ANARCHY REIGNS

The days of Sega only producing cute harmless platform games with speed limit breaking hedgehogs are long gone…

Anarchy Reigns flows from the game Mad World.
It is a post-apocalyptic era of strife, factions, nano-technology and, well, anarchy! This extreme action beat-‘em-up game gives you a choice of various colourful and nasty characters to duke it out, from agents with chainsaws, and ladies with spiked clubs, to clan members with bladed fans, while others utilize martial arts, freezing blades and more.

Five Mad World characters can be accessed with almost a dozen new ones for this installment (plus 2 bonus characters to unlock), each with their own unique (and sometimes ridiculous) features. The two leads are Jack and Leo, and in single player mode you get to pick either one for a Black or White storyline (a third Red challenge unlocked when finishing both).
Besides one-on-one fights, many extra hoods and fiends attack from all sides in the city map terrain, and a splatter-fest it turns out to be as you literally bash them to the point of exploding into goop!

Multiplayer modes include the wild Battle Royale (with up to 16 on-line participants), Death Match, Tag Team, Capture the Flag, and Survival, so there are plenty of different ways for you to do pretty much the same thing – work out that excess aggression on screen.

With its violence, bloodshed and strong language, its 18 restriction advises that you rather let your youngens check out Ratchet & Clank.

4 / B
- Paul Blom

A - Multiple Playing Prospects
B - Can be taken for another Run
C - Once Should Suffice