These are modified by mutators such as infinite ammunition or overly aggressive police, to give two examples.Įach character type has a ‘big quest’ you have to fulfil. On top of the main game mode, you can attempt a daily challenge mode which isn’t procedurally generated, each objective being fixed for the duration of the challenge being available. You might have the same issues as we did in terms of the slow start, but we recommend you give it a fair crack of the whip even if that happens. Far be it for us to suggest you pick it up on that instead, the observation remains. The retro style and dip-in/dip-out gameplay woujld lend itself well to play on the PS Vita, indeed there’s a version available on Switch. Rather than gushing all over this, as some reviewers already have done, we’re cautiously saying Streets of Rogue is worth your time. At any rate, SoR is better than we initially gave it credit for. Perhaps having too many other games on the go diluted our focus a little, or maybe it was the fact that the country was melting last week that sitting in a darkened room playing this wasn’t our main focus. That definitely applies in the case of Streets of Rogue, but as opposed to switching off and playing something else, we stuck around this time. You can’t eat normal food, your health only being replenished upon feeding on an unsuspecting meatbag.Īs you may be familiar with having played Rogue Legacy et al, sometimes a runthrough can be over almost as soon as it’s started. The vampire player class, unlocked by destroying sufficient gravestones in a level, is also great fun. Or you choose the (unlocked) zombie player class, infecting a couple of NPCs and letting them wreak havoc. The emergent gameplay becomes evident when you enter a floor and factions are having a fight amongst each other. We’re not quite sure what, but upon returning to garner a few more screenshots for our review we stayed and played some more. Oddly, after a while, something clicked for us with Streets of Rogue. All that’s missing is Bob Todd (the little bald fella Benny slapped on top of his head repeatedly) or a bevy of women in bikinis. That coupled with the enduring silliness and almost Benny Hill like chases when you end up with a large train of people out to cleave your skull in. Snippets are all well and good but beyond the individual traits of each character type, the gameplay isn’t that varied. It’s not that it’s a bad game, it’s just not that suited to extended play sessions. Streets of Rogue should be right up our street (not even sorry), but for whatever reason it came up a bit short in the opening hours. Others you’ll have to make more of a concerted effort to gain access to. You can unlock new character types by fulfilling certain tasks during a playthrough, the first of which, Gorilla we got almost by accident. It’s all quite one note and not that engaging, much as the developer obviously wanted to inject a bit of humour into the situation. Upon completing the mandatory tutorial showing you how to interact with the denizens of the city, you’ll get thrown into the game proper.Įach sub-level has several objectives for you to fulfil, be it destroy an object, retrieve an object or kill someone or something. Streets of Rogue is a daft pastiche of the plot of SoR/Final Fight with some silly fourth wall breaking thrown into the bargain. In this instance, you only really carry over traits when completing a floor as opposed to new playthroughs. Or another genre paragon in Rogue Legacy. Oddly, less so than the likes of this reviewer’s current favourite of the genre Death Road to Canada though. It apes Sega’s classic Streets of Rage in terms of silly plot and setting, and it has more obviously, Rogue-like persistent settings. Jin PS4 / Reviews tagged procedural / retro look / roguelite by Ianįrom solo developer Matt Dombrowski by way of publisher tinyBuild comes retro-tinged roguelite Streets of Rogue. It wears its influences in open view by its title alone.
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