@@tyrantravealpha thats wild… Most VA wouldn’t go that far (and rightly so), but even less could walk out the other end and look positively on that experience
This is one of the few games that actually needed a "game of the year" edition with all dlc content included, and probably at a lower price too. Either that or just make the part 4 episodes free.
Absolutely. I was one of those that as soon as they announced that "real ending is DLC" stuff, I was planning on getting the "Complete" edition whenever they announced it. Obviously that never happened so I still haven't played this. Always wanted to. It gave me a Grasshopper Manufacture vibe to it.
Yeah, I'm watching this thinking I'd honestly like to play it, warts and all... but I don't have a PS3 any more, and dealing with PS3 emulation is still so fiddly. I'd 100% buy this if there were a PC port.
I honestly didn't know Asura was Liam all these years, I was aware of his name through NieR and Skullgirls, and I immediately recognized his voice when I started watching Critical Role back in 2016. After the sudden resurgence of Asura's Wrath clips, I watched some cutscenes again and thought: "This guy sounds familiar, its like Liam O'brien, but someone punched him in the gut and he's pissed... ... (proceeds to google aggressively)"
No, you have to understand the pure brilliance of putting the true ending behind a pay wall. You feel the same Wrath, so you are more in tune with the character. By completing the DLC, you too can experience nirvana.
Some cool insight: I had someone ask Cyberconnect2 during their Panel in Paris a few years ago what the chances were of a Asura's Wrath sequel. The answer was the following: "We at Cyberconnect2 would jump at a sequel if we could and make it even more over the top than before, however we don't believe we'll get this opportunity". My friend at the time mentioned how there was sparkle in the eye of the spokesperson. It seems that the folks over at Cyberconnect2 are still very much proud of Asura's Wrath to this day.
The Wonderful 101 is another one considering its QTEs are usually a bit more elaborate than usual (drawing a shape with the circle pad as opposed to pressing a button) and you're always given a proper timer for it
I don't see the issue with QTE's, the original paper mario's combat was amazing partly because of QTE's. It just makes me wonder what are considered bad QTE's
@@Bladieblah I tried this game called 'Ninja Blade' and the very first thing I did was a bunch of QTE. I didn't expect it so I died to the very first thing. When it restarted, the button was actually switched so I died again. They felt too fast and too random for me.
If Asura's Wrath has one million fans, I'm one of them If Asura's Wrath has ten fans, I'm one of them If Asura's Wrath has one fan, that one is me If Asura's Wrath has no fans, then I'm no longer in this world If the world is against Asura's Wrath THEN I'M AGAINST THE ENTIRE WORLD
To this day, Asura's Wrath is still one of my favorite experiences. There's so much visual flare, excellent music and the general insanity that is the games action sequences still rouses my blood.
I humbly request a "What Happened?" episode on the first Metal Slug. From Irem's shuttering of its videogame division and the following scattering of devs, some of which ended up joining SNK, to the troubled development of the game itself, I feel there's an interesting story to tell.
and i guess when they were testing the game the machine explode or caught fire or something? i remember hearing something like that in an interview section inside of a collection (being anthology)
@@OGpackirby You remember correctly; reportedly the team used 2 prototype RAM boards to make the update process quicker, but they had a tendency to catch fire when overused (which happened at least once).
Max's original stream of Asura's Wrath was one of the most epic things I feel very fortunate to have witnessed. I had never even heard of the game before then, but since that time I've always wanted Capcom to release a complete, HD version of the game. P.S. - Can't wait for Forspoken - What Happened? episode.
Asuras technical performance was pretty abysmal, having framerate stutters and a dynamic resolution that often felt like hanging around below 720p just to keep itself alive.
This game appeared in my house one day, I found it in between the cushions of my couch. I asked my dad if he bought it for me but he denied it, he had already gotten me a game 2 weeks prior. I asked my uncle and best friend at the time, neither of them knew what it was. I still have it and it was one of the most confusing things that has ever happened to me.
Similar thing happened to me with Sonic Adventure 2 battle except a 2nd empty case from my own with the game. Nobody else who owned a GameCube around me. To this day, I have no idea
Something similar happened to me. A friend of mine loaned me their copy of Resident Evil 5, but when I got home and opened the case, an Asura's Wrath disc was loose inside along with the properly placed RE5 disc. The next day I brought it back to my friend and asked what it was, but they had no clue what Asura's Wrath was or why it was in with their copy of RE5. Unfortunately, I've since lost contact with that friend, so I can't ask them if they ever figured out where it came from.
I remember the experience of being a Capcom fan amid the late Renaissance. I remember the realization that Asura's Wrath would be QTE focused and the fans reaction. I remember the Rage Cage at NYCC and the confusion and cancelation of Mega Man Universe (still have a MMU licensed inflatable of Arthur's Lance, and he was announced for MVC3 that same week). I'm actually still salty about the Rage Cage, because it wasn't based on how LOUD you screamed, but how high your pitch was.
I adored Aura’s Wrath, I queued for 30 mins to play it at a gaming convention and then queued another 10 to play it again. I really wish it gets a remaster or just a definitive edition re release.
Asuras Wrath is one of the best games I've ever played. The amount of times I audibly shouted in excitement while experiencing this crazy anime featuring one of my favorite characters bathed in rage and fatherly responsibility is insane. Asuras is a game I truly believe everybody who enjoys anime and games should play in their lifetime, here's to hoping that it'll one day receive a proper remaster with all of its jams included.
@@megamandrn001 But the parts that have you interact do also offer something worthwhile. The gameplay sections have significantly more impact due to the context behind them.
@@megamandrn001 I mean I guess you could just watch an LP, but it's kind of like adventure games in that it doesn't really feel quite as impactful without you playing it
i will never forgive the ending being hidden behind a paywall. i had to comeback and redo this because i completely forgot about all the other episodes were crap too. 16 year old me was heartbroken by this game.
I remember reading at some point from CC2 CEO that the DLC thing was supposed to be part of the main game before capcom asked them to remove it since it wasn't as Epic as it was before what we got and also was supposed to be a full sequel but due to poor sales they decided to finish the story by making it a DLC. Sadly I can't find any source from it norMatt talked about it so either it was an hoax or a very small info that vanish but I wouldn't be surprised if it were the case.
@@jordan20910 Going by the anime-based setting the game has, the DLC itself is already a full sequel. Just like the creator had said, it's supposed to be an OVA or a movie that continues the main story. And then, they kinda forgot that they're making a game not an anime series and charging money for the ending, probably thinking it's equivalent to buying a BDVD or ticket to the said movie
@@snailthelostcow63 yeah that's the main problem it's a cute idea i guess but it just doesn't work, especially if you're charging money for it, it honestly reminds me of that movie that just stops and tells you to follow the link to see the real ending, said page went down a couple of months after
As an Xbox owner who never played Asura’s Wrath and was genuinely curious after this episode, I’m EXTREMELY grateful for that last bit of info at the end of the video
@@-emir5484 if it were released today, there'd be a crowd that hates it simply because Anime, on the opposite end of that have passionate Sub vs Dub Debaters, a crowd that would absolutely worship it's Soundtrack, mixed reception on QTEs, and an overall positive reception towards the story depending on the price ($30 would be seen as overall great, $60-$70 would be seen as good but lacking, and if it still had separated dlc there'd still be bad reception to the concept but not as bad as back in 2012)
I played through all of Asura's Wrath for the first time in front of a small crowd in the lounge of my college (a bunch of anime fans) and it remains one of my favorite gaming experiences of all time.
I always wondered if maybe they wanted to do a full sequel & only later decided to make the Nirvana DLC, because of some weird story changes in the main game Asura´s daughter gets possessed but in the DLC the dude possesing her just leaves her body right away There were also UI changes in the DLC, like multipress QTE looking different
A rough era to be a Capcom fan. I remember being hyped for this game but then the info about all the QTEs and the DLCs came out and I never bothered playing it. Thankfully later that year Capcom released Dragon's Dogma and that carried me out of those dark days.
I got this game for cheap a year or so after it came out, and with my expectations in check for what kind of vibe it was going for, enjoyed it a lot. The Ending being sold as paid DLC is crummy, but it is absolutely the best part of the game, with the final boss doing things with UI that still blow me away all these years later.
It hurts me physically to know that Asura's wrath was done so dirty, since like metal gear rising revangance, people only found out later how amazing that game itself is And i am one of these people who used kage with the asura costume in SFV, which was hype af
I'm just glad that more people are starting to recognize this game. I've been there since its release back in 2012, played it more than just a few times, hands down one of the most emotional games I've ever played.
As soon as the part where the story DLC was compared to OVAs came up, I groaned, "Oh no, they didn't think about how the TV market is outside of Japan." Gamers who are anime fans would have gotten where they were coming from - not necessarily agreed with it, but have gotten the analogy; but non-anime fans would just say WTF about it. 🤦🏻♀️
I would love to see one on Alone in the dark 08. The game goes from being released as a broken survival horror game to being upgraded on the ps3 which was a broken survival horror tech demo with some really interesting physics
SuperButterBuns did a video on this game three years ago that made me appreciate this as a great movie. Flawed planning and execution aside, the style and presentation is top notch.
Thanks for covering this! I enjoyed Asura's Wrath a lot, and it deserved a lot better. I'd be curious if there's any dirt you can dig up on the Goemon franchise that Konami used to produce, and how it flopped in America.
My only exposure to this game was watching the Street Fighter collab DLC fights many moons ago and being very hooked on those because yeah, those were baller af. I then heard about the true ending DLC controversy and felt content at leaving it at that. Maybe I should watch a run of this game, definitely seems my kind of cheese popcorn.
I knew a friend who was such a shill for this game, since it was first showed off the trailer, and over time, I kept seeing the holes starting to form as the game was coming out, but he was like "It's still good, it's still good!". Once the ending hit, and the DLC ending was announced, he stopped talking about it. I saw the birth and death of a hype beast.
Asuras wrath looked so dope back when I first saw it out. Never wouldve thought it was a hard flop either. Feels bad. Good stuff as always Matt thanx for the great content
Talking about CC2's original titles, in 2010 they released Solatorobo: Red the hunter, the predecessor of Fuga and probably the best Nintendo DS game ever. I would love to see a video about it by chance
I'll say, there has never been a game that I regretted playing it late. I've bought Asura's Wrath in the latter part of last year, since it was always a game I wanted to try. But me not knowing what kind of game it was, I've always postponed that purchase. As I typically buy multiple games at once, I played Killer is Dead first (which is also a good game, albeit much less memorable). But once I started, I couldn't put my controller down. It went hard and I loved every second of it, only for me to reach episode 18 and being told I had to cough up 7 bucks to get myself the dlc. I've never in my entire life been this excited to buy dlc, but due to life I had to put it on hold for a couple weeks. But once I got back, it was like no time had passed. This is a game that you HAVE to experience.
Thanks for making this. I've always wondered what happened with this game. Everything I read from or about CyberConnect2 made it sound like development went according to plan. I found this hard to believe, but I'm glad you confirmed it. It's a shame such a phenomenal game was made with intentional holes, and asked players to pay to fill them.
Asura's wrath is the Capcom IP that deserves to come back, expanding on the universe of Asura's wrath and remastering this game for modern consoles as a tribute to not just fans of the original game, but also for fans of Gow who miss the original Gow play style and characters. #BringbacktheWrath
This game deserved better then what it was given, I love this game...even if it's more a movie/anime then a game. But honestly I felt that was ok, because I still had a fucking blast!
18:01 A couple of years ago Cyber Connect said on their youtube channel and said they wouldn't mind remastering the game due to how highly requested it was in North America and Europe. But, that the decision was up to Capcom.Here' the link if any of you are curious th-cam.com/video/XoxOc-rW-R0/w-d-xo.html
Asura's Wrath is my favorite "Movie"...yeaaah if you remove certain bits of the gameplay and animat them and just watch like a movie is very entertaining.
I do remember hearing back in the day that another reason for the DLC was due to scope creep. Basically the final chapters grew so much in scope that they needed more time to bring them up to snuff. I don't know how true this is and I have no idea where I heard it from as it was over 10 years ago now (my god really? I am getting old) but I think it was a somewhat official source.
If I had a nickel for every time the studio behind Tail Concerto was brought in as an external developer for a game from a major IP that ended up on the show, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice!
My friends and I rented the game over a weekend. Although we didn't like the ending issues, we really enjoyed our "Wrath-athon". It was basically binge watching a new kick-ass anime.
Honestly an old coworker was the one who mentioned this game 6o me. I hadn't heard diddly but after doing some research was blown away and in awe. I got it release day and loved every second of it. No doubt the dlc debacle was major ick but I did re-download it from pins classics and all things considered was one of the random ips tjat never made it big but still has a tiny little safe spot in my heart.
Every time Asura does his multi burst punch, I think of Star Platinum yelling out Ora, Ora, Ora. Although I did love the DLC that features Ryu/Evil Ryu and Akuma/Oni battle. 18:33 Maximilian dood cameo
I totes remember my pal cutting school the day Steel Battalion released and buying the RIDICULOUS controller for it and then i NEVER saw him playing it or talking about it and the controller collecting dust forever afterwards.
Thanks for this! Of all the Capcom content you've done in the past, this was the one I was most excited for, especially since Asura's Wrath was ahead of its time for what it wanted to do. Some can say what they will about the horse armor DLC fiasco, but the real ending being locked under DLC and hid the whole thing until you achieved the conditions for the true ending was the scummiest thing Capcom did. It felt like they robbed players of an actual conclusion at the time, unless you paid extra At that point, I decided to see the ending on TH-cam instead out of protest lol
I'm so glad we experienced AW the way we did - buying it after the price drop with the DLC and playing on a big screen for my non-gamer friends. I was exhausted as hell afterwards but it was one of the most memorable experiences we had with a game and we still occasionally talk about it..
It's too bad they couldn't continue the Asura series with 'Asura's Envy', 'Asura's Greed', 'Asura's Sloth', 'Asura's Gluttony', 'Asura's Pride' and 'Asura's Lust'
Once you said power stone, my curiosity was very much peaked…but then all we get our costumes, I was like, “you jerk😅” but then that long pause…i had to laugh. You knew what you did. Well played good sir. 😂👏🏽
i still LOVE this game, it's ending is one of the very few that actually made me emotional, it's sad that even though asura was shown to be in the street fighter universe they haven't put him in a street fighter game(even though ryu and akuma ended up being bosses), i would love to see asura in a street fighter game based of the true ending
This is an example of why I don't love Naughty Dog games, if you're going to make a game into something more akin to a movie, I think it's best to take it to the limit of creativity and take advantage of it actually being a video game. Asura's Wrath is going to be a movie? Make it the biggest, craziest, and most memorable movie that you can! Make it something that film can't really do! God I love this game lol
Asura's wrath was a big inspiration to me, and honestly, kinda the base of my mascot for my youtube channel. I only hope he gets the chance in the future to shine a bright red, like he always should of...
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"The style of the time" getting progressively more warped every time it is said is my favorite running gag of this series
It's probably the best gag in history. It's like matt's getting tired of saying it
As is the style of the time.
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@6Pc.ChickenMcnobody It also helps that the reference itself is always relevant, since gaming eras are notably defined by trends and trend chasers
@@WingedFish66 well in a way life itself could be defined by trends, trend chasers and those who don’t follow the trends
Asura's Wrath is one of my favorite movies disguised as a game.
It's my favorite anime to play.
It's an anime.
DEAD ASSSSS
Definitely top 5 animes.
Hope we see him again somewhere like a future MVC or guest character in SF6🤷🏿♂️
The manga was better.
To this day I do not understand how Liam O'Briain didn't permanently destroy his vocal chords voicing Asura.
There is a tale of how this role caused him to cough up blood from the stress it caused.
@@tyrantravealpha And I think he mentioned it was totally worth it
Wrath. Mostly.
What a badass...
@@tyrantravealpha thats wild…
Most VA wouldn’t go that far (and rightly so), but even less could walk out the other end and look positively on that experience
This is one of the few games that actually needed a "game of the year" edition with all dlc content included, and probably at a lower price too. Either that or just make the part 4 episodes free.
I would commit literal war crimes and give my left nut for the GOTY edition of this.
A pc port...
Absolutely. I was one of those that as soon as they announced that "real ending is DLC" stuff, I was planning on getting the "Complete" edition whenever they announced it.
Obviously that never happened so I still haven't played this. Always wanted to. It gave me a Grasshopper Manufacture vibe to it.
@@DatBeastard Highly recommend you check it out. It's the best anime you'll ever play.
Yeah, I'm watching this thinking I'd honestly like to play it, warts and all... but I don't have a PS3 any more, and dealing with PS3 emulation is still so fiddly. I'd 100% buy this if there were a PC port.
This game is Liam O'Brien's masterpiece. A true showcase of angry roars and growls, pained grunts, and top notch raspy dialogue.
I already loved him as Weiss in classic NieR, but this is definetely true! Liam is super underrated
@@IESUproductions He is, yeah.
@@IESUproductions He probably meant it as in “The First Nier, whether it’s called Gestalt or Replicant. Just not Nier Automata.”
I honestly didn't know Asura was Liam all these years, I was aware of his name through NieR and Skullgirls, and I immediately recognized his voice when I started watching Critical Role back in 2016.
After the sudden resurgence of Asura's Wrath clips, I watched some cutscenes again and thought:
"This guy sounds familiar, its like Liam O'brien, but someone punched him in the gut and he's pissed...
...
(proceeds to google aggressively)"
I heard he coughed up blood for the game once
No, you have to understand the pure brilliance of putting the true ending behind a pay wall. You feel the same Wrath, so you are more in tune with the character. By completing the DLC, you too can experience nirvana.
LMAO
That was funny
Some cool insight: I had someone ask Cyberconnect2 during their Panel in Paris a few years ago what the chances were of a Asura's Wrath sequel. The answer was the following: "We at Cyberconnect2 would jump at a sequel if we could and make it even more over the top than before, however we don't believe we'll get this opportunity". My friend at the time mentioned how there was sparkle in the eye of the spokesperson. It seems that the folks over at Cyberconnect2 are still very much proud of Asura's Wrath to this day.
As they should be! Asura's Wrath is beautiful and amazing.
As they should be! The game was one of it's kind 🔥
And they should when i played asura warth i cant believe what they made what a game or experience
Is one of my livers and lungs enough valuable to afford the costs of the sequel? 🥺
@@FURIASN emulation is the name of the game son👌
I view this game as actually one of the rare examples of using QTEs as an actual gameplay mechanic and doing it rather well.
The Wonderful 101 is another one considering its QTEs are usually a bit more elaborate than usual (drawing a shape with the circle pad as opposed to pressing a button) and you're always given a proper timer for it
I don't see the issue with QTE's, the original paper mario's combat was amazing partly because of QTE's. It just makes me wonder what are considered bad QTE's
@@Bladieblah I tried this game called 'Ninja Blade' and the very first thing I did was a bunch of QTE. I didn't expect it so I died to the very first thing. When it restarted, the button was actually switched so I died again. They felt too fast and too random for me.
the qte’s in resident evil 6 are so bad
If Asura's Wrath has one million fans, I'm one of them
If Asura's Wrath has ten fans, I'm one of them
If Asura's Wrath has one fan, that one is me
If Asura's Wrath has no fans, then I'm no longer in this world
If the world is against Asura's Wrath THEN I'M AGAINST THE ENTIRE WORLD
I respect your tenacity
What if Asura's Wrath had half a fan?
Make it two 💪
@@Doomerang01 Then you must reject your other half.
let's go
Honestly, you convinced me to try this out, something Capcom couldn’t do 10 years ago lol
Man this game deserved so much better. I'd really love a remaster with all the DLC included.
To this day, Asura's Wrath is still one of my favorite experiences. There's so much visual flare, excellent music and the general insanity that is the games action sequences still rouses my blood.
I humbly request a "What Happened?" episode on the first Metal Slug.
From Irem's shuttering of its videogame division and the following scattering of devs, some of which ended up joining SNK, to the troubled development of the game itself, I feel there's an interesting story to tell.
Good idea!
Yes !!! I second this so hard!
My God, that franchise alone deserved to get one
and i guess when they were testing the game the machine explode or caught fire or something?
i remember hearing something like that in an interview section inside of a collection (being anthology)
@@OGpackirby You remember correctly; reportedly the team used 2 prototype RAM boards to make the update process quicker, but they had a tendency to catch fire when overused (which happened at least once).
Max's original stream of Asura's Wrath was one of the most epic things I feel very fortunate to have witnessed. I had never even heard of the game before then, but since that time I've always wanted Capcom to release a complete, HD version of the game.
P.S. - Can't wait for Forspoken - What Happened? episode.
Isn't it HD already? I mean all ps3 games were.....right?
Asuras technical performance was pretty abysmal, having framerate stutters and a dynamic resolution that often felt like hanging around below 720p just to keep itself alive.
@@masterofdoom5000 well then it really felt like playing a action anime 😂
The song "In Your Belief" is one of the most genuinely beautiful and moving things to come out of a Capcom product.
This game appeared in my house one day, I found it in between the cushions of my couch. I asked my dad if he bought it for me but he denied it, he had already gotten me a game 2 weeks prior. I asked my uncle and best friend at the time, neither of them knew what it was. I still have it and it was one of the most confusing things that has ever happened to me.
Rage chosed you
sounds fake, but epic if true, my experience with that was sonic and the seven rings or w/e tf that game was called LMAO
@@MauZangetsu No, no, "wrath".
Similar thing happened to me with Sonic Adventure 2 battle except a 2nd empty case from my own with the game. Nobody else who owned a GameCube around me.
To this day, I have no idea
Something similar happened to me. A friend of mine loaned me their copy of Resident Evil 5, but when I got home and opened the case, an Asura's Wrath disc was loose inside along with the properly placed RE5 disc. The next day I brought it back to my friend and asked what it was, but they had no clue what Asura's Wrath was or why it was in with their copy of RE5. Unfortunately, I've since lost contact with that friend, so I can't ask them if they ever figured out where it came from.
I remember the experience of being a Capcom fan amid the late Renaissance.
I remember the realization that Asura's Wrath would be QTE focused and the fans reaction. I remember the Rage Cage at NYCC and the confusion and cancelation of Mega Man Universe (still have a MMU licensed inflatable of Arthur's Lance, and he was announced for MVC3 that same week).
I'm actually still salty about the Rage Cage, because it wasn't based on how LOUD you screamed, but how high your pitch was.
I adored Aura’s Wrath, I queued for 30 mins to play it at a gaming convention and then queued another 10 to play it again. I really wish it gets a remaster or just a definitive edition re release.
Asuras Wrath is one of the best games I've ever played. The amount of times I audibly shouted in excitement while experiencing this crazy anime featuring one of my favorite characters bathed in rage and fatherly responsibility is insane. Asuras is a game I truly believe everybody who enjoys anime and games should play in their lifetime, here's to hoping that it'll one day receive a proper remaster with all of its jams included.
@@megamandrn001 But the parts that have you interact do also offer something worthwhile. The gameplay sections have significantly more impact due to the context behind them.
@@megamandrn001 nah, you're wrong, it's not nearly the same experience, not even close.
@@megamandrn001 I mean I guess you could just watch an LP, but it's kind of like adventure games in that it doesn't really feel quite as impactful without you playing it
Or you can just watch it on youtube and get exactly the same experience.
"BECAUSE IT WAS THE STYLE AT THE TIME" Greatest quote ever.
I was there. The Rage Cage + MML3 cancellation.
MML3 is still the biggest loss in gaming to me personally.
It gets more painful when the gameplay video of the demo was found
Our moon boy...
As Sven said: "stay tuned!"
Ah yes, the game where Liam O'Brien screams for 7 hours straight while his character's on fire.
i will never forgive the ending being hidden behind a paywall. i had to comeback and redo this because i completely forgot about all the other episodes were crap too. 16 year old me was heartbroken by this game.
I think 007 legends did that too right?
@@jakubkuba3671I think so. we can't have nice things
I remember reading at some point from CC2 CEO that the DLC thing was supposed to be part of the main game before capcom asked them to remove it since it wasn't as Epic as it was before what we got and also was supposed to be a full sequel but due to poor sales they decided to finish the story by making it a DLC. Sadly I can't find any source from it norMatt talked about it so either it was an hoax or a very small info that vanish but I wouldn't be surprised if it were the case.
@@jordan20910 Going by the anime-based setting the game has, the DLC itself is already a full sequel. Just like the creator had said, it's supposed to be an OVA or a movie that continues the main story. And then, they kinda forgot that they're making a game not an anime series and charging money for the ending, probably thinking it's equivalent to buying a BDVD or ticket to the said movie
@@snailthelostcow63 yeah that's the main problem it's a cute idea i guess but it just doesn't work, especially if you're charging money for it, it honestly reminds me of that movie that just stops and tells you to follow the link to see the real ending, said page went down a couple of months after
Asura's Wrath's art direction will forever live with me
As an Xbox owner who never played Asura’s Wrath and was genuinely curious after this episode, I’m EXTREMELY grateful for that last bit of info at the end of the video
Can you comment on the game after you have played it? I'm curious as to how it would be perceived if it came out today
@@-emir5484 if it were released today, there'd be a crowd that hates it simply because Anime, on the opposite end of that have passionate Sub vs Dub Debaters, a crowd that would absolutely worship it's Soundtrack, mixed reception on QTEs, and an overall positive reception towards the story depending on the price ($30 would be seen as overall great, $60-$70 would be seen as good but lacking, and if it still had separated dlc there'd still be bad reception to the concept but not as bad as back in 2012)
@@-emir5484 I'll do my best to remember to! The base game is currently on sale for $3.99 right now O.O
I played through all of Asura's Wrath for the first time in front of a small crowd in the lounge of my college (a bunch of anime fans) and it remains one of my favorite gaming experiences of all time.
Now that's just cheating 😂
I always wondered if maybe they wanted to do a full sequel & only later decided to make the Nirvana DLC, because of some weird story changes
in the main game Asura´s daughter gets possessed but in the DLC the dude possesing her just leaves her body right away
There were also UI changes in the DLC, like multipress QTE looking different
I keep hoping for a fist weapon based off of this or Godhand in the next Devil May Cry game.
With all the Devil Breakers that Nero got in DMC5 I consider both of those ideas you mentioned as sad wasted opportunities
A rough era to be a Capcom fan. I remember being hyped for this game but then the info about all the QTEs and the DLCs came out and I never bothered playing it. Thankfully later that year Capcom released Dragon's Dogma and that carried me out of those dark days.
QTEs aren't that bad and this game does them well. I've never understood the hate QTEs get. The way they handled dlc was pretty bad though.
I got this game for cheap a year or so after it came out, and with my expectations in check for what kind of vibe it was going for, enjoyed it a lot. The Ending being sold as paid DLC is crummy, but it is absolutely the best part of the game, with the final boss doing things with UI that still blow me away all these years later.
That moment of "he gets QTEs too?!" remains one of my favorite 'oh crap' moments in all of gaming
It brings me lots of joy when Asura's is brought up and everyone comes to appreciate it
RIP Liam O'brien's Throat: The Anime: The Game.
It hurts me physically to know that Asura's wrath was done so dirty, since like metal gear rising revangance, people only found out later how amazing that game itself is
And i am one of these people who used kage with the asura costume in SFV, which was hype af
This game is such an unique masterpiece and over a decade later there is nothing that is quite like this game.
Storm 4 takes everything from asura wrath and perfect it
@@faresfares-ultra lol no
@@faresfares-ultra Storm 4 using anime footage for story mode like powerpoint shi, hell naw don't talk about that game again bruh
I'm just glad that more people are starting to recognize this game. I've been there since its release back in 2012, played it more than just a few times, hands down one of the most emotional games I've ever played.
I only started looking into it because everyone kept comparing FF16's boss battles to Asura's Wrath.
Another entry in the Capcom What Happened Hall of Fame/Shame.
As soon as the part where the story DLC was compared to OVAs came up, I groaned, "Oh no, they didn't think about how the TV market is outside of Japan." Gamers who are anime fans would have gotten where they were coming from - not necessarily agreed with it, but have gotten the analogy; but non-anime fans would just say WTF about it. 🤦🏻♀️
bro. the ending still gives me the chills and makes me cry manly tears. I'll ALWAYS pay for soul
I would love to see one on Alone in the dark 08. The game goes from being released as a broken survival horror game to being upgraded on the ps3 which was a broken survival horror tech demo with some really interesting physics
This channel is one of those that you can binge on, well done, entertaining and funny
I now understand why people called this company "Crapcom" at the time. Those kind of moves with the DLC strategy were absolutely despicable...
SuperButterBuns did a video on this game three years ago that made me appreciate this as a great movie. Flawed planning and execution aside, the style and presentation is top notch.
That pregnant pause after "Street Fighter V' is beautiful. Oh Capcom...
Thanks for covering this! I enjoyed Asura's Wrath a lot, and it deserved a lot better. I'd be curious if there's any dirt you can dig up on the Goemon franchise that Konami used to produce, and how it flopped in America.
really wish it got a port to modern systems, it def deserves a second chance
My only exposure to this game was watching the Street Fighter collab DLC fights many moons ago and being very hooked on those because yeah, those were baller af. I then heard about the true ending DLC controversy and felt content at leaving it at that.
Maybe I should watch a run of this game, definitely seems my kind of cheese popcorn.
I knew a friend who was such a shill for this game, since it was first showed off the trailer, and over time, I kept seeing the holes starting to form as the game was coming out, but he was like "It's still good, it's still good!". Once the ending hit, and the DLC ending was announced, he stopped talking about it.
I saw the birth and death of a hype beast.
Truly a moment in time
Asuras wrath looked so dope back when I first saw it out. Never wouldve thought it was a hard flop either. Feels bad. Good stuff as always Matt thanx for the great content
I remember this game. As angry as I was about the ending behind a paywall, I don't recall seeing it since so I'm glad lessons were learned.
It's on the Xbox store
Capcom being Cashcom with the endings aside, this was a great game
We need an Asuras Wrath Remake
The worst thing is those DLCs will be lost when the servers shut down
not unless you jailbreak ur PS3 or Xbox 360, can easily get it nowadays as it's been dumped already on the webz
They're still in the Xbox store.
Bought this like 7 years ago and every now and then I like to thrown it on and try to s rank the missions
_"Twelve thousand years, AND NOTHING HAS CHAAAAAAANGED!!!!!"_
Finally played this game and I’m blown away by it. I absolutely love the insanity. You guys killed it with this recommendation again
Talking about CC2's original titles, in 2010 they released Solatorobo: Red the hunter, the predecessor of Fuga and probably the best Nintendo DS game ever. I would love to see a video about it by chance
The episode I didn't know I wanted. Every time I think I'm out you pull me back in.
The joke where Asura's Wrath is being advertised on that Dragon Ball Multiverse webcomic is the most Matt joke ever and I love it.
The soudtrack sync with gameplay and qte is one of the most brillant execution of qte ever made
I will never forgive you FOR MAKING MY DAUGHTER CRY
Very big W for the choices of music for the video. 👍🏽
I remember playing and enjoying this game, thought it was a bit short. I never realized there was further dlc after the VERY abrupt ending.
I'll say, there has never been a game that I regretted playing it late. I've bought Asura's Wrath in the latter part of last year, since it was always a game I wanted to try. But me not knowing what kind of game it was, I've always postponed that purchase. As I typically buy multiple games at once, I played Killer is Dead first (which is also a good game, albeit much less memorable). But once I started, I couldn't put my controller down. It went hard and I loved every second of it, only for me to reach episode 18 and being told I had to cough up 7 bucks to get myself the dlc. I've never in my entire life been this excited to buy dlc, but due to life I had to put it on hold for a couple weeks. But once I got back, it was like no time had passed. This is a game that you HAVE to experience.
Thanks for making this. I've always wondered what happened with this game. Everything I read from or about CyberConnect2 made it sound like development went according to plan. I found this hard to believe, but I'm glad you confirmed it. It's a shame such a phenomenal game was made with intentional holes, and asked players to pay to fill them.
Asura's wrath is the Capcom IP that deserves to come back, expanding on the universe of Asura's wrath and remastering this game for modern consoles as a tribute to not just fans of the original game, but also for fans of Gow who miss the original Gow play style and characters.
#BringbacktheWrath
This game deserved better then what it was given, I love this game...even if it's more a movie/anime then a game. But honestly I felt that was ok, because I still had a fucking blast!
Lord I am so happy those falling segments like the one at 3:42 fell outta style they used to be in EVERYTHING
18:01 A couple of years ago Cyber Connect said on their youtube channel and said they wouldn't mind remastering the game due to how highly requested it was in North America and Europe. But, that the decision was up to Capcom.Here' the link if any of you are curious th-cam.com/video/XoxOc-rW-R0/w-d-xo.html
Asura's Wrath is one of my Favorite Anime of all time tho i thought it was weird when button proms would appear
The game that was just too insane for general audiences.
Glad to see What Happened on Asura's Wrath, I remember asking for it in one of Mattt's What happun videos.
Asura's Wrath is my favorite "Movie"...yeaaah if you remove certain bits of the gameplay and animat them and just watch like a movie is very entertaining.
I do remember hearing back in the day that another reason for the DLC was due to scope creep. Basically the final chapters grew so much in scope that they needed more time to bring them up to snuff.
I don't know how true this is and I have no idea where I heard it from as it was over 10 years ago now (my god really? I am getting old) but I think it was a somewhat official source.
Man, I'd really like a remake of this game, maybe with some better gameplay to match the greatness of the story. Hell, I'd even take a port.
That last bit had me rolling! Excellent as always, Mat!!
Asura wrath was really awesome and tons of fun
Omg I was waiting for the episode!
One of the most badass games of all time happened, that's what.
*Anime
Thank u Matt been requested this for 2 years
I’ve always wanted to play this, I hope they re release it at some point.
you can play it right now on playstation 4/5 and modern Xboxes
I still play this game to this day
Man, those styles sure can be of the time
Thank you so much for the FUGA shout out of CC2. I cant wait for the sequel FUGA 2 coming this year ^^.
If I had a nickel for every time the studio behind Tail Concerto was brought in as an external developer for a game from a major IP that ended up on the show, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice!
My friends and I rented the game over a weekend. Although we didn't like the ending issues, we really enjoyed our "Wrath-athon". It was basically binge watching a new kick-ass anime.
Honestly an old coworker was the one who mentioned this game 6o me. I hadn't heard diddly but after doing some research was blown away and in awe. I got it release day and loved every second of it. No doubt the dlc debacle was major ick but I did re-download it from pins classics and all things considered was one of the random ips tjat never made it big but still has a tiny little safe spot in my heart.
Oh shit ive been WAITING for this one for a long time. Asuras wrath is one of my favorite games of all time
Every time Asura does his multi burst punch, I think of Star Platinum yelling out Ora, Ora, Ora.
Although I did love the DLC that features Ryu/Evil Ryu and Akuma/Oni battle.
18:33 Maximilian dood cameo
Thx for this great content 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 loved this one on the ps3…
Much love from Germany 🙏🏻🫡
If only this game didn't hide it's true ending behind DLC!
The DLC is super cheap now.
I totes remember my pal cutting school the day Steel Battalion released and buying the RIDICULOUS controller for it and then i NEVER saw him playing it or talking about it and the controller collecting dust forever afterwards.
Asuras Wrath is one of the all time great video game stories
Thanks for this! Of all the Capcom content you've done in the past, this was the one I was most excited for, especially since Asura's Wrath was ahead of its time for what it wanted to do. Some can say what they will about the horse armor DLC fiasco, but the real ending being locked under DLC and hid the whole thing until you achieved the conditions for the true ending was the scummiest thing Capcom did. It felt like they robbed players of an actual conclusion at the time, unless you paid extra
At that point, I decided to see the ending on TH-cam instead out of protest lol
Nothing but a great original game happened!
I'm so glad we experienced AW the way we did - buying it after the price drop with the DLC and playing on a big screen for my non-gamer friends.
I was exhausted as hell afterwards but it was one of the most memorable experiences we had with a game and we still occasionally talk about it..
It's too bad they couldn't continue the Asura series with 'Asura's Envy', 'Asura's Greed', 'Asura's Sloth', 'Asura's Gluttony', 'Asura's Pride' and 'Asura's Lust'
Last one sounds….. interesting
@@michaelcastillo619 Imagine what he can do with all those hands...
Good lord, that animation quality is God tier tho
Once you said power stone, my curiosity was very much peaked…but then all we get our costumes, I was like, “you jerk😅” but then that long pause…i had to laugh. You knew what you did. Well played good sir. 😂👏🏽
i still LOVE this game, it's ending is one of the very few that actually made me emotional, it's sad that even though asura was shown to be in the street fighter universe they haven't put him in a street fighter game(even though ryu and akuma ended up being bosses), i would love to see asura in a street fighter game based of the true ending
This is an example of why I don't love Naughty Dog games, if you're going to make a game into something more akin to a movie, I think it's best to take it to the limit of creativity and take advantage of it actually being a video game. Asura's Wrath is going to be a movie? Make it the biggest, craziest, and most memorable movie that you can! Make it something that film can't really do! God I love this game lol
Asura's wrath was a big inspiration to me, and honestly, kinda the base of my mascot for my youtube channel. I only hope he gets the chance in the future to shine a bright red, like he always should of...