Just finished Bayonetta 2, and wondering why it wasn't GOTY 2014? From the credits to the extras...

just finished Bayonetta 2, and wondering why it wasn't GOTY 2014? From the credits to the extras, it's clear how much love really went into this game. The combat is solid and the sound work is amazing, even the graphics are great for running on a fucking 6770. What even won that year?

Bayo 2 is top tier. My GOTY for 2014.

Because it's just more of the first game. Nothing new that was interesting really. It was an okay game at best.

There's even a fucking Junji Ito level. I realize the last few platinum games appear lackluster, but why didn't this game receive at least critical recognition?

Because some fags were salty that it was a Nintendo exclusive

>is the gaming press that divorced from reality that they will award GOTY to anything but the best game of the year

yes

This.

I honestly enjoyed Wolfenstein: The New Order and Alien: Isolation more.

OP reminded me of how shit 2014 was for games.

oh, I'm still salty that I had to buy a console to play this and XCX, but at least those two games only cost $200 whereas Future Tone and Bloodborne will cost $400.

is that the year we got Pirate AssCreed or Graphics AssCreed

First Bayo is better in literally every way except graphics.

dogs are fucking cute jesus christ

Shadows of Mordor won most of the GOTY awards that year I think.

Squirrel boy ruined its chances as GOTY contender

Comparisons for 1st game are completely irrelevant when comparing to other games released that year.

Bayo 2 may be an inferior game in the "series", but it still several heads and shoulders above anything any AAA have produced that year (or next year, or this year).

>why it wasn't GOTY 2014
Variety of reasons.

1. Because it was too problematic. It would have easily become GOTY at several outlets but some people outrightly vetoed it

2. Because people just didn't played it. In a completely barren climate or broken and mediocre games on "next-gen" people thoroughly kept up the illusion that wii u and it's exclusives don't exist.

At Doritos Pope Awards Dragon Age literally bought out the venue and had some dancer on stage for 15 minutes. Guess what (now completely forgotten) game won GOTY?

Shadow of Mordor was literally the only game they could prop out that year than had an ounce of original thought put into and wasn't a mess so they all united around it

>t. Someone who never played it

>Wii-U

I can't think of any other reason.

Same reason Platinum games always get 6/10 by reviewers, 80% of people who play video games don't appreciate good mechanical depth and just want to Bronze rank their way through the story.

Because it wasnt popular, poltical agendas bout muh sexism, and doesnt cater to a wide audience.

It's because, to be honest, other games were just better. Bayonetta may have redeeming features, but at the end of the day it was still heavily flawed.

It's similar to why Bloodborne or Undertale aren't GOTY of 2015. The fanboys cannot deny the inherent flaws.

>It's because, to be honest, other games were just better.

name one

I completely disagree. It ran better, had more mechanics, weapons, content, Bayo design... Even an online multiplayer mode, which actually is pretty fun/challenging. I actually can't imagine why anyone would like the first more?

Sure. Infact, I'll name multiple, and I'll arrange them neatly on a chart.

>It's because, to be honest, other games were just better
Bullshit.

>acfag

Fuck off.

This is one of the worst things i've ever seen

What's wrong? You asked what better games came out that year, I gladly obliged. Was there something amiss in this conversation?

This is the dumbest image I've seen on Sup Forums, please don't post it again.

>It ran better
But that's false.
>had more mechanics
Pros complains how new and altered mechanics all shit.
>Even an online multiplayer mode
Literally nobody cares about it.
>I actually can't imagine why anyone would like the first more?
Do you even play these games? I mean beating Infinite Climax and going for pure platinums not just finishing the story on easy like some casual?

>Pros complains
Stopped reading there.

>if a game is popular, it's good and immune to criticism

Careful, that kind of thinking is dangerous territory.

>But that's false.

Stopped reading there. You haven't played Bayonetta 2, it blatantly runs much better than the first.

Fuck off ACfag.

Who are you quoting?
Literally none of the people you quoted said anything that should be interpreted as that.

it improved on the first game in pretty much every aspect

Oh, I get it. The joke is that all these games are terrible, right?

Yeah, sure.

it doesn't
autistic comparisons to first game (including my own) don't change the fact that Bayo 2 was by far above anything other publishers shat out that year

The only competition really came from other wii u exlclusives such as Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros.

I'm quoting the posters. They give no reason why they disagree with what was posted, as if Bayonetta being liked means it cannot be criticized.

>The only competition really came from other wii u exlclusives such as Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros.
This is kinda biased, don't you think?Alot of great games came out that year.

That list is absolutely fucking retarded and it has been posted more times than it deserved. I don't even think you made it, I think you just know it's guaranteed (You)s because of how idiotic it is and you are feeling a bit bored so you posted it.

>That list is absolutely fucking retarded
Then please explain, if you would, what exactly is "fucking retarded" about it. I'm listening.

I wanna live in that town.
Do you think they let citizens meet the mayor? Take him for a walk?

I've done it several times in other threads, I'm not going to bother again this time.

43 is the worst you could get for Bayo 2? Damn, that's pretty great.

Meanwhile, Bayo 1 drops to single digits during a few boss fights, like Lustitia.

>that denial

Could you link to these other threads? Ive never seen a proper rebuttal.

For example, Bayonetta 2 focuses WAY too much on graphics, and as a result suffers constant performance drops, as demonstrates. Meanwhile, games like Shovel Knight and Gigantic Army maintain a strict and constant framerate, the latter even keeping 60 FPS at all times. Yes, it's because they haves simpler graphical presentations, but all that really means is that gameplay was given a higher priority than being "next gen" and "looking super high def".

Am I wrong?

>heavily flawed
Name one.

The game is damn near perfect.

Report and ignore. He already tipped his hand.

>too much sex fanservice
>too cinematic
>too many frame drops
>too much edgy violence and gore (since we're not children, we shouldn't need blood and guts everywhere)
>too many quick time events and flashy non-interactive action finishers

Just a few problems to start.

Bayonetta 2 felt systematic.
Bayonetta 1 felt organic.
These are highly subjective opinions though.

Bayonetta 1 is included with Bayonetta 2, faggot.

I don't even fucking have nostalgia because I played Bayo 1 after 2 , and generally prefer new games to old games, but Bayonetta 1 make Bayonetta 2 taste like hot shit.

Overstating your case only makes you less convincing, faggot-kun.

meh

>bayo 1
realistic storyline that takes place in human locations
original characters
actual minigames

>bayo 2
more casual, no QTE (which is good)
story takes place in mystical "herb derb other dimension" settings that mostly feel lifeless
mostly reuses bayo 1 characters, except for niggerkid and the naked crystal sage
minigames are short as fuck, no motorcycle stage

i fucking hated Bayo 1's QTEs and how difficult it was in some places but it was still way better than Bayo 2

>realistic storyline that takes place in human locations

kek what?
Seriously?
You are seriously pushing this as one of your points.
Story is about as pointless in these games as it was in Devil May Cry btw, it's all cringey as fuck and only serves to give you some context as you go around killing shit. Gameplay is significantly more important.

the settings are actually interesting and not
"muh heaven" and "muh hell" and "muh three copy pasted gateway to hell levels in a row"

>Gameplay is significantly more important.
Which is exactly why first game is better.

How so?
What does the first one do better than 2?

Becayse it's mediocre tripe for casuals compared to the first game and even the sense of spectacle is lacking compared to stuff like Vaquish or Rising.

>realistic storyline that takes place in human locations

You're joking right? Have you played Bayonetta?

>original characters

No shit, the first game establishes the cast, the sequel builds on the cast. This is a really dumb comparison.

>actual minigames

If by mini-games you mean the vehicle sections, they were SIGNIFICANTLY better in 2. Shorter, sweeter, more refined. 1's were a pain in the ass and were definitely the low points of the game. If you mean Angel Attack, it was only a silly little thing that everyone skips after the first playthrough.

There are some complaints to be made about 2 in comparison to 1 but yours are just nonsensical.

the only 2 actual flaws on bayonetta 2 compared to the first is that it forces you to use witch time, where as the first game WT was a crutch mechanic, and that the soundtrack was more "epic" instead of "jazzy"

I'm not an expert on Bayo games. I think yoshesque did quite good comparison on why Bayo 2 is worse gameplay wise. Considering she's one of the best Bayo players I don't see a reason to not believe her.