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Bayonetta Earns Perfect Score on the Xbox 360, but the PS3 Version Is a Lesser One

Famitsu magazine gave the game two different scores, one for each platform

Oct 21, 2009 19:01 GMT  ·  By
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Gaming magazine Famitsu is the first to come to a hands-on conclusion regarding Platinum Games's newest action title, Bayonetta. The official verdict is in and according to it it is perfect. The game was put in front a of a four-man jury where it was awarded a mark from one to ten. After a strict deliberation, it received the maximum score of 40. In the past eleven years, an only equal number of games have been considered worthy of a perfect mark from the magazine, but they're not evenly distributed to one every ear.

In 1998 the award was claimed by The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, in 1999 by Soulcalibur, and in the Y2K by Vagrant Story. The next two years were apparently bad ones for the gaming industry, and no title could be awarded the sought-after prize. The Legend of Zelda made a comeback into the top with The Wind Waker in 2003, while Nintendogs was the one that managed to score a perfect 40 in 2005. Final Fantasy XII did the same in 2006 and the year 2008 had a stunning number of three games collect the title. Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and 428 are the ones that Famistru considered as excellent last year.

So far, 2009 has also managed to claim three perfect games, Dragon Quest IX, Monster Hunter Tri and now Bayonetta. But the last one is set apart from all others by a series of individual accomplishments. It's the first multi-platform game to receive a perfect score, but it's also the first to receive two marks. The reason is simple, the PlayStation 3 port of the game has been deemed lesser than the Xbox 360 version and didn't receive the same maximum score, managing to gather only 38 points.

As noted by several different previews of the game, the PS3 visuals proved to be a little bit unpolished and even with the lesser graphics, it had frame rate issues. These problems were also present in the demo, but Sega still has a chance to mend things. Bayonetta will be officially launched in January 2011, so if they hurry they might be able to fix the problems the game has on the PlayStation 3. Until then, the best choice would be to plan your purchase for the Xbox 360 version, as long as you own both consoles.