When it comes to gameplay, however, Rogue City refuses to compromise on the spirit of its central character, and is all the better for it. But that attempt at player choice often feels at odds with an experience that largely encourages and celebrates the 'shoot first, ask questions later' approach, resulting in a game that doesn't always seem to quite have a handle on the kind of RoboCop story it wants to tell. You will, at least, be given some agency in considering how those Prime Directives are fulfilled, with multiple endings and mission outcomes depending on how you've closed cases, engaged with Detroit's citizens, and maintained public order. When it comes to gameplay, Rogue City refuses to compromise on the spirit of its central character, and is all the better for it. Alex Murphy's comically techno-fascist approach to justice is certainly on display here, but is presented without comment, indulging in the gratification of his violence without asking players to really consider the insidious forces guiding his Prime Directives. If anything's missing, then, it's perhaps some of the sociopolitical subtext that lent 1987's RoboCop its edge. The central story weaves itself into the tapestry of the series' existing canon, too, centred around Detroit Police Department's conflict with The Torch Heads, an anarcho-punk criminal gang with links to the Nuke narcotic that acts as the central MacGuffin of RoboCop 2.Įven the game's litany of cheesy one-liners, in danger of coming across as hokey and wooden almost anywhere else, seem to fit right at home within this B-movie world of cyberpunk satire.

From its scene-setting opening newsreel, right down to the perfectly rendered nuts and bolts of Rob Bottin's iconic suit design, much of RoboCop: Rogue City authentically captures the look and feel of Paul Verhoeven's original classic, with Weller's plain-spoken delivery offering the icing on the cake for franchise fans.

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