Subject: Cut Scenes
Asura's Wrath is an interesting game. Each stage is referred to as an "episode" and takes roughly 22 minutes to complete. Most episodes involve follow Asura, as he attempts to rescue his daughter and take revenge on the people who framed him. Essentially, the majority of the game is composed of various quick-time events, making it one long interactive cut scene. It has a distinctive anime-influenced style, similar to Dragon Ball Z, and it shows. One episode for instance, has you fighting your former mentor......on the Moon.....for parts of the fight, it plays like a typical third person action game, however once you do enough damage, the game prompts you to begin a series of quick-time events that last for a good majority of the rest of the battle. You'll have to mash a button as your fists fly, both of you evenly matched, until he manages to land a blow on you. During this time, you will be prompted to quickly press another button to counter the attack and continue wailing on your opponent. Whether or not you succeed in countering, the game plays the scene out accordingly and never misses a beat, truly making it feel like an interactive TV show. At one point, you can even choose to punch the enemy in the face as he's busy giving his generic villain monologue in the middle of the episode intro!
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