Wrath
During combat, the animation is top notch, with plenty of environmental effects and cool-looking moves. The character designs are good, especially the larger units like the Frost Dragon. A special mention should also go to the design of the Dark Chaos god. Wow. The audio isn’t so top notch. Although the theme music is suitably stirring, most of the rest of the audio isn’t as good. Of particular annoyance is the announcer that tells you “Player 2 passes turn” (or whatever) when the accompanying text onscreen pretty much explains what just happened. And the “Boom, boom, boom” of each introduction to a battle gets tired pretty quickly as well.
Another downside to Wrath is the frequent load times. Every time you enter or leave combat you’re stuck with a loading screen. The fighting does a good job breaking up the strategic elements, but when you have to watch a loading screen before and after every fight it just further brings down the pacing but it wasn’t enough to deter my overall enjoyment of Wrath.
Fighting fans looking for something a little different might want to give Wrath a look. The turn-based strategy offers quite a bit of challenge but the free full version games & fighting should be just right, with just enough different characters to keep you going. For strategy fans, Wrath should keep you busy for a while (although it remains to be seen what kind of “legs” Wrath will have) and if you’re not so fast on your feet you can also practice the fighting mode.