I’ve been following Bayonetta news since I saw the screenshot for the main character, and after seeing videos of the gameplay I was quite excited. The game was developed by Hideki Kamiya who also created the Devil May Cry series and Viewtiful Joe, and based on the gameplay trailers I saw looked great and got me excited to play it. So you can imagine how excited I was to receive one of the demo download codes the other day! So once it was done downloading I fired up the demo and began to play.

The controls are really easy to pick up once you know the basics, and from there it’s just fun to figure out some of the cool moves and combos that you can do. Once you complete the tutorial, you begin the game in a battle on a clocktower that is falling from the sky against some angels. It was nice to get thrown right into the action and the environments are quite stunning. I also really enjoy the general character design from Bayonetta’s hip-wagging walk to the amazing designs of the various Angels she has to fight.

There are also some fun controls and moves that are great. The best I think is Witch Time which occurs when you dodge an attack at the last second. Witch time slows time so that you move normally but the enemies do not, and this is great for getting in some big hits while fighting a boss or large group of enemies. There are also the Torture attacks which I had a lot of fun activating just to see the various torture devices that appear and are used to kill off the angles.

The one bad thing about the demo I felt was that it went by too quickly. I would have enjoyed it more if it had been longer, but all in all it was a solid demo. It’s a decent showcase for the game and what it will be like, and I’ll most likely pick it up when it comes out! Bayonetta comes out in North America in January 2010.