Samurai Warriors Crossroads: Chapter 2

Samurai Warriors Crossroads: Chapter 2 is an upcoming expansion from. It is set to be released in September 25th, 2021 on all consoles.

Changes

 * Terumasa now gets to decide on whether or not, in comparison to Haru, who dies regardless of the ending you get.
 * Some characters get newly recorded lines.
 * 2 new difficulties. They are called Beginner and Reckless. Reckless is by far the most difficult setting in the game itself.
 * Similar to

Modes
All of the modes from the original game are carried over.

Plot
Unlike the original, Chapter 2 has an exclusive story that

Characters
All of the characters from Chapter 1 return, with the following additions. 4 of them return after being absent.

Returning Characters

 * 1) Ginchiyo Tachibana (Weapon: Serrated Blade)
 * 2) Kiyomasa Kato (Weapon: Scythe)
 * 3) Yoshitsugu Otani (Weapon: Sword)
 * 4) Kanetsugu Naoe (Weapon: Charm Sword)

New Characters

 * 1) Terumasa Ikeda (Weapon: Katana)
 * 2) Lady Myokyu (Weapon: Naginata)
 * 3) Hideie Ukita (Weapon: Longsword)
 * 4) Tazu (Weapon: Sword and Gun)
 * 5) Dosan Saito (Weapon: Viper Spear)
 * 6) Yoshiteru Ashikaga (Weapon: Sword)

Supporting Characters
While the supporting characters


 * 1) Tsuneoki Ikeda (Weapon: Omi Yari)



DLC
Like the vanilla game, Chapter is confirmed to receive a Season Pass

Chapter 2 Season Pass (Free, September 2021 - 2022)

 * 4 New Characters (Matabei Goto, Lady Shinjo, Terumoto Mori and Hidemune Date)
 * Notorious Difficulty (A mode that is Dark Souls levels of Hard)
 * 3 new edit voices (In both languages)
 * Two new challenge modes (Escape and Swim to Safety)
 * Haru Costume Pack (Yusuke Godai, Chris Redfield, Zhang Chunhua,
 * Hiroie Costume Pack (
 * Yukimura Costume Pack (
 * Nagamasa Costume Pack (
 * Masamune Costume Pack
 * Kenshin Costume Pack
 * Shingen Costume Pack (
 * SW1 BGM Pack
 * Matabei Goto Character Pack (Contains his own story, weapon, costumes and more)
 * Lady Shinjo Character Pack (Contains her own story, weapon, costumes and more)
 * Terumoto Mori Character Pack (Contains his own story, weapon, costumes, and more)
 * Hidemune Date Character Pack (Contains his own story, weapon, costumes, and more)
 * All of the Bonuses (Mafia Legacy, Dynasty Warriors and more/Fire Emblem bonuses on the Nintendo Switch)

Season 2 Pass (September 2021 - 2022)
This pass, while having a bit less than the first, will have some returning features


 * Pinnacle Mode (A mode similar to Endless Castle in the fourth game.) is included
 * Genndy Tartakosvky BGM Pack (A set of music from
 * Transition to Chapter 2.

Matabei Goto Character Pack (November 2020)

 * His own cinematic story
 * A set of costumes (Default, Informal and DLC)

Lady Shinjo Character Pack (February 2021)

 * Her own cinematic story
 * A set of costumes (Default, Informal and DLC)
 * A set of weapons (Shieldblade)

Terumoto Mori Character Pack (April 2021)

 * His own cinematic story
 * A set of costumes (Default, Informal and DLC)
 * His own weapon, along with a set of them

Hidemune Date Character Pack (July 2021)

 * His own cinematic story
 * A set of costumes
 * His own weapon, along with a set of the

Takakage Kobayakawa Story Pack (September 2021)

 * His own story

Lady Goryu Story Pack (September 2021)

 * Her own story

Bonuses
These exclusive outfits will be available weeks after the game's release. However, these bonuses will be automatically unlocked through certain actions or if you're able to buy them for free.

Pre-Order Bonus

 * 100-nin Sengoku costume for Haru Kikkawa



Mafia Legacy
Haru will receive outfits based on Tommy Angelo, Vito Scaletta, and Lincoln Clay (Mafia) as an automatic additional costumes if people either own Mafia Trilogy or the definitive editions of the three Mafia games. Players will also receive new weapons and skills based on the three mentioned characters. In response, the three Mafia protagonists will receive Haru's outfit for them to use in the three Definitive Editions. These costumes and such are also available as free DLC for those that didn't pre-order or buy the entire trilogy in time.


 * Tommy Angelo's Outfit (For those that Pre-Ordered Mafia: Definitive Edition or is automatically unlocked through buying Mafia Trilogy)
 * Vito Scaletta's Outfit (For those that already owned Mafia 2: Definitive Edition or is automatically unlocked through buying Mafia Trilogy)
 * Lincoln Clay's Outfit (For those that already owned Mafia 3: Definitive Edition or is automatically unlocked through buying Mafia Trilogy)
 * Tommy Angelo Skill Pack
 * Vito Scaletta Skill Pack
 * Lincoln Clay Skill Pack

Dynasty Warriors
Haru, Yukimura and Hiroie will receive Dynasty Warriors crossover costumes based on the latter game's recent appearance. These can only be available for people that have a save data on either Dynasty Warriors 9 or Bloodlines.


 * Cao Pi (Dynasty Warriors 9) costume for Haru Kikkawa
 * Zhao Yun (Dynasty Warriors 9) costume for Yukimura Sanada
 * Lu Su (Dynasty Warriors 9: Hypothetical) costume for Hiroie Kikkawa

Fire Emblem (Nintendo Switch only)
The six newcomers will receive Fire Emblem costumes. The catch is that it's only available on the Nintendo Switch due to the Fire Emblem license belonging to Nintendo


 * Marianne (Haru Kikkawa)
 * Ryoma (Hiroie Kikkawa)
 * Frederick (Tadatomo Honda)
 * (Takamoto Mori)
 * Dorothea (Lady Goryu)
 * Felix (Yoshihisa Amago)
 * Ike (Matabei Goto)
 * Shamir (Lady Shinjo)
 * Hubert (Terumoto Mori)
 * Navarre (Hidemune Date)

Tales
If players have save data of the three Tales games on the PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, they will receive costumes based on the protagonists of the Tales series.


 * Milla Maxwell costume (For Haru)

Mashin Sentai Kiramager
Players will receive costumes based on Mashin Sentai Kiramager. This is carried through Chapter 2, due to Terumasa Ikeda being playable.


 * Kiramai Red and Juru costume set (Haru Kikkawa)
 * (Yukimura Sanada)
 * (Terumasa Ikeda)
 * (Lady Shinjo)



MetaCritic

 * PS4: 84
 * Xbox One: 85
 * Nintendo Switch: 84
 * PS5: 83
 * Xbox Series X: 83
 * PC: 86
 * Steam: 87

Publications

 * IGN: 8/10
 * Destructoid: 8/10
 * Eurogamer: 8/10
 * Game Informer: 8/10

Crossroads was well-received by fans and critics. Praise was directed at the voice acting, graphics, gameplay mechanics and the story. However, like Bloodlines, it was criticized for the alternate reality, Haru being a girl in similarities to Re-Do Deng and Jun, and for it's lighter tone in opposed to it's brother game as well as the over-reliance on the costumes. Criticisms continue

On the other hand, it was well-received for it's take on serious issues.

The decision not to include PC and Steam in favor of Google Stadia was heavily criticized for favoring the latter instead of the former. Reception worsened when it was revealed that PC and Steam uses will have to wait for a whole year to get it.

The Season Pass, however, was praised for being a free seasonal take on post launch content.

In terms of characters, Haru has been overwhelmingly positive.

Sequel
The producer revealed that if Crossroads is successful, then they may be considering of doing a spin-off series based on the Crossroads Alternate reality, along with making sequels based on a representing clan of their choice. so far, only the Akechi and Hojo clans were confirmed to have a game of their own though being done by two separate companies.

On June 6th, 2021, it was confirmed that Crossroads will be getting a sequel, focused on another character, notably from the Akechi clan.

A spin-off, focused on Lady Shinjo, is currently in development.

During ChinaJoy 2021, a third game was confirmed to be in development, with the main focus heavily considered to be the Hojo clan.

Anime Adaption
An anime adaption has been confirmed in development.

Voice Cast
The entire voice cast comprises of voice actors from a mix of Western Animation, Anime, from Canada, celebrities, and a couple of YouTubers making it a mixed bag of people lending their voices to the game, at least in the English Dub. It was also confirmed that almost all of the characters will be given new voices in opposed to the ones from Samurai Warriors 3, likely due to budget reasons.

Despite the characters mentioned being unplayable, they are still uniquely voiced. And also, due to the aged up variations, certain characters will receive brand new voice actors to fit their older appearances.

Crossroads

 * Haru Kikkawa - Aki Toyosaki (Japanese, Younger), Masumi Asano (Japanese, Older), Rachel MacFarlane (English, Older and Younger)
 * Hiroie Kikkawa - Yuta Kasuya (Japanese, Younger), Hiroki Tochi (Japanese, Older), Dante Basco (English, Younger), Peter Flemming (English, Older)
 * Takamoto Mori - Ryohei Kimura (JP), Seth MacFarlane (English, Younger and Older)
 * Motonari Mori (Crossroads) - Hideo Ishikawa (JP), Curtis Armstrong (ENG)
 * Takakage Kobayakawa (Crossroads) - Hiroshi Okamoto (JP), Jeff Fischer (ENG)
 * Lady Myokyu - Yuriko Yamaguchi (JP), Wendy Schaal (ENG)
 * Terumoto Mori - Yudai Chiba (JP), Seth Green (ENG)
 * Hidemoto Mori - Miyu Irino (JP), Matthew Lillard (English)
 * Lady Goryu - Mao Kawasaki (JP), Hynden Walch (ENG)
 * Lady Toida - Makiko Ohmoto (JP), Carolyn Lawrence (ENG)
 * Lady Shinjo - Mao Ichimichi (Japanese and Likeness), Mila Kunis (English)
 * Hideaki Kobayakawa - Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese), Doug Lawrence (ENG)
 * Motonaga Kikkawa - Takayuki Nakatsukasa (Japanese), Scott McNeil (ENG)
 * Tadatomo Honda - Takahiro Kawachi (JP), Chris Hackney (ENG)
 * Yoshihisa Amago - Yuuya Hoizumi (Japanese), Brandon Mcinnes (English)
 * Matabei Goto - Hidenori Takahashi (JP), Kaiji Tang (ENG)
 * Hidemune Date - Nobuhiko Okamoto (JP), Vincent Martella (ENG)
 * Hideie Ukita - Hiroshi Okamoto (JP), John DiMaggio (English)
 * Terumasa Ikeda - Yoshimasa Hosoya (JP), Carter Hayden (English)
 * Narrator - Hideo Ishikawa (JP, Haru's Story), Clancy Brown (ENG, Haru's Story)/Mariko Suzuki (JP, Yukimura's Story), Cindy Robinson (ENG, Yukimura's story)/Yasuhiro Masutani (JP, Main Game), (ENG, Main Game)/

Spirit of Sanada

 * Masayuki Sanada - Kenta Miyake (JP), Dan Castellaneta (ENG)
 * Katsuyori Takeda - Hiroshi Okamoto (JP), Mark Whitten (English)
 * Hidetada Tokugawa - Yusuke Handa (Japanese), Patrick Seitz (English)
 * Chacha - Marika Kouno (JP), Julie Nathanson (ENG)
 * Sasuke - Yohei Azakami (JP), Ben Diskin (ENG)
 * Lady Muramatsu - Ayaka Maeda (JP), Carolyn Lawrence (ENG)
 * Naiki Takanashi - Takahiro Fujimoto (JP), Rodger Bumpass (ENG)

Samurai Warriors 4

 * Nobuyuki Sanada - Daisuke Ono (Japanese, Both age variations), Tom Kenny (English, both age variations)
 * Yoshitsugu Otani - Satoshi Hino (JP), Robbie Daymond (ENG)
 * Hisahide Matsunaga - Kouji Ishii (JP), Scott McNeil (ENG)
 * Lady Hayakawa - Satomi Sato (JP), Abby Trott (ENG)
 * Kojuro Katakura - Ryota Takeuchi (JP), Ian Sinclair (ENG)
 * Toyohisa Shimazu - Shunzo Miyasaka (JP), Tom Kenny (ENG)
 * Koshosho - Ryoko Shiraishi (JP), Faye Mata (ENG)
 * Kagekatsu Uesugi - Ryota Takeuchi (JP), Daran Norris (ENG)
 * Naomasa li - Katsuyuki Konishi (JP), John Burgmeier (ENG)

Samurai Warriors 3

 * Kiyomasa Kato - Tomokazu Sugita (JP), Seth Green (ENG)
 * Kai - Masami Suzuki (JP), Erica Lindbeck (ENG)
 * Kanbei Kuroda - Masaya Takatsuka (JP), Robin Atkin Downes (ENG)
 * Ujiyasu Hojo - Masashi Ebara (JP), Kyle Hebert (ENG)
 * Muneshige Tachibana - Hiroki Tochi (JP), Roger Craig Smith (ENG)
 * Hanbei Takenaka - Umeka Shoji (JP), Kenn Michael (ENG)
 * Aya Gozen - Umeka Shoji (JP), Cindy Robinson (ENG)
 * Masanori Fukushima - Takahiro Fujimoto (JP), Dan Woren (ENG)
 * Takatora Todo - Masaya Matsuzake (JP), Brad Swaile (ENG)
 * Naotora li - Yuka Saitou (JP), Erica Mendez (ENG)
 * Muneyori Yagyu - Hiromu Miyazaki (JP), Scott McNeil (ENG)

Samurai Warriors 2

 * Ieyasu Tokugawa - Akio Otsuka (JP), Paul Dobson (ENG)
 * Mitsunari Ishida - Eiji Takemoto (JP), Khary Payton (ENG)
 * Nagamasa Azai - Hiroshi Kamiya (Japanese, Younger and Older), Zach Aguilar (English, Younger), Matthew Mercer (English, Older)
 * Sakon Shima - Shinichi Yamada (JP), Steve Kramer (ENG)
 * Yoshihiro Shimazu - Hisao Egawa (JP), Clancy Brown (ENG)
 * Ginchiyo Tachibana - Naomi Shindo (JP), Cindy Robinson (ENG)
 * Kanetsugu Naoe - Masaya Takatsuka (JP), Bill Farmer (ENG)
 * Nene - Wakana Yamazaki (JP), Apphia Yu (ENG)
 * Kotaro Fuma - Nobuyuki Hiyama (JP), Michael Adamthwaite (ENG)
 * Musashi Miyamoto - Hidehiko Kaneko (JP), Sam Riegel (ENG)
 * Katsuie Shibata - Eiji Takemoto (JP), David Lodge (ENG)
 * Kojiro Sasaki - Yuji Ueda (JP), Greg Ellis (ENG)
 * Toshiie Maeda - Katsuyuki Konishi (JP), Cle Bennett (ENG)
 * Motochika Chosokabe - Ryotaro Okiayu (JP), Vincent Tong (ENG)
 * Gracia - Jun Shikano (JP), Kira Buckland (ENG)

Samurai Warriors (Original)

 * Yukimura Sanada - Takeshi Kusao (JP), Billy West (ENG)
 * Keiji Maeda - Yuji Ueda (JP), Jamieson Price (ENG)
 * Nobunaga Oda - Jurota Kosugi (JP), Keith Silverstein (ENG)
 * Mitsuhide Akechi - Hikaru Midorikawa (JP), David Vincent (ENG)
 * Goemon Ishikawa - Hisao Egawa (JP), Scott McNeil (ENG)
 * Kenshin Uesugi - Joji Nakata (JP), Phillip Hersh (ENG)
 * Oichi - Ai Maeda (JP), Marisha Ray (ENG)
 * Okuni - Wakana Yamazaki (JP), Megan Fahlenbock (ENG)
 * Kunoichi - Yuko Nagashima (JP), Gina Bowes (ENG)
 * Magoichi Saika - Hiroshi Isobe (JP), Andrew Morgado (ENG)
 * Shingen Takeda - Ryuzaburo Otomo (JP), Paul Eiding (ENG)
 * Masamune Date - Nobuyuki Hiyama (JP), Lucien Dodge (ENG)
 * Noh - Mariko Suzuki (JP), Cindy Robinson (ENG)
 * Hanzō Hattori - Takaya Kuroda (JP), Darryl Kurlo (ENG)
 * Ranmaru Mori - Naomi Shindo (JP), Trina Nishimura (ENG)
 * Tadakatsu Honda - Akio Ohtsuka (JP), Paul Dobson (ENG)
 * Ina (Inahime) - Makiko Ohmoto (JP), Carolyn Lawrence (ENG)
 * Yoshimoto Imagawa - Takahiro Kawachi (JP), Justin Roiland (ENG)
 * Hideyoshi Toyotomi/Hashiba - Hideo Ishikawa (JP), Dave Wittenburg (ENG)

Troop Voices



 * Ryouske Kanemoto, Masami Suzuki, Takahiro Fujimoto, Yohei Azakami, Takeshi Kusao, Yusuke Handa, Hiromu Miyazaki - (Japanese)
 * Scott Grimes, Emily Neves, John DeMitta, David Lodge, Kirk Thornton, Bill Fagerbakke, Scott McNeil - (English)

Edit Voices

 * Daisuke Kishio, Koji Haramaki, Jun Shikano, Tomokazu Sugita, Junichi Suwabe (Japanese, Male)
 * Yuri Lowenthal, Chris Hackney, Abby Trott, Matt Stone, Paul Dobson (English, Male)
 * Jun Shikano, Yu Shimamura, Marina Inoue, Masumi Asano, Tomoe Tamiyasu (Japanese, Female)
 * Julie Ann Taylor, Stacey DePass, Cristina Valenzuela, Erica Lindbeck, Wendee Lee (English, Female)



Trivia

 * Chapter 2