BeastKnights II: Sins of War

BeastKnights II: Sins of War is a fighting game developed by Draconian Games and published by The Deviant Fighting Company, released on September 15, 2020, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows via Steam. It's the seventh game in the DraconianVerse and the second game in the BeastKnights series.

Gameplay
BeastKnights II has every single mechanic brought from its predecessor, but with new features that will add a new meaning to the overall flow of battle, including the Instant Guard, which replenishes a bit of lost health by guarding in exact time as their opponent's attack; Guard Push, which serves to push the opponent away while guarding; Special Cancel, which allows the players to cancel a special move into another at the cost of one third of the Brave Indicator; and Inner Spirit, which allows the characters to become one with their Animal Spirits, giving them different buffs for eight seconds and accessing to enhanced versions of the Limit Breaks. The Spirit Indicator has now two sections instead of one in from past game.

As with the previous game, each character can finish their opponents off in gruesome ways with the Murder Acts, composed of one Physical Murder and one Spiritual Murder.

Story
Two years have passed since a handful selection of warriors stopped Deathstructor's undead invasion, however, what they don't know, except a certain jester involved, is that his eradication actually unsealed Horocron, an old enemy of the skeletal lord; and the disgraced time master from the Time Dimension, planning to destroy the timeline of Earth and rebuild a new one in his image and likeness.

With the world in danger one more time, Rudolph and Gretchen assemble the Feudal Tamers again, as a coalition of the heroic BeastKnights, to fight against Horocron and his personal army of warriors, the KnightHunters.

New figures are also involved, with each one of them having their own motives to fight, either helping our beloved heroes, or fighting against them.

Characters
BeastKnights II started with 24 initial characters, plus 10 unlockable characters including the sub-boss Paku Tiki, the final boss Horocron and one pre-order character, Mantigore, for a total of 35 characters. A season pass composed of 10 extra DLC characters are confirmed. Characters new to the series are marked in bold.

Stages

 * A Certain Magical Academy: Gretchen's stage
 * A Predator Never Escapes the Prey: Wildclaw's stage
 * A Prosperous Town Like No Other: Rudolph's stage
 * Assassin's City: Assad's stage
 * Blessing the Rains Down in Africa: Ousmane's stage
 * Camp Camouflage: Camila's stage
 * Countdown to Destruction: Horocron's stage
 * Dances With Buffalos: Red Axe's stage
 * Dark Cliffs of Reckoning: Zhao's stage
 * Defending the Korean Heritage: Hye Song's stage
 * Funzo Jack Strikes Back: Funzo's stage
 * The German Guard's Line of Duty: Luther's stage
 * God Bless the School of Faith: A.L.I.C.E's stage
 * Good Restaurant, Bad Smell: Rottex's stage
 * King of the Battlefield: Odongo's stage
 * Island of Bones and Skulls: Skellous' stage
 * The Living Statue's Dungeon: Paku Tiki's stage
 * Mysterious Watchman's Solace: Zen-Garr's stage
 * Nuevo Hogar, Nuevo Mundo: Alejandro's stage
 * Nobunaga's Resting Peace! Thirst For Vengeance!: Haruto's stage
 * Oracle's Duty: Maria's stage
 * Pharaonic Memories: Hath-Shu's stage
 * Polynesian Dance: Aatahua's stage
 * The Prince's Luxurious Homeland: Dilbar's stage
 * Quest For the Lost Treasure: Jean's stage
 * Rome Lives on You: Ignatius' stage
 * Ruins of the Blood Moon: Mahnaz' stage
 * Runaway of the Romani: Viorica's stage
 * Safari of the Spirits: Mantigore's stage
 * Shaolin Temple: Rebirth: Lang's stage
 * Shodown on Honnoji! Yuka's Last Stand!: Yuka's stage
 * El Sol de la Maldad: Yaxkin's stage
 * El Sueño Novohispano: Xochitl's stage
 * The Sultan's Sacred Mission: Burak's stage
 * Where Deathopia Used to Be: Shadoz' stage

English

 * Ike Amadi - Hath-Shu
 * Devon Aoki - Yuka Kazama
 * Troy Baker - Ignatius Meridius
 * Vic Chao - Meng Zhao
 * Charlet Chung - Jeong Hye Song
 * Sacha Baron Cohen - Horocron
 * Auli'i Cravalho - Aatahua
 * Stephen Dillane - Luther Schneider
 * David Robert Donatucci - Skellous
 * Greg Eagles - Odongo Kaba
 * Richard Epcar - Funzo Jack
 * Grant George - Burak Özkan
 * Mark Hamill - Announcer
 * J.G. Hertzler - Mantigore
 * Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - Paku Tiki
 * Mary Louise "Maria" Kanellis-Bennett - Maria Iolkos
 * Archie Kao - Zi Lang
 * Carrie Keranen - Viorica Stefan
 * Wendee Lee - A.L.I.C.E
 * Michael McConnohie - Alejandro Barragán
 * Liam O'Brien - Yaxkin
 * Rhasaan Orange - Ousmane Kaba
 * Jamieson Price - Shadoz
 * Christopher Sabat - Wildclaw
 * Patrick Seitz - Zen-Garr
 * Phillip Shahbaz - Assad Kadar
 * Holly Shanahan - Camila
 * Amanpreet "Shera" Singh - Dilbar Nayak
 * David Sobolov - Jean DuBois
 * Daniel Southworth - Haruto Kazama
 * Karen Strassman - Mahnaz
 * Tara Strong - Gretchen Eillan
 * Fred Tatasciore - Rottex
 * David Vincent - Red Axe
 * Maisie Williams - Xochitl
 * Elijah Wood - Rudolph Barrett

Japanese

 * Shigeru Chiba - Funzo Jack
 * Wataru Hatano - Rottex
 * Aya Hirano - Jeong Hye Song
 * Hiroaki Hirata - Mantigore
 * Yuka Hirata - Camila
 * Nobuyuki Hiyama - Rudolph Barrett
 * Hideyuki Hori - Luther Schneider
 * Tetsu Inada - Zen-Garr
 * Marina Inoue - Mahnaz
 * Tetsuya Iwanaga - Yaxkin
 * Reon Kadena - Maria Iolkos
 * Yutaka Kobayashi - Meng Zhao
 * Ami Koshimizu - Gretchen Eillan
 * Rikiya Koyama - Assad Kadar
 * Takehito Koyasu - Shadoz
 * Rie Kugimiya - Xochitl
 * Yasunori Masutani - Alejandro Barragán
 * Toshiyuki Morikawa - Ignatius Meridius
 * Hiroshi Naka - Announcer
 * Joji Nakata - Horocron
 * Daisuke Ono - Burak Özkan
 * Ryuzaburo Otomo - Paku Tiki
 * Akio Otsuka - Wildclaw
 * Hochu Otsuka - Odongo Kaba
 * Miyuki Sawashiro - Viorica Stefan
 * Toshihiko Seki - Ousmane Kaba
 * Yu Shimamura - A.L.I.C.E
 * Shunya Shiraishi - Haruto Kazama
 * Shoei - Red Axe
 * Takayuki Tsubaki - Dilbar Nayak
 * Yuji Ueda - Skellous
 * Tomona Yabiku - Aatahua
 * Kazuhiro Yamaji - Hath-Shu
 * Ryosuke Yamamoto - Zi Lang
 * Hiroki Yasumoto - Jean DuBois

Sequel
A direct continuation of BeastKnights II is confirmed to be in the developing stages by series creator Saúl Saavedra H., with the tentative title of BeastKnights III, expected to form part of Phase Three of the Draconianverse.