Talk:Bayonetta 2/@comment-189.250.83.96-20150112013557/@comment-1971498-20150112230625

I like Balder in both games, and I really love that Bayo 2 expands on his character and makes him more than just a 2-D villain. I think what people are forgetting is that even though Loptr's soul would go on to influence him, it's not like he's just Loptr 2.0. He's still Balder, just turned evil over time. The fact that he's fighting for Paradiso and the resurrection of Jubileus falls more in line with Balder's beliefs as a Lumen Sage than anything to do with Loptr, so if anything Loptr's soul just amps up his allegiance with the  forces of Light. There's also the fact that even though Balder was corrupted by evil, his plans in Bayo 1 still involved his own child becoming an Eye for Jubileus alongside him; which is funny because even though he's meant to be evil due to Loptr's soul, it shows that he still loves Bayonetta enough to put her in a powerful position even when he's planning to recreate the entire universe through Jubileus's revival. It sort of shows that Balder really cared for Bayonetta even at his worst, and that's an added depth that I appreciate Bayo 2 for.