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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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Look at the texture pop-in @ 1:01 in that video. Texture pop-in in your trailer is so dumb.

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Well that was nuts

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This should be a Kinect title, just to wallow further in the weirdness.

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Im Ramayana'll over this.

Anyone who's curious, that giant is probably Kumbhakarna. And he'll probably get cut in half vertical-wise. Hindu myth is boss as shit.
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This game POINTS out a lot of things

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awesome
nuff said

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@McNaastyy said:
" This game POINTS out a lot of things "
Wow... Best pun of the day, and it's almost 4pm, you just might take today's title!
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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

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besides all the crazy shit, late title card and deep Japanese voice at the end.. its a fricken MGS trailer.. 

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This strangely appeals to my silly male power fantasy need that Dragonball Z once used to fill, although I imagine with far less time dedicated to "powering up". It's been awhile since I've immersed myself in some good ol' Japanese zany video games, and this looks to fill that bill to a T. Consider me interested.

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Nice how they did the whole finger getting burned up in the atmosphere, that shows quite a bit of thinking if you ask me.  Thou, I hope its more of a game then a interactive movie.

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Ya, sure. I'm in!

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@Sanj said:
" @PrimeSynergy said:
" @MisuseOfLasers: Shame on you sir. "
No need to get up in arms about it.  "
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Asian mythologies should go on a diet

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Wow, Galactus has really let himself go...

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This looks cool.

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I am very intrigued.
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That was a pretty cool trailer.

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Rage Guy just got schooled

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My brain...