
Players can use the Nintendo Switch touch screen to easily manipulate Bayonetta as she moves, attacks and evades enemies.īayonetta’s longtime friend and fellow Umbra Witch, Jeanne, appears to assist Bayonetta in performing combination attacks and in doling out intense punishment against enemies. The Touch Controls, on the other hand, offer a more convenient play style for those unfamiliar with action games or simply looking for a new spin on action.

The Classic Controls represent the technical control scheme unique to Bayonetta, an acclaimed control scheme that fans of the original game love and all action game fans will enjoy.

Play your wayĬhoose between Classic and Touch play styles. Using magic, she can unleash an ability called Umbran Climax to summon demonic monsters and deliver mighty attacks repeatedly. With her graceful fighting style and peerless magical powers, she captivates and terrifies her opponents in their final moments.Īrmed with deadly weapons and abilities, Bayonetta has her enemies baffled by her moves and torture attacks. The witch is backīorn of a forbidden union between the Lumen Sages and the Umbra Witches, the mighty witch Bayonetta travels from the distant past to the present day. And take to the skies in a fight against a demonic dragon while ascending to the top of a skyscraper. Duke it out against a giant angelic monster with a deadly whip-like arm on top of a speeding train. As with the previous game, Bayonetta can use Torture Attacks on her enemies, conjured torture devices that finish off single enemies in gruesome ways and grant a bonus to the player.Fight on top of a jet as it soars through a downtown city. Players earn grades during combat, with the highest 'Pure Platinum' grade achieved by performing high numbers of combos, in the fastest time possible, without being damaged. A large array of weapons can be equipped, including the character's signature guns, a bow, swords and other forms of projectile weapons. Weapon customization from the first game also returns, allowing players to equip combinations of new weapons on both Bayonetta's hands and feet. Players are also able to use special moves called Torture Attacks, trapping opponents in infernal devices for extra points.

Dodging enemy attacks at the last second activates 'Witch Time', slowing down enemies around Bayonetta and allowing players to easily retaliate and solve certain environmental puzzles. Bayonetta 2 carries on the action-style gameplay of its predecessor, in which players control the eponymous Bayonetta as she fights against various angelic and demonic forces using combinations of melee attacks and gunplay.
