Re: Vengeance - Dark Sonata

Re: Vengeance - Dark Sonata is the sixth game in the Re: Vengeance series and serves as the Alternative continuity and reboot of the series, basically it's story line is an alternate retelling of Re: Vengeance - Silent Storm and Re: Vengeance - Blue Blood, in a more realistic, while retaining the gothic themes and dark creatures motif.

This is the first game for the current generation of Consoles, featuring second time a port for the Zeo console.

Summary
Maintaining the tone, but changing the darker themes for a more, lighter setting, the story is a alternate retelling of the first two games. And the game consists in a Beat'em up style with elements of action games, taking control this time of more characters than the first game.

To the point, the game's summary is: "A Gothic story of action and romance"

A story set in the fictional Ripley City, in where the violence and corruption are the daily bread. The main crime boss Savio Edwards, had organized an event in honor to the birthday of his Daughter, Claire, however, Claire doesn't like her daddy's plans, and sets herself in a travel to stop him, alongside her friend Aiden Spencer, and her right hand-man, the mysterious Keith Laurent, however, another girl who holds an umbrella and a unusual kind of dress, called Victoria, oversees them, first sending a Teen idol and later herself. But there's a lot more than this simple story.

For the extended version of the Red Moon Night, see Dreaded Princess.

Main cast

 * Claire Edwards: A 19 year old marchioness who's the heir of the Martin Empire, she's a nice girl and comprehends everyone easily, she wants to marry a handsome and trustworthy man, but her current mission is saving her dad of his own ambition, for her deceased mother's sake. Her height is 170cm (5' 7") and weights 58kg (128lbs).


 * Keith Laurent: A Mysterious 28-year old man, he's really cautelous and apparently knows about the history even before many of the cast were born, he's calm, corteous and only fights the strongest and not the innocents. He doesn't like guns and prefers the swords and other honorable weapons. His height is 191cm (6' 3") and weights 85kg (187lbs).


 * Aiden Spencer: She is a heir of a duchess and Claire's best friend and a 18 year old girl, she's happy, nice and cheerful girl with everyone, and likes mysterious creatures and things. Aiden has heterochromia (Blue and Brown). Her height is 164cm (5' 4.5") and weights 49kg (108lbs).


 * Eirian Gallagher: A young and rising Idol singer who's 17 years old, he dislikes fighting women, has a big sense of justice and likes doing heroic things, is friendly, sociable and kind, sometimes foolish. Heights 176cm (5' 9,4") and weights 57kg (126lbs).


 * Victoria Arcos: A young 500+ years old vampiress who looks eighteen, and a royal from one of the highest families on the Underworld realm, she's serious, strict, and acts like a princess. Her Height is 167cm (5' 5,8") and weights 54kg (119lbs).

Secondary cast

 * Mireya "Mateo" Bagliore: A woman who's disguised as a boy in order to infiltrate in the shadows of the crime world, smart, beautiful, and serious for her age, she has rare eye shape, later, joins Claire as her maid. She's 20 years old. Her height is 172cm (5' 7,8") and weights 59kg (130lbs).


 * Ferdinand Torres: A man who's a professional and serious chef, but outside of the post. Has a quirky personality and shares some dirty jokes with his co-workers, later became Claire's chef. He's 34 years old. Heights 180cm (5' 11") and weights 65kg (143lbs).


 * Raoul Giovanni: Raoul is a Spunky boy whose life is spent to do things related to gardens, he owns a small garden on his house, he's educated but rushes anything, later became Claire's gardener. He's 16 years old. Heights 165cm (5' 5") and weights 55kg (121lbs).


 * Ryōma: Ryōma is a red haired boy and one of Claire's closest allies as a footman in the manor, he likes to drink a lot and often messing up things, which ignites the ire of either Keith or Mireya. He's 21 years old, his Height is 176cm (5' 9,4") and his weight is 65kg (143lbs).


 * Celina: Celina is a little and beautiful gray haired girl, saved by Keith and adopted her as his sister, she's paraplegic and uses a wheelchair, cheerful and educated. She's 7 years old. Heights 107cm (3' 6") and weights 27kg (60lbs).


 * Mistral Maximova: Mistral is a young red haired girl who lives with her grandparents, however, one day her family was assaulted and killed by a Vampire, she has a rude personality. She's 11 years old. Heights 125cm (4' 1") and weights 30kg (66lbs).


 * Reinhard D. Heinrich: A Dark Ones' hunter and also a member of the church, doesn't talk too much and prefers that his weapons talk for him. He's nicknamed by the others as "Ray", apparently he's immortal judging by his talks with Keith. Heights 185cm (6' 1") and weights 80kg (176lbs).


 * Savio Edwards: Claire's father and a crime lord, he treasures his daughter above anything else, however, he has dark intentions outside of his businessman persona and secrets behind Christine's death. Heights 188cm (6' 2") and his weight is 79kg (174lbs).


 * Domenico Lombardi: A 27-year old bouncer who works for Savio as his bodyguard, he's solemn and obedient to his boss in any moment. He has a weapon from the Darkness and does not affect him. His height is 175cm (5' 9") and his weight is 70kg (154lbs).
 * Noël Armstrong: She's the owner of the "Dark Rose Garden", a popular Night Club. She knows mysteries such as Dark creatures invading the City and has an introverted personality, her age is mysterious but refers herself to 40+. Her height is 183cm (6' 0") and her weight is 59kg (130lbs).
 * Eric Faustus: Close friend of Claire's family as well as Martin Empire's House Steward who took care of Claire before the latter started her independence. He also tells to her that she resembles her mother, he's 53 years old. Heights 178cm (5' 10") and weights 63kg (138-139lbs).
 * Alessandro Quattrini: Is Keith's best friend, a 31-year old opera singer, he's more cheerful than Keith and contrasts his personality with a hot-headed attitude but is more of a brute and prefers also physical force and only has a gun for convenience. His height is 211cm (6' 11") and weights 100kg (220lbs).
 * Nathalie van Santen: Is a Noblewoman from an Empire called Rosanova, which is best known as an "All-Female Empire", because of all their successors were women. She's very tall for a woman, she's 22 years old. Heights 194cm (6' 4.5") and weights 77kg (170lbs)
 * Katarina: Katarina is a witch, known for being a trickster and very lazy when doing other's duties, she knows the real intentions of Vance and the identities of Keith and Alessandro. Her height is 166cm (5' 5,4") and her weight is unknown.
 * Vance Lockhart: Vance is a Vampire, and a member of Savio's Mafia, apparently has connections with the incident of Maximova, and wants to kill Mistral and Victoria. His height is 189cm (6' 2,3") and his weight is 102kg (223lbs).
 * Hell Stinger/Styx: The Queen of Darkness, she appears as an Blue Butterfly and her story is narrated by other dark creatures.
 * Victoria's siblings: Strongly mentioned, but they don't appear physically in the game. Victoria refers to them as worse than any other Vampire that has ever met.

Mini Games
So far, there are four confirmed mini-games.
 * Dance: A mode in which you must follow certain commands in order to impress. Many 80's-90's genres are touched.
 * Karaoke: A minigame in that you should follow the commands (in the Wii U version, touch the pad screen.), sometimes, you must impress someone close.
 * Water Guns: This game is basically shooting water to your enemies.
 * Plataformer fun: Play as a cartoony black cat and surpass the levels, however, you only have 10 credits at the Arcade.

Music
The game's music will be Based in Jazz and Lounge music (especially, Jazz Fusion), and also classical music, the game also includes vocal songs.

Trivia

 * As a commemoration of the author's 10 years of writing, this title will be created with great effort. Like Black Strings Carnival: Last Song, The Legend of Vanessa, VSRFX Origins and Dream Revolution: Last Fire, and the upcoming Online game Project BREAK-OUT!. (Started Writing back in December of 2005).
 * The game is set in the 90's, especifically in 1994, between January and June. And despite this, some of the places are resembling of more older years.
 * The game will have older and vintage things, such as Jukebox, old microphones, etc.
 * The Night Club will play a part in the Main Menu, especially Noël's speeches, some of them key features.
 * Is set in the same gothic fiction as the first two games, with a modern touch.