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Asura's Wrath: You Should Watch This Trailer

Also, that's gameplay, as far as I can tell.

I don't really have a lot to say about Asura's Wrath that the trailer won't say for me. I mostly just wanted to say that you should watch the trailer. So here's that, give it a look, and we'll reconvene under the video, cool?


So this game is attempting to bring Asian mythologies to a sci-fi world, and what we're seeing here in this trailer is a boss fight against a cyber demigod. Apparently said cyber demigod is in possession of Asura's daughter, and Asura is, you know, filled with wrath over this fact.

Also worth noting is that this appears to be at least partially gameplay, not just some cutscenes from a more-standard action game. I was left with the impression that the game is going for an "interactive cinema" sort of thing, which is really just a nice way of saying "it all looked like one big Quick Time Event." If the entire product is this wild, though, I'd certainly be OK with that. No word on if the entire game rolls out this way or not, but we did hear that the final US version of the game would contain English voicework.

Asura's Wrath is being developed by CyberConnect2 and it's due for release in 2012.

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Nifty trailer...wonder how it'll actually play
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@fox01313 said:
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The asian mythos might make it an interesting sci-fi tale, hopefully it won't be drowning in common lackluster japanese gameplay mechanics/controls.


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And overly long movement animations, like a punch animation that lasts 7-8 seconds long. Hearkened back to the Lost Planet days of waiting for a long time for my character to get back up when he's fallen over.
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Three pages and not a single cry of "sotc ripoff" - thank you for being much better than a certain other gaming forum GB posters.

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@fillmoejoe said:

" I really wish people would stop using the one woman (or man) wailing in their trailers.
  

  
  
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You complain about this being a tired trend, and your examples are a 10 year old movie, and an 11 year old game?
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@alex said:
" WHY ARE SIX-ARM AKUMA AND GALACTUS BUDDHA FIGHTING!!!!!!!!! "
Akuma and Galactus were the first things I thought as well.
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This looks tailor-made to appeal to teen angst.  I wonder if the english VO removes all the ridiculous japanese yelling/groaning at least.     

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Sucks to be the daughter. No boy would dare approach her.

You could man up to the crazy father with the shotgun, but this?

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This game looks crazy.

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From now on, whenever I smash an ant under my thumb, this is what I'm going to see and hear.

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ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!

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I guess in the game if you fend off the index finger, then you need to hold off the middle finger, followed by ring finger, pinky, then the thumb, then move onto the next hand, and after that, the little right toe, going one after other until the big dude has no other extremities left, then he will proceed to fall headlong onto the earth, at which point you have to battle his face, destroying his eyes, nostrils, mustache, and mouth along with his teeth, and then with the fury not seen before Fist of the Legend you go ATATATATATATATATA and send the demon back where it came from. THE END. 

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I don't know what to think yet.

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Art Style looks awesome, I'll definately give this a fair shake.

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Yeah, that's unmistakably  Japanese.

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It's definitely CC2's style.

After the disappointment that was Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, I'm glad that they've taken the best parts of that game and made a game that is all style. Let's hope the substance is strong enough to keep it afloat, because it certainly wasn't for their last 3 games.

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I don't think any asian things should be brought into sci-fi outside of mechs.

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Wow as a DBZ fan that whole scene was fucking A-M-A-Z-I-N-G I think I can use the word "epic" here.

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Holy shit, that dude is angry as hell.


I liked everything in this video.
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game looks fun, i love japan

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This was an awesome trailer. Looking forward to seeing what the game will be like.

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So angry.

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I... I mean I don't... Uh... That was awesome, right? I think that was awesome.... Pretty sure...

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@somejerk: You're welcome fellow duder.
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the trailer looks promising..hope this game will be a good way to learn your 
asian mythology...

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Dude done fucked up his arms.

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man can't people just say "shit is bananas" does it HAVE to be "shit is japanese"

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the world needs more bat-shit-crazy games like this

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umm

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WOW.... !!! At last something different!!! It felt fresh!!! Why does everything innovative have to come from JAPAN.... This side of the pond is just First-person shooters and Arcade classics.

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@alex said:
" WHY ARE SIX-ARM AKUMA AND GALACTUS BUDDHA FIGHTING!!!!!!!!! "
Because cyber Goro just didn't have enough arms to deal with that finger!
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@MisuseOfLasers: If GB had a voting system this would get a mighty big thumbs up! 
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This looked better than Dragon's Dogma. I'll keep an eye on this for sure.

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@alex said:
" WHY ARE SIX-ARM AKUMA AND GALACTUS BUDDHA FIGHTING!!!!!!!!! "
hahahaaha amazing!
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The louder you shout, the harder you can punch stuff.   FACT.

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@truckalicious said:
" The louder you shout, the harder you can punch stuff.   FACT. "
Thats been the rule of anime and kung-fu movies, gotta be fact!
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That was amazing I want more!

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Jesus everloving Christ, that looks great. If that was gameplay, sign me up. 

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That guy was about to poke the Earth hard.

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Whoa...I'm in awe...sort of like the first time I ever saw clips from Akira... : )

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japan

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Don't they know it's rude to point?

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I'm sorry hold on just a minute there, but WHAT?    

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@BooDoug187 said:
" @truckalicious said:
" The louder you shout, the harder you can punch stuff.   FACT. "
Thats been the rule of anime and kung-fu movies, gotta be fact! "
Well when you breathe out, your punches are stronger, that is fact. Yelling does a pretty good job of letting out air if you ask me.
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Thank god, I'm glad to hear that Capcom is doing new shit for once. I'm hoping these games won't bomb. Also, that giant dude should have used his whole hand, the small guy would have been screwed.

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If this turned out to be some type of crazy action filled Shadow of the Colossus, they can have my money now.

If it is just Capcom's own version of God of War.....then I'll wait it out

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that trailer is god awful.

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Arm up for the coming of Asura!

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Okay, I watched it?..