Astral Chain is a curious action game that’s constantly mixing genres to try and offer something new to the player alongside its complex combat system. However, it ends up cluttered, suffering from too many underdeveloped ideas, and a story so shallow that it makes the original Bayonetta’s feel like Primer in comparison. In Astral Chain, we control a cop in …
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Somehow managing to be even more insane and frenetic than the first one (which is saying a lot) Bayonetta 2 is a unique action game that, with its fascinating heroine and engaging combat system, excels at wowing us with increasingly insane set pieces. The story begins when Bayonetta’s dear friend, Jeanne, is attacked and taken to hell by a demon that …
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Bayonetta is an insane action game with an unusual heroine and a very engaging combat system. Its tone is bonkers all around, with over-the-top set pieces and unhinged dialogue: it’s high-octane madness in videogame form… but one that’s being constantly interrupted by long cutscenes that tell a quite bare-bones story. The main character, Bayonetta, suffers from amnesia: she only knows …
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