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Robocop: Rogue City is awesome! Little surprise, since it's made by the same studio that made Terminator: Resistance. Much like Resistance, it's an adaptation of a beloved 80s property that's heavily based around that property's golden era; in this case, the first two RC films, with it being set between 2 and 3. Robocop is voiced by his original actor, Peter Weller, just like he was in Mortal Kombat 11, and the guy's still got it.

Like Resistance, it's an FPS with immersive sim elements. Since it's set in a functioning society unlike Resistance, there's more dialogue, and even skill checks that show up if you have high enough stats or found clues. You can conduct smaller-scale policework on the side, and get public trust by being lenient towards minor crimes; letting your humanity show. What public trust does, I don't know. It's not openly tracked, so it probably affects the ending.

I really like the environments. They're smaller, but packed full of detail. I've always had an odd fondness for fictional, dystopian, crime-ridden cities. Every inch of New Detroit is grungy, littered with trash, covered in graffiti, and the city streets are perpetually rain-slicked, like any good 80s action movie city should be. They really gave it their all to give this craphole a personality!

You always have access to that signature burst-fire pistol with infinite ammo, and can carry a second weapon taken from killed enemies. You get the ability to modify it with these booster chips to increase its stats, as well as give it special abilities, like different firing modes, infinite ammo, splitting bullets for close-range targets, and one special just makes enemies spew more blood.

It's hard to believe that the studio behind this made the absolutely awful Rambo rail shooter from 2014. Guess giving them enough budget for a game with free movement was just what they needed. I wonder what they'll do next? My only guess is something involving either the Alien and/or Predator franchise.

Also, does anyone miss when street punks were portrayed as having colorful spiky mohawks, crazy piercings, leather/denim vests, tattoos, and screechy voices? They were not only distinct, but also very entertaining fodder to be mowed down in droves by the hero.