Urban Reign
Urban Reign is a Namco-produced 3D brawler, done in the tradition of Double Dragon and Final Fight.
Urban Reign is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Namco, released 13 September 2005 on PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 20 hrs to finish.
What Urban Reign is
Urban Reign is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Namco and released in 2005. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Urban Reign follows the exploits of "brawler-for-hire" Brad Hawk, who is hired to find a kidnapped gang member by the swordswoman Shun Ying Lee. Brad fights his way through the street gangs of Green Harbor, a fortified city in the U.S. As he does so to get some answers, the true machinations of the protagonists reveal themselves and things become more complicated.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Urban Reign holds a critic score of 45 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 22 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 30 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Urban Reign launched on 13 September 2005, within three weeks of Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: The Lost Chapters and Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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