Last year's RoboCop: Rogue City didn't appear on many Game of the Year lists, but plenty of people think it should have. The deliberately pulpy shooter, which manages to capture the tone of the original RoboCop movies rather well, has quickly become known as an underrated excursion — and it sounds like a big update it planned for the relatively near future.
"Many citizens have been asking about a New Game + for RoboCop: Rogue City. We've heard you," says the game's official Twitter account. "So stay tuned for more information on this topic in the weeks to come. Until then: Stay out of trouble."
Rogue City has a bunch of a RPG elements that would perfectly lend themselves to a New Game + mode, letting you carry over all of your character progress to a fresh playthrough. For example, you can level up RoboCop's various attributes in order to tackle certain missions in different ways, and weapons have a branching upgrade system.
Would you blast through RoboCop: Rogue City via New Game +? Could a big update like this convince you to give it a shot in the first place? Remember to reload in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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This is interesting to me. Seen this said alot in various places. If you gave the game a 6 in your review, why do you think the game is underrated?
I don't get this narrative. The game got a generally favourable review from many sites reviewing it. It was also well received by people who played it. How exactly is this game underrated and why is it consistently referred to as such?
What it was is a game that wasn't much promoted and sold in average numbers. It was rated exactly as well as it deserved, around 7/10 on average, so why are we being told it should've got 8, 9 or 10?
@riceNpea I didn't review it, and I do think it's (slightly) underrated. That's pretty much it!
A VR mode would be cool.
I don’t think I’ll do a NG+ run. I absolutely loved the game and got the Platinum trophy as well, but I don’t need to revisit the game unless there is new content such as DLC. It’s a very underrated game, though! I hope more people will play it.
create a 3rd person view mode...
Had it for Christmas and was my first plat of 2024. Very enjoyable even if it started to look rushed towards the end. Nothing a patch wont fix. New game plus with a new difficulty and new gongs to go with it would be great
@ShogunRok Thanks for answering my question. May I ask in what way you think its underrated? In my opinion, averaging out its review scores would position it as a game that is well liked and regarded favourably. Published reviews from players venerates the game even more than the professionals. Anecdotal evidence has always been positive in my experience.
To me this game has been a critical success, far from underrated. What it is is underperforming in terms of sales for a game that has reviewed well with critics and players alike. What is perhaps actually underrated here is the Robocop universe itself and, for me, the blame there lies with the lack of marketing for this game and the lacklustre Robocop film remake that failed to capture a new audience because it wasn't anywhere near a good a satire as the original.
Calling this game underrated is a disservice to yourselves and the people who bought it. In fact you all saw the game for how decent it is so don't sell yourselves short! 😊
Still waiting for a hefty price drop on this one. Fan of the movie but im holding out for a £25 price tag. Looks good tho.
I am a huge fan of the movies (watching them since early 90s) but this game is definitely not underrated.
The character animations are from 2005, the story is a ripoff from the first two movies and doing missions like going around with a get well card, smashing guitars to scare a criminal and searching movies in a video store are not good at all.
And that song that the band plays (I forgot how it goes), the worst song I have heard in my whole life.
This is absolutely on my wishlist but I'm holding off until I have time to play it.
@Waitinonpsvr2 yes. I would love desperately to see RoboCop holding an Ak-47 lol
@gaston That would be incredible and work so well, I loved the game in pancake mode but this on PSVR2 would be the icing on the cake for me!
Games defo on my list...waiting for a decent sale
@Skeletor85 But the shooting sections (that presumably most people bought the game for and clearly where about 90% of the production money and dev time went) are completely spot on - and sorry but the story is a massive (and obvious) homage to the first two movies (the first of which is a genre masterpiece) so calling it a ripoff is a tad disingenuous. Yeah, the animations and side content are janky but then it's a low to medium budget game (which every single review of the game I read mentioned, by the way) so I definitely cut it some slack in that department, too. For me, the sheer fun factor (the reason I play videogames) of "Rogue City" blew mega budget titles like the bloated "Final Fantasy XVI" and (the frankly godawful) "Alan Wake 2" out of the water - but I do think that the 6/10 or 7/10 reviews were completely fair because the game was clearly made with a very specific demographic (pre-existing fans of the IP) in mind.
Hi, can I ask if others experienced the constant pixelation problems during all of the cutscenes? Lots of other places have spoken about it but I can’t recall anyone here discussing it. I’m enjoying the game but it’s annoying there’s no patch yet and they seem to be prioritising new game plus before sorting this.
@LN78 fully entitled to your opinion, and i loved robocop also, but what did you hate so much about Alan Wake 2? Game of the year for myself so just curious what landed so badly. Again, not saying you're wrong, it is your own experience and its not for me to say what that should be.
@Weebleman Hi - I don't want to derail this CS with "Alan Wake" chatter but if you look in the "Games You Recently Beat" forum topic down below and find #5337, I left my thoughts there. Needless to say, I was not a fan but post a reply there if you feel like having a discussion about it!
@LN78 ahh cool, i will have a look. Cheers pal
I enjoyed RoboCop Rogue City quite a bit but don't think I could play through it again unless to get some missing achievements near the start of the game. Not too fussed about those though. I may play Terminator Resistance as that's basically the same game by the same devs but set in the Terminator universe. Gonna wait a bit as only recently finished RoboCop.
@xeofate I bought the "Terminator" game having enjoyed "Robocop" and it's emphatically not the same game or a reskin - I'd define it as "Fallout-lite" with some recognisable elements from the "Terminator" franchise thrown in. It's not as good as "Robocop" and it's ludicrously easy so I'd suggest buying it cheap! The music is absolutely bloody excellent, though.
@LN78 I have the game (bought it in a recent sale) and played through the opening section, it seemed very similar to RoboCop to me but maybe it changes as the game goes on. Anyways I intend to get around to playing it more at some point.
As I wrote in the "What are you playing" sections, I finished this game over the holiday break and had an absolute ball. I can't recommend this enough for people who like RoboCop or grew up with RoboCop.
If you are indifferent to the franchise, I think you can find better shooters. The gameplay is fun, but not remarkable. But if you grew up with RoboCop as a staple like I did, you need to play this game. The developers absolutely nailed the look and feel of this universe. It truly felt like the RoboCop sequel we should have gotten.
I will absolutely play a new game plus!
@Danloaded heck the movies felt rushed to me near the ending of them lol that’s commitment
I've already beaten Rogue City three times, but I'll give it another round when this drops. Hopefully, we'll get some DLC news, too!
Good my only real complaint was the lack of new game plus.
its a shame if it didn't sell as much..i mean, id LIKE to play it but
Currently working my way through the game. Been a nice change of pace from playing games like Atomic Heart and Spider-Man 2.
Yes yes yes.ive been wanting new game+ for ages now as I would love to see the carnage u cause when u upgrade all your attributes
Robocop in VR, you say? Well if you have access to PCVR you can:
https://youtu.be/1D8ttkDjYZg?t=146
I saw some footage for this game and it actually looks pretty solid. I just really, really wish it wasn't published by Nacon. They are a pretty awful company to their devs.
@Terra_Custodes 🤣🤣
@Terra_Custodes No worries buddy, I didn't take offence, it is a daft saying
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