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''The Warriors'' is a Beat 'em Up Video Game released on October 17 , 2005 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox . It is based on the 1979 movie of the Same Name . It was developed at Rockstar Toronto , and is published by Rockstar Games . GAMEPLAY/PLOTLINE The game covers not only the events depicted in the Movie , but also a precursor, establishing the Warriors' reputation all throughout New York City. Levels 1 through 13 (and Flashback Levels A through E) take place before the movie begins. After Level 13, the player is shown a CG Cutscene duplicating, to an extent, the beginnings of the movie, with Cyrus's meeting. Levels 14 through 18 cover the movie itself. Gameplay The Warriors are based in their Coney Island hangout through the game. Between levels, a player can explore the hangout, talking with the other Warriors, completing bonus exercises, playing Rumble Mode (a mode which allows you to make your own gang and participate in single fights of various sorts, including more unusual games like King of the Hill and a wheelchair race), doing Flashback levels, or exiting to Coney Island to complete bonus missions which often benefit the player's stats. Note that between Levels 14 and 18 (the events of the movie), the levels go from one to the next without access to the hangout until Level 18 is completed. Synopsis The game begins with Rembrandt's induction into the Warriors, and progresses with the Warriors establishing their reputation across town. Typically, each level is set up by Cleon sending two or more of the Warriors to complete a task for him, from disrupting a Chinatown shakedown accountancy, to Marking Up trains, to even completely wiping out Cleon and Vermin's former gang, the Destroyers (in revenge for Virgil, the gang's leader, brutally murdering a Warrior named Ash). During Level 12, two Warriors do a favor (setting up a rival gang, the Jones Street Boys, and dirty cops who are running an operation to be exposed) for an influential gang called the Saracens. The Saracens apparently put in a good word for the Warriors to Cyrus's Gramercy Riffs, thus setting up the Warriors' invitation to the big meeting. Flashback As side missions, the player is given five different missions which explain how each Warrior was inducted. This is started off with Cleon and Vermin's falling-out with the Destroyers (Virgil sets both of them up to be murdered by another gang, the Satan's Mothers). Then, their former teammates Swan and Cowboy are inducted after beating them in a King of the Hill match, followed by Ajax and Snow, then Fox, then Cochise. COMPARISON BETWEEN THE VIDEO GAME AND THE MOVIE Both the game and the movie involve the same characters and locations. The primary difference, however, is in the fact that a large portion of the game takes place before the actual movie begins (including flashback missions, which go back to the beginning of the Warriors' gang), and the events of the movie itself take place near the end of the game. The game portrays Cleon, the leader of the Warriors, as somewhat of a protagonist, whereas he dies within the first few minutes in the movie. The game has received very strong reviews, and is seen as a revival of the old school beat em' up. Street brawls between rival gangs are the central focus, but as players navigate the urban landscape, other gameplay mechanics are seamlessly integrated, such as laying down graffiti and avoiding enemies with stealth. There is an unlockable mini-game that mimics, verbatim, the opening of '' Double Dragon ''. The major plot points of the movie are all translated into interactive stages within the game. CONTROLS The controls for the '' Xbox '' version of the game are the following: A-Heavy Attack/While sprinting-Charge X-Light Attack/While sprinting-Dive B-Grab/Throw Y-Jump/Interact/Pick Up/Drop L-Sprint Left Analog Stick-Move/Action board Right Analog Stick-Camera/Choose action Start-Pause Control Pad Right-Use Flash Control Pad Left-Revive Black-Block R-Use Cuffs/Lock-On opponent White-None MULTICULTURALISM On the commentary on the director's cut of the movie DVD, director Walter Hill stated the original premise of the film was to have all of the gang members be either black or Hispanic, to follow a more realistic focus, but that the studio would not permit it. The game, however, encompasses a wide variety of Minorities and cultural groups, including the Savage Huns (Chinese), the Hi-Hats (Soho artists), and the Hurricanes (Hispanic). As with the film, even groups with mixed races usually have their members given the same general "uniform". In neither the game nor the film is this directly commented on. "CONTROVERSY" Even before this game was released, it managed to attract the attention of Jack Thompson . He has said that it should be rated AO by ESRB or he will do it himself, despite the fact that the game is based on the movie which received an R-Rating from the MPAA (An R-Rating is the equivalent to an M-Rated game, as AO is to NC-17/X). He has described ''The Warriors'' as being a "murder simulator" and that "it should not be sold to anyone under 18, or anyone for that matter." ''The Warriors'' recently received an M certificate from the ESRB for Blood, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language and Use of Drugs and Alcohol. EXTERNAL LINKS
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