What are you playing?

[ebin namefag]

I've heard mixed things about bayo 2. Some say it's much better than the first because of the tighter mission structure. Others say the combat is dumbed down from bayo 1 and full of added jank. Bayo 3 reception is even more mixed. I've heard some say Bayo 3 has the best combat in the series. Others (rightly) point out the game performs like dogshit on the switch and has terrible visuals.

It's almost like the Switch is a terrible device for faggots that nobody should own.

Young namefag wanted a hexbox for DOA and DOA alone.

[rabidtictac]

DoA 2 Ultimate and DoA 3 were fun. Nigga Gayden Black is better though.

[Kugelfisch]

Museum age 22! I'm fucking hyped!

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

I'm also going for a non-shortcut run (age 21 after the Squats so far). I'm aiming for the true ending, and those Shrine bonuses that boost Structure damage are gonna be very helpful there.

I've heard mixed things about bayo 2. Some say it's much better than the first because of the tighter mission structure. Others say the combat is dumbed down from bayo 1 and full of added jank. Bayo 3 reception is even more mixed. I've heard some say Bayo 3 has the best combat in the series. Others (rightly) point out the game performs like dogshit on the switch and has terrible visuals.

I'd say Bayo 2 takes about as many steps forward as it takes steps back.
It's nice that it has less stupid gimmick stages (fuck that motorcycle segment in Bayo 1 takes forever), but I feel like the bosses leave more to be desired.
Bayo 2 has an odd fascination with boss fights that are pure firefights. You just dodge shit and shoot shit back. I can almost understand that with the kaiju-sized bosses, but then you have shit like the fight against Not-Phantom-from-the-Devil-May-Cry-series and all I ended up doing was ploink arrows at him 'cause the fucker was shy af or something.
And then there's the much-hyped Alraune boss fight. I just kept whacking her with my newly-acquired hammer and somehow managed to ace the fight on my first try. WTF, I didn't even know what I was doing half the time
Also it turns out that demons not made out of hair look a bit underwhelming compared to the freaky angel designs. Should've ripped off some design ideas from Hieronymus Bosch or Berserk.

And to my knowledge Bayo 3 now limits you to one weapon at a time because of some fugly Devil Trigger ripoff. Lame.

[AdorableOtter]

those Shrine bonuses that boost Structure damage are gonna be very helpful there.

Imagine my despair when I realized Yang was immune to focus attacks, after investing the vast majority of upgrades on focus boosts.

[Kugelfisch]

Weapon damage boost seems hilariously broken.
Sure, the best upgrade if you know what you're doing is possibly the third level XP one that impacts parry structure damage. But you have enough shrines to pop those weapon damage and structure damage upgrades anyway and it's honestly more helpful than the takedown health regain in a lot of places.

I'm currently running the Museum over and over again to improve and with rhe abundance of fresh weapons it just turns into a damn slaughter.

Since shrines heal you, I can hit every shrine in the level without losing a life about 50% of the time now.
You can skip the first and third gallery and get all shrines, grab the top level one, go back and take the elevator to the boss entrance and get the last shrine immediately after, skipping the entire side view sequence.
The boss just absolutely wrecks me.

I will likely try and bruteforce my way through her at some point to unlock her in training and then figure her out that way for a better run.


Thanks for the recommendation, Otter! I've seen the game in the store but never really checked it out. This shit is right up my alley and already one of my favourite games of the last five years easily.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

Yeah, that museum boss is one hell of a bitch. She's like the previous boss in hard mode, fast af and spamming mixups like crazy.

[Kugelfisch]

Sean is actually just a noob filter. First phase you can dodge all high, second phase he will occasionally throw in a low that is quite easy to react to.
He just hits fairly hard if you mess up. I didn't lose the two lives to him but one to the two fat fucks and another to the two lightling kick bitches that are technically optional but female, thus make me feel obliged to beat up.

I honestly think that reaching the Museum at age 20 with all shrines wouldn't be too difficult for me by now.
Inconsistent, but possible.

The learning curve is super rewarding in this game! I don't think it's appreciated enough how they made several animations for the same move, depending on where you are facing, to make sure things look legit and cool. It's downright addictive!

[Kugelfisch]

Six Daiquiri in (okay, four and two Devil's Tail), I almost bruteforced the boss.
One more counter and I'd have had it. GG no re.
Weapon durability and damage does carry, though. Beat up that ebin disciple and take her staff and it'll do half the work on phase one.
It's the best reward skill ever. You rule randos like nobody's business and if you ever lose the weapon you can finally use all your tricks again. Either way, it's easy livin'.

[rabidtictac]

How are the roguelite elements of Sifu? The roguelite shit is the reason I didn't buy Sifu when it first came out. I'm tired of meta progression and especially don't think it's a good idea for action games. Another aspect of playing Bayo 1 on a fresh save that kinda sucks is having to purchase every new technique. NG Black handled it better, since upgrading a weapon once would give you a ton of new moves to play with. You didn't have to purchase each move individually.