Better even than starting a game with no expectations, can be starting a game with the wrong expectations.
Maybe I’m not right about this.
I was not right about this.
Cereza is, all told, a sort of exploration, combat, puzzle game.
It’s hard enough to define even before you get to its relationship with Platinum’sBayonettaaction games.
Crucial thing, though: it’s lovely.
It’s lovely and generous and playful and extremely beautiful.
Let’s start with the Bayonetta business, actually.
This is the story of an apprentice witch and her stuffed cat toy.
But you only get this stuff in bursts.
The hook is that you control Cereza with the left Joy-Con, and her cat Cheshire with the right.
But Cereza and Cheshire work together in puzzles too.
There’s a lot of other stuff here.
There are potions to craft, resources to gather, and plenty of lovely little story moments.
