Asura's Wrath (アスラズ ラース, Asurazu Rāsu) is an action video game developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Capcom. It was first announced at the Tokyo Game Show in 2010, and was released worldwide in February 2012. The game was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Storyline
Asura is one of the Eight Guardian Generals, techno-divine beings who fight an eternal war with the Gohma and their creator Vlitra, the hostile spirit of their planet Gaea where humans live and give worship to them, which empowers them and their Karma Fortress with an energy called "Mantra". Vlitra is temporarily driven back, but the Guardian General's leader Deus is concerned about its return. Seeking greater power to fight the Gohma and achieve true immortality, the seven Guardian Generals including Asura's brother-in-law Yasha plan to use Asura's priestess daughter Mithra to channel vast quantities of Mantra. To ensure no interference with their plans, they kill Asura's wife Durga, frame Asura for the death of their emperor, then the Guardian General's leader Deus kills Asura when he tries to rescue Mithra. Encouraged by a Golden Spider, Asura escapes into the living world after 12,000 years, finding the Guardian Generals have now dubbed themselves the Seven Deities and slaughter humans to gather Mantra quickly. Swearing revenge on the Seven Deities, Asura goes after and kills each of them, using his rage to overcome death multiple times.
Asura's rage ultimately consumes him, turning him into a mindless demon. When Deus's second-in-command Olga tries using the Karma Fortress to kill Asura's enraged form, Yasha defects as he sees this as misuse of the humans' lives and Mithra's suffering. After crippling the Karma Fortress, Yasha restores Asura to himself, and the two join forces to kill Deus and free Mithra. Vlitra awakens as they achieve this, and with Mithra channeling the stored Mantra into them, Asura and Yasha successfully destroy Vlitra's core, destroying the Gohma for good. An enraged Olga attempts to kill Mithra, but the Golden Spider appears, kills her and kidnaps Mithra. It reveals its true identity as Chakravartin, creator of the universe who set up the conflict to find a worthy god to rule Gaea. Yasha sacrifices himself to empower Asura with the Karma Fortress's Mantra Reactor, allowing him to channel vast amounts of Mantra. Asura then fights and kills Chakravartin; this removes Mantra from the universe, which will kill Asura as he is fuelled by Mantra. His rage dissipated, Asura bids farewell to Mithra as he vanishes and she is returned to Gaea.
The final scene shows Mithra telling the story of Asura to humans, with an epilogue taking place millions of years later in the modern day society with Asura, his family and the Seven Deities having reincarnated as humans, until a giant meteor appears in the sky to crash into the city, prompting the reincarnated Asura to fight once again.
Release Date
- NA: 21 February, 2012
- JP: February 22, 2012
- AU: February 23, 2012
- EU: February 24, 2012
- UK: March 9, 2012
Sound Effect Used
- Sound Ideas, ANIMAL, ELEPHANT - INDIAN ELEPHANT TRUMPETING, NO BACKGROUND (Used for Gohma Crushers.)
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - SMALL PROCESSED SPACE EXPLOSION 01