Reception The game received "mixed" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. GamePro criticised the graphics and control system, but praised the number of arcade-style multiplayer modes. GameSpot said "The cheap difficulty and blandness of the story mode make Urban Reign difficult to recommend." IGN said "Urban Reign really could have made use of better tuning to its AI." Eurogamer said "There's nothing in terms of pay-off to compare to the likes of Ninja Gaiden or God of War in the roaming beat-'em-up genre, which, thugs or not, this is up against, and there's nothing in terms of depth or balance to compare to Virtua Fighter 4 or SoulCalibur for one-on-ones." Games revolution summarised it as "Had it been given a little more depth pretty much everywhere, this may have been a sleeper hit. References External links 2005 video games 3D beat 'em ups Cooperative video games Namco beat 'em ups PlayStation 2-only games Organized crime video games PlayStation 2 games Video games developed in Japan Video games with AI-versus-AI modes Video games scored by Junichi Nakatsuru Video games set in the United States