Urban Reign

 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Namco
  • Release Date: Sep 13, 2005
User Score
8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 70 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 58 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 70
  3. Negative: 4 out of 70
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  1. jdizzy
    Apr 17, 2014
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The difficulty is ever increasing. THe game takes place in the same world as Tekken and makes several subtle and not-so-subtle references. The team-up system is good and the weapon system is easily balanced. (1 gun and it's a pistol, it does massive damage but it's easy to avoid simply by rolling) The story doesn't offer much but it set the foundation for a sequel that won't ever come. The ending was anticlimactic and you spend the last part of the game just running around the city doing random things. Then, all of a sudden, the Mayor's been organizing the riots! It has a vast multitude of characters, all with their own abilities and stats. This was the thinking man's beat 'em-up.… Expand
  2. caligula_king
    Oct 3, 2015
    7
    El mejor juego para jugar entre amigos por tener combos buenisimos , muchos estilo de lucha , armas , mapa de batalla y varios personajes . El punto debil es la historia muy simplona pero mirando que es un juego que esta hecho para dos jugadores pues no se apresta tanta atención . Muy correcto juego
  3. ChunkDump
    Dec 22, 2020
    7
    entertaining beat um up. lackluster story, the combat was the best part, wish the enemy A.I attacked more and kept me on my feet.
  4. VLG
    Aug 22, 2023
    6
    I played mostly the multiplayer mode with my friends, just an average game.

Awards & Rankings

82
#82 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2005
16
#16 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2005

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 44 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 44
  3. Negative: 10 out of 44
  1. Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    70
    Better than "Beat Down." [Oct 2005, p.107]
  2. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    53
    There's no sense of progression, only a sickening sense of tedium as you're dropped into the next box of a level and take on another too easy minion, too tough boss, and the too bewildering camera.
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  3. 1UP
    35
    With its slick visual polish and ample bone-crunching sound-effects, Urban Reign could have come out on tip. But thanks to an endless series of increasingly maddening and increasingly boring stages, you'll find yourself saying "No thanks," and turning off your PS2 and bringing this game back to the store. Xbox owners, be thankful you were spared this agony.
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