trademark weapons of four guns attached to her hands and feet. The first two games stand out as some of the pinnacle of the genre, with refined, deep combat, amazing music, and even some decent stories. It’s up to these three Witches to travel around reality, stop the Singularity, and be home in time for caviar.īayonetta 3 is the latest Character Action game from Platinum Games starring the titular Witch. Viola takes Bayonetta to the island of Thule, where ancient Umbra Witches and Lumen Sages watched over and studied the Multiverse, while Jeanne heads off to rescue the only person who can help them: Dr. He’s on a whirlwind tour of the Multiverse, killing each Bayonetta and her world with his Homunculi, cutting off the realms of Chaos from Paradiso and Inferno. According to a feisty new face, Viola, this is the work of the Singularity – a single man who has deemed his universe the only one worthy of existence. Bayonetta and Jeanne are enjoying their peaceful lives in New York City when a mysterious new enemy appears and destroys the city.
