


Cleon, Swan, Ajax, and Rembrandt are the most heavily featured characters. The player can control only one character per mission, while the others are computer-controlled. The game features multiple playable characters, including the Warriors' Warchief (leader) Cleon, lieutenant Swan, heavy muscles Ajax and Snow, Cleon and Swan's friends Vermin and Cowboy, the scout Fox, Harlem native Cochise, and graffiti artist Rembrandt. Other minor gameplay elements are mixed into the experience, such as the ability to use spray paint to mark turf or insult people. The Warriors is an action-adventure survival game with a heavy focus on melee combat (specifically brawling). Following its release, The Warriors received very positive reviews, with critics praising its controls, design, sound, music, and plot many deemed the game to be a worthy adaptation of the film. Several cast members from the film returned to voice their characters in the game. The game features songs from the film's soundtrack however, as of 2016, some of them have been removed from the PS3 and PS4 versions, including " I Love Livin' in the City" and "In the City", due to licensing restrictions. The gameplay revolves around large scale brawling in 3D environments interspersed with other activities such as chase sequences. The game expands on the film's plot, with the first half covering events that took place three months before the events of the film. Set in gritty 1970s New York City, the story follows the eponymous street gang, who are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader and must return to their home turf in Coney Island while being hunted by rival gangs and the police. The game was re-released on the PlayStation 3 in May 2013 and PlayStation 4 in July 2016, via the PlayStation Network. It was released in October 2005 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and February 2007 for the PlayStation Portable the PSP port was developed by Rockstar Leeds. The Warriors is a 2005 beat 'em up video game based on the 1979 film of the same name (itself based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel), developed by Rockstar Toronto and published by Rockstar Games.
