With RoboCop: Rogue City, Detroit's finest cyborg is back on the beat, but is his long-awaited return to the gaming world a welcome one?
Video Gamer is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Prices subject to change.Old Detroit has a cancer. The cancer is crime. 20 years on from his last appearance in a major game, and 30 years on from the best-forgotten third instalment in the franchise, Detroit’s crime-fighting cyborg has returned with an all-new story, but the same familiar charm that made him a pop culture icon.
This is Action Movie 101 stuff, and while alone, none of these would be particularly enthralling, together they’re certainly interesting enough to carry you through the game. Near the end, however, several of these threads collide somewhat haphazardly, leading to a poorly paced and messy last couple of hours. It’s not a bad ending to the game by any means, but the execution does lead to a fairly unsatisfying conclusion for some of these side plots.
And when the combat is good, it’s great. Whether you’re blowing people’s heads and limbs off with over-the-top gore, flinging ragdolls across the room, or punching someone so hard their body explodes into a sea of blood, it’s exactly the kitschy 1980s action that makes RoboCop so fun. Right until the final mission, breaking down a door and blowing up heads in slow motion with a few quick shots is a thrill.
This is especially true of the game’s take on boss fights, where you’re dumped in an arena to fight either a single boss or against waves of enemies. Taking on the iconic ED-209 is fun for all of 20 seconds before you realise that all you’re doing is running between pillars while holding down left-click. It’s an attempt to make the game harder, but all it serves to do is make the game slower, and in some cases, even a little boring.
Rogue City has a couple of skill systems to upgrade your abilities and weapons. These can be handy, but had very little impact on my playthrough most of the time. You also have the opportunity to influence the game based on the choices you make, but I found that none of these choices mattered at all until the final couple of hours.
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