PlatinumGames expands its bag of tricks with the surprisingly charming Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon.
Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon MSRP $59.99 Score Details DT Recommended Product “Even with some tricky controls, Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon offers a charming adventure with surprisingly satisfying solo co-op combat.” Pros Cons With Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, developer PlatinumGames has inadvertently set out on a noble, but complicated quest: transform an aging series into something more timeless.
Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon is both a delightful surprise and one of the oddest uses of video game IP imaginable. Enchanting visuals, rewarding exploration, and a surprisingly deep combat system make for a lovely adventure with a classic feel, even if some complicated systems leave room for the little oddity to grow.
Putting that tension aside, the presentation gives the adventure a distinct charm that takes me back to Okami and The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. When I look out at one of its detailed forest landscapes, it almost feels like I’m staring at a sea of stained glass windows. Early biomes are bathed in cool blues and purples rather than green and brown Earth tones.
The Legend of Cereza The narrative setup and actual gameplay fit together nicely here, as Bayonetta Origins plays like a traditional Legend of Zelda game — something that feels canonical to video games in the same way fairytales do to literature. In it, Cereza travels through the woods hunting down different elemental doohickeys, obtaining new powers that solve environmental puzzles, and opening a whole bunch of treasure chests.
The excellent design and art direction can add to the confusion too. Rather than sending the duo across flat fields, biomes are intricately woven spaces built from crisscrossing flora pathways. Traversal is a visual delight on first pass, but it can make backtracking for hidden items a little tricky. Bayonetta Origins is loaded with collectibles, like wisps and upgrade materials, which are marked on the map after clearing shrine-like Tír na nÓg challenges .
There are tons of opportunities to test those skills too. Aside from general encounters in the world, many of the Tír na nÓg challenges revolve around clearing a multi-enemy battle with a caveat, like only being able to damage vine-bound enemies. Each shrine can be revisited in a time trial, emphasizing how fast and furious players can get with the system once it’s mastered.
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