I am 20 years too late for the party but I actually wanted to experience the game in person instead of watching it on 2nd screen like a zoomer.
I can't decide if Asura's Wrath is some elaborate shitpost, a gigantic homage or if the producers were serious.
The gameplay is almost nonexistent and whatever little there is is serviceable.
But the QTE's actually work and tend to impact whatever is happening on the screen and somehow every QTE here is extra satisfying.
They fucking hired Studio 4C to make fully hand-drawn DLC episodes - a glorified AMV where failing QTE changes the clip, Time Gal-like. And the interludes were drawn by some really great and known artists which seem to be hired only to draw few pages.
There's at least one Itano circus scene with the same camera angles, missile spread, same dodging action.
The choreography in the cutscenes is amazing, I'm impressed how expressive the characters are and how nicely the combat scenes are constructed. Getting pinned to the ground by a planet-sized sword while Dvorak plays in the background was my favorite so far.
But the cutscenes range from good to so ridiculously over the top and so fucking campy (especially after teaming up with Yasha) that I start to believe this all is a very expensive shitpost.