Crime Boss: Rockay City (2023)

Crime Boss: Rockay City is an organized crime game combining first-person shooter action and turf wars, playable solo or with friends. Take on the role of Travis Baker – a man with his sights set on becoming the new King of Rockay City, one crime at a time…

Shooter Action 1980s roguelikeXbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5

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ImpulsegamerChris O'ConnorApr 20234.6/5
I'm really enjoying Crime Boss Rockay City and highly recommend it! If you have a soft spot for the cast then that's a good draw card… but if you have a big ol' spot of nostalgia for music of the 90's… it will be hard to suppress the smile as you enter a shopping mall only to hear Freestyler playing. If you want a great heist game that involves a bit more thinking and planning than GTA or even Payday… grab a copy!
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GameGrinBennett PerryApr 20238/10
Crime Boss: Rockay City is a pleasant surprise considering all of the aspects that make its foundations usually crumble from the weight. Just get ready to die, try and die again until you take the throne.
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Hardcore GamerCory WellsApr 20233.5/5
INGAME STUDIOS should be commended for trying something different as they've previously worked on the Mafia series amongst other titles.
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Game InformerWesley LeBlancMar 20233/10
Crime Boss: Rockay City is proof that star power isn’t everything. In fact, it’s a reminder that a celebrity cast does nothing for a game when it’s void of anything interesting or fun to support it. When run-ending bugs appear, Crime Boss is miserable, but even when I’m running a mission bug-free, I lay witness to a painfully dull take on organized crime. At its best, Crime Boss functions – I can shoot weapons at enemies, empty bank vaults and warehouses for loot, watch cutscenes with recognizable faces and voices, and grow my empire – but it never captures my attention in a meaningful or memorable way. Instead, it pushes me further and further away, leaving me with no desire to ever return to Rockay City.
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Metro GameCentralMar 20233/10
An unlikeable, repetitive, and blandly designed clone of Payday that wastes its celebrity filled cast on an equally substandard script.
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About the game

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Developer: INGAME STUDIOS
Publisher: 505 Games
Released: March 28, 2023
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: First person
Engine: Unreal Engine 5

IGDB rating 6.7/10 from 14 ratings.

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