You can't dig it. Apologies to Cyrus and his pals in the Gramercy Riffs, but The Warriors: Street Brawl wastes the cheesy-cool gangs of the classic '70s flick on a boring scrolling brawler for Xbox Live Arcade. Ridiculously protracted levels, repetitive punch-ups, and murky graphics make it just about impossible to stick with the game long enough to see Luther clinking beer bottles on Coney Island.
The Good:
* Fans of the movie will appreciate the settings and enemy gangs
The Bad:
* Padded levels make the campaign long and dreary
* Poor fighting flow and cheating, cheap-shot enemies
* Too dark and gritty to feel like the movie
* Murky visuals and oddly modern music
The 2009 GameStooge Awards continue with the fifth part of the Awards – the worst games of 2009, as well as the best mobile games.
Best iPhone Game: Zen Bound
Best Mobile Game: Townsmen 6: Revolution
Biggest Disappointment: The Conduit
Most Dead on Arrival: Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
Worst Digital Game: NBA Unrivaled
Worst Game: Terminator Salvation
WorthPlaying writes: "Back in 2005, Rockstar Games took a chance and made a video game based on the old cult film, "The Warriors." The game was an adventure/beat-'em-up hybrid that took the license and added more background to the film's story while providing plenty of deep gameplay choices to a genre that seemed to be on its deathbed. It was a gritty title that was fairly polished and a ton of fun to play. Sadly, unless you had an early PS3 like the 60 GB or 20 GB configuration, neither of the newer consoles could play the classic game Rockstar had crafted."
PlayDevil has posted a review of the cult classic game, ported to XBLA, "The Warriors: Street Brawl".
Here's a snip:
"Many people will remember the original cult classic street gang movie "The Warriors" which was released in 1979 however what is surprising is that despite it's popularity it seemed to take an age to get it's first video game conversion with the excellent Rockstar release on the original Xbox and Playstation 2 in 2005."
