In this series of Blog Posts I wish to share with you a number of fantastic games of which never recieved a sequel, yet very much deserve them. As with all my Blog Posts I would love to hear your comments and am open to ideas for future parts, I hope you enjoy the read, first up is...
U R B A N C H A O S:
R i o t R e s p o n s e
In May 2006, the fantastic yet highly Underrated "Urban Chaos: Riot Response" was released in Europe, seeing release in the US the following month. Developed by "Rocksteady Studios", the British Developers behind the Critically Acclaimed "Batman: Arkham Asylum", "Urban Chaos: Riot Response" was a brutal, gritty FPS available for both the Original X-Box and the Playstation 2. Telling the story of "T-Zero" Member Nick Mason the game takes place during the overtaking of an American City by the infamous "Burner's", hockey mask wearing psychopaths armed with (Among other weapons) Molotovs, lighting the city ablaze. Whilst wielding a rather generic story, the game featured fanstic combat, implementing a smart twist on FPS Cover use, through the use of the brilliant Riot Shield. See an enemy boasting a Spas shotgun aimed in your direction seconds away from firing? No problem. Not only does the shield protect you, but it also assists in mowing down approaching enemies, allowing you to brutaly slam the shield forward, resulting in a pool of blood splashing on the other side and a dead enemy. The shield was easily your best friend throughout the game, and became essential on the harder difficulties, with sprays of bullets becoming stopped in their course. Asside from your trusty shield were a number of equally satisfying weapons, from the incapacitating taser, to the scoped pistol capable of achieving Gears resembling headshots, resulting in a cinematic slow-motion sequnce.
The game throws a numerous amount of scenarios in the gamers direction, from dealing with Hostage Situations to escorting Medics to injured civilians in a given area, whilst participating in the latter, it becomes a nececity for the gamer to use the command wheel, being able to give orders to the follower, asking them to take cover or stay away whilst you scout ahead and clear the path of thugs, when having the assistance of a Fireman, the player can ask for him to open doors for you with the fir axe. If these orders arent made the mission will end in failure. When approaching a Gang leader you are promted to "Bring them in alive", with the tactic proposed for you to move closer using the shield before switching to the taser and incapacitating them, it is tactical gameplay such as this that makes the game more believable, and adds another layer of depth to the title. The game requires a great deal of thought, this being due to the multiple class' of enemies to be faught, from the (As I call them) Throwers, of whom are capable of limiting movement by burning certain areas of the ground through the use of molotovs, to the (As I call them) Brutes, of who rush the player mindlessly swinging machetes in their direction, sprint around the back of the players shield and more, enemies must be approached in different manners.
The game offers a fantastic insight as to "Rocksteady Studios" view of a heavily gang controlled city (Much like the upcoming "Batman: Arkham City"), the visuals looked at their time brilliant, taking the gamer to burning city streets, scorched building interiors, factories, warehouses, rooftops and many more, contributing to the impression that the Police where not in control. The voice acting was simple, but at times effective, with Firemen mourning their deceased partners, swearing vengeance, the mission briefings and more. The gang members admitedly sounded highly generic, swearing endlessly and insulting the gamer and hurling threats, however, these did their job, the gamer are supposed to resent the Burner's, and the steriotypical voice acting is a highly contributing element to this. The sound effects were great, making the gamer feel as though within a destroyed society, the wailing police sirens in the distance, the roaring of the flames overpowering the speech of nearby allies, the coughing of the players character when not using a mask to prevent inhilation of fumes, the smashing of glass windows, the explosions, shots in the distance giving the impression of a wider threat.
Whilst "Rocksteady Games" have achieved fantastic reception by gamers and critics alike through their recent "Batman" title, perhaps they can use this newfound fame to their advantantage and return to their debut title. Their recent experience with designing open world enviroments for the upcoming "Batman: Arkham City" could serve as a tremendous addition to an "Urban Chaos" sequel, taking the fight against crime to a larger playground, and also with the altering enviroments of "Batman: Arkham Asylum", "Rocksteady Studios" could create a progresively crime stricken city, more and more caving in to the effects of endless vandalism and combat, deteriating continuously due to th growing gang population. "Rocksteady" created a fantastic and well-reviewed title with "Urban Chaos: Riot Response" and I for one, am hungry for more...
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The Nintendo Switch 2 may receive support for docked mode 4K and 120 Hz output at some point in the future.
hopefully VRR via a firmware update is released for docked play as well (like the PS5 did post release)
Not a knock on Switch 2 but it’s not made for it. Maybe a lower resolution at 120fps or 4k at a low fps but it’s not capable of both.
There's actually a pretty long list of games on PS5 that support 120hz. Even more with 60+hz unlocked, and that isn't even counting PS5 Pro.
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Yes, according to the dock teardown. It contains HDMI hardware chip of Realtek RTD2175N that supports 4K 120hz. And the HDMI included on the Switch 2 is HDMI 2.1.
Nintendo Switch 2 breaks US launch sales record, selling over 1.1 million units in its first week. This breaks the record set by PS4.
Could be a 3DS though. 3DS outsold DS by 2:1 in its first year in the United States yet lifetime sales ended up being less than half.
I'm happy for Nintendo. Even though the Switch 2 has received so much hate just to bring it down, it hasn't won. Even though some are saying they'll boycott Nintendo, it hasn't affected sales. Especially now, with word of mouth that the system is good, demand for the Switch 2 will definitely increase more.
Considering the record sales the Switch 2 is seeing around the globe its clear a portion of the loud minority clearly bought the device.
But But the internet told me the switch 2 was going to be a failure.
Such a good system im having a blast with it and really enjoying my first ever playthrough of yakuza 0
Sold through or to the stores? Asking because they're tons of them at my local Best Buy. When the PS5 and Series consoles launched, you couldn't find them anywhere.
The article clearly says sold. If it were shipped, it would say shipped.
Nintendo had been saying the last year or so that they would be flooding stock so that scalpers would not be an issue. They've followed through with their word. It's not cutting edge tech, so it's been easier for them to sit on stock for a while until it accumulated to a massive number available to be shipped.
Companies often use shipped and sold interchangeably. Regardless of what it is, supply hasn't been an issue at all.
What is the location of the Best Buy you speak of? We can find out if they have units or not. If they do, I can put something out there on Twitter/X for those in the area looking for a Switch 2.
Good for them, I'm still not buying.
Looks to be a pretty safe and boring upgrade over Switch 1 which I don't think they can top it on how plain looking it is design wise.
Shame since Switch Lite showed they still know how to make a handheld that looks good and is actually portable in a classic Nintendo sense.
That's why I got one over Switch 2's block of charcoal.
Then there's the prices of it all and the whole Key card thing destroyed any sense of game ownership.
There'll be a number of revisions for the s2 like a s2 lite or oled also seems inevitable
Unless they drop the prices and actually has a more portable variant that can also dock then maybe I'll reconsider but as of now, nope too big too boring and expensive to make it worth this early, not enough of its own games atm as well.
Who knows removing the dock capabilities would lower the cost of the unit pretty significantly.
The cost of the dock, reduction in shipping costs etc bug savings which will enable a cheaper system
i think batman killed urban chaos !
Freedom Fighters is the one for me
Grim Fandango! Always hoped Id see a sequel of that, even if it was just a prequel sequel