Now’s the Time to Play RoboCop: Rogue City on PC

2023 has, absolutely, been one of the wildest years for gaming - ever. No two ways about it. We've had, and note that this isn't a conclusive or comprehensive list here, Hogwarts Legacy, Starfield, Forza Motorsport, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Dead Space, Tears of the Kingdom, System Shock Remake, and heaps of others. And still (!) we're getting a huge array of smaller-scale productions that would've made headlines all on their own in a less jam-packed year. Like RoboCop: Rogue City, which is the topic of this article!

RoboCop: Rogue City is coming out momentarily, on November 2, 2023, and in case you've missed all the excitement about it, we've got loads to share. The bottom line, though, for those who just need an excuse to splurge: this is the best piece of RoboCop content we've had in decades. You can get your copy at a discount using the 2Game store link featured below, but if you'd like to learn what the hubbub is all about, read on!

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The Return of the AA Game

Back in 2022, we posited that AA gaming would be making a major comeback over the next couple of years, citing examples such as Destroy All Humans!, The Surge 2, and Aliens: Fireteam Elite. That idea is percolating still, but now with even more examples to show for it. RoboCop: Rogue City is no AAA, that's for sure. It's a smaller-scale production delivered by Teyon, a devteam that specializes in these games. Their previous release? Terminator: Resistance, a widely acclaimed though flawed throwback to yet another legendary '90s action franchise.

This sets the stage, then, for something special. What we've got here is a smaller, more focused, and - importantly for the end-buyers - cheaper game that doesn't need to sell a quadrillion copies to turn a profit. Running on Unreal Engine 5, though, Rogue City could certainly fool us.

What do the Reviews Say About RoboCop: Rogue City?

Setting our expectations correctly is crucial here. Rogue City isn't a 10/10 game. On OpenCritic, it's just above 7/10, in fact, with the obvious caveat that RoboCop fans are going to want to play this game no matter what. Indeed, while this game won't be for everyone, all the major reviewers agree that it's certainly worth considering, if you want something a tad bit different from the industry standard.

"Alongside being Teyon's best game," says Eurogamer's Rick Lane, "Rogue City is a welcome example of a style of game that doesn't get made much anymore. At some point during the 2010s, the upstart AA contender was brutally shot to death by a cackling gang of megabudget prestige titles and worthy indie games. In Rogue City, Teyon has brought it back to life, armed, armoured, and ready for duty."

For Polygon, Michael McWhertor writes that "RoboCop: Rogue City’s heart is in the right place. It’s trying to be the RoboCop 3 we should have gotten, featuring the return of original RoboCop actor Peter Weller as Detroit’s cyborg supercop." The game does have its fair share of technical issues, but "the shooting is solid, the satire is mostly on point, and it tries to be as much about the pain of Alex Murphy, the man inside the RoboCop suit, as it is about busting street slime."

Become RoboCop Himself, as Voiced by Peter Weller

The thing about Rogue City is that it's more than just a simple AA first-person shooter. Absolutely, you do get to gun down an entire army of goons as you go, but the game tries to immerse you into the role of RoboCop every step of the way. To that end, there's a big open-world hub with side-quests and all, a Mass Effect-style dialogue feature, and a story that changes depending on what your RoboCop, specifically, is trying to do.

Every decision you make is reasonably authentic, naturally, but they do allow you to side with one political party over another, decide how a graffiti artist is handled, or, perhaps, how a TV interview might go. The opportunities for role-playing are common and fun, and they add just the right amount of extra pizazz to make RoboCop: Rogue City a standout experience.

Is RoboCop: Rogue City a Good FPS?

Setting all flavourful role-playing aside for a bit, though, you're obviously interested in Rogue City primarily due to its nature as an FPS game. In that respect, we're thrilled to report that the game absolutely delivers. Here's the particularly funny bit, too: it's quite similar to FEAR when the shooting starts.

What we mean by this is that Rogue City leverages Unreal Engine 5 in a phenomenally reactive manner. Not only does the game look great (with the demo's performance issues now happily resolved!), but almost every bit of scenery can also be chewed through, if you have a weapon of an appropriately high calibre. Plaster breaks apart, bits and pieces of furniture fly across the room, and bodies get torn to shreds. Better yet, RoboCop can pick up various heavier bits of level design (computer monitors, etc.) to swing and throw them at the perps, adding an extra layer of joy to the regular combat loop.

So, when you just don't feel like building up your public trust score with the Detroit community, rest assured that your guns will happily do the talking, instead.

The Right Choice for Late 2023: Rogue City

RoboCop: Rogue City will feel like nostalgia given life for the older sci-fi fan. In our book, it's already a must-play experience, even in 2023, and we believe the community will come to appreciate it all the more as time goes on. Something similar happened with Terminator: Resistance, too, and Rogue City is an objectively superior game.

If you'd like to play Rogue City on day one, but don't feel like spending full price on a new game, consider checking out 2Game's exclusive deals and discounts, available via the links below with a special 16% off:

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