Did Asura’s Wrath Create a New Game Genre by Accident? The ‘Interactive Anime Series’

OXCGN:

"Ever since Asura’s Wrath had been announced, I had kept an eye on the game’s progress.

Being a fan of Japanese Anime, such as Dragonball Z and the like, the game looked to take various cues and themes from Anime Pop Culture.

The art style looked to be a nice balance of hand-drawn and computer generated images. Battles take place on such an immense and global scale.

Asura’s Wrath promised an engaging story; I couldn’t wait to get stuck into it."

[BadCircuit]

Not sure I like it as an interacive anime, but I'd play an interactive Metal Gear Solid...oh wait! :p

[gaminoz]

Lol. I remember one cut scene in MGS4 being over a half hour I think. But the gameplay does make up for the soap opera scenes!

[WeskerChildReborned]

Yea MGS4 is truly a great game and i've been meaning to check out Asura's Wrath for a while cause i liked the demo.

[gaminoz]

I wondered about this game. It seemed a bit 'out there' for my liking...very Japanese. They kind of turn me off. And yet I loved Onimusha. Why hasn't Capcom made another Onimusha yet???

[Skate-AK]

Cause it's Capcom. They do the opposite of what their fans want. I want them to make a HD collection rather than a new one. With the way Capcom is this gen it would have cut content and on disc DLC.

[Mocat]

Even a Onimusha HD collection would make me happy

[Jadedz]

I realized that it was a title I could never get into.

[dc1]

That's fare.

However, I loved the game. One of the most pure fun (WTF and LOL) gaming moments I have had over the last year.

[DeusExer]

I think if the game was more fairly priced, instead of full retail, more people would more than likely give this game a chance.

As hardly anybody is going to pay full price for around 2 hours of gameplay.

[gaminoz]

That's the truth. If it is that 'niche' it should be XBLA or PSN. It's either a game or an interactive movie

[vortis]

I thought the game was straight-up awesome (minus the $6.99 ending) but yeah, full retail for what was essentially an interactive movie was a bit much. Did the game really cost $60 million to produce? What were using, $1 million dollar quick-time cues?

[Ben_Grimm]

I did like this as an Anime, it was bad a*&. As a game though it was very "meh".

But I could serious see this as an Anime.

[amaguli]

I remember playing the demo and then buying Asura's Wrath a day later. I was able to forgive its shortcomings as a game because I absolutely love anime. If Asura's Wrath launched at $40 and marketed as an anime/game hybrid, sales would have been a lot better.

[Rockefellow]

They literally said in multiple interviews that this was their exact intent. What stupid article.

[ShoryukenII]

I'd like to buy this but there is no way that I am paying $60 for this. The fact that I have to pay $7 for an ending puts this at the very bottom of my backlog.

[gemc666]

hmm, that title can go to Naruto ultimate ninja storm 1 and 2, you play as you are watching the fuckin' anime

[Gen0ne]

My complaint was that I wanted to actually be Asura for a while. Seriously, he's under your direct control for maybe like, 5 minutes (maybe) and then its 10-15 minutes of interactive cutscenes and 3 minutes of semi-direct control to 10 minutes of cutscenes...etc... Still have this game and someday I'll beat it, but Asura needs to stand tall next to Bayonetta. Asura should be the new Dante for Capcom.

[Frankfurt]

70% of the QTEs COULD NOT BE FAILED. If you didn't press any button, the game just kept going like nothing happened.

The only "interaction" in this piece of garbage were the button-mashing, flailing attempts at "gameplay". It's easily the worst action game of the generation. Even Enslaved had more depth and responsiveness to its combat.

I didn't even need this game to have Bayonetta, Ninja Gaiden or DMC-level combat. The setting and characters were good, I would've been happy with God of War or Splatterhouse-level combat, but we didn't even get that.

[D3mons0ul]

piece of garbage? bit of an exaggeration.

[Eske]

I don't have a problem with games that are more "mixed media" and less interactive, as long as they're priced accordingly. When you can get a movie for $1 at Redbox, it's really hard to justify a full $60 cost for such a game.