First-person shooter adventure game RoboCop: Rogue City is all set to release on November 2, 2023. Although the game is yet to officially hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC, the early reviews for the game are out, and they talk about what wonders a small studio can do.
RoboCop: Rogue City is a first-person shooter game set in the Old Detroit setting. Players get to take on the role of RoboCop as they clear the city of criminals, conduct investigations, and give out parking tickets. The game draws its plot between the films RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3. Anne Lewis, RoboCop’s police partner seen in the films, will also be seen accompanying the player in the game.
In the game, players will also get to participate in various side quests, wherein they can choose how to solve them, such as by selecting between different dialogue options.
RoboCop: Rogue City Metacritic reviews
RoboCop: Rogue City has been welcomed with a lot of positive reviews from the early reviewers. Currently, the game is enjoying a Metacritic score of 69 on the website which is known to aggregate films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly book reviews.
The developer of the game has been especially praised for developing a masterpiece in spite of being a small studio.
Shacknews gives the game a solid 90, saying, “Robocop: Rogue City is an argument that not only can licensing IP work well in smaller-scale games, but given the right combination of creativity and focus, a more dormant IP can be especially effective. A property like Robocop does not have a clear position in pop culture right now, beyond the obvious late-80s movie nostalgia.”
Talking about the developers’ efforts, the portal writes, “But the team at Teyon, with a combination of awareness and sincerity, definitely found one. I had so much fun blasting through waves of jabronis and laughing at Robocop’s earnest policing antics. In a crowded year like 2023, Rogue City is an unexpected gem.”
Eurogamer writes, “Teyon blends bloody linear shootouts with light open-world action for an entertaining if unadventurous, RoboCop experience.”
GGRecon, which rates the game a 60, describes the game as a perfect ode to the 1980s classic. The reviews suggest that from the moment one fires up in Robocop: Rogue City and witnesses the cruiser’s bumper scrape up the ramp, it becomes clear who the game is for.
RoboCop: Rogue City is not just a solid first-person shooter set in the RoboCop universe – developer Teyon absolutely nails the look and feel of its film inspiration in ways that nothing else has. https://t.co/ZYLNopWnP7 pic.twitter.com/vkeo3AgaXZ
— IGN (@IGN) October 31, 2023
Otherwise, the review suggests that the game has a poor performance and uninspired gameplay, making it hard to recommend the game to someone who isn’t already a fan of OCP’s finest.”
The review further applauded the developer, saying, “One thing you can’t take away from Teyon is they have delivered a true-to-the-film Robocop experience, but whether you’d buy that for a dollar is up to you.”
Teyon is a Polish-based video games developer, producer, and publisher that was founded in 2006. The company currently has two offices in Poland, in Kraków and Łódź, and one in Tokyo, Japan. The studio is relatively small with just three development teams in total working on delivering games. Apart from the upcoming game, they have other titles like Terminator: Resistance, Heavy Fire: Special Operations, Robot Rescue, and Battle Rage under their belt.
Teyon announced that it was working on RoboCop: Rogue City in 2021. The game will be released on next-gen consoles on November 2, 2023.