Crime Boss: Rockay City Reviews
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Crime Boss: Rockay City is a star-studded shambles, a dull and basic co-op shooter that's the very definition of all mouth and no trousers. Desperate attempts to dazzle with Hollywood movie stars, and an admittedly sweet soundtrack, they can't long hide the fact that the actual gameplay here; the shooting, the heists, the campaign and co-op action are janky, dated and bland beyond belief. If you're looking for a co-op shooter, we suggest you play literally any other game you can get your hands on, because what's here is a cynical and almost staggeringly poor mess.
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Overall, Crime Boss: Rockay City offers so many conceptually interesting gameplay mechanics that could work well together, but either doesn't give the player enough opportunities to use them, or fails to tie them into other aspects of the game. There is some minor depth to the game, but it's overshadowed by what could have been. On top of that, too many elements feel like they’re out of the players hands, and lead to cheap deaths. If you simply need to play Crime Boss: Rockay City, then you’ll be pleased to hear that it’s only $40, and even less if you...
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Crime Boss: Rockay City is a pleasant surprise considering all of the aspects that make its foundations usually crumble from the weight. Just get ready to die, try and die again until you take the throne.
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The Game Awards might not exactly be the most enticing awards ceremony, but we’re always graced with some weird yet amusing titles that pop up from out of nowhere. How amused was I once I saw an ultraviolent game set in the 90s, starring people like Michael Madsen, Kim Basinger, Michael Rooker, Danny Glover, and Chuck Norris? Sure, the last one was odd, because the meme has died out decades ago, but damn, what a bizarre premise. Crime Boss: Rockay City looked like a hidden gem in the making...
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It’s enormously frustrating when a game is mismarketed. It’s also enormously frustrating when you really can’t talk about a game on its own terms without talking about another.
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INGAME STUDIOS should be commended for trying something different as they've previously worked on the Mafia series amongst other titles. The Rogue-like gameplay doesn't work that well here due to the repetition of the game, even though things can turn out different in every playthrough. That's more related to the story and not necessarily the process to get there. Each session is quick and it just stacks on top of each other. It's good to see a good amount of people online playing the game and the experience works in terms of actual connectivity and a lack of any lag....
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I really wanted to like Crime Boss: Rockay City, but it just feels like it was haphazardly thrown together, and the result is a game that feels like a bad copy of a popular franchise, with the tired actors, awful dialogue and repetitive gameplay really putting the boot in.
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On paper, Crime Boss: Rockay City is bombastic, star-studded, and promises a city-spanning adventure about a criminal organization’s rise to the top. The actual game, however, is anything but. The gameplay is unbalanced, buggy, repetitive, and boring. The celebrity-filled cast is exciting at first glance, but crude and humorless writing weighs down the already-phoned-in performances of characters voiced by Michael Madsen, Michael Rooker, Vanilla Ice, and more. The single-player roguelite campaign lacks any of the genre’s typical hooks, and bugs can prevent progress at critical points in a run. Multiplayer works, but the two cooperative modes offer up the same...
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Here's why your summer vacation in Rockay City is a bad idea. Or maybe a good one, depending on how you feel about street wars with '90s rappers.
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If the idea of playing a shooter crammed on top of a modern edition of Drug Wars, full of pseudo ironic stunt casting and roguelike gimmicks sounds like a good time, boy do I have a game for you. The only game for you, really. All snark aside I don’t think I’ve ever played a game quite like Crime Boss: Rockay City. It’s a massive swing and a big miss, with enough force to crack the sound barrier while the ball stays in the catcher’s mitt. It’s neither a cynical corporate cringe like Sharknado, nor is it a low-budget dud...
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A sloppy, buggy Payday pretender whose USP of using 90s movie stars is probably the worst thing about it.
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