Asuras Wrath

Date Started

Jul 29, 2023

Progress

complete

Console

seriesx

Genre

Beat-Em-Up

Date Finished

Aug 04, 2023

Originally played by me in 2023, I’m compiling this review based on a series of discord messages sent to rappy as well as a small twitter thread. I’m going to try to present this as unedited as possible because the Discord messages in order were very good.

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CYBERBUFFALO | Jul 29, 2023 11:56 AM

Fuck it - Catrena's going to see Barbie today and then getting lunch, i'm a little hung over from ween last night

Its fucking Azura's Wrath time

LETS FUCKING GO

Something I've seen a lot of in regards to FF16 is "You wanted Asura's Wrath 2, you got FF16"

I already feel like I'm going to have an unhealthy obsession with this

CYBERBUFFALO | Jul 29, 2023 12:02 PM

oh my god this game

Grand orchestral sadness? check

strange religions? double check

insane battles in space?? CHECK

CYBERBUFFALO | Jul 29, 2023 12:09 PM

the art style of this game reminds me a bit of Fist of the North Star

CYBERBUFFALO | Jul 29, 2023 12:19 PM

this game is laid out weird, it feels like it almost wants to be an anime first, a manga second and a video game third

(and that's not a dig, just an observation about formatting)

it also seems like they took hindu and buddhist philosophies and threw them into a blender

berserk, too. lots of berserk in here

CYBERBUFFALO | Jul 29, 2023 1:33 PM

This is me to this game

CYBERBUFFALO | Jul 29, 2023 3:18 PM

Lol I just got an achievement for interrupting a bosses speech called “Shut Up Wyzen”

Incredible

CYBERBUFFALO | Jul 29, 2023 3:34 PM

I just stopped a finger from god that was twice the size of earth, blew that deity into stardust and lava and in the process destroyed my arms

this is the most video game ass video game i've ever played and I fucking love it

its INSANE

anytime anyone says that QTEs are trash i'm going to force this game into their anus

because they rule

do we need them in Resident Evil games? Probably not. Do they work to get you mashing buttons in a face-off between you and a deity? absolutely.

CYBERBUFFALO | Aug 01, 2023 9:04 PM

I might be close to the end

I’m playing as Yasha AND Asura as we fly through space in the buddy mobile to kill giant Deus

The more I play this I’m wondering if this was released weekly or something

The chapters

Because they do a “next time on Asuras Wrsth” at the end and it’s like… dude I’m LITERALLY going to play it right now

So I’ve been skipping them

CYBERBUFFALO | Aug 02, 2023 2:52 PM

I rolled credits on Chapter 18 of Asura's Wrath last night and after the lengthy credit sequence, the tally of scores and showing me what we've unlocked, it informed me that there is indeed a TRUE ending that I was not privy to

and in order to obtain the true last chapter, I need to get S-rank on 5 chapters, or play at least 50 chapters total

and my smug ass was all "i've easily lapped up 5 s-ranks, losers"

and after getting the tally back from NASA, i indded fell short by 1 S-rank lol

so I'm going in to try to get an s-rank on one more so I can see the TRUE ENDING

CYBERBUFFALO | Aug 02, 2023 4:43 PM

DAMNNNN

DAMMMNNN

I knew that the stupid golden spider was going to come back into play here, but I did not expect THAT

Last night I kept asking "What about OLGA!?" and hoo boy

she gets fucking yeeted from the universe lmfao

Asura is LIam O'Brien of Griomoire Weiss and Critical Roll fame

Yasha is Robin Atkin Downes of TRAVIS TOUCHDOWN fame

Olga is Tara Strong of Juliet Starling (among a billion other things) fame

CYBERBUFFALO | Aug 04, 2023 4:59 PM

oh my god I'm playing the Asura's Wrath DLC and I just hit a story beat that was maybe some of the coolest and best storytelling I've seen in a game

holy shit the end of this DLC is incredible

Aug 5, 2023

Maybe I’ve got a new unhealthy obsession and maybe it’s “Asura’s Wrath” which I just beat. Yes, I got the secret real ending. Yes, I played through the DLC chapters. And yes, I know what you’re going to say, it is loaded with QTEs but they rule and this game kicks so much ass. 🧵

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Aug 5, 2023

Now, I’ve never played a single .HACK game, nor do I know anything about Naruto, but the devs for AW primarily make those games. Its such a wacky track record, too. They also made Solatorobo so thats something. Apparently those in charge loved God Hand so much, they made Asura’s Wrath.

Aug 5, 2023

Combat is snappy with light/heavy, counters, special moves & shooting mechs. I have a few issues but for the most part its a balls-to-the-wall action. When you do enough damage, your angry meter fills up & you get REAL angry, then kill everything in a QTE cutscene. Its so good!

Aug 5, 2023

I never realized this game was formatted like an anime with bumpers, episodes & arcs. It also treats health in a cool way, refilling after each checkpoint. if you were to die & continue you’d have full health anyway, so just cut to the chase. Its a game that respects your time.

Aug 5, 2023

It’s also just FUCKING BONKERS. A god plunges his sword through your chest and into the earth and it comes out the other side! A giant god tries to crush you with his finger and you STOP HIM. The planet tries to KILL YOU. And you have a best friend! His soundtrack fucking rules.

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May 13, 2025

Its so fun. There was a story arc that was done in such a way that it made me put my control down and reflect. Slow motion, black and white, it has STYLE and it knows how and when to use it. Go play this if you haven’t. Play it again even if you have. Find all the peeping toms!

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This game is ...

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THE BUFFEST GAME OF THEM ALL?

Maybe Asura's Wrath doesn't deserve that title, afterall the game it owes its legacy to, God Hand, is pretty damned buff. But this game stands upon its own shoulders, which are actually giants, so it's kind of contorted into this weird celestial pretzel and while also praying to a multi-armed deity with lasers. SEE? THIS GAME GAVE ME CRAZY MOUTH and for that reason, it's BUFF CERTIFIED.

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