[quote name='corrosivefrost']Bayonetta != "real" sequel to DMC3. Entirely different gameplay. Next you'll be saying god of war 3 is a real sequel to Ninja Gaiden Black.
However, it should be noted that people who have played darksiders are saying there's very noticeable graphics issues. Bayonetta has graphics problems, but not anything like the ones I'm reading about for darksiders.[/QUOTE]
well mr. frost, having marathoned 11 hours with bayonetta over the past 2 days, I have to beg to differ. They obviously haven't said anything about it being like DMC (probably for legal reasons) and a lot hasn't been said about the game's structure, but there are a ton of similarities to DMC. In fact, it feels more like DMC does than DMC4 did while playing as Nero. Bayonetta the character plays a lot closer to Dante than Nero did. The gameplay is not entirely different at all. Take DMC's styles and weapons, then break them up into individual moves...that's bayonetta's move set. The accessory system in Bayonetta is like a customizable style system. The way enemies mob and attack you is straight from DMC as well, except enemies are more aggressive in Bayonetta. Many of the normal enemies are actually copies of bosses from DMC games. Not to say it's a lazy copy of DMC, it's DMC gameplay on crack with a lot of added depth. Need I go on? well, I'm enjoying this, so I will...
Aside from gameplay, the structure and flow of the game is just like DMC3. The Jeanne and Bayonetta scenes may as well be Dante and Virgil. The other cutscenes could just as easily have Dante in them, since they all follow the typical DMC cutscene-- character sees huge enemy, character makes smart ass comment to said enemy, enemy gets mad, player rides rockets around, etc. and the fight begins. Jeez, she even starts referring to fights as "parties," which is what Dante does the whole game in DMC3. Just replace Bayonetta's cheesy jazz music with cheesy industrial metal and you've got a DMC game. I wouldn't be surprised if the game was made from modified design docs for the original DMC4.
"entirely different"
It does have some graphics issues...the screen tearing is almost as bad as the God of War games.