Um. Ashura's Wrath. Wow.

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I'm not really getting how you think it's on a completely different scale. Just because the weapons are different doesn't mean the game is really that much more unique. "Beat the fuck out of armies of minions." Sounds pretty the same.

Actually, game's like Devil May Cry and God Of War are almost completely different. Breaking down the combat in DMC, the game almost completely revolves around it, with 90% of your additional abilities serving to enhance your combat abilities. God of War may have a similar 'combat rating' system, but the combat is majorly focused on fighting larger enemies, and serves more as a means of showing off the power of the character.

Bayonetta is the DMC model taken to it's logical conclusion, the whole game revolves 100% around combat, with your rating in combat solely determining your end level rating, how fast you gain money and what abilities you have access to. It also has a deeper combat and combo system than either two of the other examples.