Brave men fought under the blood red sky. On the second day, the great battle would be over for these liberators, but the battle would once again commence on the black plains to the west. Where the Phoenix would rise once more, two warriors will emerge to face this foe.
Urban Chaos is a 1999
Third Person Shooter developed by Mucky Foot Productions and released by Eidos Interactive.
The story begins with Nubian rookie
D'arci Stern, the protagonist, joining the Union City Police Department. Much of her time is spent dealing with the Wildcats, a gang that is getting increasingly bold in their criminal activity. With the help of a vigilante named
Roper, D'arci begins to believe that the Wildcats plan to take over
Union City. As the Wildcats grow ever bolder, D'arci discovers that the gang is led by
Mack Bane, a candidate for mayor of Union City, who claims to be an immortal sorcerer with connections to Hell itself. It is up to Stern and Roper to stop him before he plays out the end of his prophecy.
Urban Chaos provides examples of:
- Action Girl: Stern.
- Always Night: All of the levels take place between evening and night time
- Averted in the Estate of Emergency level, which takes place during the day.
- Apathetic Citizens
- Bad Cop/Incompetent Cop: As revealed when one of D'arci's colleagues is in cahoots with the Wildcats.
- Also in the Transmission Terminated level, a fellow officer will pursue D'arci and attempt to trip her over. If he is successful, he will then arrest D'arci and result in a Level Failed screen. Though this could also be down to a Good Bad Bug.
- Batter Up
- Big Bane
- Big "NO!": On the level Stern Revenge this is what Roper exclaims if D'arci gets killed.
- Cool Car: D'arci eventually gets to ride around in a squad car and even a squad van.
- Crapsack World: Union City.
- Deadpan Snarker: Stern.
- Do Not Drop Your Weapon: Anyone carrying a weapon will drop it after they are killed or are arrested
- Devil in Plain Sight: Mayor Bane, literally.
- Driven to Suicide: One civilian on the level The Jump because he was rejected by the Union City Fire Department
- Enemy Detecting Radar: Indicated by blinking red and white dots on the grid
- Et Tu, Brute?: A police officer is revealed to be working for the Wildcats on one level.
- Evil Laugh: One of The Fallen.
- Flat "What.": Uttered by D'arci many times.
- Forced Tutorial: While the Combat and Driving training levels are optional, you have to complete the assault course trial before you can even play the first level.
- Gainax Ending: Bane does his ritual. He blows up. That's pretty much it.
- Golden Snitch: Deeks
- Hooker with a Heart of Gold: A random prostitute just happens to witness the theft of a squad car, and tells you as reward for not arresting her.
- Hostage Situation: A number of levels feature this scenario.
- It's All Upstairs From Here: 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.
- Knife Nut
- Land Mine Goes Click: Scattered throughout many levels
- Machine Guns: The M16 weapon
- Mini-Boss: Baalrog
- Needs More Love
- Nightmare Fuel: Bane's bodyguards, The Fallen, who seem to be some sort of machine-man hybrids who burst into lightning when they are shot.
- Police Are Useless: 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 One-Woman Army.
- Red Shirt Reporter: Gordansky.
- Run Don't Walk: Unless you're going backwards.
- Shotguns Are Just Better
- Sidequest Sidestory: There are three bonus levels in which you control a Wildcat ringleader.
- Tagalong Reporter: Gordansky
- The Prophecy: As mentioned in the opening cinematics.
- Throw Down the Bomblet
- Walk on Water: Averted completely. D'arci can't even walk across a small puddle.
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