Single-Player Onlyīeing a single-player only experience, Urban Chaos has to rely heavily on its storyline to keep things interesting and, in places, it works very well. Access to bigger and better weapons does help, but general targeting/viewing problems can often cause untimely deaths, and therefore much frustration. The combat, perhaps too heavily relied upon in the game, is initially satisfying but quite repetitive in the long run. As if everything else wasn't enough.Ĭontrol of D'Arcy is very much similar to that of Lara Croft in Tomb Raider- she can run, punch, jump, kick, climb, swing, slide, drive and arrest her way through all manner of obstacles and is subject to the same tile-based platforming laws as Ms Croft, which makes Urban Chaos a relatively pick-up-and-playable affair. And, this being the turn of the new millennium, there are some naughty goings-on with a sinister cult to investigate. As expected, the entire city is in bedlam and you're sent out to keep the peace. You play D'Arcy Stern, a bad-named police officer whose current 'shift' is about to coincide with the turn of the new millennium. In short, the streets of Urban Chaos are incredibly atmospheric (and are also home to the best rendition of a nightclub so far seen in a computer game), and a pleasure to explore from the outset. At night car headlights refract crystalline shapes in the rain, the moon reflects in rippling puddles and volumetric fog moves out of your way as you walk through it.
For starters, the place is huge (and we're not just talking about wide here, this city is high as well), and is densely populated with polygonal citizens and all manner of moving vehicles. Bullfrog offshoot Mucky Foot (the developers) have bent over backwards, snapping their spines almost in half, to bring us a fully working 3D city with cars, pedestrians and realistic weather, and they should be commended for what they've pulled off.
Urban Chaos is what you would call a stylised simulation of modern day 'cops and robbers'. It's enough to make you curl into a ball and hibernate. Rain, leaves, fog, puddles, soggy newspapers, more rain. In fact, the weather in this game is some of the worst we've ever seen in a computer game. Purely and simply because the whole way through Eidos' new beat 'em up action adventure it does nothing but piss down with rain. If you're the kind of person who suffers from Seasonally Adjusted Depression (or SAD as boffins have been know to call it), it may be advisable to stay away from Urban Chaos.
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