This is really kind of repeating the last point, but even from these weirdly isolated chapters, you get the sense of epic cosmic drama going on in and around Asura's Wrath, and that's something sorely lacking in our big, sci-fi action games. In both cases, the context of the QTEs is very interesting (even if the story is somewhat impenetrable), and you'll be squaring off against spaceships and planet-sized gods in no time. While I have some minor quibbles about the way the textures on some of the characters' bodies are handled (they can look a little craggy here and there) on balance the handful of enemies you encounter, the effects, and Asura himself animate beautifully.īoth encounters are pretty different in terms of how they handle and show off the game's action, and my overall feelings on how it's handled tends towards both the 'good' and the 'bad.' The points of interaction are fewer and more spread out in the first fight while the second in Chapter 11 is a more traditional boss battle that seques into a a few QTEs.

Have you seen CyberConnect2's Naruto games? This is a developer that knows how to make attractive, anime-inspired titles and Asura's Wrath is no different. That's right, the Asura's Wrath demo shows off the game's QTEs.Īsura's Wrath is a tale of revenge, as the title character sets out to avenge himself upon the gods who killed his wife and kidnap his daughter, but you would be hard-pressed to know much of that from this demo which presents gameplay from the title's fifth and eleventh chapters. Typically, when developers say this, they mean using a conceit like an announcer saying 'Last time, on Asura's Wrath.' but at least based on this demo, what the Japanese developer actually intends here is a dialog and exposition-heavy experience with numerous button prompts. If I had, I would know that developer CyberConnect2 (responsible for the last few years' worth of console Naruto games, and now it all makes sense) intended for the game to have the feel of episodic TV. I knew that it was a character action game from Capcom, but up until this point hadn't been following its coverage. I actually went into the demo of Asura's Wrath a bit blind.

Capcom's two chapter demo of their latest action adventure title has the feel of wandering into the fifth episode of a TV show you've never seen before.

Asura wrath gameplay