Crime Boss: Rockay City

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5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 74 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 31 out of 74
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 74
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  1. Konamito
    Jun 27, 2023
    5
    Boring, repetitive and soulless. Only the appearance of famous characters give it a touch of freshness and originality. But it seems that all the money invested in the development of the game went to pay the stars and they forgot to make an interesting game.

    Too easy at the beginning, it feels like a skeet shooting game at times. Enemies magically appear from behind when you least    Boring, repetitive and soulless. Only the appearance of famous characters give it a touch of freshness and originality. But it seems that all the money invested in the development of the game went to pay the stars and they forgot to make an interesting game.

    Too easy at the beginning, it feels like a skeet shooting game at times. Enemies magically appear from behind when you least expect them.

    To top it off, it has blunders of translation in the interface, which gives a bad impression for what it costs.    … Expand
  2. JohnBart
    Mar 30, 2023
    7
    Although certainly rough around the edges now, Crime Boss is an otherwise interesting and fun single-player oriented take on the PAYDAY formula, offering both cooperative heists and a dedicated single-player roguelite campaign.

    Pros: + A full-fledged roguelite story mode revolving around taking over the Miami-inspired city, offering turf war elimination matches, heists to finance our    Although certainly rough around the edges now, Crime Boss is an otherwise interesting and fun single-player oriented take on the PAYDAY formula, offering both cooperative heists and a dedicated single-player roguelite campaign.

    Pros:

    + A full-fledged roguelite story mode revolving around taking over the Miami-inspired city, offering turf war elimination matches, heists to finance our criminal empire, and some occasional scripted story missions. The available opportunities (and muscles to hire) slightly differ with each playthrough, offering a slightly different experience for each run, even though the roguelite gameplay basics remain the same. During each run, our protagonist gains XP, unlocking new skills with each level up, making subsequent runs slightly easier to progress through by buffing our protagonist, our gang's cash flow and general strength, or the quality of equipment and muscle we can buy.

    + The two co-op modes are also serviceable, with Quick Play being similar to the Crime.NET screen of PAYDAY2 (offering the same heists we encounter in Story Mode in a standalone fashion), while Urban Legends being more akin to the multi-day heists of PAYDAY2 and the grand heists of GTA Online, each spanning three levels.

    + Some minor gameplay enhancements compared to PAYDAY2. For example, we can temporarily speed up the speed of our drills, or can unlock doors via dedicated minigames. We can also carry up to two loot bags at the same time, although in that case, we are restricted to our sidearm.

    + The visuals are okay, the city really conveys that 90s Florida setting pretty well.

    + All-around performance is also acceptable. I'm running the game on a rig with a i7-4790 CPU, a GTX 1070 VGA and 32 gigs of RAM, on a 2560x1080 ultrawide resolution, with the High detail preset. With this setting, I only experience some occasional hiccups during larger battles.

    + AI companions are serviceable, being able to loot the goodies independently, pick up dropped loot bags, or deliver them to the escape van on their own. We can also order them to follow us or stay put, and can seamlessly switch into them whenever needed. Granted, if we want to stealth, they may not be reliable, but they serve the single player campaign well enough.

    + All-around stealth is easier than it is in PAYDAY2. We have an unlimited amount of zipties and bodybags available, while guards don't wear pagers, so as long we can divert/separate them from other NPCs, it's easy to dominate and tie them up without trouble. We can also move tied NPCs around.

    Cons:

    - Writing and voice acting is horrendous. Chuck Norris' performance is probably the worst VA I've ever heard in a video game. Michael Madsen at least tries putting in a performance, but in his case, it's really off-putting to hear a 35-40 years old protagonist talking with the voice of a 65 years old guy. The game also doesn't have separate stealth and loud voice lines, meaning that you dominate guards by shouting at them (undetected) even when in stealth.

    - Gunplay is serviceable, but could be a lot better. You can't really "feel" any of the guns, and most of them feature really annoying bloom - it's hard to land shots even with semi-automatic pistols and rifles.

    - Lone wolfs might be bothered by the fact that even though you can play the Quick Play and Urban Legends heists solo with bots, you cannot create private lobbies. As such, if you don't fill the slots with bots, others can easily join in. Also, as I understand, the co-op game modes don't have any special rewards, you can only unlock the higher-level characters in them for story play.

    - Customization is only rudimentary, with each character being able to wield a two-handed weapon, a sidearm, and a special gadget (e.g. a number of throwable rocks or bricks).

    - Map variety is also not the game's forte, as all three game modes seemingly sharing the same combat map pool of roughly ~two dozen levels, with some minor randomization during each run (affecting guard patrols and camera placement). This, however, could change in the future.

    Summary:

    TL;DR, I like the game, and I think it worth the discounted AA price it cost during the preorder campaign, but it can certainly use some additional polish, a redesign of the rudimentary customization features, and extra robbery/heist maps. Still, if you are looking for a primarily single-player PAYDAY experience set in an over-the-top 1990s setting, you can definitely take a look at the game. :)    … Expand
  3. CrObInStInE
    Apr 3, 2023
    6
    If you enjoy the Payday series this might be the game for you.
    You do the heists like in Payday, like pretty much exactly like Payday.
    The game has a story, quick multiplayer, and a co-op missions. You customize your crew by selecting 4 characters to take on your heist. Some you can sign for free while the other characters with better stats will cost money. The optimization needs work,    If you enjoy the Payday series this might be the game for you.
    You do the heists like in Payday, like pretty much exactly like Payday.
    The game has a story, quick multiplayer, and a co-op missions.
    You customize your crew by selecting 4 characters to take on your heist. Some you can sign for free while the other characters with better stats will cost money.
    The optimization needs work, if you enjoy your fps games this one is a guilty pleasure. Dont go into it expecting game of the year. Go into it expecting the Payday experience.
    See you guys out there!    … Expand
  4. CodaHensley
    Apr 10, 2023
    7
    By no means is this a groundbreaking or genre defining game. This is Payday without all the wasted time, and while it doesnt have the depth either, it strips out all the worst parts that come with a deep and confusing meta and replace it with a repeatable rougelike, in which you learn that as frustrating as your mistakes are, very few of them will be detrimental enough to end a run.
  5. Jt0429
    May 23, 2023
    5
    Good-
    Gunplay is decent; The strange combination of actors that make up the cast is novel.
    Bad- Many immersion-breaking bugs; Unbalanced difficulty; Writing and voice acting is seriously bad. Thoughts- To the aging actors’ credits, they aren’t given much to work with in terms of writing. The story is structured and presented as an early 90s action film, perhaps as a means of    Good-
    Gunplay is decent; The strange combination of actors that make up the cast is novel.

    Bad-
    Many immersion-breaking bugs; Unbalanced difficulty; Writing and voice acting is seriously bad.

    Thoughts-
    To the aging actors’ credits, they aren’t given much to work with in terms of writing. The story is structured and presented as an early 90s action film, perhaps as a means of making the younger versions of its now aged cast make more sense, but it unfortunately also has all of the poor representation, objectification, and ham-fisted dialogue those movies are known for, And not even in a fun way. There is also a forced attempt to be “wacky” that doesn’t do the game any favors. A scattered number of scenes and lines elicited a singular chuckle from me, but the vast majority of those were thanks to the comical disinterest you can hear in Chuck Norris’ voice as he patronizes you about how you messed up your run.    … Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 37
  3. Negative: 11 out of 37
  1. Hooked Gamers
    Jul 16, 2024
    60
    To be upfront, this by no means is the best thing that has been released to the heisting genre, but having said that, it is also not the worst *cough Payday 3 cough*. Crime Boss has a lot to offer and is fairly priced unlike a lot of the games we see today. Players also need to keep in mind that Crime Boss is receiving continuous support and improvements with 4 major updates planned for the future. The one thing that lets this game down is the writing and poor NPC design. If you are looking into purchasing Crime Boss, I would recommend getting a friend to tag along with you, as the solo gameplay loop can get boring very fast. With how dedicated InGame Studious is towards this title, I have no doubt it is going to get better over time, but currently, there is a lot of refining that needs to be done.
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  2. Worth Playing
    Jun 27, 2024
    70
    Crime Boss: Rockay City has done something that few other games have accomplished since the advent of patching. The team has taken what was a very bad game at launch and made it good enough to be enjoyable. The missions may be short, but the lack of lag and the presence of better-than-expected AI companions makes each encounter fun. The presence of the player XP system makes the tweaked campaign and online modes worth grinding through. Coming in at a cheaper base price than its Epic Games Store launch price, Rockay City is a decent purchase for those who were disappointed with Payday 3 and exhausted with Payday 2.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 23, 2024
    40
    Crime Boss isn't a completely bad game and has some potential in the heist missions, especially in co-op mode. However, it tries to do an awful lot of things at once and doesn't excel at any of them. [Issue#327]
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