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Bayonetta 3

Released: 10/28/2022

THE WITCH IS BACK AND MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER! Bayonetta struts through multiple locations in an all-new, over-the-top climax action game for Nintendo Switch. Sporting a wicked new ensemble and somehow familiar pigtails, the titular Umbra Witch must face a mysterious evil using her signature guns and time-slowing Witch Time ability. This time, invading man-made bioweapons called Homunculi find themselves in Bayonetta’s crosshairs. Tap into Bayonetta’s naughtier side with Demon Masquerade, a new ability that channels the demon linked to her weapon allowing for some exciting action options, not to mention some hair-raising combos. She can also summon her demonic darlings like Gomorrah, Malphas, and Phantasmaraneae during battle, unleashing their demonic powers in the heat of combat and in new, larger-than life battles where you directly control the action. Fight your way through the streets of Tokyo, the mountains of China, and many other locales! Along the way you’ll meet a virtual coven of Bayonettas, each more fabulous than the last. You’ll also slash and slay as Viola, a feisty witch in training who fights with a sword and a capricious companion, the demon Cheshire. Find out what fate awaits Bayonetta, and if this arcane alliance can really save reality! - Play as the bewitching Bayonetta in the third instalment of her climax action game series - Shoot, stomp, and slam your way through multiple locations and meet other Bayonettas - Channel the power of demons using the new ability, Demon Masquerade - Unleash Bayonetta’s Infernal Demons in larger-than-life battles - Slash and slay as witch-in-training Viola and harness the power of her feline demon, Cheshire

THE WITCH IS BACK AND MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER! Bayonetta struts through multiple locations in an all-new, over-the-top climax action game for Nintendo Switch. Sporting a wicked new ensemble and somehow familiar pigtails, the titular Umbra Witch must face a mysterious evil using her signature guns and time-slowing Witch Time ability. This time, invading man-made bioweapons called Homunculi find themselves in Bayonetta’s crosshairs. Tap into Bayonetta’s naughtier side with Demon Masquerade, a new ability that channels the demon linked to her weapon allowing for some exciting action options, not to mention some hair-raising combos. She can also summon her demonic darlings like Gomorrah, Malphas, and Phantasmaraneae during battle, unleashing their demonic powers in the heat of combat and in new, larger-than life battles where you directly control the action. Fight your way through the streets of Tokyo, the mountains of China, and many other locales! Along the way you’ll meet a virtual coven of Bayonettas, each more fabulous than the last. You’ll also slash and slay as Viola, a feisty witch in training who fights with a sword and a capricious companion, the demon Cheshire. Find out what fate awaits Bayonetta, and if this arcane alliance can really save reality! - Play as the bewitching Bayonetta in the third instalment of her climax action game series - Shoot, stomp, and slam your way through multiple locations and meet other Bayonettas - Channel the power of demons using the new ability, Demon Masquerade - Unleash Bayonetta’s Infernal Demons in larger-than-life battles - Slash and slay as witch-in-training Viola and harness the power of her feline demon, Cheshire

THE WITCH IS BACK AND MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER! Bayonetta struts through multiple locations in an all-new, over-the-top climax action game for Nintendo Switch. Sporting a wicked new ensemble and somehow familiar pigtails, the titular Umbra Witch must face a mysterious evil using her signature guns and time-slowing Witch Time ability. This time, invading man-made bioweapons called Homunculi find themselves in Bayonetta’s crosshairs. Tap into Bayonetta’s naughtier side with Demon Masquerade, a new ability that channels the demon linked to her weapon allowing for some exciting action options, not to mention some hair-raising combos. She can also summon her demonic darlings like Gomorrah, Malphas, and Phantasmaraneae during battle, unleashing their demonic powers in the heat of combat and in new, larger-than life battles where you directly control the action. Fight your way through the streets of Tokyo, the mountains of China, and many other locales! Along the way you’ll meet a virtual coven of Bayonettas, each more fabulous than the last. You’ll also slash and slay as Viola, a feisty witch in training who fights with a sword and a capricious companion, the demon Cheshire. Find out what fate awaits Bayonetta, and if this arcane alliance can really save reality! - Play as the bewitching Bayonetta in the third instalment of her climax action game series - Shoot, stomp, and slam your way through multiple locations and meet other Bayonettas - Channel the power of demons using the new ability, Demon Masquerade - Unleash Bayonetta’s Infernal Demons in larger-than-life battles - Slash and slay as witch-in-training Viola and harness the power of her feline demon, Cheshire

Critics
85
Metacritic
78

Score Breakdown

84.7

Critic Average

115 reviews

N/A

Steam User Score

Less than 50 reviews

78

Metacritic User Score

838 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
N/A
Metacritic Disparity
+6.7
Combined Disparity
+6.7

Average of both sources

Review Timing

53 early (46%)59 launch window (51%)3 late (3%)