Asura's Wrath is an action game where the player controls Asura , one of the eight elite demigods. He leads a legion to fight against a race of beasts called Gohma who roam Earth, called Gaea in the game. Asura serves the emperors who rose as the leaders of Shinkoku Trastrium, a civilization that unified all nations. The demigods derive their power from mantra, a source powered by the emotion of mortals.
The game starts when the Gohma attack the space station and specifically a giant laser known as Brahmastra, powered by mantra, that could wipe out all Gohma. Asura's daughter Mithra is chosen by the 128th Emperor Strada to become the main priestess to guide the mortal's prayers to provide mantra. The main story is split up into three parts with 18 episodes in total.
Large parts of the game are played as a third-person fighting game with a focus on melee combat. Asura has different attacks that can be chained into combos. He also has a ranged cannon that can lock onto enemies and blast opponents and projectiles out of the sky. By inflicting and receiving damage an Unlimited gauge near the top of the screen is filled up.
For many parts the game shifts into rail shooter sequences where Asura soars through the skies. In those sequences movement is limited to a fixed axis for the area shown on the screen and the camera rotates automatically. Asura attacks and locks onto multiple targets and needs to evade projectiles.
The game has many cinematic events that require direct input from the player. These appear during gameplay but also during static cinematics or flight sequences. These quick-time events are rated based on accuracy and speed, and even during cinematics missing them can cause Asura to die or lose a significant amount of health.
Asura's Wrath was released on the Playstation 3 on February 21st, 2012. It is a Beat'em Up game.