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This game is highly overlooked and underrated. It may be a huge string of quick time events, but it's excellently crafted and a helluva lot of fun to play. I gave it a shot and was definitely not disappointed!
Its fine if you only plan on playing it once but over all I can not see myself playing it more than once, its a very story intensive game. Some of the boss battles are rather drawn out and get incredibly boring because of how long they are. The text on the screen is unreadable unless you have a huge tv and change the brightness as they seem to like to put white text on light backgrounds; too some of the characters speak very softly in the cut scenes so you either need to crank the volume or turn on the subtitles and pray your tv is large enough and that the background isn't bright.
First things first: This is more of an anime than a video game. There are A LOT of cutscenes and the very few gameplay moments are usually composed of either Quick Time Events, Beat-em-ups, or a shooter. The quick time events aren't actually like most games, where if you fail to press the correct button in time you die. Instead, if you fail to press the right button, the scene plays out like normal. They're really only there to affect your score and in some cases, start you off with less health if you miss. On occassion there are moments where you'll have to mash B in a bit of a tug of war, but even these really just affect the score.
The Beat-em-up segments are relatively simple - there's a light attack, a heavy attack that takes time to recharge, and the ability to dodge. You can execute button combos and there is a small selection of special moves. There is also an Unlimited Meter, which lets you execute as many heavy attacks when it's filled up, and a Burst Meter. The Burst Meter functions as a way to finish the segment. You fill up the Burst Meter by attacking and performing combos. Once it's full, you'll receive an on-screen command telling you to press the Right Trigger (or R2 on PS3) to end the segment. It's basically a "Press to Win Fight" button.
Finally, the shooter segments are basically on-rails segments. You can move within the confines of the screen and you have two attacks, a rapid fire blast and a more powerful lock-on blast. The Burst Meter makes a return here and, much like in the Beat-em-up segments, serves as a way to end the segment.
The story is revolves around Asura, the player character, and how he was betrayed by his fellow demigods. They falsely accuse him of murder, kill his wife and kidnap his child. Asura, who is already an angry individual, sets out on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge so fierce that nothing can stop him. Seriously, this guy is so angry that God of War's Kratos would probably tell him to calm down. And yet, unlike some overly-angry player characters, you get the feeling that he still cares about the people in the world and wants to protect them. In summary, the story is enjoyable and you might consider it an odd combination of God of War's Revenge driven plot with hints of Buddhist and Hindu religious elements mixed in.
The graphics and effects are actually pretty good, with the art-style basically taking a page from Street Fighter IV. The battles taking place in space, especially at the beginning when the entire space fleet is involved, are amazing and I wish there were more there. At one point one of the enemies transforms into the size of a planet and can be seen as one of the most memorable scenes in the game. The music is pretty good; In Your Belief, the game's theme song, is hauntingly beautiful and reminds you of how tortured Asura truly is.
I'd give this game a higher score, but I have two MAJOR issues. For starters, this is less of a video game and more like an anime. There are about 18 episodes in the game, and they are VERY cut-scene intensive. It can be beaten in one sitting if one really wanted to. Each episode does have opening and end credits and even a small bump in the episode. Because of how there are more cut-scenes than actual gameplay, I'd have to dock it a bit. The next is just a dirty move on Capcom's part: They took the last 4 episodes of the game (Episodes 19-22) of the game, sold it separately as DLC, and were marketing it as the way the game TRULY ends. I know I really shouldn't dock a point or two for this, but after the DLC was released, it felt like I paid for an incomplete game.
So, with all that said, I feel like as a game, Asura's Wrath is a 3 out of 5. However, if I look at it as a multimedia experience and less of a game, I'd give it a 4 out of 5. The graphics, music, and story are good, and it did have some amazing moments. If there was more gameplay, and if Capcom didn't take off a chunk of the game, I'd recommend it to everyone. As it stands though, I can really only recommend it to anime fans and people that enjoy a good story.
This is about as close as you can get to Dragon's Lair game play, so no, this is not a regular hack and slash. That's not a bad thing, it's great. Most games out there for years now are so similar, if you've played one, you've played them all. Not so with this, you'll remember this game as being different. Awesome, awesome concepts in this game.
Look: Gears of War/Anarchy Reigns/Street Fighter.
Aesthetics: beautiful dark color schemes and shadowing, bold and creative art. If you're into graphic, concept and character design, this game will inspire you to greater heights. Cyberpunk meets Asian arts concepts.
Gameplay: first time I heard the term, 'bumper' but since you can changes this as a setting from the menu, yeah, this is a bumper title, similar to scenes from The Force Unleashed. This one uses most, if not all of the buttons interactively, hit A, Y, left or right thumb sticks and so on, so bumper, check, hack and slash, check, rail shooter, check. Sounds like a lot mixed in a game, but like I said, you will remember this one.
Story: set up as parts, if you beat part 1 for example, you'll get end credits and presented by Capcom logo, but then you head off to part 2 and so on. This game is drenched in in future/traditional, fantasy, myth story.
Overall, I had a blast. This game had great directing, art and sound. It looks like the collaborator's took great pride in their work, I hope to see something similar to this in the future.
This game has the best story, soundtrack, and visuals, of any game I have ever played, not even Halo 2 came close. This game is one of a kind, as it sends you through the most chill inducing, awe inspiring, battles any game can offer. It will send you on an emotional roller-coaster, as it makes you cry, awestruck, and give you an adrenaline rush. This game is a must have for anyone looking to experience the best story in a video game, mad props to Capcom.
That one word sums this entire game up. The boss battles are intense as ever, the game never gets boring, not to mention the fantastic musical score. Stop reading the reviews and play it for yourself. :D
