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Urban Reign for
the PlayStation2 is a 3D fighting title. In the Electronic
Entertainment Expo (E3) demo both single player and multiplayer
modes were available to play. There were four different characters
available although it looks like around ten will be playable  in the
final build, judging on how many spaces with question marks there
were. You choose your character each with a different style of
fighting, from Kung Fu to Capoeira. You can also choose a weapon to
take into the ring with you including a crowbar, a variety of
baseball bats and a bottle which breaks when you fight.
The arenas in the single player mode were quite a lot larger
than the multi-player mode giving the impression you may have to
travel around arenas, maybe completing objectives, although there
was no official conformation on that score. When in the main game
you had to pick two characters to play with and could switch
between them at a push of a button. Unfortunately with the game in
it’s demo state the AI of the character you’re not playing with
(which is controlled  by the computer) is quite terrible so you find
their health going down extremely quickly as they get their ass
kicked.
The multiplayer segment is quite fun, weapons chosen at the
start of the game are quickly knocked away and you can pick up each
others. The main problem with picking up your weapon is that it
takes a little while for you to do so, leaving you open to a quick
attack, knocking it out of your hands again. The arenas are quite
small too so there isn’t a lot of room to do much, which you
could see as a good thing as well as a bad point.
I think time will tell on how good this game is but from the
E3 demo I wouldn’t say this was anything spectacular. It’s not
a bad game by any means; it’s just not that special either. I see
the multi-player as a secondary, minor part of the game, rather
than it being something you’d play as an important part in
itself.
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