In the past few years, people have been throwing around the term “cinematic experience” with reckless abandon. Though I will admit that there are plenty of games that deliver cinematic experiences, I think Asura’s Wrath may be the absolute best so far. Asura’s Wrath doesn’t have much gameplay, it’s pretty much all just quick time events glued together with some absolutely gorgeous cutscenes and an actually interesting story smack dab in the middle of it all. Sure, because there’s not really much gameplay, it can get a little boring, but the twists and turns of the story keep you on your toes, and the quality of the voice acting and graphics is incredibly high. I know this is going to sound silly, but I feel like Asura’s Wrath is the rich foreign delicacy of the gaming world. It’s different, not for everyone, but is definitely an experience that you’ll remember for quite some time. Despite it not being for everyone, I strongly recommend trying it because of the amazing quality of everything in the game. At the very least, it’s better at being a game than Heavy Rain.
