History VideoGame / UrbanChaosRiotResponse

''Urban Chaos: Riot Response'' is a FirstPersonShooter developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Eidos Interactive for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} in 2006. It's Rocksteady's first game prior to hitting it big with ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''. It is generally well-received for having simple and enjoyable gameplay, moderate difficulty, expansive content, and strong multi-player.

As the game was released for [[UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 6th gen consoles]] more than half a year after the introduction of UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, it never received much attention and remains little known and obscure, despite being generally well-received by those who played it.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The city location is never told. However, from the weather and the fact the police uniforms say CPD, it could be Chicago. [[JustForPun If the C doesn't stand for]] [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep City]] [[JustForPun that is.]]

* GunsDoNotWorkThatWay: Zig-zagged with the T-Zero Assault Rifle. Although its alt-fire is a three-round burst, which is not present on the SCAR it was based on, the actual burst fire is handled surprisingly realistically; rather firing three rounds with each trigger pull like in most other shooters, it functions more like full-auto with a three-round limit.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: The [=CEO=] of Shift-It, Aman Kang, and his executive board just disappear after they're outted as the real leaders of the Burners. It's never mentioned whether or not they were killed in the Burners' last stand at their headquarters. The PostFinalBoss, Crocker, is described as the Burner Warlord and top man, and is the only Burner not to wear a mask, but he just seems to be a field commander at most.]]

* DeadlineNews: One of the mission is to prevent this from happening. The newscaster was giving an interview with the Burners when they flipped out and took her hostage. [[spoiler: And then brutally Inverted by the Newscaster that slams a broken plugged in TV into the bath he fell in telectruting him. She gives her report while his body is still twitching in the background.]]

* EscortMission: Not as bad as most examples as everyone you escort has the good sense to stay behind you and wait until you clear an area before moving on. Some of them are even useful to you: the medics can heal you, the firemen can open locked doors (and defend themselves if an enemy gets too close) and the police officers can provide fire support.

* ItsUpToYou: Justifed. Most of the characters that aren't trying to stab, chop, burn or shoot you are civilians, firemen or paramedics. People that don't have training for combat situations. Not to say that the regular cops can't hold their own, it's just that you have all the fancy training, equipment, and reckless disregard for your own life.

* MalevolentMaskedMen: All of the Burners wear a mask of some sort. The rank-and-file wear hockey masks (some also wear an orange balaclava underneath), while the Gang Leaders wear a strange half-mask.

* SawedOffShotgun: The second firearm you get, and a common weapon in the Burners' arsenal until the late-game phase.

* EscortMission: Not as bad as most examples as everyone you escort has the good sense to stay behind you and wait until you clear an area before moving on. Some of them are even useful to you: the medics can heal you, the firemen can open locked doors (and defend themselves if an enemy gets too close) and the policemen can provide fire support.

* MadeOfIndestructium: Mason's riot shield can withstand an absurd amount of punishment. Cleavers, molotovs, buckshot, bullets, buzzsaws, nail bombs, 40mm grenades; not even backdrafts or 84mm warheads can destroy it. It'll certainly show damage, but it never reaches a breaking point.

* NonLethalKO: Using the teser to incapacitate... [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential unless you use it for too long.]] Riot grenades are also available if some distance is needed.

* SawedOffShotgun: The second firearm you get, and a common weapon in the Burners until late games.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Encouraged in game. You're required to [[BoomHeadshot reduce heads to chunks]] and taser Burners to rank up for upgrades... and nothing will stop you from tasering Burners too long, until they're set alight and begin screaming in agony.

* ClusterFBomb: Most Burners.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Early Burner melee weapons, and their shields later on.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: The [=CEO=] of Shift-It, Aman Kang, and his executive board just disappear after they're outted as the real leaders of the Burners. It's never mentioned whether or not they were killed in the Burners' last stand at their headquarters. The PostFinalBoss, Crocker, is described as the Burners' leader and "top warlord", but he just seems to be a field commander at most.]]

** That said, the architecture, [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents accents]] and CPD insignia imply that the unnamed city is [[TheBigRottenApple New York]], or a fictionalized version thereof.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Most of the Burners are brainwashed Shift-It employees.]]

%%* HeroicMime: Mason.

* TerroristsWithoutACause: You learn the origins of the Burners but their motives? [[spoiler: All of them were brainwashed by the CEO of Shift-It who apparently just wanted to burn down the Nation.]]

* WesternTerrorists: The Burners get increasingly more and more terror-motivated than what appears to be a very well-armed street gang or anarchist extremist group, culminating in [[spoiler:a nuclear bomb threat. It turns out they're made up of mass-brainwashed soldiers culled from a front company of a ''delivery service'' and fashioned into an anti-American militia, championing against the injustices America's done.]]

* WhiteGangBangers: The Burners are white, for the most part, but there's [[GangBangers a few smatterings of Hispanics]], most notably the first boss.

As the game was released for [[UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 6th gen consoles]] more than half a year after the introduction of the UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, it never received much attention and remains little known and obscure, despite being generally well-received by those who played it.

''Urban Chaos: Riot Response'' is a FirstPersonShooter developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Eidos Interactive for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}. It's Rocksteady's first game prior to hitting it big with ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''. It is generally well-received for having simple and enjoyable gameplay, moderate difficulty, expansive content, and strong multi-player.

''Urban Chaos: Riot Response'' doesn't come anywhere near the level of the more well-known shooters like ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', or even ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}}'', but this one stands on its own by doing away with realism and story, instead giving you a ton of weapons and hordes of enemies to use them on. [[CatharsisFactor Think of it as stress-release]].

-->-- '''Calendar Man''', '''''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'''''

[[caption-width-right:300:Our hero, with a standard issue {{AFGNCAAP}} helmet.]]

In it, an unnamed American city has been turned into a war zone by crazy terrorists known as the Burners. You play as Nick Mason[[note]]Not to be confused with the drummer of Music/{{Pink Floyd}}[[/note]], ace of the T-Zero Riot Response unit, which was formed to fight terrorists and take the city back.

* HeroicMime: Mason.

* VideogameCrueltyPotential: Encouraged in game. You're required to [[BoomHeadshot reduce heads to chunks]] and taser Burners to rank up for upgrades... and nothing will stop you from tasering Burners too long, until they're set alight and begin screaming in agony.

* DeadlineNews: One of the mission is to prevent this from happening. The newscaster was giving an interview with the Burners when they flipped out and took her hostage.

* StunGun: They're standard issue. Until the riot grenades become available, Nick will be incapacitating Burners with it.

* AllOrNothingReloads: Averted. The reload animations are segmented, meaning that if

* AxCrazy: The Burners are homicidal and batshit insane, killing everything in their path and targeting police explicitly. They can also come at you with cleavers and other sorts of weapons, and are more than happy to [[HaveANiceDeath hack a dying Mason up]] with them gleefully.

* NonLethalKO: Using the taser to incapacitate... [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential unless you use it for too long.]] Riot grenades are also available if some distance is needed.

* MoreDakka: Among the weapons you can wield are an assault rifle, [[GunsAkimbo a pair of machine pistols]], a automatic shotgun, and even a [[GatlingGood minigun.]]
* NonLethalKO: Using the taser to incapacitate... [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential unless you use it for too long.]]

* WhiteGangBangers: The Burners are white, for the most part, but there's a few smatterings of Hispanics, most notably the first boss.

%%* TheCallTwinksYou

* BiggerStick - T-Zero's armor and equipment is stated to be much more cutting edge than the regular police force, allowing Nick to combat the Burner hordes. [[spoiler:Later, the Burners are able to fight back by making their own versions of T-Zero equipment.]]

* TheCallTwinksYou

* KentBrockmanNews

In it, an unnamed American city has been turned into a war zone by crazy terrorists known as the Burners. You play as Nick Mason, ace of the T-Zero Riot Response unit, which was formed to fight terrorists and take the city back.