Loooong gaming vacation comes to an end. Two full weeks gaming more or less non-stop. I was mostly playing Bayonetta games (1 on 360, and 1+2 on Wii U), but also some other games in between:
Bastion (Steam):
This game works great to cool off and relax a bit after super tense Platinum game session. It can get pretty intense itself:
but nothing on the levels Bayonetta reaches.
Ron Perlman sound-alike's narration is soothing. His voice and game's distinctive visuals work great together.
Gameplay is nothing special, especially on a controller where you don't even have to aim. Shield and it's timing based counters add some element of depth though.
I tried to activate four Idols at once for greater challenge. Yeah no, the very first pack of birds on the level kills me on these settings.
Bayonetta (360)
Got all platinums on all levels on Hard difficulty. It went easier than i thought.
Level "Tower to truth" is ridiculously long, and was very hard to platinum on Normal. Now, on Hard i know that if i can get Pure Platinums on a few easier verses i can relax a bit and get a few golds and silvers because it will average out to overall level Platinum in the end.
After that Lumen Sage boss turned out to be complete cake. I got Gold on him on first try, just by flailing
Sai Fungs like a mad man and blocking everything he tries to send at me. He was like a toy in my hands. Got Platinum on third try.
In the final boss fight where i hit
God so hard her soul flies away from her body and i have to direct it to the sun i kept crashing into various planets. First it was Neptune, then i destroyed Mars twice. Each time i was forced to turn off the console and then restart it because if i fail this part -- it will destroy my overall rank because this is considered "death" and i will have to redo the entire epilogue. So i had to turn the console off before planet death cutscene ends and it saves over, recording my "death".
That final boss has a lot of cheap things like that -- one particular attack (black hole that sucks you in) is also one hit death and i also had to retry this verse a few times because i was afraid it is just about to get me so i didn't risk it and restarted the verse.
Last
two alfheims were very hard to platinum. I think each took like an hour or even more. Not only they have special conditions (like "no witch time" or "only wicked weaves can harm enemies") but on top of that all enemies are on fire so you can't even touch them. These alfheims forced me to learn dodge offset though and that is a good thing for future Non-stop Infite Climax run.