I don’t need my cop AI to tactically check corners as they enter a building, but when cops start firing in the direction of civilians or stand out in the open looking confused it’s immersion-breaking. They both charge in recklessly with complete disregard for human life. I struggle to find a meaningful difference between them. You can take control of the bots too and get the loot yourself, but if the cover is blown, it’s hard to risk the main man Travis Baker, for a dimwit you hired before the round started.Įnemy AI is a bigger surprise mainly because they’re just as dumb. And when I threw my bags into the getaway van they just ran back to me like a lost puppy. So often I would turn around with two bags of loot slung over my shoulder to find them just running around like they forgot something in the car. Friendly bots are often dumb, not knowing what to do or even where to take cover. That reason is the only reason they’re tolerable. Playing solo, if you go down, you’re out of the game. The gang members you hire can join you on your mission and, if playing solo, I recommend you bring them along because they can pick you up when you go down. Talking about bots leads to a conversation about the AI so let’s talk about the friendly ones first. I encourage tackling each mission differently to push the staleness away for as long as possible and, if you have friends, you can get a bit more mileage out of the game, but having none, I was left to play with the recruitable bots. This means that by the fifth or sixth time you do a jewelry store heist, it gets a bit boring. As you play through the game, you will come across the same types of missions over and over again and while there are a few options on how to complete the jobs, you exhaust them fast. The problem is that it’s all really repetitive. Or you can take the silent route and find a way to the back, disable the cameras, and go from there. You can also hold the place up to get people to cooperate with you. You can obviously waltz in through the front door, guns blazing. Take a jewelry store robbery mission for example. And credit where credit is due, the game gives you a decent amount of freedom in executing a mission. In this regard, the game can be compared to PAYDAY 2 and it certainly has some of that DNA in it. These can range from robbing a store to defending your turf. The Crime Boss: Rockay City gameplay loop, at a high level, is picking a task on the map, selecting your crew, and playing through the mission. But that is something I will get into later, once you understand the game better. I just don’t think that it works well with the roguelike genre. As satirical as I am in describing it, the idea of sitting at a desk to plan your next move and then hitting the streets to lead your gang in turf warfare is a cool one. I will admit that conceptually, I can get behind Crime Boss: Rockay City. So how does one grow a crime empire? Well, this isn’t a tutorial but it’ll suffice to say that it involves running some operations, making some phone calls, and gawking at your assistant. When he does, you do too, and the game starts all over again. The goal of the campaign is to build your crime empire as Travis Baker until he inevitably catches a stray bullet to the chest and loses it all. There are a few different game modes in the package with an emphasis on co-op crimeplay either with friends or bots. Yes, Crime Boss: Rockay City is a first-person shooter but it’s more importantly a roguelike live service game. Instead of a story synopsis, let me first start with the genre. Over the last week, I have spent quite a bit of time in Rockay City, Florida and in this review I can only hope to convey the surprise and disappointment I experienced while playing the game. That’s about as much that I knew about Crime Boss: Rockay City when we got the email about the game releasing on next-gen consoles. Revealed with a bombastic trailer during The Game Awards, the game stars Michael Madsen, Kim Basinger, Danny Glover, Michael Rooker, Damion Poitier, Chuck Norris, Danny Trejo, and more. If you know one thing about Crime Boss: Rockay City, it’s the cast.
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