Bayonetta Dated, Scores Perfectly in Japan

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Bayonetta Dated, Scores Perfectly in Japan

Post by Steve Farrelly @ 01:24pm 30/10/09 | 14 Comments

The long-awaited release of Platinum Games' (Madworld) Bayonetta finally has some grounding in reality, with Sega today announcing the title would hit Australia and New Zealand on January 7th in 2010. Bayonetta joins a growing list of games launching post-Holiday sales period, showcasing a massive shift in retail dynamic for the games industry.

Recently the game saw its first review from famed Japanese gaming mag, Famitsu, where it scored 40/40 for Xbox 360 and 38/40 for PS3 (not sure why they have separate reviews based on platform if the game is multi platform), making it only the 12th game in the magazine's history to score perfectly (albeit on Xbox 360).

For more info on the game check out our Bayonetta game page.

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groganus
Posted 02:03pm 30/10/09

the game page for it is kind of lacking... nice blurb and all.. but no pics :(

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Pinky
Posted 02:06pm 30/10/09

the game page for it is kind of lacking... nice blurb and all.. but no pics :(

Click 'screenshots' tab?

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ravn0s
Posted 02:07pm 30/10/09

click on screenshots

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groganus
Posted 03:33pm 30/10/09

there wasnt any when i clicked before, dont i look the fool. HA!

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APK
Posted 03:42pm 30/10/09

Reason for 38/40 for the PS3 is that the game was designed for the X360 and ported to the PS3, but the end result wasn't as good as the X360 version

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Dan
Posted 07:50pm 30/10/09

I really don't get this hey. I mean the game looks like a little bit of fun and all, but perfect score... what?

Have we all seen the trailer that shows a section that you can play by only pressing one freaking button repeatedly? I don't understand why that should be an aspect of the game that you want to promote. Unless of course it's so sweaty Otakus can play the game with one hand while they rub one out to a 3D model in spandex.

Seriously. What the fuck Japan?

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Bah
Posted 07:55pm 30/10/09

(not sure why they have separate reviews based on platform if the game is multi platform)

Because the ausgamers way of not mentioning which platform you played and just put the formats its on is so superior?

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Steve Farrelly
Posted 08:41pm 30/10/09

if it's multi platform, it shouldn't matter - nothing about superiority

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Bah
Posted 09:01pm 30/10/09

It shouldn't, but it does.

Take for example your borderlands review, no mention of any of the annoyances some pc players are having - shitty menus that were designed for console, yet are annoying to use on pc, port forwarding problems, zoomed in fov, voice chat always on, etc.
Maybe minor problems, but wouldnt they effect the review?

last edited by Bah at 21:01:08 30/Oct/09

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Mantorok
Posted 09:08pm 30/10/09

Dan - That's the "Very Easy Automatic" mode, designed for complete noobs.

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Mantra
Posted 09:11pm 30/10/09

Every time I read "[Some game] dated!", I always think that someone is saying "[Some game] is old and shows it's age!".

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Steve Farrelly
Posted 10:52pm 30/10/09

Bah - we (reviewers as a whole, not just AusGamers) don't get every single version of a multi-platform game, which is why I attempt to review the copies we get from the core point. Sorry we can't always look at aspects like those you mentioned, but it's the unfortunate case of the way in which review distribution among publishers work

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Bah
Posted 10:56pm 30/10/09

I understand that, yet your reviews never mention which specific version you played, at least you dont do what some other sites do where you cut and paste the same review between the pc/ps3/xbox sections of the site, but at least mention which version you reviewed rather than just have the xbox/pc/ps3 at the top (although you probably wont do that either because the ps3 people will scream bias when you review the xbox version).

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Hashy
Posted 12:23am 31/10/09

literally the best game coming in the near future.

"believe it."
~naruto.

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