All in a days work, really.
One missed dodge can be the difference between beating your friends score and having to accept their onerous gloating.
Thats not to say thatBayonettais a simple clone, far from it.
What the game lacks in originality of function, it makes up for with one-upmanship of the highest order.
Everything is honed, tuned and tweaked.
The gore is gorier, the mammoth boss battles bigger, the madness that little bit madder.
Most games in the genre let you use two guns at once.Bayonettalets you use four.
Classic Sega arcade titles are lovingly sent up.
Any of the cut scenes would sit well in aCarry Onfilm, albeit one directed by Takashi Miike.
There are problems with the game.
These niggles, though, are never quite able to pull focus from the glorious carnage youre wreaking.
This new decade has its first gaming superstar, and her name is Bayonetta.
Bayonettais out now andavailable from the Den Of Geek Store.
Rating:
5 out of 5
