Star Gladiator 3: Reign of Rain

Star Gladiator 3: Reign of Rain is the long awaited 3rd installment of the Star Gladiator series.

Plot
In the year 2353, Bilstein has been finally killed for good, however, his daughter Rain has taken control over the Fourth Empire and waged a war against the Earth Federation. 20 years later, The Fourth Empire has conquered the entire galaxy and the only resistance remaining is the Star Gladiator Project. In order to get rid of said resistance, Rain declared war on the Star Gladiator Project.

Modes

 * Story Mode
 * Arcade Mode - choose a character and go through 8 fight against the computer, the 1st 7 are against random opponent and the 8t his against the Boss.
 * Versus Mode - choose 2 characters and fight against each other.
 * Challenge Mode - choose a character and go through a series of challenges that you can choose from:
 * Time Attack Mode - same as arcade mode but no story elements and with a time limit.
 * Survival Mode - fight an infinite series of opponent until you lose.
 * Mission Mode - choose between 20 missions for each character.
 * Online Mode
 * Player Mode
 * Ranking Mode
 * Training Mode - choose a character and freely train against another character.
 * Options Mode

Characters

 * Haruka "Ele" Kanzaki - the main protagonist of the game. 10 years ago soldiers of the Fourth Empire has teared through her house and supposedly killed her parents, now she is a member of the Star Gladiator Project. However, she was captured by the Fourth Empire and used as as test subject for Rain's experiment.
 * Gantetsu - the new head if the Star Gladiator Project and Ele's godfather.
 * Eagle - a member of the Star Gladiator Project.
 * Omega - an old Vector prototype who has found the meaning of love and joined the Star Gladiator Project.
 * Prince - a member of the Fourth Empire and Rain's right hand man.
 * Kappah Nosuke - after the Fourth Empire started their conquest across the galaxy, Rain asked Kappah's race to aid her in the conquest. And in exchange
 * Kaede - a former agent for the Earth Federation who joined the Star Gladiator project.
 * Matt Barbarians - a member of the Star Gladiator Project and a relative of the deceased Blood Barbarians. as a member of the project he met with Ele and fell in love with her.
 * Greenwald Dyer - a member of the Star Gladiator Project and a relative of Saturn who was one of the survivors of his race after ther massacre ordered by Rain.
 * Mamo Gohgry - a member of the Star Gladiator Project and the child of Gamoff who was one of the survivors of his race after ther massacre ordered by Rain.
 * Fransisca Gerelt - a member of the Fourth Empire and the daughter of the deceased Franco Gerelt who was executed alongside his wife by Rain's men.
 * Nexustrike - a series of killer robots for the Fourth Empire who replace the scrapped Vector Series.
 * Terraptor - a byonic velociraptor who was created from the DNA of the deceased Rimgal.
 * Wingrawf Fiskekrogen - a member of the Star Gladiator Project and a relative of Zelkin who was one of the survivors of his race after ther massacre ordered by Rain.
 * Carbon Gajah - a member of the Fourth Empire and the son of Gore and Luca.
 * Survivor - a member of the Fourth Empire whose past and identity are shrouded in mystery.
 * Blitz Oberdraft - the prime general of the Fourth Empire and Rain's mad lover.

Hidden Characters

 * Black Hayato - 10 years ago, soldiers of the Fourth Empire has stormed through his house, supposedly killed him and his wife, however he survived and out of anger his Black Hayato persona took over him and any trace of his original persona has been completely erased.
 * Catherine "Rain" Bilstein(Boss) - the main antagonist and Boss of the game. 20 years ago, her father was killed by Hayato for good. however, she took over the Fourth Empire and started a malicious conquest across the galaxy.
 * Byakko(Hidden Boss) - a member of the Fourth Empire, after Rain destroyed the Earth Federation, Byakko unwillingly joined the Fourth Empire
 * Rai-on(Hidden Boss) - a member of the Fourth Empire, after Rain destroyed the Earth Federation, Rai-On joined the Fourth Empire.
 * Black Swan(Hidden Boss) - a high profile prisoner of Rain. Rain has kept her as a test subject for all sorts of horrific experiments for 2 decade. In reality, she is the future version of Ele who got captured by Rain and the Fourth Empire.

Stages

 * Project Headquarters
 * Ice Cave
 * Natural Fields
 * Wasteland
 * Deep Space
 * Empire Helicarrier
 * Empire Hall
 * Empire Throne Room

Voice Cast

 * Lauren Landa as Ele
 * Bryce Papenbrook as Matt
 * Josh Grelle as Greenwald
 * Keith Silverstein as Mamo and Black Hayato
 * Caitlin Glass as Fransisca
 * Robot Sound as Nexustrike
 * Howling as Terraptor
 * Troy Baker as Wingrawf
 * J Michael Tatum as Carbon
 * Johnny Yong Bosch as Survivor
 * Steven Blum as Blitz and Prince
 * Michael McConnohie as Gantetsu
 * Grant George as Omega and Eagle
 * Karen Strassman as Rain
 * Richard Epcar as Byakko
 * Dave Mellow as Rai-On

Cheats

 * Fight Byakko in the final stage - beat the 1st 7 stage of arcade mode without using continues and while getting atleast 3 Plasma Strike Finishers, then in stage 8 you will fight Byakko instead of fighting Rain.
 * Fight Rai-On in the final stage - beat the 1st 7 stage of arcade mode without using continues and while getting atleast 6 Plasma Strike Finishers, then in stage 8 you will fight Rai-On instead of fighting Rain.

Reception
The game has received mixed to positive reviews for the functional but not that technical gameplay, the responsive controls, the detailed graphics, the energetic soundtrack, and the entertaining story.