Reign of Violence

Reign of Violence is a fighting game developed by Draconian Games and published by The Deviant Fighting Company, released on December 26, 2017, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows via Steam. It's the fourth game in the DraconianVerse.

Gameplay
Reign of Violence is a 3D fighter inspired in the 3D Era Mortal Kombat games and most of the 3D fighting franchises such as the Virtua Fighter, Tekken and Dead or Alive series, while also incorporates elements from the Fighting Vipers series, with a four-button setting consisting of two punch and kick buttons, each one set as left and right attacks. In addition to them, there's the counter button, which serves to anticipate and then counter their opponents' attacks in many, unique ways.

One notable feature in Reign of Violence is the Bloodlust mode, which allows you to buff your fighting status, evidenced by turning their skin red, based on the Rage Mode of the recent Tekken games. Your health indicator must have 25% or lower to activate it.

The desperation attack of the game is Art of Revenge, which can be activated only when your character is in the Bloodlust mode and is a Risk and Reward mechanic that can be used only one time per each round. This is also the first Draconian Games fighter to not include the traditional power indicators, save for a few console exclusive and second season DLC guests.

The Fatalities of the game are the Violent Ends, with each character having two of them.

Every stage in the game takes place in closed areas. This allows your characters to do incredible Wrestling-like attacks after jumping on the corners or slamming their opponents to the stage's corresponding walls.

This is also the first game idea to feature match-point Instant Replays, showcasing your character's decisive hit against their opponent from another point of view, complete with slow motion. You can move the camera freely during the replays. After that, the announcer says "[INSERT YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME] WINS!" with the camera focusing on the loser getting up before the next round begins.

As per tradition, the Story Mode has 8 regular matches, followed by the Rival Match being the ninth battle and concluding with the final fight against the very organizer of the tournament himself: Ramiro Puentes. Interlude cutscenes are also included, with the characters interacting with each other right before the fight and then after the fight. Note that during these matches, you cannot perform the Violent Ends.

The game runs in 60 frames per second, except the cinematic opening cutscene, which runs in 24 frames per second and the rest of in-game cutscenes (you know, the character intros and victories, the Violent Ends and most of the story mode sequences) running in 30 frames per second.

Story
Long time ago in the Mesoamerican period, the Aztecs fought in the bloodiest battles between warriors of different clans, with the losers receiving painful sacrifices for the Seven Aztec Gods. However, said losers' souls were trapped in a mystical necklace that an infamous vizier used as a way to take over the nation, but Montezuma captured the traitor and executed him for the unforgivable crime. Now, in the contemporary age, Ramiro Puentes, a classy yet shady Mexican businessman fascinated with the Aztec culture, talked with the Martial Arts Committee to create the Violent Ritual of Combat Tournament, of which they agreed with him. Meanwhile, the Seven Aztec Gods are wary of Ramiro's true intentions and in order to counter it, they found two recently befriended girls who are fated to stop his evil plans. The two American college students of Mexican descent, Erika Wright and Samantha Olsen, will have the power to survive the violent encounters in order to save the world.

Characters
Reign of Violence launched with 12 playable characters and 7 unlockables, with Ramiro Puentes, the final boss, being one of them, in addition to the console exclusive characters: Joel from The Last of Us for the PlayStation 4, Kim Wu from Killer Instinct for Xbox One, Fox McCloud from Star Fox for Nintendo Switch and Yurnero the Juggernaut from Dota 2 for Steam. Guest characters are marked in italic. Two DLC sesason passes are confirmed.

Sequel
A sequel, Reign of Violence: Second Blood, is confirmed to be in development and expected to be part of the Phase Two of the DraconianVerse.