8. Bayonetta
One of the most critically-acclaimed, campiest action games of the last console generation was best played on the Xbox 360, with the PS3 version suffering from worse graphics, slowdowns and iffy controls. Just as well then, that this is the version that'll soon be playable your Xbox One. The Xbox One is yet to have a defining combo-based action game; this game probably would've been Bayonetta 2, but Nintendo selfishly nabbed that as a Wii U exclusive, which was the equivalent of locking it in a vault and throwing away the code to ensure that no one in the world would ever get to play it. With its pastel aesthetic, unapologetic weirdness and Japanese pop music, Bayonetta may not have the instant carnal appeal of something like God of War, but give it a chance and you'll learn to love it. Bayonetta certainly has a more imaginative move set than the Greek God of Tantrums, and you may find that it's actually more fun taking out angels and other pseudo-Christian oddities using guns and summoned dragons than it is to disembowel a centaur for the hundredth time.
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