Special arts cannot be countered, reversed or dodged except by another special move, and they can be buffered. Even when cornered by multiple enemies, it is possible to dodge all oncoming normal attacks.įinally, “special arts” can be pulled off with a press of two buttons. Also, if the player presses up or down on the keypad while pressing dodge at the correct time, his character will reverse an attack, if possible. Neutralizing attacks by opponents is done with a single button press that must be timed to the moment of the attack. Then the player has the choice of an air grapple, special move, simply continuing the combo or running away to pick up a weapon or reposition. Although characters have optimal combo strings, most combos start with three presses of the attack button, the third of which will juggle an opponent. There are low and high grapples, air grapples, counters and recounters each with its own animations for each character. The characters can move in the environment, pick up weapons, throw objects, give instructions to AI partners, and pull off moves on multiple opponents. Urban Reign features both single player and multiplayer action with both multiple AI opponents and human controlled characters on the same screen fighting at the same time.
Urban Reign (アーバンレイン, Aban Rein) is a multiplayer beat ’em up game developed and published by Namco in 2005 exclusively for the PlayStation 2.
