Bayonetta 2
The witching hour strikes again. Brimming with intricate battles that take place in, on and all over epic set pieces, Bayonetta 2 finds our sassy heroine battling angels and demons in unearthly beautiful HD…
Bayonetta 2 is an adventure developed by PlatinumGames, released 20 September 2014 on Nintendo Switch and Wii U. The main story takes about 14 hrs to finish.
What Bayonetta 2 is
Bayonetta 2 is an adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and released in 2014. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch and Wii U.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Starting a few months after the events of the first game, Bayonetta and Jeanne are fighting off a group of angels who attacked a city during a parade. During one particular attack, Jeanne protects Bayonetta from a sudden demon summon gone wrong, causing her soul to be claimed by the depths of Hell. Upon a tip from her informant Enzo, Bayonetta heads to the sacred mountain of Fimbulvinter. An entrance to Inferno, the Gates of Hell, is said to be inside and Bayonetta plans to use it to save her friend.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Bayonetta series
Bayonetta 2 is the third of 16 entries we hold in the Bayonetta series. It arrived 4 years after Bayonetta / Forza Motorsport 3. The next entry was Bayonetta in 2014. Its critic score of 91 is almost exactly the series average of 89. The highest-rated entry is Bayonetta at 91.
How it was received
Bayonetta 2 holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 96% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 258 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 14 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 52.5 hrs, roughly 3.8 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Bayonetta 2 launched on 20 September 2014, within three weeks of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition and Destiny. It reviewed better than all of them. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, Destiny.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Bayonetta 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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