Beartaco fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Jan 24, 2023

• Button mashing is pointless. Making you spin the analogue stick will also cause stick drift since controllers use cheaper components now than on the Gamecube or Xbox 360. DMC very rarely makes you mash buttons, the only exceptions are Nero's Devil Bringer moves that become a bit more powerful when you mash or some poorly designed boss fights in DMC1 and 2 which require you to constantly shoot at them.
  
  
• The QTEs are stupidly unforgiving, even when I know they're coming and which buttons I need to press. The game might even fail you for doing them too early. In Shenmue, RE4 and God of War all that happens when you fail is that you need to start the cutscene over, but in Bayonetta one mistake completely ruins your chapter ranking.
  
  
• No button remapping. Apparently Kamiya doesn't see the need for it, even when asked by people with disabilities. Dodge should be on L1, since why would you put something that needs to be as responsive as possible on a trigger with so much travel? At least the PC version has remapping and modern consoles let you do it from the system settings.
  
  
• Kamiya quirks. I love DMC1 too but I shouldn't need to remember which cutscenes have enemies attacking you immediately afterwards when skipping them, or play lengthy minigame segments that are ranked as strictly as the regular combat.
  
  
• Bad PS3 performance and load times. I've bought it for PC, PS4 and Switch since then but it really dragged down my first experience. This was almost 2 years after DMC4 had a flawless 60fps on both the Xbox 360 and PS3.
  
  
• I just don't like the whole dial-a-combo and wicked weaves compared to DMC's simple rhythm combos. In DMC most of your moves do around the same damage, so you're choosing which move to use based on how many enemies are surrounding you or how it moves your character. I kept expecting Bayonetta to give me a Devil Trigger equivalent at some point but the magic meter just turns out to be for those tedious torture attacks.
  
  
• The ranking system is so much clearer in DMC. Just a big letter in the corner of the screen telling you how well you're doing, and you can even see the gauge rising or falling to know what affects it. I have no idea how anyone is supposed to pay attention to that huge list of numbers in Bayonetta. Why can't I disable it so it's not cluttering up the screen?
  
  
• Bayonetta just feels too similar in each game. Dante plays completely differently between DMC1, 2, 3 and DmC, while 4 and V introduce a brand new character along with remixing the returning ones. Still, 3 games of Bayonetta are still preferable to 6 games of Kratos mashing Square Square Triangle.
  
  
• Side missions are required for a decent chapter ranking. In all the DMC games you can get all S ranks without playing any Secret Missions but in Bayonetta (and other Platinum games like Metal Gear Rising) you're constantly having to backtrack to find them. You also only need to do them once in DMC instead of every time you play the mission. This doesn't apply to DMC1 though due to its bad save system.