Bayonetta
A member of an ancient witch clan and possessing powers beyond the comprehension of mere mortals, Bayonetta faces-off against countless angelic enemies, many reaching epic proportions, in a game of 100% pure…
Bayonetta is an adventure developed by Nex Entertainment, released 29 October 2009 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $5.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 15.6 hrs to finish.
What Bayonetta is
Bayonetta is an adventure game developed by Nex Entertainment and released in 2009. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Bayonetta is a witch, having woken up 20 years ago from a casket in the bottom of a secluded lake. In an effort to uncover the truth of her forgotten past, Bayonetta travels to the holy city of Vigrid in Europe, the ancestral home of the Lumen Sages, worshippers of light, and the Umbra Witches, followers of darkness. As she is pitted against a seemingly endless army of angels, including another Umbra Witch named Jeanne, she follows a mysterious voice and is accompanied by suave journalist Luka Redgrave, as well as young and innocent Cereza, whose mysterious appearance may be connected to the mystery behind her lost memories.
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. There are 50 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Bayonetta series
Bayonetta is the first of 16 entries we hold in the Bayonetta series. The next entry was Bayonetta / Forza Motorsport 3 in 2010. Its critic score of 91 is almost exactly the series average of 89. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Bayonetta 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 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 24 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 580 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 15.6 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $5.99, that works out to about $0.38 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core i3 3220, 4 GB RAM and Radeon HD6950 / GeForce GTX 570 (VRAM 768MB). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $5.99 at Steam, 70% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Bayonetta launched on 29 October 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins and Left 4 Dead 2. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Bayonetta yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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