After the initial reveal of Asura's Wrath, many gamers (GOW fanatics) began saying that it was a God of War rip off. They cited that Asura's Wrath contained (what Jaffe has referred to as) on screen mini-games. Thus making it a clone or rip off of God Of War, when it's not! One can say the development team was inspired by God Of War, but that's it! A lot of these "fanatics" believe that God Of War was the first game of it's kind, when it's not! Before God Of War, there was Devil May Cry, which is where God Of War is derived from! These "fanatics" could care less though! This question is not answered as easily for some as it is others. Therefore, I will breakdown, why Asura's Wrath is not a God Of War rip off and or clone!
When one says a game is like another there are many factors that come into play, the 1st being the actual gameplay. Therefore asking this question is the most important,so does Asura's Wrath play like God Of War? No, it doesn't. If you look at Asura's Wrath's gameplay video's, you will note the gameplay is far different than God Of War's. Yes, there are "on screen mini-games" (i.e. quick time events) but they are so far advanced of God Of War's, thus they've been expanded on! In the same way God Of War expanded on what Devil May Cry started! If anyone at Santa Monica studios says they didn't use DMC as inspiration for GOW their lying because it's evident that they used DMC as the foundation for GOW.
This is the exact same issue Dante's Inferno had when it came out, which in it's case, is true! I mean both God Of War III and Dante's Inferno play EXACTLY the same. Everything from battle mechanics down to taming and riding beast! In fact, the development team was asked the very question of were they inspired by GOW, to which they blatantly lied and said "No, we haven't even seen it" lol really? any real gamer knows the truth! Anyways, this is the point I'm trying to make here, when two games play the same as one another, then it can be said it's a rip off and or clone!
In a true comparison of the two games, what do they really have in common, besides the obvious, (i.e. quick time events, similar atmospheres) nothing, the gameplay style varies greatly! That's really what this comes down to and if any gamer is familiar with "Clover Studios" they will have or should have noted what Asura's Wrath is actually like and that is "God Hand"! The gameplay mechanics are identical, they've just been expanded upon, making it possible for Asura to do the things he does! Asura's R2 burst rapid button press, is equivalent to gene's rapid button presses in God Hand! Thus the answer is finally revealed, Asura's Wrath is like God Hand, not God Of War!
Here's why the rumored $1 billion budget for Rockstar Games' upcoming open world action game, Grand Theft Auto VI, doesn't quite add up.
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Video game budgets will always be fictional, just like Hollywood movies. Unless there are receipts it's all speculation.
And Take Two has a marketing department with an already approved budget (just like studios in Hollywood).
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Budgeting isn't included in the total cost because it is a separate budget. These companies intentionally inflate the numbers so they pay less in taxes.
This is not a new trend. And if you give your CEO $30 million per year and a game takes 5 years, you just add that $150million to the budget (CNN).
I don't know where they get these numbers, absolutely NO games is spending anywhere near that amount on production even including marketing. If we're talking lifetime estimates for like a 10yr plan maybe, but even that would be a very vague projection. RDR2 at the time of release cost less that GTAV did and GTAV cost about 265mil with marketing being an average of about 200-300mil each.
I believe it's somewhere around there. Cod is 700m$ to make. I think GTA could be around there if not more. The insane level of detail in the trailer says it all.
Yeah I believe it's around there personally.
The $700m cod budget is for tax purposes imho.
I also seriously doubt a game even as top notch as GTA would cost a billion to make.
Yeah, that would be tax fraud. Public companies are independenly audited. They cannot just put whatever number they want "for tax purposes".
Virtual pet simulators are having a resurgence in VR, and in this review for Stay: Forever Home you'll find out why that's good.
Ultra combo!
The game is looking good GoW comparisons or not.
Looks more Japanese, which means it'll be much crazier and more exaggerated. I'm going to be laughing my ass off while I'm playing this, and that's a good thing.
Been saying the same thing about GoW and DMC for years.
all games copy something like a movie or past game
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Have similarities in some parts.
Kratos' pissed, Asura's pissed.
Greek Gods, Hindu Gods.
Both have divine powers.
Quick Time Events.
Asura's could stand as it's own game.
But it gave me impressions that, this game is a Japanese Shonen-fied with manga spirits of God of War ideas & concept.