The meter is expended when a move is pulled off, and increases when characters take damage, successfully dodge attacks, or strike their opponents with attacks. Like Street Fighter and King of Fighters, characters have a "special arts meter" that must be at a certain level for a move to be attempted. Special arts cannot be countered, reversed or dodged except by another special move, and they can be buffered. Even when cornered by multiple enemies, it is possible to dodge all oncoming normal attacks.įinally, "special arts" can be pulled off with a press of two buttons. Also, if the player presses up or down on the keypad while pressing dodge at the correct time, his character will reverse an attack, if possible. Neutralizing attacks by opponents is done with a single button press that must be timed to the moment of the attack. Then the player has choices of an air grapple, special move, simply continuing the combo or even running away to pick up a weapon or reposition.Ī major difference in Urban Reign from other Beat 'em ups is the replacement of a block action with dodge. Although characters have optimal combo strings, most combos start with three presses of the attack button, the third of which will juggle an opponent. The combo system is simplified and reduces the necessity for memorization of long combo strings specific to each character.
The grapple system is highly reminiscent of Tobal 2. There are low and high grapples, air grapples, counters and encounters each with its own animations for each character. fighting games such as Soulcalibur or Tekken, the ability of characters to freely move in the environment, pick up weapons, throw objects, give instructions to AI partners, and pull off moves on multiple opponents at once makes up for the lack of base moves.Įspecially rich is the grappling system. While the move sets of the characters are not nearly as rich as Namco's vs. Urban Reign features a robust fighting engine for both single player and multiplayer action with both multiple AI opponents and human controlled characters on the same screen fighting at the same time. As he does so to get some answers, the true machinations of the protagonists reveal themselves and things become more complicated. Brad fights his way through the street gangs of Green Harbor, a fortified city in the U.S. Urban Reign also supports multi-tap play for up to four players to determine who really rules the hood.The plot of Urban Reign follows the exploits "brawler-for-hire" Brad Hawk, who is hired by the scantily clad swords-woman Shun Ying Lee to find a kidnapped gang member. Focusing on the urban-brawler style of street fighting, players can team up with an AI-controlled character to pull off a host of devastating and destructive combo maneuvers against multiple enemies throughout the game’s 100 missions.
Players can select from over 30 weapons – including bottles, bats and 2×4’s – to be used in the destructible arenas to add to the mayhem. Back alleys, junkyards and bars serve as battlegrounds for more than 60 different fighters, all of which boast their own unique set of fighting styles including boxing, wrestling and street fighting. Urban Reign offers players non-stop, inner-city brawling action with no time restrictions or referees. Players are thrown into a full-blown turf war, involving gang corruption and street justice that spans from the neighborhood block all the way to the upper levels of city government. In Urban Reign, players assume the role of a gritty street brawler who has been hired by one of the city’s dominant gangs to protect its leader.
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