RoboCop: Rogue City

Item: RoboCop: Rogue City
Rating: 87
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-03-13

Summary

Authentic RoboCop experience with faithful 80s atmosphere.
Engaging combat with satisfying shooting and gore.
Meaningful choices and Peter Weller's authentic performance.
Stiff animations and clunky, tank-like movement.
Weak story, poor dialogue, and satire.
Frequent crashes and poor optimization issues.

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 73%
Unhelpful reviews: 26%
Protest reviews: 1%

87%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
13%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 3991
Negative points: 1990
Gameplay points: 846
Perf. points: 433
Rec. points: 1193
Misc points: 196

Point	Description	Importance
Authentic RoboCop experience Description The game excels at capturing the essence of RoboCop, making players truly feel like the iconic character. This immersion is achieved through faithful recreation of his movement, sound, appearance, and abilities. The game also successfully integrates elements from the original films, such as the characters, locations, and story, creating a nostalgic experience for fans. Importance 97%	The game excels at capturing the essence of RoboCop, making players truly feel like the iconic character. This immersion is achieved through faithful recreation of his movement, sound, appearance, and abilities. The game also successfully integrates elements from the original films, such as the characters, locations, and story, creating a nostalgic experience for fans.	97%
Engaging, well-designed, and fun Description The game delivers a satisfying experience through its engaging story, well-designed levels, and enjoyable combat. The world is meticulously crafted with a high level of detail, and the characters are engaging. The game also features high-quality voice acting and sound design, creating the right atmosphere. Importance 61%	The game delivers a satisfying experience through its engaging story, well-designed levels, and enjoyable combat. The world is meticulously crafted with a high level of detail, and the characters are engaging. The game also features high-quality voice acting and sound design, creating the right atmosphere.	61%
Visceral, gory, and fun combat Description The game offers visceral and enjoyable combat with over-the-top gore and violence. The weapons feel impactful, and the hit feedback is great. The game also features a good level of humor and is challenging, especially on higher difficulties. Importance 29%	The game offers visceral and enjoyable combat with over-the-top gore and violence. The weapons feel impactful, and the hit feedback is great. The game also features a good level of humor and is challenging, especially on higher difficulties.	29%
Faithful 80s atmosphere Description The game successfully captures the atmosphere of the original RoboCop films, with spot-on references, a faithful recreation of the 80s style, and a storyline that feels like a natural continuation of the movies. The developers clearly respect the source material, creating a nostalgic experience for fans. Importance 27%	The game successfully captures the atmosphere of the original RoboCop films, with spot-on references, a faithful recreation of the 80s style, and a storyline that feels like a natural continuation of the movies. The developers clearly respect the source material, creating a nostalgic experience for fans.	27%
Satisfying shooting and gore Description The game features satisfying shooting mechanics with impactful hits, dismemberment, and exaggerated enemy ragdoll effects. The destructible environments enhance the intense and gory combat. The game also provides a feeling of power and justice. Importance 25%	The game features satisfying shooting mechanics with impactful hits, dismemberment, and exaggerated enemy ragdoll effects. The destructible environments enhance the intense and gory combat. The game also provides a feeling of power and justice.	25%
Meaningful choices and characters Description The game features well-written and memorable characters, and choices have consequences, affecting interactions and the player's experience. The game also includes multiple endings, adding replayability. Importance 14%	The game features well-written and memorable characters, and choices have consequences, affecting interactions and the player's experience. The game also includes multiple endings, adding replayability.	14%
Impressive graphics and level design Description The game has impressive graphics, with detailed levels, nice lighting, textures, and objects. The game also utilizes the Unreal Engine 5 to create beautiful visuals. Importance 13%	The game has impressive graphics, with detailed levels, nice lighting, textures, and objects. The game also utilizes the Unreal Engine 5 to create beautiful visuals.	13%
Surprising depth and replayability Description The game has surprising depth, with themes of capitalist excess and American satire. The game also balances nostalgia with fresh content, appealing to both longtime fans and newcomers. Importance 10%	The game has surprising depth, with themes of capitalist excess and American satire. The game also balances nostalgia with fresh content, appealing to both longtime fans and newcomers.	10%
Peter Weller's authentic performance Description Peter Weller's return as RoboCop adds an extra layer of authenticity through voice acting. His voice work brings depth and nuance to the character, delivering famous one-liners and new dialogue effectively. Importance 10%	Peter Weller's return as RoboCop adds an extra layer of authenticity through voice acting. His voice work brings depth and nuance to the character, delivering famous one-liners and new dialogue effectively.	10%
Customizable and powerful Auto-9 Description The Auto-9 is a highlight of the game, especially when upgraded. Customizing the Auto-9 pistol is a major highlight, and upgrading it makes the player feel like Robocop. Importance 9%	The Auto-9 is a highlight of the game, especially when upgraded. Customizing the Auto-9 pistol is a major highlight, and upgrading it makes the player feel like Robocop.	9%
Meaningful progression and customization Description The game features a progression system with significant impact, including upgrades for weapons, armor, and new features, making shooting more engaging. The weapon customization, while not extensive, offers different approaches to combat. Importance 9%	The game features a progression system with significant impact, including upgrades for weapons, armor, and new features, making shooting more engaging. The weapon customization, while not extensive, offers different approaches to combat.	9%
Nostalgic references and music Description The game includes the films' musical theme, iconic locations, and nods to the movies, providing fan service. The original music, familiar locations, and characters from the films contribute to the atmosphere. Importance 9%	The game includes the films' musical theme, iconic locations, and nods to the movies, providing fan service. The original music, familiar locations, and characters from the films contribute to the atmosphere.	9%
Nostalgic retro-sci-fi feel Description The game evokes a sense of nostalgia, reminiscent of PS1-era shooter/adventure games. The game captures the grim and decadent atmosphere of the original movie. Importance 7%	The game evokes a sense of nostalgia, reminiscent of PS1-era shooter/adventure games. The game captures the grim and decadent atmosphere of the original movie.	7%
Engaging police work and investigations Description The game features patrolling and solving crimes, with players investigating crimes and choosing how to deal with criminals. The game emphasizes interacting with citizens and performing police duties, such as assigning parking tickets and rescuing cats. Importance 7%	The game features patrolling and solving crimes, with players investigating crimes and choosing how to deal with criminals. The game emphasizes interacting with citizens and performing police duties, such as assigning parking tickets and rescuing cats.	7%
Near-perfect overall experience Description The game's graphics, music, gameplay, and story are considered near perfect. The game delivers maximum action, story, and emotion. Importance 7%	The game's graphics, music, gameplay, and story are considered near perfect. The game delivers maximum action, story, and emotion.	7%
Detailed and immersive Detroit setting Description The game world is filled with references and atmosphere straight out of dystopian Detroit. The reviewer highlights the attention to detail in the town, portraying the decay and chaos of Detroit with various citizen stories. Importance 7%	The game world is filled with references and atmosphere straight out of dystopian Detroit. The reviewer highlights the attention to detail in the town, portraying the decay and chaos of Detroit with various citizen stories.	7%
Exploration of Murphy's identity Description The game explores Murphy's identity crisis, delving deeper than the films. Subplots exploring Murphy’s fragmented memories add a surprising layer of depth. Importance 5%	The game explores Murphy's identity crisis, delving deeper than the films. Subplots exploring Murphy’s fragmented memories add a surprising layer of depth.	5%
Good performance and stability Description The game runs great on the reviewer's system, with no crashes during the playthrough. The game performs better than most new games. Importance 4%	The game runs great on the reviewer's system, with no crashes during the playthrough. The game performs better than most new games.	4%