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I've got a twitter now. Subscribe if you want more updates and random blah, I guess. Bayonetta was a PS3/360 game released for Japanese audiences in October 2009 and for the rest of the world January 2010. The combat is strongly influenced by Devil May Cry, due to the game's director being Hideki Kamiya. Developed by Platinum Games (formerly Clover Studio) - best known for MadWorld, Vanquish as well as Okami, Viewiful Joe and God Hand - and published by Sega, Bayonetta is a game with plenty of video game references to be found. Bayonetta recieved a reviewer's score of 40/40 from Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, a pretty rare occasion, joining the ranks of games like Ocarina of Time, Metal Gear Solid 4 and Nintendogs (what). This is going to be a 100% LP. I'll be playing the game on Normal difficulty, as though for a first time playthrough. My friend Hans is joining me for commentary, because he hasn't played the game before and therefore will be useful in pointing out the weird and wonderful moments of the game. Director commentary from Hideki Kamiya will be posted alongside the relevant updates whenever they come up, as those updates are sporadic at best. For those of you who haven't played the game before, I'd recommend that you save the director commentary videos until after finishing the Normal run, for fear of spoilers.  ALSONow that I've finished the game on Normal, I'll be playing through again with an unlockable character on the hardest difficulty, Non Stop ∞ Climax, showing the crow locations for Hard as well as NSIC. This is a 100% LP after all! And yes, I will be showing off the secret boss fight, all secret weapons and the endurance chapter so you can all stop asking about that. I'll be showing off everything in this game: collectibles, secrets and easter eggs. I won't be showing off in-game notes and documentation in video, but instead I'll post them as they come up for each update.  Thread rulesDon't post spoilers, unless tagged. Also, this should go without saying but don't post any creepy/NSFW fanart.  Videos come in two flavours - talky and non-talky. The talky version has talking over cutscenes, and the latter does not. I forgot to include a fancy dual audio thing on my videos like the other cool kids, but there's dual commentary if you download the videos. You can download the source video if you use either Opera or a user-agent switcher addon to fake being Opera. Alternatively you can grab the videos from the blip.tv RSS feed. If you download the source video you can toggle between the two audio tracks when playing in something like VLC or Media Player Classic. Normal Playthrough Update 1: assbutts Update 2: Trains and Myspace Update 3: Wicked Witches Update 4: Lavarous? Update 5: The Cardinal Virtue of Attitude Update 6: Angels May Cry Update 7: Awkward Boners Update 8: The Cardinal Virtue of Pillow Talk Update 9: Let's get ready to RUBBLE! Update 10: That Part With The Tasteless Joke Update 11: Mysterious Ones Update 12: The Cardinal Virtue of-a Spicy Meat-a ball Update 13: The 1.6km High Club Update 14: The Cardinal Virtue of Motorboats Update 15: poo poo's Gone Nuclear Update 16: A Tower to Boredom Update 17: The Lumen Oddity Update 18: Plot Holes in Space Non-Stop ∞ Climax playthrough NSIC 01: Who's the Real Jeanne? NSIC 02: King of Little Devils NSIC 03: A New Toy NSIC 04: For the Umbra! NSIC 05: In Labours and Dangers NSIC 06: Whippin' Time NSIC 07: Umbran-Style Exploding Implosion! NSIC 08: In Foregoing Pleasures NSIC 09: Highway to Heaven NSIC 10: Journey into Paradiso NSIC 11: The Scent of a Woman NSIC 12: In Giving Every Man His Due NSIC 13: A Bazillion Problems NSIC 14: In The Choice Between Good and Evil  Concept Art - Characters Concept Art - Enemies Concept Art - Infernal Demons Concept Art - Backgrounds Pesky Splinter posted some scans from the artbook The Eyes of Bayonetta Post 1 Post 2  An Audience with PlatinumGames (interview with director Hideki Kamiya and producer Yusuke Hashimoto) from the Bayonetta Collector's Edition Guide Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7  The Lost Chapter - Angel Slayer The Lost Chapter, aka Angel Slayer is unlocked by completing all 21 alfheims (challenge rooms) found throughout the game. It is an endurance mode, consisting of 5 verses, each with 10 stages plus a boss fight at the end, making a total of 51 stages. I have attempted to stream myself beating this mode many times, to no avail, until now! Because streaming quality is generally poo poo, I have recorded the final stream in HD and uploaded the videos to Blip and Youtube. Unfortunately I found it hard to explain gameplay while trying not to die, so the final set of videos where I beat Angel Slayer will have notes accompanying them. First stream with attempts #1 and #2 are here. Guest commentators are Veloxyll, Jetpack Postman and SatansBestBuddy. Attempt #3 happened sometime later but I forgot to hit the record button  The fourth and fifth (the final) attempt is here. Guest commentators are BFC, Jetpack Postman, Veloxyll and toddy. The Failed Run Angel Slayer - Verse 1 (failed attempt #4): Blip(Polsy) | Youtube(Polsy) Angel Slayer - Verse 2 (failed attempt #4): Blip(Polsy) | Youtube(Polsy) Angel Slayer - Verse 3 (failed attempt #4): Blip(Polsy) | Youtube(Polsy) Angel Slayer - Verse 4 (failed attempt #4): Blip(Polsy) | Youtube(Polsy) Angel Slayer - Verse 5 (failed attempt #4): Blip(Polsy) | Youtube(Polsy) The Good Run Verse 1 Verse 2 Verse 3 Verse 4 Verse 5 yoshesque fucked around with this message at May 24, 2013 around 09:45 |
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Fanart?! uncleKitchener channels his inner child http://i.imgur.com/kyLC1.png What I want to be when I grow up posted:My name is Belinda and when I grow up, I want to be the great witch Bayonetta. She can fly, she can dance and she shoots bad angels who are bad and hurt people who do SatansBestBuddy made a thing for all the  in this thread
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Dual commentary is available in the downloaded video. Part 1: assbutts Blip: Less talking(Polsy)| More talking(Polsy) | Download Youtube: Less talking(Polsy) | More talking(Polsy) Director commentary: Parts 1 and 2 | Part 3 | Part 4  Taken from the Bayonetta Collector's Edition Guide  Bayonetta A mysterious witch of the Umbran sect, trained in their ways of combat and the dark arts, she sold her soul to a butterfly-like demon known only as Madama Butterfly. The pact sealed her fate and aligned her with the dark side forever. She bears the mark of her master in the form of butterfly wings that appear in her shadow or when she jumps. The pact granted her great powers, but came with a great toll; she must now kill Angels as a daily offering to her new master. Failing to do so breaks her pact and will send her straight to hell. Awakening in the modern world after a 500 hundred [sic] year slumber, she is not one to sit on her laurels and immediately begins her search. Wielding titanic magical powers, she rages war against the Angels of heaven in order to keep herself alive long enough to find the key to her missing past. Armed with Scarborough Fair, an enchanted set of handguns equipped to both hands and feet, she practices the "bullet arts", a combination of gunfire and melee attacks. With the aid of her consorts Rodin, a master weapon smith, and Enzo, and underground informant, Bayonetta trudges on through battle after battle. Nothing will deter her as she searches for the keys that will unlock the buried memories of her forgotten past. yoshesque: A mild-mannered librarian by day. She likes pole dancing and is on a strict diet of lollipops to keep her trim figure. Also, glasses.  User0015: A potty mouth with guns and attitude. Has trouble remembering where she left her keys last, but still knows how to kill everything in the room.  Enzo Enzo is an odd and talkative man with his finger on the pulse of the underground. Styling himself in the manner of the Italian mafia, he loves the finer things in life. For Enzo, everything has a price tag attached to it, even the information he supplies to Bayonetta and Rodin. Yet, oddly enough, he is more than a simple money monger looking out for his own good. As a loving husband and devoted father, he also has a family that he dearly loves and seeks to provide for. yoshesque: Anime Joe Pesci. Probably the worst dad despite what the book says. User0015: Comic relief side kick. Is quickly forgotten as the story progresses, which is exactly what he wanted anyways.  Rodin Once a fearsome and highly ranked Angel, Rodin was outcast during the great angelic war centuries ago. Now that he has fallen, he has nothing but contempt for his once angelic comrades. As a master weapons smith, he holds the power to craft the most sinister and powerful weapons the world has ever known. While he has no desire to directly aid Bayonetta in her quest, he has no qualms what-so-ever in arming her to the teeth with his special creations. yoshesque: Likes penguins and girly drinks. What a pansy. User0015: A tough-as-nails fallen angel who sells merchandise to Bayonetta so he can fund his secret addiction to video games and pop culture movies. Likes to quote them often and may even realize he's in one himself.  Transcribed from in-game text  Affinity Servants of heaven that populate the lowest of the angelic hierarchy, a Third Sphere rung known simply as Angels. Humans with deep faith often feel these angels closest to their hearts. Descending from the heavens upon their pure white wings, it is believed that the glimmering halo atop an Affinity's head lights the path for those who have lost their way. The religious articles they equip are all tools used to further their conviction to protect the righteous and can become powerful weapons used to strike down those with sullied hearts. yoshesque: Run-of-the-mill enemies. Easy as hell to read. Boring.  User0015: Cannon fodder. Slightly dangerous under specific circumstances, but otherwise harmless distractions. yoshesque fucked around with this message at Oct 7, 2011 around 06:21 |
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Oh boy, been waiting for this ever since you started posting those videos in the challenge thread. Bayonetta was probably my favorite game last year and I really need to beat the hardest difficulty.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 04:42 |
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Your voice is pleasant enough, but his commentary is wicked annoying. He's just reading along to what's happening on screen half the time.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 04:43 |
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Oh goody. Time to see how this game is played by someone who is hopefully more competent at it than I am. Will be following with interest.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 04:46 |
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Hooray its out of the Sandcastle.  Glad to see someone good as hell play through probably one the best games in the last few years. Can't wait to see how you deal with the harder parts later.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 04:48 |
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Man, those cut scenes. It's like everybody's drunk but tries to keep a straight face, failing miserably.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 05:10 |
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Aww, I was hoping for a Fantasy Zone LP.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 05:38 |
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yoshesque posted:The combat is strongly influenced by Devil May Cry, due to the game's director being Hideki Kamiya. http://platinumgames.com/2011/04/27...mentary-part-2/ This was already posted in the general Bayonetta thread, but it's so old nobody reads it any more.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 06:48 |
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Man, this game looks fun, but that is probably my least favorite rendition of "Fly Me To The Moon" ever. At least out of the ones I've ever heard.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 07:21 |
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TwoPair posted:Man, this game looks fun, but that is probably my least favorite rendition of "Fly Me To The Moon" ever. At least out of the ones I've ever heard. Get used to that song. It's in the game like 30 times. Also this game is loving amazing. I've put way too many hours into it despite not having it 1000ed on xbox.(gently caress getting all the birds, its like work)
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| # ? May 2, 2011 07:37 |
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Bayonetta's gameplay simply shits on nearly all action games in recent memory. But yeah, the story... and the music... The only song I really enjoyed was the one that plays before the second chapter, as Enzo is narrating and Bayonetta is traveling to Europe. It's just awesome smooth jazz.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 08:53 |
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Hey, the story is fine. Insane, with a few replays needed to figure all of it out... Still fun, with lots of humor.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 09:13 |
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I can't believe you outed Rodin like that. It's not really a story spoiler I guess.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 10:42 |
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I am kind of the worst possible at this game so I'm glad that a good player is LP'ing it so I can see how it is supposed to be played. Am I the only one who liked the cheesey lines?
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| # ? May 2, 2011 10:51 |
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Azure_Horizon posted:But yeah, the story... and the music... Wait, what's wrong with the music? Except for some odd choices (Fly me to the moon, bluh bluh) I think it's great, especially the boss tracks.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 11:29 |
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This is one of mah favorite games, everything is so much fun, and one of the few intentionally funny games that pulls off comedy so good. And the character's are great, as is the sound track. Man, makes me wanna get a capture card so I can LP Vanquish, gotta beat it on God Hard first though.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 11:37 |
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The shop has a limit on how many of any given item you can buy, while there is none on the items bought with points from Angel Attack.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 11:51 |
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Why did the text go all Matrix? Is she 3 meters tall? Why is the worst version of Fly me to the Moon I've ever heard playing? The gameplay looks really fun though. Turning off your brain seems to be a requirement for playing, but that's not too bad.
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BoredumIncarnate posted:Am I the only one who liked the cheesey lines? The music is good too. The game has the only really memorable music of anything I've played in years.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 14:30 |
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Sindai posted:Speaking of Kamiya, he's also LPing this game! It's pretty interesting stuff: I think I'll link these alongside the updates. Thanks! Healbot posted:The shop has a limit on how many of any given item you can buy, while there is none on the items bought with points from Angel Attack. Yeah, but if you need to buy items in the first place, then you suck at the game  Also, just wondering whether people would prefer a Pure Platinum run or just a regular Platinum one. The single hit that angel got on me for the first video was so  because I'd easily PP'd it for an earlier test recording.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 14:39 |
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Love this game, enjoying the LP so far. Could you put links to Polsy in the OP though? I hate blip's default small window size.
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quote:Yeah, but if you need to buy items in the first place, then you suck at the game Guilty... But, doesn't one of the unlockables require PP in every chapter? If that's a spoiler I'll tag accordingly. Dectilon posted:Turning off your brain seems to be a requirement for playing, but that's not too bad. Sadly if you turn your brain off playing this you'll probably die in seconds flat. 
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| # ? May 2, 2011 14:41 |
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Zeratanis posted:Sadly if you turn your brain off playing this you'll probably die in seconds flat. Nah, I let the reptile brain take over. It's good at dodging and killing poo poo, but not much else.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 14:45 |
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Zeratanis posted:Sadly if you turn your brain off playing this you'll probably die in seconds flat. This. The game is deceptively cinematic - gameplay is very precise and fun to master. It's a little hard to tell when you're watching because the action is so insane, but when you're playing everything falls into place. It's one of the deeper games of this type.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 14:46 |
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Zeratanis posted:But, doesn't one of the unlockables require PP in every chapter?
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| # ? May 2, 2011 14:51 |
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yoshesque posted:
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notZaar posted:Everybody sucks at this game at first. I think popping a yellow lollipop and finishing off a boss/joy/etc... is better than restarting at a checkpoint. You'll get less frustrated and can keep on trucking and getting better at the game. I'll second this. It's a lot like DMC3 in that way, it's better to just chomp on some Vital Stars early on and keep going than to restart every time. No shame in it.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 15:18 |
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Dehvil Triggah. This should be hella fun, never played it. Plus seeing someone play a game like this, who is VERY good at it, is a joy.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 15:22 |
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 Sega's making this, quick, cross-over drawing. (not mine) This art made me ever so thankful that Bayonetta was a human.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 15:51 |
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yoshesque posted:Also, just wondering whether people would prefer a Pure Platinum run or just a regular Platinum one. The single hit that angel got on me for the first video was so Please PP it, perfection is more fun to watch than almost perfection.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 15:53 |
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SystemLogoff posted:Sega's making this, quick, cross-over drawing. (not mine) gently caress you, thread ruined.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 15:54 |
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notZaar posted:stuff not covered yet Mkay, I know ya'll excited about Bayonetta, but keep the spoilers tagged.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 16:03 |
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Wait, you have guns on your feet too? That's awesome, gonna have to give this LP a shot (from my feet  )
C-Euro fucked around with this message at May 2, 2011 around 17:11 |
| # ? May 2, 2011 16:27 |
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Yep, they're attached to the back of her heels, the same as all weapons she'll get in the future.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 16:43 |
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Looking forward to this lp. I loved the hell out of this game, but it was embarrassing to have to play this with three other people in the apartment (one being my girlfriend). That said, I look forward to the hard run starting at chapter 10 because this game kicked my rear end way more than any of the Devil May Cry series and I want to see someone who doesn't suck give it a shot.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 17:07 |
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Completely pure platinum is pointless because you only need platinum every chapter to unlock something based on ranks. I say save yourself the time and only be really, really good.
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| # ? May 2, 2011 17:59 |
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She's a pro already, look at how she constantly taunts the air to keep the combo meter up (a trick I never thought about). The bad side is though that it's a LP of the botched PS3 port. 
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| # ? May 26, 2013 04:56 |
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Holy poo poo, this game is hilariously over the top, even more than I was expecting. Highly enjoyable stuff.
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