Rogue City is a Good Robocop Time 

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The obvious love and respect for the source material is what makes it shine. Take note, Disney.

We need more AA games like this. The passion comes through more than most AAA projects

It has its moments, and is shockingly faithful to the movies.

The whole game feels like a love letter to Robocop, both as a character and a franchise. Them getting the original actors to reprise their roles, the soundtrack, the way Robocop himself feels to control and the general dystopian feel of the world is just *perfect* They could have made a minimal effort cashgrab, but instead they gave us, in my opinion, the unofficial Robocop 4 the character deserved. This studio has come a long way since *Rambo: The Video Game* lol

Just a quick note of the "Dash" it feels like they were inspired by how RoboCop semi sprinted in the OG, when Emil was trying with the truck to push him in the toxic waste, RoboCop sprints a bit quickly to get out of the way, I believe Teyon saw that and used it as inspiration for the "Dash" move.

If theres one thing this developer is good at, its nailing the vibe of the source material. Terminator Resistance got a lot of bad reviews, but Terminator fans loved it because it FELT like they were dropped into the war against the machines that was shown in brief scenes in the first 2 movies. The gameplay didnt reinvent the wheel, but as a Terminator game, they nailed it.

I LOVE the game, it is probably THE most faithful adaptation of any source material I've ever played. If any source material media would put HALF as much love and dedication to being accurate, we'd have waaaay better movies/TV shows and video games. Unfortunately a lot of them want to put their spin, agendas, or make it for "modern audiences" 🤢

I'm happy that you're had a great time with this , you can feel the love and passion from the Dev's all over the game .

Glad you covered this, figured you would. My favorite ocp building easter egg is the delta city model Kinney was executed on, its in a closet all covered in dry blood. Just made me laugh that they’ve kept it.

1. Just being seen with a candidate counts as supporting him. You have to ignore them completely if you don't want to support them. Talking to them is optional after all. 2. The rights to RoboCop unfortunately do not include the rights to the iconic sounds. I don't remember the source, but those sounds are part of a sound library that would have cost them additional $30.000 and they probably didn't have the budget for this. 3. Why do you say that you love roleplaying as Murphy/RoboCop, but then complain about actual roleplaying elements?

In the OCP office building, on the top floor, one of the closets off to the side has the original Delta City model from the conference room, half-crushed and covered in blood from the random employee killed by ED-209. I lol’d pretty hard at that; they just shoved it into a closet lmao

Ah this video title brought back a hilarious memory of a Gamespot review of a Robocop game I believe for the original xbox where the reviewer said just for $50 you can get the Robocop 1 movie, some Robocop merchandise and a meatball sub (because meatball subs make everything better). And you're having a "great Robocop time". Or you can spend that $50 on this game and you're having a "terrible Robocop time. Don't play this game...please!" XD

I'd say it's one of the best adaptations of a movie I've seen in a while. I kinda knew you would like it. Combination of a decent gameplay and smart fan service is the easiest way to ensure a successful adaptation.

10:40 Angry Joe's misfortune gives me *LIFE.*

There is a Cobra assault cannon on a roof near the ED-209 downtown

Regarding the performance part, I think it's inevitable that it feels like people are just reading lines in a recording booth. I know for a fact that most times, voice talents don't even get to see the scenes or script parts and they are directed by proxy, probably on videocall with someone in Poland, in this case, but without access to the material. They might record, say, 5 deliveries of certain lines and then pick the one they see more fitting to the mood of the scene.

As someone who grew up with eurojank and played Teyon’s Terminator game on a whim and loved it, I was very hyped for this and it didnt disappoint. I honestly have a lot of respect for Teyon and support them completely. These guys CARE.

19:48 you can turn the radio off before talking to him in that mission

I really want to buy this game, but it's very expensive here in my country, so I'll have to wait for some promotion, which should only happen next year as it's just being launched, so sad

Kudos to you for being honest and fair. I think this game would really benefit from new game plus and an extra mode or two focused strictly on combat

On my third playthrough right now ... Can't believe how satisfying and enjoyable the experience is for me as a huge fan of the original movie. I actually love the ED-209 fights - sure the first one is pretty straightforward, but there is a very quick and satisfying way to kill the ED that's rampaging through the streets in the final stages of the game ... [SPOILER] There's a rooftop sniper in the area, accessible by a ladder, with a Cobra assault cannon waiting for you to pick up. You can then take out the ED-209 in a very satisfying single shot (or maybe two), just like Murphy does in the movie when he's on his way to the final confrontation with Dick Jones. Put a big, nostalgic smile on my face. Yeah, I see that the game has flaws - but it gets so many things right that those flaws just don't bother me too much.

Great video Mayo! You're dead on about the pacing of the open world segments, especially if the player is doing all of the serve and protect missions. I probably spent an hour on each one, wandering around to find the random crimes in the city. The only open world sections I thought worked were the first one, due to the fact that the novelty of robocop just doing mundane tasks was still there, and the last one where you had to fight through the city to get to each of the side objectives. One thing I'd like to add is that Sgt. Reed's VA was very hard to read emotionally. I always had a hard time telling if he was supposed to be angry or enthusiastic. On the more spoiler warning side of things, Wendell Antonowski started out a really interesting character in my eyes. His demeanor towards robocop in the 2/3 of the game I found really interesting, almost treating robocop as an old friend, despite Murphy having killed his brother. This all fell apart though, when it was revealed that he wasn't actually Emil's brother and instead just some OCP operative. This left him as just some random guy with no connection to the protagonist. After that I lost all interest in the character and felt basically nothing when he died. Overall, the game was pretty damn good, but had some blemishes that hurt the experience a bit. Under the Yamo review of Robocop 2014?

Teyon is in an interesting spot, they have made the best games in Terminator and Robocop franchises by staying small and contained. Just a regular story and allright mechanics, nothing very special. At the same time these efforts are far better than anyhting else produced in the franchises for a long time. If they don't get greedy and keep honing their craft they'll have a great future, they clearly get the vibe they need to go for with these sort of nostalgia pieces.

It's impressive that a Polish team captured the spirit of American IP so well.

How did they mess up the Auto 9 & Holster Audio. Should have been first SFX sorted.

Double A games came back with a vengeance in 2023: Lies of P, GhostRunner2, Armored Core 6, HiFi Rush, Remnant2, System Shock, RoboCop Hope the trend continues

The devs also made a really good Terminator game too

Fun easter egg. In the top of the OCP tower theres a room with the original model of delta city from the first movie…just a little bit more red

Really hoping to see Teyon keeping up the good work with these movie based games. They clearly show they have love for the franchises they work with. Terminator: Resistance was also a very faithful and fun game for me which I recommend to any Terminator fans. Let's hope they will one day redeem themselves with a good Rambo game as well.

Regarding the scene where you get into the limo: you are warned earlier that whatever you say to Mills, he'll spin it as him having your support merely by agreeing to be seen with him. And that's exactly what happens.

I feel like this would make a REALLY good vr title with rails. Im not much for vr stuff, but that seems like this would be right up this games alley. Also if they do a 2nd game, they need to see this video. All your points are so strong. Although i do think a rail shooter might make this more fun but i dunno may be a bad take....

I would love the music thing in a Batman game for example. Imagine rescuing a hostage and going in to take down the bad guys surrounding them and the Batman theme starts playing!

I really really enjoyed this game without having actually seen the movies. You can also get a Cobra when fighting the ED 209 during the riots. Also, and maybe it was included in an update, but when in the mini sandbox area the map does display the names of locations

I've loved Robocop since I saw it the first time when I was 5 lol!! This is Soo cool! But I agree on the Auto9 sound, wonder if it's a copyright thing? Also I get what you said about it looking kinda cheap. I REALLY hope this studio gets the resources they deserve, and when they do I can wait to see what they make next!!

19:33 In that scene you can shoot or turn off the radio before talking to him. Learnt that the hard way myself.

I love this game. Sure it has some issues, but getting to be RoboCop and mowing down "creeps" with the Auto-9 (which sounds absolutely amazing) is just good fun. It's like playing in an unreleased movie from the time. When shooting the main gun is so much fun that you willingly go back to the firing range several times over the gameplay, should tell you something. This might seem like a generic shooter, but if that's the case, then I haven't seen a "generic shooter" for a very long time. It's a simple, yet good single player game that fans of RoboCop will definitely love.

There is no RoboCop remake.

Try Terminator Resistance too, it's similarly good, but suffers from similar issues.

Robocop has such a cool look, they should have made it 3rd person.

Just beat this last night. I am so happy with it.

Yesterday I was thinking about UTM and how well he discussed Doom Eternal, and then boom! a Robocop Rogue City review. Awesome.

20:01 Shoot the radio

I know a lot of players find the dash move odd for robocop to perform but come on man he totally used that maneuver when Emil tried to run him over in the first movie 😂

So, it's the same as Terminator Resistance. A janky game with a lot of passion for the source material that can be easily recommended to the fans of the movies.

My favorite part was the auto-reloading of the Auto 9. Endless infinite ammo, no needing to reload, just like the movies. Edit: It's possible to bypass all the penalty nodes on the boards if you use the right chips.

Just platinumed the game, personally I like it alot. But you are abusolutely right on the AUTO-9 sound, I'm so upset about it, and they got the muzzle flash wrong too... Also, although personally I can turn a blind eye on most of the cons you mentioned due to budgetary reasons, I just can not get over Murphy's mo-cap, I know the dev probably didn't have the resources nor time to recreate the brilliant Moni Yakim/Nikolay Cherkasov-ish movenments, but the actual mo-cap was just so bad, felt like a clumsy attempt to copy the original.

I am so glad that this game did that well and hope for a sequel AND maybe some sort of open world or "more open world" - for just random walks and catching robbers. Not much, but like... you´re walking and someone is grabbing a purse and you just arrest him and then nothing happens for 5 or 10 mins. Just being RC. Damn. I kinda also hope for a Jurassic Park game from those devs. They are amazing.

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I actually consider Rogue City to be a flawed diamond while not perfect but worth my time and money... because overall I was pleased how faithful the developers were to source material as most AAA developers would either just phone it in for a cash grab or would get some worthless hacks to butcher the source material by dumping their socio-political baggage into the product for an ESG/DEI virtue signal.

Teyon may have given us an absolute disgrace of a game with Rambo The Video game but with this and Terminator Resistance it's very clear that they are getting better as a developer. I'm happy to see that.

great way to start the week. thanks for the vid!

I took a risk and got it day one, off of John from DFs recommendation, I’m on series x but all being said it’s an awesome game, I actually get excited when I find hidden evidence or chip set peices or whatever, all the little things all add up for me, to make a fairly mid shooter into something truly special, beyond the fan service, the tickets on random cars, all that type little stuff. And the combat never gets old, count me in.

Oh and OP was damn right about the Auto 9 sound.

I thought it was just going to be OK after playing for an hour. Eight hours in, damn good.

I do believe the story goes the auto9 sound effect was too costly for a somewhat small game creator..

I’ve been waiting for this to drop. You did not disappoint!!

12:20 ....so true 😮 I want that weapon, not excuses !

I’m about halfway through the game and love it,sure we can nitpick and there’s things wrong but my biggest issue is the sound of the gun like you mentioned and holster sound. it just feels like somethings off. It definitely immerses me, but those few things would be the icing on the cake. I haven’t fought Ed 209 yet but I’m curious how his sound effects are?. I remember my uncle took me to see the rated R movie when I was little in the theater, definitely imprinted in my memory.

Love this game, played it twice! Only problem I had was sometimes when I’m playing the gameplay can get a little wonky and then the game shuts off and have to start again. Also the voice over sometimes doesn’t match their mouths . 14:34 so true , half of the time I give up on the Side missions

This was one of the most enjoyable gaming experiences in recent memory. It's rife with Playstation 2 style graphics hiccups and background character voiceover isnt the best, but that kind of all melts away because it compels you forward with the gameplay and story. Frankly, I hated everything about max becker that didnt have to do with writing. His character model barely emoted, and neither did his voice, but he was integral to the story. That character is a perfect example of the game's flaws, especially when contrasted by Robocop who's usually in the same scene as him. That's the thing developers need to understand; the game doesn't have to be Delta City to be good. Your game can still be flawed on an artistic or development level, and still be loved. If you guys love it, the people who play it will. This felt like the spiritual successor to RoboCop 3 that we should've gotten.

I love the game, a true love letter to us fans of the original! I remember picking up a .50 CAL sniper rifle and was bummed they skipped on the Cobra Canon...but then i DID come across it...AND took out a ED-209 with it 😬

This was the first game I've pre-ordered since 2016's Hitman. Played it through 3 times already.

I cant be the only one, I wished that the game used the robocop 2 theme during the riot scene.

I vividly remember playing Robocop 3 on my Atari back in the day. The 3D graphics blew me away. I'm happy to see a worthy new game for the franchise!

One thing that I don't like is how robocop takes damage from regular guns even though this is a game, I feel like it takes away from how I felt when I saw robocop taking down normal bad guys in the movies. An unstoppable cop you don’t wanna be on the bad side of.

A point system to encourage you to play stylishly, uh? what an idea what an idea

once you pointed out the "lightgun" enemies , they pop up or around cover cant unsee that effect now !

I think this was a well executed, and fair assessment of the game. While the nitpicks are valid, for me, it doesn't take away from feeling like Robocop. I will say that the dash, reminds me of when Emil tried to drive over him with the truck, and wound up in the toxic waste. Murphy hurried out of the way real quick. It's subtle, but he does kinda dash out of the way, so I can dig it in the game. Also, the spike, yeah it would have been cool, but I understand why they didn't. Could have had another Doom situation where you're just constantly doing execution kills and really shooting anyone. Anyway, enjoyed the review!

8:43 wtf he levitates

Now it's time for Terminator Resistance from the same dev team as Robocop :D

This feels like it would have been an easy GOTY winner around 2014.

Love this game so much. Mad respect to the game designers and publisher that kept to some of Robocops style and themes. Sometimes you a simple fun game, in this AAA gaming hellscape

I hate to sound like a nerd for the films, but once they included the Mayor from 2, Kuzak, this went up from a 9 to a 10. I love that guy in the sequel.

Great review!🙂 I liked Peter Weller's voice performance. I couldn't help but compare to the movies, it sounds different, but it makes sense. He sounds evolved, which I feel was the intention. He sounds robotic in the first film until the end when he rediscovers his humanity. In this game, I feel like this is what his voice should've sounded like in Robocop 2. But instead, in that movie they went backwards and made him sound "robotic" again. Which bugs the shit out me now that I'm older. This game is not perfect, like the Auto 9 sound, Robocop walks like he just shit himself(cutscenes). But nitpicking aside, I absolutely love this game. I played through it twice, consecutively.

I noticed the music from Halloween 3: Season of the Witch in the background, good touch. 🤘🏻

I’m hoping for a DLC later on 🤞🏼

This game is so great. They got so many details right and nailed the movement. It would be easy for this game to be boring and too easy. On the harder difficulty it can be a decent challenge ehen hit by the mobs. The upgrades are awesome and interesting, even with the AUTO 9. Being the doom slayer in a RoboCop suit never gets old... Imagine if this game's budget was more than $7 and a bag of chips 🔥

You've made good points, and I agree with almost all of of them. Except for when you were talking about game being "bloated" and "too long", that's where I disagree with you strongly. It took me 20 hours to complete the game, 100% achievements, all side quests, etc. Without help of any guides, so a lot of time has been wasted "running" around double-checking everything (especiall in Downtown, where as you rightfully pointed out, marking locations on the map would've been great help). If anything, the game is a bit too short, there's not enough time to properly explore and then wrap up nicely its many sub-plots. And you suggest cramming it all into 8 hours? Even ditching some of the less interesting side-quests, it would've still been too little time. Then again, perception of time is fairly subjective matter, so maybe for you ~16 hours long game is too long, that's fine. To me this game felt like a nice cup of espresso, strong, energizing and leaving me wanting more. God bless the devs for not actually bloating the game with normal AAA bull and timesinks just to artificially inflate playtime.

wow man they REALLY outdid themselves here, great breakdown/review, you've convinced me to buy this asap

For some reason it reminds of that old Judge Dredd game on the original Xbox, both games are a love letter to the source material.

This game was a great way to wash out the bad taste alan wake 2 left for me. Hell i think alot of the moments murphy is remembering his past were way more effective then half the scares in alan wake 2.

I absolutely love this game, but I agree with you that the Auto9 doesn't sound right. I noticed that immediately once the game started. Also, I wish we saw more of Murphy's restored personality from the end of the first film. I don't agree with your statement that the game should be shorter though. I got so absorbed in the game that I played through it in a weekend. I just wish there was a bit more action before the finale.

alright I'm gonna buy it. your video convinced me.

Basically the attention to detail is great for any fan of the series but as a game for 70$ wait til a sale and some quality of life updates if you hope to play this more than once ….. so is it really a masterpiece

Thank you for recommending this game. I would never buy it, because I am not fan of Robocop, and my knowledge of TV series is based on few memories when I was 5 y. o. and parents were watching it when they have nothing else to watch. I was pretty doubtful even after your review. But game was totally worth it. I wasn't expecting this game quality level from small game studio.

I thought your damn ninja was supposed to take care of Robocop for me.

Off topic I remember wanting Ed 209 more or less as a pet without the guns and about neehight

The Auto-9 sound bugged me a lot. Thankfully there's a mod on nexus mods that replaces it with the actual auto-9 sound. It's much better.

I actually tried to contact the devs about the Auto 9 sound 😂 no response.

I just wish that there was a way to skip to the combat or have a separate horde esc mode because I struggle during a lot of the roaming around and especially the dialogue parts.

It would be cool if this game had difficulty system like for example Blair Witch Part 1 Rustin Parr, where combat and puzzle difficulty were seperate. So you could have harder combat, but tone down puzzle if you are more for action, having easier combat, but harder puzzles or everything easy/hard. I like that in this game we do actually do police work (it could be slightly harder, like crimes being actuall puzzles and not going from A to C while gathering evidence B), but some people might only be interested in action. But damn, playing this game freshly after watching Robocop trilogy is awesome. Like for the most of the game I was like that meme with Leonardo Dicaprio pointing finger, becouse at almost every turn I was saying "This is like in the movie :D". The same thing I hard while playing Terminator: Resistance after watching T1 and T2.

15:40 is this skill tree actually exciting now with the new difficulty they added in the latest patch?

I enjoy Rogue City and I think a sequel would do wonders in this case. Improving on the game's shortcomings like the pacing in combat would make for a better experience. With how well received this game is, I can see it happening

21:29 you should do it for a subscriber milestone like how Civvie 11 made the Duke Nukem Forever video for 100K subs

I'd recognize that The Ascent soundtrack anywhere.

"Bro he shot me!" the game.

The only thing I don't like is how once you finish the game, that's it. No new game plus, no end game missions. No arcade mode, nothing.

Had to turn off Outlines though......felt like the odds were stacked in my favour 😳

Robocop: rogue city is a good, solid game that I enjoyed very much, even if I wouldn't call myself a robocop fan.