Astral Blade

Astral Blade is a 3D fighting game inspired by Star Gladiator. It is a weapons-based fighter featuring a Cyberpunk/Space Opera setting with elements of Fantasy.

Plot
AD 219X, an evil organization known as Red Serpent, plan to take over the Earth as well as other planets. The Space Federation are looking for people who could utilize NRG weapons in their own given accord and attempt to stop this organization from taking over the world. (edited)

Gameplay
The game uses 4 buttons: Slash, Heavy Slash, Kick and sidestep. Characters have a NRG Meter (similar to the ones found in Street Fighter and KoF) that they can store up to 3 levels, and perform Super Moves called NRG burst. To make this game simpler there is a "combo tree" system similarly to the one that Star Gladiator has. Special moves can be performed from within the combos themselves, akin to 2D fighting games. There are also move shortcut buttons, but they have to be mapped.

Characters

 * Kade Hunter: The main protagonist, Kade is a Scottish bounty hunter. At a young age his father was killed by an unknown man, now he seeks to avenge his father's death by searching for the one responsible for the murder. He uses a NRG Sword
 * XiangChai: The Deurotagonist, an old friend & Rival of Kade, XiangChai is searching for her missing brother: Feng Lee. She wilds an NRG Spear
 * Akira: A young and sly Japanese kunoichi, she was hired by the Space Federation to infiltrate Red Serpent. She uses an NRG knife.
 * Lukas: A Norwegian Nobleman, and a champion knight. Seeing the strong potential that Lukas had due to his fighting abilities, Geist kidnapped Lukas' foster daughter with the help of a rival knight who had envied Lukas' popularity and skill. His weapon of choice is an NRG blade and Plasma Shield
 * Bolt: A Cat-like Nekos. At a young age Bolt was left on a planet known as Oxon and never knew her parents. She was traveling in her own spaceship, when she crash landed on Earth, and was dragged into the war against Red Serpent. She uses a wrench as her weapon.
 * Lucia: An artificial alien-esque girl. Even though Lucia has a kind and cheerful personality, she also has unusual sadistic tendencies and is naive to the concept of pain and death, killing other people as if it were a game. She uses a Kerabit.
 * Uranus: the Joke character. He comes from a planet called Uranus, but not the one in our solar system. Uranus was assigned to planet Earth for a maintenance check in its 22nd Century, he had also pitched to his superiors to establish diplomatic relations and a warm welcome.
 * A-103 "Delta": Delta was original built by Red Serpent as a simple killing machine, however possessed special thoughts and emotions from within his own unique cybernetic brain. His weapon is supposed to be a Cannon Arm which doubles as a blunt instrument.
 * Joshua: A Featherfolk from the planet Rok and an NRG researcher. At a young age Joshua was separated from his family, years ago after Red Serpent attacked them. Joshua is then approached by Kade, whom he joins up after hearing about their quest to defeat the Syndicate. He fights with an NRG Secpter

Bosses

 * Feng Lee: Xiang Chai's brother & the sub boss. Feng Lee had trained his younger Sister Xiang Chai and her best friend/rival Kade ever since the two of them were young children. One day, however, he had suddenly and unexpectedly vanished without any trace, leaving both Xiang Chai and Kade behind as he felt and decided that they could train much further without him. He had soon traveled around the world, searching out and defeating those who were rumored to have strong fighting potential.
 * Geist: The leader of the Earth Division of Red Serpent, a crime syndicate committing acts of intergalactic terrorism. A mysterious figure who wields a Shadowsword, a weapon similar to the Darksaber.

Console Mode bonus characters

 * Nico: An elite member of Red Serpent. She is a very cryptic individual, speaking in riddles. Her weapon is a Dagger Axe. She is a secret boss that can be fought if the player does not use continues and never loses a single match.
 * Serial Designation N: A guest character from Murder Drones. He is a disassembly drone created by JC Jenson to take out any rouge drone colonies.
 * Krio

Modes

 * Adventure Mode: the game's story mode, it features several RPG elements
 * Arcade Mode: An arcade ladder where you fight (almost) every character until you reach the final boss
 * Training Mode
 * Online Mode
 * Local Wireless
 * Options
 * Gallery