I combed the game for a guide and still managed to miss about four or five overall (mostly challenges that were tucked away in some god-forsaken side path). Don’t worry if you miss a VerseĮach level in Bayonetta 3 has between nine and 14 Verses (give or take), and chances are you’re not going to see all of them on your first playthrough. Get used to switching between weapons to maximize your odds of finding secrets. If something looks like it can be interacted with, it probably can. Sometimes, you’ll need to switch to your spider (it can walk on lava), or your frog (it can withstand poison), or your eagle (it can fly great distances without losing height). Many of Bayonetta 3’s secrets are hidden in out of sight places, and you won’t always be able to get there with Madame Butterfly or Gomorrah. Variety is the friend of progress, and you should change up your loadouts often. There are also challenges that revolve around the whip, say, and you don’t want to get stuck in there with a weapon you haven’t practiced with. Whilst your default guns are more than capable of rinsing just about everything in the game, you’re well-advised to switch it up some weapons have better range, or can stun-lock enemies more easily.Īs you go on, you’ll get weapons that also act as shields, which make late-game encounters much easier. Similarly to the Demons, you’ll get access to more weapons as the game goes on. Some enemies – mostly flying ones, or those with shields – more or less require you to summon Slaves to defeat.Įxperiment with them, and get used to bringing them in at the end of combos when there’s less chance of them getting bodied by massive enemy attacks. Make sure to keep your finger hovering over that left trigger on your Switch the more you use them, the more damage you can do and the quicker you can dispatch foes. More come, very quickly, as you progress to the end of the title. In the early stages of the game, you’ll only have a few. One of the main differences between Bayonetta 3 and its prequels is the ability to summon massive demons to fight on your behalf. As a bonus, it’ll also trigger Witch Time – meaning you’ll get more shots at a boss and lower your encounter time overall, too. As well as saving your ass against bosses that are liable to take off huge chunks of health in one hit, it can also get you Platinum rewards instead of just Gold one hit is all it takes to lower your rank per encounter. It basically gives you one last chance to avoid damage if you tap the dodge button as soon as you’re hit – negating the effect of the attack and letting you step back from the danger area. This skill (one of the first you can unlock when you get access to the Skills page from the menu) is essential if you want to nab more Platinum medals than you’re likely already getting in combat scenarios. To really excel at the game, you’ll need to master positioning in combat, your timing for dodges and parries, and develop a good nose for sniffing out secrets.īut, in case you want to go into the game primed and ready for whatever the crumbling multiverse of Bayonetta throws at you, I’ve assembled a quick list of tips I wish I’d known before starting the game that might help mitigate any frustration you feel and, instead, let you enjoy the game to its fullest as you live your wildest hair-powered, witch-centric fantasies. As you’d expect from the studio behind Nier, Vanquish, and The Wonderful 101, Bayonetta 3 can be hard at times. You’d think, releasing on a Nintendo console as an exclusive game, that maybe it’d be more family-friendly. The action, the combat, the over-the-top humor – it all comes together to make a game that is right up there with Platinum’s best.īut it’s not the easiest title in the world to play. Some story niggles aside (who plays this for the story!?), Bayonetta 3 is a nigh-perfect game. If you’ve been on this site over the past week, you’ll know I’ve been banging the drum for Bayonetta 3 pretty hard.
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