![]() Voice performances constantly feel like they’re being read off a script, lacking any believable emotions. While the aforementioned actors all play a part in supporting Baker’s quest to take back Rockay City, certain cutscenes are just laughable. I know we’re supposed to be taking on other families, but this feels like stretch. While there’s admittedly numerous systems at work here, between managing funds to hire soldiers before each mission, to balancing supporting character upgrades and perks, it’s just a shame they all boil down to that repetitive mission structure which usually results in the same boring shootout between gang members that all like siblings. While Baker’s perks are relatively straightforward, giving him extra health, damage and reducing weapon sway for example, supporting characters like Nasara and Casey (played by Basinger), provide extra perks like additional solider health boosts and added financial benefits from both cash gained during missions and boosts to certain “special” consumable items stolen from rival gangs, that are then resold for profit. You’ll be able to recruit soldiers with cash gained during missions, while upgrading Baker and his allies with specific perks to progress further into the campaign. ![]() It’s relatively harmless in the grand scheme of things, but doesn’t present any real stakes for the player, instead pointing out that Baker and Detective Norris (ironically portrayed by Chuck Norris), ultimately hate each other in this basic game of cat and mouse. Each time you die, the story loosely retells itself to bring you up to scratch, before leaving you to take down the city once again through those same handful of mission types. One minute you’re in the middle of an endless firefight with cops, before you’re taken down, only to causally return a few minutes later to kick off the revenge tale, as if nothing had happened. The first issue which immediately presents itself is the lack of any cohesive story. You’ll spend your time recruiting soldiers to attack enemy hideouts and steal loot, even going as far to run heists, Payday style. ![]() Should you die, you’ll return to the very beginning. The campaign itself also features rogue-like elements, in which you’ll complete numerous missions in a row without dying, in order to overtake as much of the city as you can. You take the role of Baker (played by Madsen), who returns to Rockay City with intentions of joining the fray to retake what he believes is his piece of the pie. The City is YoursĬrime Boss: Rockay City takes place over three distinct modes, the first of which serves as the main campaign, titled Baker’s Revenge. Unfortunately, Crime Boss: Rockay City feels like a missed opportunity, filled with clunky gunplay, repetitive mission design and some downright hilarious voice performances. Between the stellar cast, featuring Michael Madsen ( Reservoir Dogs), Chuck Norris ( Walker Texas Ranger), Kim Basinger ( Batman), Danny Glover ( Lethal Weapon), Michael Rooker ( The Walking Dead) and even rapper Vanilla Ice, and the satiric nature of a crime-ridden beach city in the middle of a 90’s gang war, you’d be forgiven for turning your head towards this release. Unfortunately we don’t get a more specific date beyond that, but we do now have a much more specific release window to go by.Īnd with it releasing in June, we’ll likely hear more about it soon, or even right at E3, only for it to launch days later.Crime Boss: Rockay City’s reveal felt like a nail being hit on the head. The launch of the console version will follow in June 2023.” The news was announced almost quietly, as the parent company of publisher 505 Gamesannounced it in its latest financial reports covering up to the end of 2022, when speaking about the year ahead.Ĭrime Boss: Rockay City includes an absolutely star-studded cast, with Michael Rooker, Danny Trejo, Vanilla Ice, Michael Madsen and Chuck Norris.ĥ05 Games parent company Digital Bros writes in its report, “The personal computer version of Crime Boss will be exclusive on Epic Store only until June 2024, at least. While it’ll be launching first on PC on March 28, 2023, developer INGAME Studiosupcoming Crime Boss: Rockay City will arrive next on PS5 and other current-generation platforms in June 2023.
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