This is the official review of Bayonetta from gaming website PlanetXbox360.com; developed by Platinum Games (Japan) this action game scored high-marks from the reviewer, as well as being coined one of the best action games on the Xbox 360.

Bayonetta, from Japnanese-based developer Platinum Games, is Southland Tales the Video Game; you will play for hours, squint your eyes, shake your head, muse at the goings-on, and dive back in. The panoptic reception ranges from bewildered to amazed: EDGE awards a 10, while Google Chrome releases a Bayonetta Theme, official Playboy promotions allude to some hot chick, and an accessible early level eliminates a "puzzle section." I would love to know what other red-blooded Playboy readers think of Bayonetta in motion. My first thought—crazy Devil May Cry creator creates protagonist who blows kisses, fights Angels, and consumes Demons. Current impression—Bayonetta will win 2010. This is the pinnacle of action gaming, and caveat: not everyone will like it! Bayonetta's jarring start is full of wonder and winces and for the first few hours I grimaced at the embarrassing nuggets of innuendo and pulp that eventually won me over. Press release: Bayonetta is a witch in the future, wakes from a five century nap, fight Things—not sure if they are evil or good—with gunshoes and shapeshifting hair. Wonderful stuff that lightens an exaggerated genre. This game is confident enough for all of the most ridiculous ideas to lull the player into acceptance. Interrogatives turn to imperative, no questions asked.

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