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With the left stick, you control Cereza’s movements, and you can use her potions with the directional buttons and her Umbra spells with the left triggers. In order to do that, Bayonetta Origins basically divides control between the Joy-Con. Yet, Bayonetta Origins executes that while keeping and adapting some of the best aspects from the Bayonetta series, including the complex combat and thrilling action-focused gameplay. The fabulous Brothers – a Tale of Two Sons is probably the most renowned game that explores a similar idea. Here, you have Cereza and Cheshire, two very different characters that have their own unique set of skills and limitations, and you need to control both at the same time in order to overcome different types of obstacles. It’s on top of that basic premise that Bayonetta Origins presents and develops a concept that isn’t explored too frequently in games: a ‘co-op game that you play alone’. You can overcome obstacles by controlling both Cereza and Cheshire at the same time. Consequently, this unlikely ally becomes a fundamental element that is extremely important in combat, exploration, as well as in puzzle-solving. On the contrary, you have total freedom to summon and control Cheshire directly most of the time. Here, Cheshire isn’t just a tool to be used only in combat. While summoning and using demons during combat have been a staple in the Bayonetta series (something that has been considered expanded in Bayonetta 3 ), the way it happens in Bayonetta Origins is somewhat unique when compared to other games in the franchise. Instead of returning to Inferno, though, the monster gets stuck inside Cereza’s doll, and is obliged to help Cereza, so they both can find a way back home. Despite half-failing at performing the spell, she summons Cheshire, a powerful cat-like creature that she can’t really control. Alone, she couldn’t really stand a chance to survive through the night, but she finds herself an unlikely ally after trying to use her Umbra spells to summon a demon from Inferno. Guided by a mysterious white wolf, Cereza finds herself trapped in Avalon Forrest, which she discovers to be a dangerous place inhabited by mischievous faeries. The witch-in-training must work together with the lost demon. Hopeless, she decides to enter the dangerous Avalon Forrest in an attempt to search for a mysterious source of power, which may be just what she needs in order to rescue her mother. Now, despite being trained by another castaway witch called Morgana, Cereza finds herself powerless upon learning that her mother is about to be dragged to a faraway prison, from where she will probably never leave. Shy, frightened, clumsy, and almost completely inept at the Umbra arts, Cereza is a suffering child that has to deal with terrible impositions that have taken place as a consequence of her birth condition.ĭue to the fact that she is the daughter of an Umbra Witch and a Lumen Sage (opposite faction forces in the Bayonetta universe), Cereza has been banned forever from the Umbra Witches village, while her mother has been imprisoned for life. Taking place many years before any of the games from the original trilogy, Origins presents Cereza, a witch-in-training that, when it comes to both power and personality, feels almost like the complete opposite of the Bayonetta we know so far. The main adventures of Bayonetta Origins are centered on a much younger version of Bayonetta. Witness the story of a much younger Bayonetta. It is a surprising release that didn’t have the same anticipation as Bayonetta 3 did (after all, it was announced and released within a three-month window), but it is a game that explores the origins of the Umbra Witch in a clever and creative manner. Taking inspiration from these fairy tales in more than one way, Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon brings an entirely new flavour to the Bayonetta series in the form of a spin-off that isn’t afraid of mixing different genres and trying unique ideas. Some of the best fairy tale books start in a similar manner: with a curious child answering a call to adventure.
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