Review: Bayonetta Origins: Cereza And The Lost Demon - A Placid Prequel For Platinum's Star

A Kind of Magic.

If you happened to read our Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon preview a few weeks back you'll know that after the first five chapters of the game, we were pretty excited to continue our adventures through PlatinumGames' bewitching spin-off from the main Bayonetta series. We were impressed with its mix of gameplay mechanics and the enchanting atmosphere of the whole thing, and it seemed to be building up to a jaunt through a forbidden forest with plenty of well-designed puzzles and battles that would build on what we'd already seen.

However, as it turns out, Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon never really manages to take off as we'd hoped. Whilst certainly entertaining and endearing, what we're left with is an experience that feels like a little bit of a missed opportunity, especially given how much it manages to get right in terms of its overall style and tone.

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