Talk:Bayonetta 2/@comment-189.250.149.218-20150124035452/@comment-78.146.188.144-20150124162909

wut? Rosa's death isn't silly. Well, at least not purposely. It's pulled off both times to be heavily traumatic, with Bayonetta seeing her mother collapse once and die twice (in different stages of life), and Balder seeing his wife die after thinking she already did.

The tone of Bayonetta 1's scenes aren't nearly as dramatic or dark. Luka's hatred of Bayonetta only occurs when the plot feels like it, even when he doesn't find out the truth until Chapter XVI. The Balder scene is pretty much set up for pure hatred due to the fact that all we know is he killed Rosa and brought Cereza forward in time. The tone's lightened by his silly demeanor and agent peacock clothing. And every time it looks like a character dies, they just come back not dead at all.

Bayonetta 2 kicks off with the death of Balder, follows up with the death of Jeanne (which is an actual death that has to be revived), then afterwards the death of Rosa, and finally the reincarnation of Loki, all of which are permanent with one exception.

We then get to know Balder, but we all know he's going to get slaughtered, making the first game harsher in hindsight. We see Bayonetta being pushed to her limits rather than her roflstomping the whole game Mary-Sue style, and her human traits coming out.

Angels still give off a lot of blood, and by comparision, the new torture attacks give off a lot more than the old ones. Demons giving off no blood is because the majority of demons we encounter are mechanical-style, with the exception of the second Bayo v Masked Lumen fight taking place in a body full of the red stuff, as well as the summon demons letting it off when they're assaulted.

In the end, it's a matter of opinion. But in my own, Bayonetta 2 is a lot darker in tone because all the characters become pretty developed and actually cared for, making us sad when they're hurt, sad or kiled, whilst Bayonetta 1 pretty much just developed Luka and Jeanne, giving us less to care for.