Latest Inspirations · 4:59pm Apr 12th, 2012
Dunno if any of you guys have played Asura's Wrath yet, but if you haven't, it's more of an interactive anime than an actual game. Still, I enjoyed its presentation, and its Holy-Shit-Quotient is OFF. THE. CHARTS. It's balls-out shit-awesome with the scale of everything that's happening despite having a cliched-as-hell script.
Anyway enough about that mini-review, the point of this is that while watching the cutscenes of Asura's Wrath, something struck me.
Between the two characters you controlled, Asura and Yasha, the game system of beating on the enemies until you built up a certain "Burst Meter" of sorts made it somewhat analogous to them building up momentum and strength before releasing one giant burst of power all at once to finish off the enemy. But it got me thinking - what fueled their powers?
For the berserker Asura, it was simple enough - his rage fueled his power, pure and simple. The more he fights and the greater momentum he builds up, his rage and fury mounts until it reaches a boiling crescendo, and then he releases it all at once in single, huge burst of power. But Yasha couldn't be more different from Asura in his demeanor and the way he does battle.
Asura is a berserker who uses brute force and pure strength. Yasha favored finesse and blinding speed over that, and he was always calm, collected and refined in contrast to the brash and hot-headed Asura. So while I was playing as Yasha, as I was whaling on the enemies to build up my Burst Meter, I wondered - just WHAT emotion fueled Yasha's powers, if Asura's were fueled by his rage?
Seeing Yasha fight with pure precision and focus led me to conclude that the more Yasha fought, the more he builds a state of centering and zen, his focus and reflexes becoming stretched taut as his mind and body moves in unison - and once they were wire-thin and razor-sharp, he strikes a single, precise killing blow while simultaneously releasing all the tension that had been built so far.
In conclusion: Asura's power is fueled by fury and rage, Yasha's power is fueled by zen and focus.
This got me thinking about applying something similar to our six heroines in the Order of Koaxia - having powers that respond to their emotions. Though the tricky part is, finding the appropriate emotion to tag onto the respective power.
So far, I got this:
Lightning - Unknown
Ice - Focus, Zen, Balance
Darkness - Fear, Despair
Poison - Willpower, Determination
Fire - Rage, Fury, Wrath
Light - Hope, Desire, Life
Yeah... the only one I have trouble with coming up with an appropriate emotion to fuel the power of Lightning. Anybody got any suggestions?
For lighting
speed and power
68443 On the right track there - what emotions get triggered while in a state of high speed and power is coursing through your entire body?
I'm thinking... Excitement. Thrills. Enjoyment.
adrenalin is another one
for me personal terror man was not meant to go faster than 40mph