Gaming News 15 years ago, this 18/20 rated action video game revolutionized an entire genre, and its influence is still felt today!
Few works can boast of having revolutionized their art, even more so at a time of crisis in their medium. But that’s exactly what the game from a newly founded studio did in 2009.
Fighting and magic, but most of all fighting
If Japan had discovered it in October 2009, In January 2010, Western audiences were finally able to get their hands on it Bayonettathe second project from the newly launched Platinum Games (after his mixed but now cult project). Crazy world). Founded by former Capcom developers who notably worked on works likeEyes, Devil May Cry or resident Evil, Platinum Games counted among its ranks developers such as Hideki Kamiya (Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry), Shinji Mikami (resident Evil, The evil within) or Atsushi Inaba (Eyes, Nier automata).
And with Bayonetta, Platinum Games will simply revolutionize the action games of the time and more precisely the Beat them all. Very inspired by his previous work Devil May CryHideki Kamiya will be about a witch with overwhelming magical powers who faces angels and demons. Impressed by the game’s presentation, the style of the main character and above all by the undeniable qualities of its gameplay, Players will wear out quickly Bayonetta into the sky.
Would platinum lose its shine?
A performance that is all the more impressive Bayonetta was born at a time when the entire industry was questioning the state of Japanese video games, which subsequently suffered a series of critical and financial disappointments. 15 years ago, Platinum Games’ production first appeared on Japanese soil and changed the rest of the industry forever. In fact, the game was undoubtedly the start of the career of the studio, which will offer two sequels and a spin-off of the license, which in turn will allow it to participate in the development of many other important works not l’excellent Metal Gear Rising: Revenge and the masterpiece that is Nier automata. However, not everything was rosy for Platinum Games, as the studio experienced several downturns.
We will particularly remember his contract with Activision which certainly led to the right result Transformers devastation but mainly produced mixed results The Legend of Korra et TMNT: Mutants in Manhattanthree games that are legally inaccessible today (or almost) because they were probably developed under expired license agreements. Most recently, in 2022, the studio experienced a very big disappointment with its Babylon’s fall, The studio’s first attempt at producing a gaming service, which ended with server closures less than a year after its release. Since then, the studio has redeemed itself with the release of the final work in the trilogy Bayonetta as well as a spin-off about the youth of the character of the same name. And despite the departure of Kenichi Sato, now ex-CEO of the studio, and that of Hideki Kamiya, Platinum appears to be continuing the development of its mysterious Project GG which we are still waiting for news about since its announcement in 2020.
