This game is rated ESRB: Teen for Violence and Mild Language.
Urban Reign is a 3D beat 'em up developed by Namco and released for PlayStation 2 in 2005, designed in the tradition of classic brawlers such as Double Dragon and Final Fight. Players engage in close-quarters combat across urban environments, using a range of strikes, grabs, and other fighting techniques against waves of enemies. The game draws on the conventions of the genre while translating them into a fully three-dimensional space, giving combat a more dynamic quality than the side-scrolling format of its predecessors. Namco's production brings a level of mechanical depth typical of the studio's fighting game experience, with an emphasis on direct, physical confrontation. Urban Reign stands as a notable entry in the beat 'em up genre during a period when such games were relatively uncommon on home consoles.
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.
