Rogue Company

Rogue Company mixes casual and tactical gameplay styles to create a hero shooter that, while not particularly innovative, is incredibly entertaining. You’ve seen this all before folks, but sometimes good things stick around for a reason.

Despite some of the negativity, Rouge Company has had a great start. It’s fun and I can definitely spend back-to-back hours on the game. But eventually, it does get stale, and it will undeniably need something extra to spice things up to keep people playing. Whether that be adding new maps, new characters, or new game modes, the devs will definitely need to keep up the momentum to satisfy gamers.

There are loads of competitive shooters to play on both console and PC right now, but not enough of them offer full crossplay across a variety of platforms. Not enough of them have a lively fanbase. Not enough of them are free to play. Rogue Company is designed specifically to counter all of these issues. You want Counter Strike-like competitive gaming on your Nintendo Switch, PS4, PC, or Xbox, with cross-progression and all of your friends? Rogue Company is one of the few games available that does that. But cornering the market doesn't ensure success.

Rogue Company is a solid, if pretty unspectacular addition to the online shooter genre. It's highly derivative – you won't find anything you haven't seen before here – but it performs impressively well in both docked and handheld, features cross-play and cross-save with other versions of the game and provides plenty of variety and strategy in its impressively large roster of rogues. With only two gameplay modes currently available there's definitely a lack of ways to play as things stand right now but this is undoubtedly a strong base on which Hi-Rez Studios can build. Add a few more modes - t...

Rogue Company is an entertaining, if derivative, shake up to the established hero shooter genre, mixing elements from various other games to prop up the handful of unique ideas it can call its own. Beneath the seemingly basic third-person shooter mechanics are intricate strategies, interesting characters with nuanced abilities, and plenty of maps to keep things varied. It could use some more work on the technical side, but as a free-to-play team shooter with cross-play on every platform there’s a fun foundation here that already feels worth my time.