Urban Chaos features a series of interconnecting missions filled with various law enforcement-oriented objectives, such as preventing a mugging or robbery, serving a warrant, or even engaging in the good old-fashioned car chase. Multiple solutions to most mission problems provide an excellent amount of replayability--though you're likely to solve most with D'arci's fists or hand-held weaponry. An intuitive control scheme (a game pad works best) helps players perform Urban Chaos's wide range of combat and acrobatic maneuvers.

Urban Chaos's third-person graphics engine renders Union City with abundant detail: pedestrians wander sidewalks, leaves blow in the streets, and cars obey current traffic laws. Full detail requires a top-of-the-line machine; however, you can adjust many elements of the graphics engine to achieve a playable frame rate on the minimum system requirements. -Doug Radcliffe

Pros:

• Excellent control
• Diverse mission objectives
• Multiple ways to solve problems
• Detailed graphics

• Sluggish graphics engine without top-of-the-line hardware
• No multiplayer mode