I found the Asura's Wrath demo to be offensively bad.
Horrible voice acting and the worst writing I've ever heard in a game this generation, characters just shout pure nonsense. The musical score seriously gave me a headache. The graphics and art-style were ugly and uninspired. The gameplay, aside from the excessive and poorly designed QTE's, was dreadful and the shooting was a useless gameplay mechanic. The story seems completely aimless, why did the Gods randomly kill your wife and kidnap you're daughter? The demo should have at least gave an explanation as to why the Gods did what they did, although I'm assuming that there isn't a reason, it just lacks any depth, purpose or structure. I know that story isn't important for this genre but it should at least make sense for goodness sake.
I know the lead developers/producers are fans of God of War (they said so in an interview I read) but I think it's an insult to God of War that this game is being compared to it. I think it's much more comparable to Bayonetta which whilst being too over the top and sometimes cringe-worthy, was actually a fairly enjoyable experience, but Asura's Wrath as a game is comparable to the film 'Titanic 2' in terms of a bad something can be. Sorry if my opinion somehow offends anyone, I just thought Asura's Wrath was absolutely terrible, which is a shame because I was expecting a great God of War rip-off like Castlevania: Lords of Shadow or at least a decent attempt like Dante's Inferno.
