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Bayonetta vs. God of War III

December 1st, 2009 at 11:54 am · 36 Comments

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There is little dispute that the God of War series are some of the best action hack ‘n slash games ever made. Nothing has even come close to the level that this series has achieved. Other games, such as Ninja Gaiden and Devil May Cry have tried to steal the thunder that Kratos has bestowed upon us, but all have ultimately come up short.

It’s no wonder when a new hack ‘n slash game is announced, it immediately is compared to the juggernaut of the genre. One particular newcomer, Bayonetta, could steal some of the lime light from God of War in 2010. Bayonetta does have the advantage of being multiplatform, but is cursed with being an unknown quantity that comes with being a new IP.

After playing both the Bayonetta demo and the God of War III demo, does Bayonetta have what it takes to dethrone the God of Hack ‘n Slash? Follow me after the jump.

Bayonetta versus God of War III. Two demos, and one to rule them all…

Visuals

Anyone with decent eye sight could see that the graphical prowess of God of War III surpasses Bayonetta. The complete visual package, on the other hand, is quite comparable between the two. God of War III definitely has had some major improvements visually from the PS2 days. While it is obvious that GoW III on the PS3 one should be leagues ahead of its predecessors, the minor details in GoW III are simply amazing. For example, while I was fighting through the destroyed halls of some burning city, I noticed that the Blades of Athena would light up the surroundings with each swing.  I just had to sit back and smile at the amount of detail the developers have devoted to something as simple as that. The rest of the visuals, from the saggy boobs on the Harpies, to the layers of blubber on the Cyclopes, looked sharp, almost too sharp. I don’t know if I want to see those kinds of boobs in that high of resolution. Medusa was freaky enough in God of War II. I guess that’s what happens when graphical power increases. Everything is displayed clearer, even that which you may not want to see.

Bayonetta, on the other hand, definitely looked like a Japanese hack ‘n slash. In contrast to the dark, gloomy tone of God of War, Bayonetta has a rather vibrant and colorful setting. While it had a “Japanese feel” to it, the setting was still quite stunning. With the vibrant setting came vibrant creatures. While God of War has dealt with the darkness of Greek mythology, Bayonetta presented a more heavenly aura. Since I have only played the demo, I have no idea why Bayonetta was fighting Heavenly Beasts. If the story is anything like other Japanese hack ‘n slash games, I probably won’t care about the story anyway. On a final note, Bayonetta (the character) looked pretty hot herself, especially in some of the moves she pulled off, which incidentally leads to the next point…. on the next page.

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  • Lifeform287

    For the record Devil May Cry came four years before God of War. So unless the past is stealing the future’s thunder…

    • http://www.sarcasticgamer.com Lono

      just because it came first, doesn’t mean that God of War didn’t eclipse it, thus necessitating an attempt to steal GoW’s thunder.

  • Keith K

    Unfortunately, the most ‘talked’ about feature in GoWIII has yet to be shown. That being the Titan gameplay. We’ll see if it even turns out to be real and if so, what impact that makes on the game.

  • BabyWithSwitchBlades

    LOL OMFG are you shitting me!!!?? LOL no F’ing way. PS most of the time she is shooting and not only that graphics wise Bayonetta is total shit compared to God of War 3 not to mention the gameplay and controls are totally muffed for Bayonetta. But hey your funny. Thanx for the good laugh. OMG lol

  • KnightofOA

    I have to agree with Darkwonders, I am looking forward to bayonetta. While the graphics aren’t the best I’ve ever seen, they’re not crap either (sidenote, the teaser for GOW3 didn’t impress me graphically either) It’s the creativeness in bayonetta that makes it fun. The shooting is fun, and the controls are pretty spot on. The execution attacks and the various weapons are awesome to look at and use, and I’m sorry, but no other game lets me shoot a monster with A TUBA! Bayonetta wins, hands down, just for that!

  • theskitone

    GoW way better the only thing that makes bayonette look any good is that it has a hot chick that reveals herself slighty, how bout GoW where they actually show tits

  • Prototype

    You can’t even really compare the two but I gotta say GOW 3 I have demos of both and bayonetta fails to impress plus there are glaring problems with it (though it is only a demo GOW did theirs better ;)

    • http://www.sarcasticgamer.com darkwonders

      I was more impressed with the opening of Bayonetta than the opening of GOW3.

      Fighting on a falling clock tower > fighting grunts on the way to a burning city… Which they’ve used for every demo…

      • Prototype

        The opening in bayonetta was cooler but that was the opening the GOW 3 demo seemed to be in the middle of a level

  • Lukas Heinzel

    I have to disagree with Lono, the Devil May cry series have defiuned the genre and is better in many other ways like humour,style and in my book also the gameplay!

  • Skywanker

    I doubt darkwonders really played the GOW3 demo. You didn’t mention anything about the cestus each having its own feel bringing a different strategy or approach to the enemies, the new mechanics that lets you ride on the back of cyclops which add a whole new dimension to gameplay, the battering ram, and lighting grunts on fire with the bow & arrow. Did I forget to mention that Kratos pulled Helios’ head with his bare hands? Deja vu, really?

    • http://www.sarcasticgamer.com Lono

      I played both Skywanker and I agree with Darkwonders.

      Have you played the Bayonetta demo? Probably not.

      Point. Set. Match.

      • Timewarp

        i’ve seen enough of bayonetta to hate it, it looks like a porno what with the women losing all her clothes and her hair becoming enormous. But i’ve played neither demo so i can’t comment on which is better. I HATE YOU SONY! I HATE YOU WITH A VENGENCE! Why must i wait intill march 2010 for the awesomesuace that is GOW 3? Jokes i’m not that annoyed though i am a bit miffed up that i can’t play the GOW 3 demo.

    • http://www.sarcasticgamer.com darkwonders

      I did play the demo, actually. The Cestus really didn’t bring anything new to the game. Both games before it had heavy weapons as well and I never used them very much. His blades did about 80% of the work.
      The cyclops part wasn’t a new mechanic. It was just a different execution technique. So you rode the back of it before killing it. It really didn’t wow me that much. There really is no point in riding the Cyclops as the grunts you fight can be slaughtered just as easily.

      I mentioned the added lighting effects, just picked something else specifically to talk about.

      And Kratos also smashed the head of Zeus against the rock at the end of GOW2. So yeah… killing of Helios was pretty much the same thing, except he actually finished the job. Besides, it’s not like that’s the first time Kratos has ripped the head off of an enemy. In fact, you Decapitate Medusa in the first God of War and use her head as an item. So yeah, I’d call that Deja vu.

      • A-Bittersweet-Life

        Being able to ride on the back of a cyclops IS a new gameplay mechanic and there is a point to it: Helios was protected by a special army of soldiers and the blades couldn’t penetrate through. Precision wasn’t effective, however, with the cyclops’ big club, a wrecking-ball was the way to go. Smashing and Decapitating are two separate things. With Helios’ decapitation, you saw his skin and neck muscle tear off, blood splash all over Kratos, and not to mention its all in HD current gen graphics. I can’t see why its even comparable to Medusa’s.

      • http://www.sarcasticgamer.com darkwonders

        I did state that the graphical power of GOW3 was much better… so I dunno why we’re arguing about how tearing off Helio’s head looked XD
        But better visuals doesn’t make the game better than another in the genre. It’s the gameplay.
        Oh and I was able to smash through the phalanx with the heavy weapon :D
        so no need for the Cyclops at all. Those guys didn’t stand a chance against the blades after they were broken up either, so I switched back after using my heavy weapon.
        I’m still looking forward to playing both games. I just feel like Bayonetta will have more new things to do at this point.

  • Skywanker

    Aww…did my opinion hurt your feelings? I’m happy for you that you agree with him btw.

    • Timewarp

      your doing what lono said MW2 fans would do, praising god of war 3 over anything else becasue it’s a franchise your used to. I reckon their right and you just can’t see it becasue fanboy rage is blocking you from seeing what’s actually there. This is just like what happened with infamous and prototype, all the PS3 fanboys sided with infamous just becasue the other game was also on the 360.

      Then again i also reckon the 360 fanboys sided with prototype just so they can insult a PS3 exclusive. So i’m gonna stay out of your dumb little arguments from now on by saying, both games have a unique gaming style that will serve each to it’s own with a vairaty of intresting gameplay that i’m looking forward to trying out.

      Now continue tearing each other apart, i’ll continue an english sterotype and will be sitting here drinking tea.

      • Skywanker

        Bravo! Tap yourself in the back young lad, I’m proud of you.

    • http://www.sarcasticgamer.com Lono

      just enjoying putting trolls like you in your place.

      • Skywanker

        Trolls? You think just because I have different view and that I decide to share it is a troll? :D What is even more interesting is that fact that me having a different view makes me a fanboy. No, you didn’t put me in any place at all, but just for the sake of your self-fulfillment problems, ok.

  • http://sarcasticgamer.com PacManPolarBear

    I’m looking forward to Bayonetta, I hope it turns out great.

    I think God of War, as a series from the West (which is a bit of a big deal when you talk GoW vs Eastern titles) is the best in terms of overall quality entertainment with broad appeal in North America.

    However, the GoW series, gameplay wise, is nothing special really. Awesome quicktime events and great combos to be sure…but compared to Ninja Gaiden you may as well be sitting on your hands. GoW is an “everyman” title whereas Ninja Gaiden and even DMC require a fair amount more skill and far better reflexes.

  • Timewarp

    @skywanker

    you are a fanboy, your only siding with GOW3 becasue it’s a PS3 exclusive.

  • Daniel

    …Why is this under parody news?

  • Matt

    Personally I thought that Bayonetta felt a bit to similar to the DMC series, seeing as there made by the same person

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  • TitSalt

    Im not likely to pick it up because the game reminds me so much of Devil may cry 4 which i found BORING AS HELL. so the answer is god of war 3

  • thomas

    How can you like bayonetta better?
    Dude, you play a f***ing chick with GLASSES. Girls can’t fight. And besides, greek mythology and spartans own everything. Japanese fighting sucks ass.

  • maximus

    Frankly everyone who thinks Bayonetta is any good is a complete moron.
    1.As for any creative gameplay in it, it seems like a better version of DMC, which still isnt a good thing because it was simple repetitive button smashing.
    2.And for people who find her attractive, In Bayonetta there is NO NUDITY worth noting off, in GOW they show boobs and GOW 3 will be in HD imagine the possibilities. ;)
    3. 99.9% of the people playing bayonetta is because of the reason that she is horny and her finishing moves are cool, just admit it. But GOW is better Period

  • ToBecome1

    ” In GOW they show boobs” LOL Guess he doesn’t get out much.

  • NeroX3

    Bayonetta’s gameplay isnt that impressive,……its like DMC’s….sure first its super cool but u get bored really fast no matter how many weapons u got cuz they all make me feel the same
    the clock part isnt impressive at all….ur still on the platform…the background is moving nothin’ more
    as for jumping from piece to piece….god of war’s pegasus flight did the same 2 years ago
    God of war’s weapons have different features…e.g:the spear planted bombs,hammer summoned spirits,BoO absorbs orbs and creates a defensive shield…and the Cestus Is Just Badass
    …..Gow Brought sumthing new by using chains attached….bayo’s gameplay isnt that diverse u got witch time gow got golden fleece AND amulet of fate
    as for the deja vu thing….ALL bayo itself is a big deja vu of DMC4…only not as good as the latter
    i mean the fists that come out of idunno where….thats like the nero’s dev bringer
    i loved DMC’s Humour but there are some points where they get serious unlike bayo…where the story is just too random and pointless….what the hell is the purpose of the game?Come On the story IS as important as gameplay :)

  • devilish123

    watch the god of war 3 review’s that came out then tell m witch is a better game

  • didibus

    Bayonetta is awesome. It must have its name on the wall of greatness.

    My history with the game went like this: I first hated it, looking at all the trailers and in-game videos, it looked stupid, sexist, pornographic and plain dumb, almost an insult to my intelligence. Also, it was everywhere, like they had paid everyone to show off Bayonetta. I was extremly pissed and frustrated about this game getting so much media presence and good reviews.

    Then, I managed to get a free copy of the game. I didn’t play it, kept it on my table for a week, thought it was a worthless piece of shit. Until came a day I had nothing to do, I was tired of playing my other games, so I decided to give it a try. I put the game in and started playing. Played through the intro, then the little tutorial, and the first level. The whole way through, it only reaffirmed what I thought: it was sexist, stupid, and was made to give crazy Japanese teenager hard-ons. The action was everywhere, but not in a cool way, in a way that you didn’t know what the hell was going on, it felt like you just had to button mash, like you could close your eyes and press random buttons real fast and make it through just as well. I closed the game and put it back in its box, I was pissed mad, wanted to punch the wall cause I felt into their trap and actually tried it out. It just felt like a really sexist game that wanted me to praise it only for a hot character, which I didn’t even find attractive, more like disproportionate then anything else.

    Two weeks later, I was still mad about this game, some hidden frustration in me, why was it getting so good reviews!!! Are people so lame and does sex sell so well that Bayonetta deserved to be praised, and some people even saying its better then every other game of that genre, even better then God of War!!! I just had to know. I put the game back in, and continued playing where I had left off…. I was blown away, like the first hour of the game is utter crap and insulting and the rest of the game is a marvel to be remembered for ages. As I went on, level after level, the intensity, the immersion, the quick pace, but smart combat system, the universe, everything was awesome and getting better each second. All its flaws went away, the sexism became pro-feminism, the porno feel turned into a contemporary portray of a strong woman standing up to herself in a corrupted society where woman are seen as sexual entities. The action which was all over the place and felt like what you pressed didn’t matter turned out to be the complete opposite. So much stuff happens, yet you know and have perfect control on everything, it never gets out of hands. Even the story started to get interesting, still the worst part of the game, but good enough.

    Simply put, Bayonetta is a masterpiece that will never be acknowledge, because not everyone will go trough my story. Had I not received a free copy of the game, had I not have been constantly faced with high reviews of the game, I had not had nothing else to play for a month, I would have never known myself. It thought me one thing, never judge a game by its cover, or trailer, or reviews, or first hour of game play. If you want to say something about a game, may it be good or bad, play it, the whole thing!

  • Raytheman16

    The controversy going on between these two games had already reached its point. Bayonetta stands the victor in this battle because the game has shown more action and costomizable abilitys beyond anything the god of war franchise could produce. Hands this is the best action game i have ever playe in my life. Take this for instance Bayonetta comes with a large arsenel of wepons such as Guns, swords, wips, clars, shotguns, rocket launchers and Kick Ass Hair Demons. the graphic on Bayonetta are superb on the 360 because the graphics work alot better because xbox has always produced better graphics. God of War cant hold a candle stick to Bayonetta. Kratos may be killing gods left and right but Bayonetta killed THE GOD. ya like… Jesus but thats at the end of the game. If i were to compare the graphics from Bayonetta to God of War i would provbubly choose Bayonetta the style of game play is fantastic. the graphics for god of war a great to but Bayonetta give of a sence that god of war never game. the action for Bayonetta is on a huge scale i never got tired of killing angels and the boss just keep getting bigger and bigger and bigger giving the player constant thrilles god of war doesent give you that kind of thrills..
    overall if you havent played boyonetta go out and get it.. Bayonetta is the victor and will always be better than Kratos..

  • MartinBabies

    Wtf, did you just spoil the ending? I already played through the whole game but come on, what the hell.

  • DEEZ NUTS

    Bayonetta is awsome. God Of War 3 is cool to….. Just buy both of them!!!!