History VideoGame / UrbanChaos

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game was originally going to include even more fantastical enemies like the Imps (pictured online in various places) and remarkably deadly gargoyles, the latter of which can be accessed (albeit without textures) by downloading the ''Urban Chaos'' demo and moving the executable to the files of the full game.
** There was going to be a level with [[spoiler: three Baalrogs on it]]. The file for the level exists in the game and can be viewed by changing some names around and loading whatever level you've replaced with this one.
** An even more difficult combat training level was made but never included in the game. It too can be viewed by swapping out some file names.
* [[ManOnFire Woman on Fire]]: Having D'arci walk through an open flame will have her catch fire, and she [[ArtificialStupidity WILL]] die within a few seconds.

* BareYourMidriff: Some of the female civilians, namely prostitutes. Also, Gordansky's shirt is one.

* [[CoolGuns/MachineGuns Machine Guns]]: The M16 weapon.

* PositiveDiscrimination: Throughout the game, D'arci is little more than a rookie officer. However, this doesn't stop her more experienced, higher-ranked male colleagues from heavily relying on her more as the game progresses.
** Emphasised in the ''Transmission Terminated'' level, a group of officers require back-up storming a factory containing hostages; cue D'arci as the [[OneManArmy One-Woman Army]].

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Mayor Bane]]

* KnifeNut

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Bane does his ritual. He blows up.]] That's pretty much it.
** Not really. [[spoiler: The final level has Stern opening several gas valves around the building Bane is doing his ritual on. So Bane blowing up is basically in reaction due to him ingniting the highly flammable gas during said ritual.]]

* EnemyDetectingRadar: Indicated by blinking red and white dots on the grid.

* TheUnfought: Despite being the BigBad of the game, at no point in the game do you actually fight Bane directly.

* GenreShift: ''Urban Chaos'' starts off as an ActionAdventure game centered around a police officer fighter crime. Halfway through, the game becomes UrbanFantasy when BigBad Mack Bane reveals himself to be a one-thousand-year-old ancient warlock with magical powers.

* RedShirtReporter: [[spoiler: Gordansky.]]

* [[BigBad Big Bane]]

* PoliceAreUseless: With the exception [[PlayerCharacter D'arci]], the rest of the police officers seen in the game are ineffective.

* TheUnfought: Despite being the BigBad of the game, at no point in the game do you actually fight Bane directly.#

* TheUnfought: Despite being the BigBad of the game, at no point in the game do you actually fight Bane directly.

* AlwaysNight: All of the levels take place between evening and night time

* TerroristsWithoutaCause: The Wildcats start off as a street gang, but increasingly become a terrorist organization as they make use of land mines, blow up buildings, take hostages, and even attempt to launch missiles at Union City. At the end, they [[ApocalypseCult support]] Bane in fulfilling his doomsday prophecy.

* ApatheticCitizens

* GuideDangIt: Players are mostly accustomed to D'arci climbing ladders and fences, or just standard jumping up and grabbing the ledge in order to get to a higher place. Good luck with the ''Transmission Terminated'' mission when you have to try to find a way up the building to blow up said transmittor. [[spoiler: Who'd have thunk it, climbing onto those skips in the alleyways has a one-time use toward completing a level.]]

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: A random prostitute just happens to witness the theft of a squad car, and tells you as reward for not arresting her.

* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: One of the level objectives in ''Transmission Terminated'' requires you to climb to the top of a broadcasting tower and destroy it's satellite dish.

* OutsideGenreFoe: The Baalrog.
** The Fallen, to a certain extent.

* PositiveDiscrimination: Throughout the game, D'arci is little more than a rookie officer. However, this doesn't stop her more experienced, higher ranked male colleagues from heavily relying on her more as the game progresses.

* WalkOnWater: Averted completely. D'arci can't even walk across a small puddle.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game was originally going to include even more fantastical enemies like the Imps (pictured online in various places) and remarkably deadly bats, the latter of which can be accessed (albeit without textures) by downloading the ''Urban Chaos'' demo and moving the executible to the files of the full game.

Completely unrelated to the later Rocksteady developed ''VideoGame/UrbanChaosRiotResponse'', despite both being published by Eidos.

* DoNotDropYourWeapon: Anyone carrying a weapon will drop it after they are killed or are arrested

* EnemyDetectingRadar: Indicated by blinking red and white dots on the grid

* [[CoolGuns/MachineGuns Machine Guns]]: The M16 weapon

* TheProphecy: As mentioned in the opening cinematics.

* GoodBadBug: If you click the action button next to a wall or flat surface to do the "take cover" animation, you can make your character clip through the wall and teleport to the top of whatever you're leaning up against. When you've discovered this, levels like ''Transmission Terminated'' or ''The Jump'' can be won in an instant.
** On the PC, if you press H while driving you can drive through the buildings and the scenery. Releasing the H key at just the right time might end you up on whatever rooftop you need to go to. Or outside the boarders of the level.