{"id":837,"date":"2013-03-09T19:34:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T01:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baconstripempire.wordpress.com\/?p=837"},"modified":"2013-07-17T08:19:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T14:19:49","slug":"phantastic-game-reviews-asuras-wrath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reimer.haus\/bse\/phantastic-game-reviews-asuras-wrath\/","title":{"rendered":"[Ph!GR] Asura’s Wrath"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Asuras<\/a><\/p>\n

I had a lot of Tagline ideas for this one\u2026 So, uh\u2026 Here you go.<\/p>\n

Because screw physics.<\/b><\/p>\n

Liam O\u2019Brien, we need to stop meeting like this.<\/b><\/p>\n

Who exactly do gods pray to?<\/b><\/p>\n

The only game where fighting a giant red elephant is considered \u201cnormal\u201d.<\/b><\/p>\n

Press X to not die.<\/b><\/p>\n

And finally\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

I could take Asura on. \u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n

So, how about them Mets? Wuzzat? They suck at baseball? I never watch dat crap. I\u2019ve been too busy playing Asura\u2019s Wrath to be watchin\u2019 pathetic wimpy babies hitting a ball with a stick. I\u2019d much rather be watchin\u2019 freaking demi-gods punching lightning death rays into space and yelling a whole lot. That\u2019s what happens in Asura\u2019s Wrath. I\u2019m telling you that for a reason.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s what goes down.<\/p>\n

Asura is a real angry dude. And he is betrayed by his friends. That makes him angry. Angry dude + anger= problems\u2026 anger problems.<\/p>\n

Basically the story of Asura\u2019s Wrath is based off Japanese mythology revolving around the seven deities. Which are basically the seven deadly sins\u2026 That seems kind of backwards. The gods they\u2019re based off seem like some happy folk. Why dey so bad? You got pride, wrath, greed and violence (That\u2019s not one. It replaces Gluttony\u2026 Well the violence guy is pretty fat. So I guess I\u2019ll let it slide.) They took some liberties with the source material.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the story. There are the Eight Guardian Generals which are basically just the Seven Deities and Asura who fly around in space and kill the Gohma. They\u2019re the bad guys. I guess if I had to describe the Gohma I would use the terms oversized black, red-veiny animals that are bad people. The Eight Guardian Generals use the power of \u201cmantra\u201d and something called the Kama Sutr- nope nope. Wrong thing. Brahmastra to kill the Gohma. Mantra is basically prayers from mortals, except they use it as gasoline or something because it powers all their machines. Don\u2019t dwell on how stupid that sounds, it\u2019s a Capcom game. So the Eight Guardian Generals are floating around Gaea shooting up all the Gohma with their mantra and Brahmastra,(Lost? Yeah, me too.) When all of a sudden a wild Vlitra appears! Vlitra is the biggest Gohma and he she it is bad, its badness level is literally immeasurable. That\u2019s pretty freaking bad. So, the Eight Guardian Generals decide to fire off the Brahmastra but apparently they don\u2019t have enough mantra. They do it anyways and the battle is won. They return home and Asura goes back to his wife. He\u2019s all like \u201cHey honey.\u201d And she all \u201cWelcome home baby.\u201d WAIT! TWILIGHT SPARKLE, you get out of this game. Wait. His wife is played by Tara Strong? Gee, I hope she\u2019s in this game lots. Oop, she dead. Asura is framed for the murder of the emperor and his wife is killed and his daughter is kidnapped because she\u2019s good at praying and summoning Mantra. Then Asura dies\u2026 Poor guy. He wakes up 12,000 years later on Gaea (That\u2019s earth, bee tee dubs.) And then the Seven Deities show up to smack him around. But he remembers that they killed Twilight Sparkle and some girl and goes all super saiyan on them. That\u2019s the story.<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s the gameplay. The gameplay is set into three different playstyles. There\u2019s your standard fighting type where you\u2019re in a small arena, there are on rail shooter sections where you fly through space and take down giant space crabs or whatever. And the Quick Time Events. Hate Quick Time Events? Too bad, you\u2019ll be doing a lot of those. I guess maybe I should take this time to explain that I don\u2019t hate QTE\u2019s I actually kind of enjoy them. If you can be expecting them. Most games do them wrong by throwing them into the middle of cut-scenes when you put the controller down and start adjusting your pants. Hey, it happens to the best of us. The way this game does QTE\u2019s is by having you activate them after building up the \u201cBurst Bar\u201d by dealing enough damage to any enemies you come in contact with. It\u2019s also the only way to advance.<\/p>\n

So as for the game as an experience\u2026 Well, it\u2019s a little weird for an amount of reasons. The story is weak, the characters are all crazy and the voice acting\u2019s less than superb. Actually, the majority of Asura\u2019s dialogue is yelling and grunting. Something Liam O\u2019Brien seems to be very proficient at.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day it\u2019s all about what you want out of a game. Do you want a game that makes Dragon Ball Z look like My Little Pony? Then I could probably recommend Asura\u2019s Wrath. Do you want a game that takes time to tell a good story with a deep and powerful payoff? Then play Walking Dead you scrub. Actually just go play Walking Dead. \u2018s a good game. So is Asura\u2019s Wrath, but for completely different reasons.<\/p>\n

On a scale from something logical and sane to something strawberry top hats. Asura\u2019s Wrath gets a very loud yell followed by something flying 600 miles that way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had a lot of Tagline ideas for this one\u2026 So, uh\u2026 Here you go. Because screw physics. Liam O\u2019Brien, we need to stop meeting like this. Who exactly do gods pray to? The only game where fighting a giant red elephant is considered \u201cnormal\u201d. Press X to not die. And finally\u2026 I could take…<\/p>\n

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