![]() In their defense, of course, it’s not like the script gives anyone all that much to work with: from a dialogue point of view, the whole game feels like a throwback to the mid-’90s, when a whole generation of hacky filmmakers tried to imitate Quentin Tarantino – and the end result is just as lousy.ĭespite the GTA feel of the material, in terms of gameplay, Crime Boss: Rockay City is actually much more indebted to a game like Payday. While there’s no doubting the talent of the assembled cast (or, at least, no doubting the talent of some of them), here most of them feel like they’re phoning it in. On that front, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the voice acting here is pretty lousy. ![]() The thing is, where those games at least felt like they were making fun of stereotypes and tropes even as they indulged in them (with the caveat that older GTA games haven’t exactly aged well, humour-wise), Crime Boss: Rockay City just feels like a joyless slog that doesn’t get that those games were trying to be satirical. ![]() From a stylistic point of view, Crime Boss feels like it wants to exist somewhere between GTA: Vice City or Saints Row, with the combination of its colour palette and its focus on random celebrities as voice actors. Of course, part of the problem is that its influences are so obvious, it’s hard not to compare it to those significantly better games. While I certainly wouldn’t discount the idea that this game could be a Uwe Boll-style tax dodge (and that latter linked tweet will always be inextricably linked in my mind with Crime Boss), the end result is still a dull, repetitive shooter that doesn’t come anywhere close to matching its influences. Even though it resembles a mockbuster with a cast that includes a collection of faded stars (Kim Basinger, Danny Glover), has-beens (Chuck Norris, Vanilla Ice) and Danny Trejo, it’s still not fun enough to be the gaming equivalent of a B-movie. The bad news? That still doesn’t mean it’s any good.Ĭrime Boss: Rockay City’s problem is that it’s thoroughly mediocre. It’s competently made, and I’ve played far, far worse games. The good news, I guess, is that Crime Boss: Rockay City isn’t a disaster. There’s something fun about playing a disaster, after all. To some extent – okay, to a very large extent – this was because I was keen to see just how bad it would be. View the first screenshots at the gallery.Even though Crime Boss: Rockay City got middling reviews (to put it kindly) back when it first came out on PC, I was nonetheless keen to check it out once it arrived on consoles. Watch the announcement trailer and first gameplay footage below. Each story is made up of multiple missions, which allows you to fully experience their life of crime. Explore how Ropes, Jupiter, Runaway and the gang ended up in Rockay City and help them pull off different jobs to get back on top.
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