RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business Xbox Series X Review

I don’t know about you, but whenever I think or see the name RoboCop, I instantly start playing the iconic RoboCop driving song in my head. With that said, let’s clear the air on what exactly is RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business. This is a standalone expansion to RoboCop: Rogue City.

Developers Teyon are calling this an expansion, as it utilizes many (if not all) assets from Rogue City and takes place directly after the game’s conclusion. Are people still going to be confused and think they need Rogue City since it’s in the title? Absolutely! But hey, it’s only $29.99, and RoboCop: Rogue City is constantly on sale in the $5-10 range, so mistakenly picking up Rogue City won’t hurt your wallet, and it’s a great game, so it’s a win on both fronts.

RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business takes place in Omni Tower, which is now overrun by a gang that is trying to control all of Omni Corp’s technology. Hell, they even stole Robocop’s rest chair from the police station. Note: I will not spoil the story as there’s a good amount of new dialogue among old and new characters from the RoboCop universe.

What I can tell you is that you will have some moments in which you play as Alex Murphy, RoboCop, before turning into Robo. Yes, Peter Weller is still providing the voice for RoboCop. The story also takes place between the RoboCop 1 and 2 movies, so don’t expect some out-of-nowhere dialogue that is not already in the lore. Devs say it’s about 10 hours of gameplay, and I’m about 5 hours in.

The gameplay is identical to Rogue City with the inclusion of some new features, such as finishing moves that depend on the situation. So, if goon #285 is standing near a vending machine, pressing the melee/punch button (RB) will produce a cool finisher move.

You will discover a few more within the tower, and the AI goons love to run and move out of perfectly well-protected cover, so you will have plenty of opportunities to unleash this new feature.

Another new addition is the ability to ricochet bullets off certain objects to hit a target out of range. Like the finisher, it’s all about positioning for you, the goon, and the ricochet point. You can see these points by holding the left trigger so you go into Robo-vision.

There are also a good number of new guns, such as the Cryo Cannon, which allows you to freeze your enemies. AND before you say HEY, I don’t remember that from the movies let me tell you that WE don’t fully know what crazy weapons Omni Corp were working on so in my opinion this is fair game…and yes, it’s still a game with a protagonist that moves like a tank and only carries one gun in his leg.

There are a bunch of new enemies to blast at with whatever gun you randomly find. There are still propane tanks and other random canisters to shoot and go BOOM! All of this is over the top and very satisfying. The upgrade system returns, so you can carry more ammo, reload a bit faster, etc.

To be honest, I didn’t focus too much on this in Rogue City, and the same occurred here. There is this new hacking mini-game to unlock areas for more items, but this just didn’t feel right. I just can’t see RoboCop ever deciding to holster his gun so he can solve a lock box puzzle. Just saying this sounds wrong. Thankfully, it’s not a requirement to progress, or at least from the few hours I played.

RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business is more of Rogue City, but in a fixed location, that being the Omni Tower. This would be concerning if Unfinished Business were a sequel, but it’s not. This is a straight-to-the-point RoboCop shooting gallery for those who just want to…well…shoot what appears to be an endless number of enemies in this massive tower.

I’m enjoying the game thus far, and the story elements are nicely spliced in between the chaos, and I do mean chaos, for there are some areas in which you wish RoboCop would take cover or peek from a corner. But no, it’s not the RoboCop way, which is to move slowly, take a bunch of shots from all directions, and slowly pick off your targets. If you finished Rogue City and are looking for more RoboCop action, this is worth your time, and with the budget pricing, it’s a great deal.

This review was based on a digital copy of RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business for the Xbox Series X provided by Teyon and Nacon.