![]() ![]() All attacking is done with two buttons, one for physical attacks, and another for grapples. In fact, it's a game that goes out of its way to be playable by both fighting game aficionados and amateur button-mashers. ![]() No, all it really needs to do is provide a satisfying fighting experience. Not that a brawling game really needs to be deep. Obviously the sheer volume of these encounters mean that the player will come up against the same enemies more than a few times during the game, but the larger-than-usual roster of characters for a fighting game coupled with varied objectives within the missions make the game seem deeper and more complex than it actually is. There's very little scrolling to be found here, and instead of just a few large levels to be fought through, the game takes place over one hundred separate 'Encounters', which pit the player and a computer-controlled sidekick against one to five opponents selected from the game's roster of nearly 60 distinct characters. ![]() This isn't a beat-'em-up in the classic sense, though. Now, a full decade after it stopped being relevant, Namco has brought the beat-'em-up genre back, infused it with fighting game sensibilities, and put together the fun and stunningly accessible Urban Reign. Attempts to bring this beloved style of gaming into the third dimension were famously disastrous-when Zombie Revenge is the high point of a genre, it's officially in trouble. Then two things happened: video game consoles went 3D, and arcades stopped being interested in any game that didn't require players to put in a dollar once every three minutes. From Renegade and Double Dragon through Night Slashers all the way up to the Dungeons and Dragons games Capcom made in the mid-90s, arcade audiences could not get enough of games about tough guys beating up hordes of similar-looking opponents. ![]() It may seem amazing today, but there was a time where allowing players to move up and down on the screen as well as left and right was something of a revelation. The 2.5D beat-'em-up was one of the most beloved genres of the late 80s and early 90s. ![]()
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