Conspiracy_Victim said:Hey Broward, is it a total Devil May Cry ripoff like I heard? I was looking through the bargain bins at one of the other GameStops in town (fuckers didn't have Dragon Warrior VIII even though they had the box!) and one of the guys there said not to buy it because it was basically a reskinned DMC. To be honest I haven't bothered checking out Bayonetta so I was curious about your opinion.
1. Gamestop guys don't necessary know shit. BTW, never take anything that asshole says seriously again.
2. How can a game be a "ripoff" when the creator is the *creator* a series it is supposedly ripping off? It's like playing Bioshock and bitching that it reminds you of System Shock too much.
3. No it isn't a ripoff, because the only thing that carries over between them is the combat philosophy of racking up high combos for higher scores.
4. If it actually was a ripoff, that would hardly be a bad thing, because DMC was fucking awesome, even if the 2nd and 4th games sucked (and Kamiya had nothing to do with DMC3, although it is a good game--but only buy/play the Special Edition).
The demo gave me more of a Viewtiful Joe in 3D feel than DMC, though. Stringing together combos is way more user-friendly than DMC, I feel, plus the finishing moves are very satisfying.