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By the end I was convinced: This sequel builds on everything that made the original great, and delivers one of the most satisfying action games I've played.","2025-02-06T23:46:21.195311-05:00",{"id":308,"logo":335,"name":336,"slug":337,"tags":74,"bluesky":338,"twitter":336,"youtube":339,"facebook":336,"language":44,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":340,"website_url":341,"score_format":47,"average_score":296,"default_timezone":49,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":50,"headquarters_city":342,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":32,"active_authors_count":32,"headquarters_country":85,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":19,"published_authors_count":32,"published_reviews_count":32},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FIGN-logo.jpg","IGN","ign","ign.com","@IGN","We're all about video games, movies, TV, and comics!","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002F","Los Angeles",{"id":344,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":345,"author":346,"original_score":201,"normalized_score":202,"review_url":353,"review_date":354,"summary":355,"created_at":356,"updated_at":357,"author_id":347,"last_edited_at":357,"original_summary":19,"source_language":19,"is_translated":37,"outlet":358},79612,59,{"id":347,"bio":19,"name":348,"avg_score":349,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":350,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":351,"claim_token":19,"article_count":352,"claimed_by_user_id":19},5068,"Matt Mirkovich",81.88135593220339,"2025-01-27T18:20:19.339082-05:00","2025-07-08T17:55:37.942011-04:00",60,"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamingnexus.com\u002FArticle\u002F4587\u002FBayonetta-2\u002F","2014-10-12","Bayonetta 2 is a smashing success, and proves that the WiiU can be the home of some great core titles. Now if only the wait for those titles could be cut a little shorter. Savor this one though, because titles of this level of quality seem to be few and far in between right now.","2025-02-12T05:36:46.393634-05:00","2025-02-12T05:40:53.26964-05:00",{"id":345,"logo":359,"name":360,"slug":361,"tags":212,"bluesky":19,"twitter":362,"youtube":19,"facebook":363,"language":44,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":364,"website_url":365,"score_format":47,"average_score":229,"default_timezone":49,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":50,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":32,"active_authors_count":32,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":366,"published_authors_count":32,"published_reviews_count":32},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGaming-Nexus-Logo.jpg","Gaming Nexus","gaming-nexus","GamingNexus","gamingnexus","Established in 1997, Gaming Nexus is an ad-free site, writing honest video game reviews and covering industry news.","https:\u002F\u002Fgamingnexus.com\u002F","ehauter@gamingnexus.com"]