History VideoGame / ActionDoom2UrbanBrawl

* ImprovisedWeapon: To properly emulate old-school {{Beat Em Up}}s and fit in with its subtitle of "Urban Brawl", there's a whole bunch of them. The choices include but are not limited to [[PipePain pipes]] [[TwoByFore 2x4's]], [[GrievousBottleyHarm bottles,]] [[ChainPain chains,]] [[BatterUp baseball bats,]] [[DropTheHammer sledgehammers,]] [[ShovelStrike shovels,]] statues (''[[SophisticatedAsHell "Early Etruscan, I believe."]]''), and even [[spoiler:a [[ChaisawGood chainsaw]]]].

** To get the info out of Jerry, your only choice [[VideoGame/StreetFighter is to go for his car and start wrecking it with your own fists]].
** One version of the buff shirtless enemies looks like a knock-off [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Sagat]].

* ChainPain: A length of chain is one of the many melee weapons the player and one of the {{mook}}s can use, attacking with it like a [[WhipItGood whip]][=/=][[EpicFlail flail]].

* {{Gainaxing}}: Women in the bonus game "All about the Bennys" all have quite the bounciness to their sprites.

* GrappleMove: From the ''Reloaded'' update, enemies can be grabbed, lifted and then thrown.

** [[BreakableWeapons Most weapons]] are given new damaged sprites/models once they're brought to half-strength.

Its homepage is [[http://action.mancubus.net/ here]]. An add-on, ''Dead of Winter'', was [[http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=45016 released]] in January 2014. The [[UpdatedRerelease Reloaded]] version was also [[https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/123821-action-doom-2-urban-brawl-reloaded/ released]] in August 2021, which tweaked for modern hardware and gave the protagonist some new abilities like throwing.

* TwoByFore: One of the many blunt improvised weapons available. It even has some kind of taped wrapped around one end to use as a handle.

* ICallItVera: The protagonist's pistol is named "Sarah".
-->"the only woman left in my life".
* ImprovisedWeapon: To properly emulate old-school {{Beat Em Up}}s and fit in with it's subtitle of "Urban Brawl", there's a whole bunch of them. The choices are but not limited to [[PipePain pipes]] [[TwoByFore 2x4's]], [[GrievousBottleyHarm bottles,]] [[ChainPain chains,]] [[BatterUp baseball bats,]] [[DropTheHammer sledgehammers,]] [[ShovelStrike shovels,]] statues (''[[SophisticatedAsHell "Early Etruscan, I believe."]]''), and even [[spoiler:[[ChaisawGood a chainsaw]]]].

* MultipleEndings: One good (obviously, you save your daughter), and three bad ones ([[spoiler:you run out of leads and are murdered by a random mook; the BigBad arranges your arrest before you can fight him; the Big Bad tricks your daughter into shooting you, leading to you committing suicide in the hospital]]). There's also a NonStandardGameOver [[spoiler:if you attack the BigBad ''before'' your daughter has fled the scene]], as well as an alternate {{bittersweet|Ending}} one where [[spoiler:you get sidetracked taking on Hugo, are unable to find your daughter, but end up starting a new family with the woman who rescued you from the subway station.]]

* OpenEndedBossBattle: The two gangsters at the end of the subway; you get different endings depending on whether you lose to them or not, in addition to whether or not you did something in a previous level. Interestingly, if you didn't do that certain something previously, it is ''losing'' to them that will lead to the best ending you can get at that point.

* XRaySparks: Using the stun gun on enemies will not only stun them but also give you an impromptu X-ray.

* AloneWithThePsycho: The level where, at the behest of an old woman, you seek her lost son in a forest and come across a lonely farm. Exploring, you find a RoomFullOfCrazy with lots and lots of newspaper clippings about kid disappearances, an imprisoned and beaten cop in the basement, and eventually [[GoodOldFisticuffs confront]] the SerialKiller himself in a barn full of butchered child corpses.

* ICallItVera: The protagonist's pistol is named "Sarah" after his late wife and daughter's mother.

** ( One boss [[{{Expy}} is]] [[Franchise/StreetFighter Hugo]] [[VideoGame/FinalFight Andore]], who is in turn a CaptainErsatz of Wrestling/AndreTheGiant. The obituary message played when he kills you is simply "'''OBEY.'''"[[note]]The OBEY Giant was a modified version of a sticker fad starring, you guessed it, André the Giant.[[/note]]

** One boss fight is against human [[{{Expy}} expies]] of [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Bebop and Rocksteady.]] The obituary message played when they knock you out says you "lack turtle power".

* SinisterSwitchblade: One of the game's {{mook}}s is armed with these and naturally can be used by the player when dropped. It does a satisflying "click"[=/=]"flick" noise everytime it's drawn out.

* ChainPain: A length of chain is one of the many melee weapons the player and one of the {{mook}}s can use, attacking with it like a [[WhipItGoodwhip]][=/=][[EpicFlail flail]].

* KatanasAreJustBetter: The bonus level "{{VideoGame/Samurai|Showdown}} [[ShoutOut Showdown]]" has you pick up a katana and take on endless waves of enemies. The katana tends to wipe through them easily. This does not make the bonus level any less hard. The room the bonus level is based on also holds one in the main game, which cuts through almost every enemy like butter, but upon grabbing it you're ambushed by more enemies than that katana could kill without breaking.

The game puts you as a grizzled veteran, living in a desolate, crime-filled quarter of the city, with only your daughter to keep you company and bring a point to your life. When she gets taken away by henchmen working for an unknown boss, you set on a quest to find her and take revenge on those responsible, while beating up tons of criminals along the way. Although short, the game offers multiple paths to take and a lot of secrets.

* ChainPain: One of the weapons that can be used is a length of chain used as a flail/whip. Some of the enemies are also armed with it and can be used once killed.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Women in the bonus game "All about the Bennys".
* GrappleMove: From the ''Reloaded'' update, enemies can be grabbed and thrown.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: Bottles are among the most common weapons. In fact, after your gun, the very first weapon you get in the game is a bottle of Jack Daniels the player character drinks to reduce his sensitivity to pain and then uses as a weapon.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: The healing items are all various types of food, from sodas to fried chickens, which recover varying amounts of health. Like the entire game, it's an homage to beat 'em ups from the 1990s.
* ICallItVera: The protagonist's pistol is named Sarah, "the only woman left in my life".
* ImprovisedWeapon: A whole bunch of them! Pipes, [=2x4's=], [[GrievousBottleyHarm bottles,]] [[WhipItGood chains,]] [[BatterUp baseball bats,]] [[DropTheHammer sledgehammers,]] [[ShovelStrike shovels,]] statues (''[[SophisticatedAsHell "Early Etruscan, I believe."]]''), [[spoiler:a chainsaw]]...
* InterrogationByVandalism: Smashing the dishonest informant Jerry's car to pieces is the way to get him to speak the full truth. Otherwise he will lead you down the wrong route to a bad ending.

* PrehensileHair: Some female enemies use their long hair to attack.

* ShoutOut:

** "Rhaluka" is the name of John Romero's wife at the time.
** One boss [[{{Expy}} is]] [[Franchise/StreetFighter Hugo]] [[VideoGame/FinalFight Andore]], who is in turn a CaptainErsatz of Wrestling/AndreTheGiant. The obituary message played when he kills you is simply "'''OBEY.'''"[[note]]The OBEY Giant was a modified version of a sticker fad starring, you guessed it, André the Giant.[[/note]]

** [[BreakableWeapons Most weapons]] are shown to be damaged once they're brought to half-strength.

* SinisterSwitchblade: An available weapon, taking it out comes with a satisfying click.

* WouldHitAGirl: The protagonist has no qualms of beating up, stabbing or shooting female enemies. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since they are as violent and ruthless as male enemies.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: The healing items are all various types of food, from soda to chickens, which recover varying amounts of health. Like the entire game, it's an homage to beat 'em ups from the 1990s.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: The bonus level "[[ShoutOut Samurai Showdown]]" has you pick up a katana and take on endless waves of enemies. The katana tends to wipe through them easily. This does not make the bonus level any less hard. The room the bonus level is based on also holds one in the main game, which cuts through almost every enemy like butter, but upon grabbing it you're ambushed by more enemies than that katana could kill without breaking.

* ShoutOut: Each enemy you meet has a specific first name, which sometimes are references to prominent figures within the Doom community.

** Most weapons, too, are shown damaged once they're brought to half-strength.

* WouldHitAGirl: The protagonist has no qualms of beating up or shooting female enemies. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since they are as violent and ruthless as male enemies.

** One boss fight is against human [[{{Expy}} expies]] of [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Bebop and Rocksteady.]]

A sequel to a ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} 2'' GameMod, made by Stephen "Scuba Steve" Browning, but this time released as a standalone game. It's available as a freeware download, but it was also released in a boxed version, which includes some extra goodies. As of now, the bonus levels included in the boxed version are now free to download off of the main site.

** In the ''Reloaded'' version, the first boss is DJ. Ralphis, which named from the composer of the game. And of course, you have to kill him.

** "Rhaluka" is the name of John Romero's wife.

* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: In the pre-''Reloaded'' version, first level ends in a gay-bar. It's mostly an ordinary bar, if dark and empty, but it features bright disco lights and [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of Music/VillagePeople attacking you. The bartender is a suave guy with an elaborate hairdo who wears pink and cries if you beat up his precious car.
* WouldHitAGirl: The protagonist has no qualms of beating up or shooting female enemies. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since they are violent and ruthless as male enemies.

* AuthorAvatar: Well, sort of. One of the enemies you fight is a scuba diver... named "Scuba Steve." [[SelfDeprecation Who has an effeminate walking style and is pretty easy to take care of.]]

* CreatorCameo: In addition to the above Scuba Steve enemy, if you turn on the generator in the farm house and enter the room with the missing children posters plastered over the walls, you can find one with Stephen Browning's name and photo on it.

* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: The first level ends in a gay-bar. It's mostly an ordinary bar, if dark and empty, but it features bright disco lights and [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of Music/VillagePeople attacking you. The bartender is a suave guy with an elaborate hairdo who wears pink and cries if you beat up his precious car.

Its homepage is [[http://action.mancubus.net/ here]]. An add-on, ''Dead of Winter'', was [[http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=45016 released]] in January 2014.

* DoesNotLikeGuns: Averted; a gun is the first weapon you pick up, and they are the most efficient way to dispose of enemies. However, ammo is extremely scarce.

* ExecutiveSuiteFight: The final is set in the Phylex headquarters, with the final showdown (though not with the CorruptCorporateExecutive himself, since he's wheelchair-bound and just sends his mooks [[spoiler:and a friggin' helicopter]] at you) taking place in the boss' office.
* {{Gainaxing}}: Women in Bonus game "All about the Bennys".
* GrievousBottleyHarm: Bottles are among the most common weapons. In fact, the very first weapon you get in the game is a bottle of Jack Daniels the player character drinks to reduce his sensitivity to pain and then uses as a weapon.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: The healing items are all various types of food, from soda to chickens, which recover varying amounts of health. Like the entire game, it's a homage to beat 'em ups from the 1990s.
* ICallItVera: The protagonist's own pistol is named Sarah, "the only woman left in my life".

* MultipleEndings: One good (Obviously, you save your daughter), and three bad ones ([[spoiler:you run out of leads and are murdered by a random mook; the BigBad arranges your arrest before you can fight him; the Big Bad tricks your daughter into shooting you, leading to you committing suicide in the hospital]]). There's also a NonStandardGameOver [[spoiler:if you attack the BigBad ''before'' your daughter has fled the scene]], as well as an alternate {{bittersweet|Ending}} one where [[spoiler:you get sidetracked taking on Hugo, are unable to find your daughter, but end up starting a new family with the woman who rescued you from the subway station.]]

* OpenEndedBossBattle: The two gangsters at the end of the subway; you get different endings depending on whether you lose to them or not, in addition to whether or not you did something in a previous level. Interestingly, it is ''losing'' to them that will lead to the best ending you can get at that point.

* TheStinger: Completing the game with the best ending unlocks a scene where [[spoiler:the hero has gone missing and his now-grown daughter setting out to rescue him. Considering what happened in the stinger of the first ''Action Doom'' (where the main character is hanging for dear life after spacing an unstoppable monstrosity aboard a spaceship), this implies that ''Action Doom 2'' is a prequel]].

** In the first level, you can enlist the help of your wrestler friend, [[Literature/{{Doom}} Flynn]] [[VideoGame/FinalFight Haggar]].

* MinigameZone: The casino floor in the Phylex tower, with gambling minigames. To the point that there's a bonus level that takes you right to it, gives you a ton of points to gamble with, and lets you play the games without worrying about enemies.
* MultipleEndings: One good (Obviously, you save your daughter), and three bad ones. ([[spoiler:You run out of leads and are murdered by a random mook; the BigBad arranges your arrest before you can fight him; the Big Bad tricks your daughter into shooting you, leading to you committing suicide in the hospital]]). There's also a NonStandardGameOver [[spoiler:if you attack the BigBad ''before'' your daughter has fled the scene]], as well as an alternate {{bittersweet|Ending}} one where [[spoiler:you get sidetracked taking on Hugo, are unable to find your daughter, but end up starting a new family with the woman who rescued you from the subway station.]]

* NonActionBigBad: Peter Crisp, the old, wheelchair-bound CorruptCorporateExecutive, who doesn't actually do anything during the final showdown, instead sending [[FlunkyBoss waves of mooks]] (and [[spoiler:a helicopter]]) at you. [[spoiler:Though you still get the satisfaction of punching him out a window after you've taken care of all his goons.]]

** One boss [[{{Expy}} is]] [[Franchise/StreetFighter Hugo]] [[VideoGame/FinalFight Andore]], who is in turn a CaptainErsatz of Wrestling/AndreTheGiant. His "you're dead" message is simply "'''OBEY.'''" [[note]]The OBEY Giant, meanwhile, was a modified version of a sticker fad starring, you guessed it, André the Giant.[[/note]]

** One of the bonus points pickups in the game is [[Film/OfficeSpace The Red Stapler]], complete with quotation. Not to mention that you can find VideoGame/{{Daikatana}} (the game, not the weapon) as a points item too.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Bonus game "All about the bunnies".

A sequel to a ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} 2'' GameMod, made by Stephen "Scuba Steve" Browning, but this time released as a standalone game. It's available as a freeware download, but it can be also bought in a boxed version, which includes some extra goodies. As of now, the bonus levels included in the boxed version are now free to download off of the main site.

The game puts you as a grizzled veteran, living in a desolate, crime-filled quarter of the city, with only your daughter to keep you company and bring a point to your life. When she gets taken away by henchmen working for an unknown boss, you set on a quest to find her and take revenge on those responsible, while beating up tons of criminals along the way. The game is rather short, but there are multiple paths you can take, and quite a lot of interesting secrets.

* AloneWithThePsycho: The farm house level.
* AuthorAvatar: Well, sort of. One of the enemies you fight is a scuba diver... named "Scuba Steve." [[SelfDeprecation Who has an effeminate walking style and is pretty easy to take care of.]]
* BettingMiniGame: Can be done mid-combat if desired, but if you get surrounded when playing poker, you'll get trapped in a CycleOfHurting. The bonus pack also adds blackjack and roulette, and lets you play without worry about combat.

* CelShading: Simulated in the ''Doom'' engine via use of black-outlined sprites, and cleverly created black outlines around level geometry- this is handled by creating a one-sided texture box around objects that show black when seen from one side (the back), but invisible from the other (the front view).

* CrosshairAware: A brief moment at the beginning of the sniper sequence in the forest level. Next shots are identified by a LaserSight.

* ExecutiveSuiteFight: The Phylex tower.
* {{Gainaxing}}: Bonus game "All about the bunnies".
* HeroicMime: Either played straight toward EVERYONE or inverted: Nobody speaks in the game except for the protagonist's ''VideoGame/MaxPayne''-esque narration.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Cans of soda, chickens, etc...
* ICallItVera: The protagonist's own pistol is named Sarah.

* InterrogationByVandalism: Smashing the dishonest informant Jerry's car to pieces is the way to get him to speak the full truth.

* LandMineGoesClick: The forest level. Mines all over the place; the first one you step on just happens to be a dud. Whoever set them all up here is a mystery.

* NonActionBigBad: [[spoiler:Though you still get the satisfaction of punching him out a window after you've taken care of all his goons.]]

* OpenEndedBossBattle: The two gangsters at the end of the subway; you get different endings depending on whether you lose to them or not, in addition to whether or not you did something in a previous level.
* PapaWolf: Your character.

* RecurringRiff: See its example on the trope page for details.

* TheStinger: Completing the game with the best ending unlocks a scene where [[spoiler:the hero has gone missing and his now-grown daughter setting out to rescue him. Considering what happened in the stinger of the first Action Doom (where the main character is hanging for dear life after spacing an unstoppable monstrosity aboard a spaceship), this implies that Action Doom 2 is a prequel]].
* SerialKiller: The second path, reached by dying to the bosses in the subway, has the player take on one of these.

* ShowsDamage: Hugo gets progressively more bloody and bruised as you beat him up... not that it slows him down.

* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: The first level ends in a gay-bar that fits this trope perfectly.
* ZombieApocalypse: The "ZOMG ZOMBIES" bonus level.

* TheStinger: Completing the game with the best ending unlocks a scene where [[spoiler:The hero is gone missing and his all grown up daughter set up to rescue him. Considering what happened in the stinger of the first Action Doom (where the main character is thrown off the airlock after escaping from an unstoppable monstrosity aboard a spaceship), this implies that Action Doom 2 is prequel to Action Doom 1]].