Urban-Reign-Review

Urban Reign Retro Review: Frustratingly Fun

  • Players: 1 – 4
  • Platforms: PS2
  • Release Date: Septehmber 13th, 2005
  • Developer: Namco
  • Publisher: Namco
  • Gebre: Beat-’em-up/Fighting
  • Rating: Try It

Urban Reign is a little known beat-em-up that Namco rolled out in between Tekken 5 and Tekken 6 back in 2005. It’s essentially an arena-battle mode that mimics the beat-em-up qualities that Namco was experimenting with via the Force Mode from Tekken 3 (which was further evolved in the subsequent sequels). However, unlike the Force Mode from Tekken, Urban Reign’s battles are sadly limited to arena levels instead of progressing stages like in the Tekken games.