Bayonetta 3

Poor old Helena Taylor’s follow up tweets “clarifying” the details almost as widely ignored as a Mr Tom twitch stream

Yeah, read through her recent tweets and she's still waffling on about that $450m franchise.

Think I'll keep my pre-order in place, thanks.

So, is it worth me getting Bayonetta 2 at some point or should I just get hold of this new one?

As mentioned earlier, I only recently played the first game and enjoyed it quite a bit. My only real complaint was that I was a bit shit and the game seemed to enjoy punishing me for being shit. The best way to get upgrade points seemed to be by getting the high level awards at the end of the level. I pretty much always was getting stone, as I would die 3-4+ times a level. That was kind of frustrating.

I didn't really care much about the story and found myself either skipping or zoning out during the cutscenes. Didn't have a clue what was going on, so don't feel like I need to play 2 for the story.

It’s also come to light, as people sifted her tweets, that she is a bit fash so I think everyone collectively decided ‘fuck her’.

(Props to elstoof for pegging her as a typical Tory housewife)

Funniest (?) part is that the boycott call seems to have had had the exact opposite effect, I didn't think to save any links from before the debacle but apparently it's selling out and at the top of multiple Amazon sales lists now, so... Job well done??

At this rate she might make the "$450mil franchise" thing come true after all

Ohhh, maybe that was the cameo role they offered!

Honestly, that's the part that makes the least sense to me. There's no way Bayonetta 1/2 on their own reach those numbers. And if you start including, I dunno, her appearances in Smash, it (probably) jumps way beyond those numbers! Any way you slice it, she's off...

Am I out of order for pointing out that her Twitter profile pic is basically a catfish

In reality I have no ill will, just sounds like she fucked around and found out.

Apparently she took just $3,000 for B1 and a bit more for B2. I'd say a bump to just $4,000 by the time of a second sequel is a bit mean. Depends on whether the $4,000 thing is true or Platinum's version of events.

Calling out Hale is out of order though, it really sounds like both versions of the story would agree that she was hired after it was apparent that Taylor wouldn't be reprising the role. Even if that weren't the case, what's she going to do turn down a paying job because of Twitter drama?

That's the thing though, at this point even Taylor says that the full role would have been at least 10k, 15k after she emailed Kamiya, and that the 4k was for a lesser part (cameo?) offered after she rejected the 15k. Both versions say 4k for a minor part in Bayo 3 versus 3k for presumably all of Bayo 1 (according to Taylor), but 10-15k for all of Bayo 3 vs 3k for Bayo 1.

Now whether 15k is still too low for a leading role in a second sequel is a different issue (and VAs being underpaid in general is a widespread problem), but she initially had everyone believe that she was offered 4k for everything, which even she has backtracked on at this point (and is getting called out for).

Well, she crazied herself out of a job. Ya hate to see it.

She lost the plot.

I seem to remember that parrying in Bayonetta 1 was a game changer. Acquiring the Moon of Mahaa-Kalaa accessory suddenly meant you could parry, really showing how deep the combat system could go (or just make it a bit easier overall). Great game.

Also on the fence regarding Bayo 2, now that I've got a Switch laying around. It seems to have refined the system even more. Eurogamer review on Bayo 3 reads as though they've lost the balance somewhat (and any plot for that matter).