RoboCop: Rogue Metropolis – Unfinished Enterprise does not simply see OCP Crime Prevention Unit 001 (previously Officer Alex Murphy) with some, nicely, unfinished enterprise, however builders Teyon, too. Going hands-on, this followup to Rogue Metropolis feels extraordinarily much like play, and for good purpose. At first it was nearer to one thing like a DLC, however, “after a few months” engaged on it, communications supervisor Dawid Biegun tells me, the studio realized “we have now an excessive amount of content material”.
Promising round eight to 10 hours of story, it is about so long as a correct sequel would must be, however is launched to me as a standalone enlargement. Even so, whereas Biegun says it builds on some story parts within the base Rogue Metropolis, you needn’t have performed it to get into the motion right here. As mercenaries assault a police division with a mysterious new cryo cannon, and take over a large residential block referred to as OmniTower, it is as much as the officer often called RoboCop to combat his manner inside and kind issues out with excessive prejudice.
Lifeless or alive
Key data
Developer: Teyon
Writer: Nacon
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Xbox Collection X
Launch date: July 17, 2025
Taking part in via the primary three ranges after which skipping to a later one, the enterprise could be unfinished, however it’s nonetheless enterprise as regular. Clomping round comparatively slowly like a tank, RoboCop is ready to scan and pinpoint enemies with a inexperienced overlay identical to the flicks, taking out goons with high-powered weaponry. Being gradual simply emphasizes the sensation of energy, cooldown talents to gradual time or elevate shields which means I really feel like I can take quite a lot of hits.
Enemies could be grabbed and thrown round too, and environmental hazards can be utilized to thwack enemies into objects to trigger a bloody mess, reminiscent of large ol’ industrial followers. Bits of canopy could be blasted away with weapons to open them as much as headshots (the pistols really feel nice), and RoboCop’s imaginative and prescient highlights areas of wall I can use to ricochet my bullets round corners. The large tower appears like an actual house structurally, however one which RoboCop can flip to his benefit.
And sure, identical to within the authentic Rogue Metropolis, you too can shoot enemies within the nuts for no actual profit, however as a tip of the robo-helmet to the flicks. “It is nonetheless right here. It is nonetheless obtainable. It is nonetheless efficient. It is nonetheless, I might say, good wanting,” Biegun laughs. “For the followers.” Likewise the sounds of weapons and the motion are supposed to carefully evoke the movies, and even a few of the lighting of the OmniTower is supposed to resemble ’80s film lighting. “We do not wish to use the phrase practical, as a result of realism will not be part of RoboCop in any respect,” says Biegun – furthermore Teyon desires to painting the heightened actuality of the sequence.
Rapidly, although, the motion does escalate to be extra continuously tense than in its 2023 precursor. RoboCop: Rogue Metropolis – Unfinished Enterprise options fewer detective parts and a better give attention to motion. Biegun calls it “extra dynamic” due to it. There are extra weapon varieties – together with a minigun and finally the cryo cannon itself, and extra enemy varieties to unload into.
The enemies aren’t simply new fashions, both – however are designed to shake up the tempo of encounters in Rogue Metropolis which, enjoyable although they have been, might develop into a bit samey. Enemies with shields require you to consider methods to catch them off guard, and drones and jet-pack carrying foes emphasize the verticality on the coronary heart of the OmniTower. It positive beats simply combing balconies for the place squishy enemy heads are about to disclose themselves, and retains me on my toes even from early on. Afterward, they inform me there can be ninja androids.
The only setting, the OmniTower, additionally permits Teyon to play with actually escalating motion and preserve the tempo tight. There are nonetheless moments the place issues decelerate a tad, from RoboCop helping scared residents to 1 part that has me go Star Wars as I blast the gears of an encroaching trash compactor’s ceiling. However, for essentially the most half, it feels pure that the upper I climb the more durable the threats I will come up in opposition to.
It is an actual energy journey to stomp via the environments, biking via a machine gun and rocket launchers.
The motion even strikes past RoboCop. The later mission I play sees me take management of the digital circuits of ED-209, the sequence’ iconic closely armed bipedal enforcement droid. I really feel the burden of the machine, nevertheless it’s an actual energy journey to stomp via the environments, biking via a machine gun and rocket launchers to blast the heck out of swarms of enemies. It is a greater machine fantasy than the extra cumbersome mechs present in Doom: The Darkish Ages, and is a spotlight of what I get to play. I will not spoil an excessive amount of, however one notably humorous second even nods to ED-209’s lack of ability to deal with stairs that genuinely makes me chortle out loud. It is nice to see Teyon nonetheless understanding that there is a actual humorousness to RoboCop’s over-the-top nature.
In reality, as with Rogue Metropolis, quite a lot of work has gone into making certain Unfinished Enterprise appears like a legit a part of the RoboCop world, the staff discussing every thing with the rights holders. “Now we have artistic freedom as a developer,” Biegun confirms, however this consists of the likes of know-how and kinds of weapons obtainable, as they wish to keep away from it seeming like “they created one thing out of nowhere” that does not match the sequence.
Which is all to say that the cryo cannon – which hangs closely over the sport’s opening hours – is an official addition. Whereas I’ve but to strive it myself because it’s at first within the enemy’s arms, it is certainly one of Biegun’s favorites to make use of: “I actually love this weapon as a result of it has an impression on the atmosphere. Once you shoot it, it should depart ice in every single place so you may, should you stroll via it, hear the crunches.”
RoboCop: Rogue Metropolis – Unfinished Enterprise is extra RoboCop however not simply extra. It is all dialled up. Extra motion. Extra weapons. Extra over-the-top. I am unable to wait to see how excessive the OmniTower actually stretches. I will discover out quickly sufficient, as RoboCop: Rogue Metropolis – Unfinished Enterprise is open for, erm, enterprise on July 17, 2025 throughout PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X/S.
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