- Publisher: Team17
- Release Date: Mar 13, 2015
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 4
- Critic score
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Mar 9, 2015A good little shooter that could have been great, L.A Cops is like a nicer version of Hotline Miami that's a bit on the blander side.
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Mar 14, 2015It takes the Hotline Miami formula and adds some unique features, but it has some rough edges that prevent it from becoming a more solid experience. Still, it's a challenging experience that might be worth the try.
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Mar 18, 2015While the gameplay is similar to Hotline Miami, there are some positive differences that help make L.A. Cops interesting. It adds a few unique gameplay elements, such as isometric camera movement, but the game lacks in categories like speed, strong personality and a compelling narrative to drive it above a game like Hotline Miami.
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Mar 13, 2015This is the law-abiding step brother of Hotline Miami. But while the concept with the cop duo suggests tactical depth, it stumbles over AI faults. So in the end in terms of intensity, style and atmosphere there still is half a continent between the east and the west coast.
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Mar 13, 2015LA Cops is a neat diversion with some fantastic style. I had a blast in the short time I played it, but feel like it grows stale far too fast. This is the perfect game to snag during a sale, it is fun for the time it lasts, I just wish there was more to come back to once the raiding was over.
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Mar 16, 2015Unique art style, clichéd humour, irritating controls.
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Mar 14, 2015LA Cops is a neat game of cops and criminals that's just too short-lived and lacking. The 70s style is a nice touch and the partner dynamic adds a strategic bent (even if we did mostly just use the second cop as an extra life) to what is otherwise a fairly sterile twin-stick shooter.
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Mar 11, 2015A nice setting and good art design are hindered by too many problems like a weird and unpredictable AI, uneven difficulty, shortness and intangible storytelling.
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Mar 25, 2015Ultimately, LA Cops is a decent, short run through a cop-themed shooter that doesn't do enough to really impress.
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Mar 16, 2015Regardless of it all, levels are still replayable, and at a price of 15 bucks, LA Cops is a bargain deal.
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Apr 13, 2015One that's fun to look at, sure, but one worth playing? Until and unless there's a balancing patch on the way, probably not.
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X-ONE Magazine UKMay 5, 2015A choppy, piecemeal shooter. [Issue#123, p.82]
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Official Xbox Magazine UKApr 28, 2015Fairly rubbish. [May 2015, p.80]
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Apr 10, 2015Ultimately though, LA Cops is a very mediocre experience. The 1970s theme is largely unexplored, the story is almost non-existent and its gameplay is flawed in a number of ways.
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Apr 8, 2015On the surface LA Cops appears to be a solid top-down shooter. Unfortunately, it relies too heavily on a broken teamwork system. The shoddy AI works against the game and results in the game being more of a frustrating title than an fun one.
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Mar 14, 2015As far as indie titles on the Xbox One go, there is a ton coming out this year, and LA Cops is one game that can safely be ignored for better things.
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Mar 20, 2015You might dig the groovy aesthetic for a short while but inevitably you’ll walk away either bored or frustrated.
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Mar 17, 2015A frequently maddening slog through isometric hell, framed by a broken story and sloppy mechanics, suggesting that what the game needed more than anything was further play testing and refinement.
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Mar 16, 2015LA Cops is an offensive and sh.tty video game, which does itself injustices by mixing terrible writing with bad and incredibly frustrating gameplay.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 19
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Mixed: 4 out of 19
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Negative: 6 out of 19
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Dec 20, 2015
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Apr 14, 2015
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Mar 27, 2015