#Urban reign game download series#

We were really hoping thatthe third time was the charm for the 2005 resurrectionof the Beat-Em-Up genre, but so far it's 3 and0. Equally as impressive are the sound effectsof the various blows and smashes, which lendthe game some aural dynamics that as mentioned,aren't quite matched by the gameplay.Aswe previwed below, Tekken fans will recognizeunlockable characters like Paul Phoenix andMarshall Law who can't save this one no matterhow hard they try. UrbanReign packs a decent visual one-two punch andwill probably fool one into thinking it's worthyof a go-around based on graphics and animationalone. Unfortunately that doesn'tmake for an enjoyable videogame where the playerusually prefers to be the victor rather thanthe bleeder.It'snot because of the lack of moves that fightingisn't effective. I guessyou could say that because of it, Urban Reignis one of the most realistic fighting gamesever created, because if you get into a realfight with 4 guys in a back alley, they aren'tgoing to take turns they'll jump on top ofyou and beat you into a heaping pile of bones,teeth and blood.

Brad Hawk is outnumberedand outfought every step of the way. Urban Reignwill raise your frustration level while simultaneouslylowering your self-esteem. Thereare so many ways to asskick effectively in gamesranging from Data East's Karate Champ to Namco'sSoul Calibur III, that it's annoying when youcome face to face with a game that is supposedto be about you asskicking, but in turn it'syour ass getting kicked. Or at least tryingto.Asskickingis an art form in the videogame world. Sega broughtus Virtua Fighter, one of the deepest, mostcomprehensive fighting games ever created.Įach area has its own objective,but they all end usually with the same result- kicking someone's ass.

#Urban reign game download series#

Not to be outdone, Capcom isactually working on another beat-em-uptitle which is a follow up to their once popularFinal Fight series.Thepuzzling aspect to this series of missteps fromthe aforementioned game publishers is that theyare responsible for the best of the best inthe fighting game genre (please note that Fightingand Beat-Em-Up are different genres). Sega's Spike Out: Battle Street wasthe first to appear and critics beat it overthe head with a large chicken leg which magicallymanifested itself on the street, Capcom steppedup with Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance whichconveniently could be used to destroy the DVDthe game shipped on and now Namco throws toughguy protagonist Brad Hawk into line of firein Urban Reign. Retrieved July 30, 2015.ģ.5Whatthe hell is going on? In a bizarre moment ofsynchronicity, Sega, Namco and Capcom decidedthat the beat-em-up genre was ready to be reinstatedinto pop culture, 15 years after its originalheyday.

^ Dunham, Jeremy (September 21, 2005).

^ Chapman, David (September 15, 2005).^ a b 'Urban Reign for PlayStation 2 Reviews'.'Tekken characters appearing in Urban Reign'.

GameSpot said 'The cheap difficulty and blandness of the story mode make Urban Reign difficult to recommend.' IGN said 'Urban Reign really could have made use of better tuning to its AI.' Eurogamer said 'There's nothing in terms of pay-off to compare to the likes of Ninja Gaiden or God of War in the roaming beat-'em-up genre, which, thugs or not, this is up against, and there's nothing in terms of depth or balance to compare to Virtua Fighter 4 or SoulCalibur for one-on-ones.' Games revolution summarised it as 'Had it been given a little more depth pretty much everywhere, this may have been a sleeper hit. GamePro criticised the graphics and control system, but praised the number of arcade-style multiplayer modes.