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The original scene DA referenced just had many elements that made it hard to replicate in an impactful way.
The scene leading up to the last punch was Asura having to leave behind Mithra to free her. You could truly see the pain on his face, like his mouth really tightens in grief as he charges the punch. Asura’s way more expressive later during the punch when he cries out and grits his teeth to push harder.
With the actual punch, there’s a lot more fluidity and motion. You see the screen shaking and Chakravartin’s head really wobble as well as the flaps on the side of his head blow around. This gives the feeling that Chak’s head feels like it’s getting pulled in towards Asura’s fist. More importantly, with the QTE, DA had the button mashing but didn’t add the rage meter for that buildup and Burst prompt. Then when the punch ends, a sizable chunk of Chakravartin’s head just gets blown off while Kratos still looked like he took no damage.
Essentially DA had a template that he failed to show why it was so powerful.