Great game! Rockstar produced a great homage to the original movie which feels very natural to the main media. The story is good and the combat is fun. The sound track is a positive here too and i personally love the extra game mode of 5 vs 5. Great game! Ps; The PSP version is good as the PS2 version, played them both.
"Warriors come out to play"
"Warriors come out to play"
Nostalgia Tour
Here's another classic game that I played endlessly from my youth. I think The Warriors still holds up well! The level designs are so drab and dreary looking (I mean New York am I right?!) but they're unique. The fighting mechanics are def a little bit dated, but they were also mildly gory? which was a trip. If you loved the movie or at least enjoyed the movie think of the plot in this game as the prequel... tv show.. drawn-out version of the film's plot. Rockstar even included some fun side missions and mini-game side pieces to draw out the plot and story even more, which was well done. This is another old-school title that I could see myself revisiting time and time again. "That was a love tap, sucka!"
Here's another classic game that I played endlessly from my youth. I think The Warriors still holds up well! The level designs are so drab and dreary looking (I mean New York am I right?!) but they're unique. The fighting mechanics are def a little bit dated, but they were also mildly gory? which was a trip. If you loved the movie or at least enjoyed the movie think of the plot in this game as the prequel... tv show.. drawn-out version of the film's plot. Rockstar even included some fun side missions and mini-game side pieces to draw out the plot and story even more, which was well done. This is another old-school title that I could see myself revisiting time and time again. "That was a love tap, sucka!"
Quite possibly Rockstar's most underrated game in my opinion (besides L.A. Noire). The Warriors is a beat em' up based on the movie of the same name. The movie was a cult classic, based around the story of a gang who gets accused of shooting the leader of the biggest gang in the city, and are then hunted while trying their best to make it home to Coney Island.
It feels like such a random film to warrant a game, but Rockstar did it anyway, and in many ways, eclipsed the film. These characters from the movie that we barely know are given time to develop, so their ultimate fates and arcs are actually interesting. Being a beat em' up is the perfect idea, with satisfying bloody action being commonplace throughout this game's storyline. The game is set prior to the movie at first, giving everyone time to develop, before inevitably going through the events of the movie itself. Flashback missions delve into the backgrounds of the gang's core members even further, while free roaming around Coney Island adds extra hours of content and enjoyability to the game. The Arcade mode is a fun time too, letting players play as the different gangs that appear across the game, unlock characters for the mode, and even make their own gang to use in the Arcade modes as well. And if you like side-scrolling beat em' ups, there's a little bonus unlockable mode you'll probably love as well.
I wish The Warriors got ported to modern consoles besides the PS4, because it really is something special and unique from Rockstar's catalog. I also worry that the licensed music could expire one day, but I suppose it hasn't for GTA, so this game should be safe from delistings. Regardless, give it a shot some time if you like beat em' ups.
Score: 85
It feels like such a random film to warrant a game, but Rockstar did it anyway, and in many ways, eclipsed the film. These characters from the movie that we barely know are given time to develop, so their ultimate fates and arcs are actually interesting. Being a beat em' up is the perfect idea, with satisfying bloody action being commonplace throughout this game's storyline. The game is set prior to the movie at first, giving everyone time to develop, before inevitably going through the events of the movie itself. Flashback missions delve into the backgrounds of the gang's core members even further, while free roaming around Coney Island adds extra hours of content and enjoyability to the game. The Arcade mode is a fun time too, letting players play as the different gangs that appear across the game, unlock characters for the mode, and even make their own gang to use in the Arcade modes as well. And if you like side-scrolling beat em' ups, there's a little bonus unlockable mode you'll probably love as well.
I wish The Warriors got ported to modern consoles besides the PS4, because it really is something special and unique from Rockstar's catalog. I also worry that the licensed music could expire one day, but I suppose it hasn't for GTA, so this game should be safe from delistings. Regardless, give it a shot some time if you like beat em' ups.
Score: 85
When I was a kid, I used to rent a game from Blockbuster every week. For a long time there was a rent-one-get-one-free promotion. I'd rent two games, beat them both in a week, and go back the next week for two more. If that sounds like a lot of gaming, it is! I am a huge dork!
The one game my mom would never let me rent was The Warriors. She let me rent Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt, but for some reason The Warriors was too far. So I played pretty much every game in that Blockbuster except The Warriors. Well look at me now mom, I finally got the chance to fulfill my childhood dream.
It's a fine game. It's a pretty dated beat-em-up but it works well enough. It would probably be a 2/5 for me if it weren't for the incredible work they did creating a world based on the stellar Walter Hill film. The music rips and the aesthetic is spot on.
The one game my mom would never let me rent was The Warriors. She let me rent Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt, but for some reason The Warriors was too far. So I played pretty much every game in that Blockbuster except The Warriors. Well look at me now mom, I finally got the chance to fulfill my childhood dream.
It's a fine game. It's a pretty dated beat-em-up but it works well enough. It would probably be a 2/5 for me if it weren't for the incredible work they did creating a world based on the stellar Walter Hill film. The music rips and the aesthetic is spot on.
I definitely played this game at younger age than I should but I thank my parents for letting me. The Warriors follows the film completely and expands on it even more. I actually played the game before watching the film but I feel like it made watching the movie that bit more special.
Special shout out to the co-op which was insanely fun to play with friends!
Special shout out to the co-op which was insanely fun to play with friends!
Very bad game from Rockstar that everyone says it's underrated. Very boring. Level design is really bad. Boss Fights are not fun. All the enemies are the same, no special moves or something that make an small change in what you should do, anything other than pressing X multiple times. Graffiti drawing is really annoying when the game asks you to do it more than 5 times of same mini game in single missions.
The Story is good and is based on 1979 movie, but it is not the same story, it starts before the movie story. The story has time paradox, but it's not that bad.
The Story is good and is based on 1979 movie, but it is not the same story, it starts before the movie story. The story has time paradox, but it's not that bad.
Really impressive for a movie based game to have so much attention to detail and just all-around fun beat-em-up action, but the unbalanced AI can get quite frustrating in later levels, especially when trying to max out the high scores and bonus objectives. Still, any game to feature "Shake It" by Iain Matthews in its soundtrack gets my approval.