The puzzles I experienced were similar to the ones found in many other two player co-op games, only with the added twist of controlling both sides of the equation. Often you’ll switch back and forth between them multiple times in order to open up paths for the other, before inevitably reuniting. At these moments, you’ll need to split them up, switching your focus from one character to the other as you go. For example, Cereza is too small to reach high platforms, while Cheshire is unable to cross areas filled with demon repelling magic. As you proceed through the levels, you’ll come across various paths that only one of your two characters will be able to cross. If you thought controlling two characters during combat might be disorienting, this is where the real head-scratchers come into play. When you’re not tearing down enemies, much of Bayonetta Origins is focused on solving environmental puzzles. The developers were clearly going for a very different feel here, but I think it’s a successful one, even if it doesn’t provide quite the same challenge. If your primary enjoyment of those games came from memorizing combos and unleashing them with expert timing in order to get high scores, you may find Origins lacking. I imagine that once you’ve progressed, more advanced enemies could take combat to a much deeper level.īayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon certainly doesn’t seem as involved as in the other Bayonetta games, which were of course much more focused on intense, high-speed action. However, as I was still getting used to the combat and the controls, I found these encounters fresh and engaging. Most of the enemies I encountered in the game’s early section were fairly generic, without much in the way of special attacks or abilities. This dynamic can be a little tricky to wrap your head around, but when you do figure out how best to place and utilize the two characters, it feels like a real accomplishment. There’s a cooldown system requiring you to wait for abilities to be refreshed after use, so you’ll have to be smart about when and where you put them into action.Īgain, you’ll be controlling both characters at the same time using two sides of one controller.
Her starting spell will generate thorny vines that can hold an enemy in place, making Cheshire’s attacks easier to land. Meanwhile, Cereza provides support for Cheshire via her magic. You’ll use the trigger to make him hack and slash at various enemies until their health is depleted.
In combat, Cheshire is your primary damage dealer (this makes sense, as he happens to be a giant cat demon with big, sharp claws). Said demon decides to take up residence in Cereza’s stuffed cat, Cheshire, and things really take off from there.Ĭereza and Cheshire serve very different functions depending on what you’re trying to accomplish. During one of these magic attempts, Cereza accidentally summons a powerful demon. Cereza comes fully equipped with a tragic backstory, and the game starts out with her struggling to learn magic while her mother is imprisoned.
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Players follow a teenage Cereza (a younger version of series protagonist Bayonetta) on her journey to become a powerful witch. It may not be what fans expected, but there are some very promising ideas at play here.Ĭhronologically, Bayonetta Origins is a prequel to the original Bayonetta. I was able to play through one of Bayonetta Origins’ early chapters, and was delighted to discover a wholly unique gameplay style, separating it from previous entries in the series. With a rapidly approaching launch date of March 17, 2023, fans won’t be waiting nearly as long to dive back into the world of Bayonetta. After years of waiting for Bayonetta 3, it only took them two months to announce Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon.
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