History VideoGame / TheWarriors

The game was initially released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} on October 17, 2005, and later for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable on February 12, 2007. On May 28, 2013, it was re-released digitally as a [=PS2=] classic for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, and later on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 on July 5, 2016 with upscaled visuals and trophy support.

* DoomedByCanon: Because the game eventually takes place at the same time that the movie does, several major characters are still destined to bite the dust. [[spoiler: Cleon is killed by the Riffs after being falsely accused of killing their leader, Cyrus. Fox is also killed when he wrestles with a cop in a subway station and is tossed towards an oncoming train. Ajax is arrested for attempting to rape a woman and is likely spending the rest of his time in jail.]]

* GutturalGrowler: Ajax has become this compared to the film, mostly due to his actor ageing.

* ActingForTwo: In the same mission, Creator/JoeLoTruglio plays both Vermin and Birdie, a wheelchair-using member of the Turnbulls. Vermin even helps to eventually [[spoiler: put Birdie out of commission in the final confrontation.]]

** Outside of a bonus mission showing his origins with the Warriors, Swan isn't playable and has barely any lines in the missions leading up to Cyrus' meeting, which makes sense considering how prominent he is once the events of the movie begin.

* ActingForTwo: In the same mission, Creator/JoeLoTruglio plays both Vermin and Birdie, a wheelchair-using member of the Turnbull ACs. Vermin even helps to eventually [[spoiler: put Birdie out of commission in the final confrontation.]]

* ActingforTwo: In the same mission, [[Creator: JoeLoTruglio]] plays both Vermin and Birdie, a wheelchair-using member of the Turnbull ACs. Vermin even helps to eventually [[spoiler: put Birdie out of commission in the final confrontation.]]

* TemptingFate: During ''Heavy Muscle'', patrolling Destroyers mock the Warriors for their lack of any strong enforcers. As Ajax and Snow, recently initiated into the Warriors, you can show these Destroyers how things have changed.

* DemotedToExtra: Mercy's role in the game is far smaller and less significant than in the movie. As her subplot with Swan is removed, she barely does anything throughout her time in the game.

** The DJ gets a significantly expanded role. We get to hear her tell of the going-ons of gangs on the hangout's radio after each mission (the highlight of course being her narrating the events of the mission the Warriors just finished), with the exception of all the missions that cover the events of the movie, as the Warriors are stuck away from their home turf and no access to a radio, but even then we do get to have scenes of her that were from the movie. Even just standing in the hangout killing time will have her occasionally speak out and dedicate songs to gangs, and she's also how the Warriors find out that the Orphans claimed to have won a fight against the Warriors despite having never met. Beyond the events of the story, the DJ is also the announcer in Rumble Mode, and she also has taunts for Game Over screens unique to each mission.

* GeniusBruiser / MadArtist: Chatterbox is a short-tempered, potty-mouthed FatBastard who also happens to be a patron of the fine arts. He is an amateur artist himself, and his "masterpieces" are clearly inspired by the classic works of such artists as Creator/SandroBotticelli and Creator/VicentVanGogh.

* GeniusBruiser / MadArtist: Chatterbox is a short-tempered, potty-mouthed FatBastard who also happens to be a patron of the fine arts. He is an amateur artist himself, and his "masterpieces" are clearly inspired by the classic works of such artists as Botticelli and Van Gogh.

* AccidentalPervert: If you try to mug any female pedestrians for some quick cash, some of them will suspect you're trying to rape them and [[EyeScream spray you in the face with mace]].

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Many of the gang members run around with these (such as Saracens leader Edge), whereas others have rather unimpressive names (like the Turnbull's Birdie) and others simply use their normal names (pretty much all the members of the Hurricanes).

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* BloodierAndGorier / LighterAndSofter: Incredibly, the game manages to be both. It's a ''lot'' more violent than the 1979 film, with the carnage often approaching horror-movie levels (just try a sneak attack from the shadows while carrying a knife and see what happens), and injuries carried over into cutscenes. That tiny scratch on Michael Beck's cheek at the end of the movie seems laughable in retrospect. However, the {{Camp}} for which the film was famous gets turned up to eleven here.

* BloodierAndGorier / LighterAndSofter: Incredibly, the game manages to be both. It's a ''lot'' more violent than the 1979 film, with the carnage often approaching horror-movie levels (just try a sneak attack from the shadows while carrying a knife and see what happens), and injuries carried over into cutscenes. That tiny scratch on Michael Beck's cheek at the end of the movie seems laughable in retrospect. However, the {{Camp}} for which the film was famous gets turned UpToEleven here.

** An occasional quirk of some of the black characters. The bouncer at the Red Devil takes it UpToEleven.

* NiceHat: You can pick up a nice bonus from stealing enemies' hats. Your Warriors sometimes comment on this. ("Look at this stupid thing!"). Cochise's initiation involves stealing a specific-sized hat from the Boppers... which is harder than it sounds. Then there's Cowboy's hat, which he'll almost always go back for if it's knocked off his head. If you pick it up before he does, he'll whine and ask you to give it back, which you can't until it's knocked off your head so he can pick it up himself.