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  • Asura’s Wrath: Lost Episode 2 DLC

    Asura’s Wrath Lost Episode 2 starts off straight away after the events of the first episode, with Ryu being defeated by Asura, Akuma appears wanting to push himself to the limits. The fight, as you can imagine, escalates to new levels of ridiculousness, but still feels tame compared to what the chapter 4 DLC brought forth to the table.

    Lost Episode 2 takes no time to get going, making sure that you could potentially play Lost Episode 1 and 2 straight after each other with no time being wasted with characters and plot points being set up. You’re here for one reason only: to take on Akuma.

    Gameplay is exactly the same as the last piece of DLC, you start fighting Akuma on a 2D plane as you would in street fighter, and as things escalate you start fighting in an arena style setting, like every other free moving part in the game. It’s a good combination, and one that certainly allows for some challenge and freedom when things start getting tough.

    Asura's special against Akuma
    Asura has a new set of special moves for this fight

    One thing that should be noted is the detail the developers have put into Asura’s move set; Asura now has new set of special moves, completely different from when you were facing Ryu, giving nice new animations and spectacle to an otherwise same experience. This also applies to the 3D environment fight scene, with new counters and special attacks giving more finesse to the whole episode.

    Once the DLC is finished, it takes on the same role as the last: allowing you to retry the fight sequence but with new challenges. I only had a chance to do one (To activate special 5 times in one fight), but they seem to be a lot harder than the last set. Definitely adds a lot of replay-ability to this episode.

    So in conclusion: you get more of the same at the same price. If you enjoyed the first lost episode then you should have no qualms with this one, just be warned: This is not the end of Asura’s Wrath.

  • Asura’s Wrath: Lost Episode 1 DLC

    As much as I loved Asura’s Wrath, I just couldn’t bring myself to love this new DLC add on, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, I just personally wish I had more Asura’s Wrath to play is all, and this is far from what hardcore fans will be looking for.

    The price is certainly worth it, for £1.40 (160ms points) you get another episode (filed under the “lost chapters section”) which lasts about 5 minutes game time, and around 10-15 minutes total. It’s certainly an extra, not adding to the story in anyway, but giving you that little bit of extra time showing the extent of Asura’s Wrath (which seems to be endless)

    Asrua v Ryu
    This screenshot looks closer to Streetfighter than it feels in the actual game

    The gameplay is definitely weird. Fans of Streetfighter will immediately notice that although the fighting style is familiar, the controls certainly aren’t. You have 4 buttons to press to fight, X makes fireball projectiles, A jumps, B to attack and Y to use special when Ryu is knocked on the ground, all of these attacks require no control stick like traditional Street fighter games. It’s basically the open scenes of the game but with the controls confined to a 2D plane rather than 3D. It’s all really strange, and takes a while to get used to, but don’t expect a proper fighting game out of this DLC.

    The whole episode concludes with a cliffhanger for the next DLC (released next Tuesday) as is tradition with Asura’s Wrath, and will be priced the same. Replay-ability is ensured with “missions” placed on the menu screen when selecting this chapter once it’s been finished. These take place in the fight scene between Asura and Ryu, and require you to complete challenges such as: “KO within 40 seconds!” or “Get a perfect KO!”; Challenging, but not over-the-top hard. It’s certainly one way to make you work for that extra 15 gamerscore this DLC adds to the title.

    So in conclusion: Should you buy this DLC? Well chances are if you’re a massive fan of Asura’s Wrath like I am, you’ve already got it. If you’re on the fence though, well what have you got to lose? It’s cheap, and a little bit of fun. Certainly something to spend those left over points on.