(And branching off that last point, I swear to God, the antagonist quotes Transformers: The Movie wholesale. The voice acting, fittingly, is also cheesy for the time. It’s not a bad looking game at all, in fact some of the character and environment designs look okay a decade later (though no more than simply ‘okay’), but there are definitely outdated assets like static backgrounds and rough looking blood splatters, most noticeable in cutscenes. The presentation is where the game shows it’s age the hardest. Ironically, Rogue Trooper came out first. To sum up the gameplay, it’s less a Gears of War clone and more a lost Gears of War clone, where it has good aspects and bad ones. Continuing is pretty quick and painless, which is a good thing considering that there are some truly long levels and a couple of really annoying defense missions where losing that health bar of whatever vehicle you’re on means ya lose. There are unintended positive side effects of this age, though: the biggest one is that load times are nonexistent after death, so if you die, you’re back at the last checkpoint within a second (after choosing the continue option, that is), something that some modern games can’t even boast. Granted, the third person shooter wasn’t fully mastered then either. None of these design choices are inherently game breaking, however, but they do show the age the game came from, being a decade old game. Stealth is an option as well, as you can also equip a silencer, crouch to reduce your footstep noise and do one hit kill surprise attacks if you get the jump on fools.Īlas, this is an older title, albeit remastered, and it has some obvious archaic design quirks like no sprinting, an awkward control scheme for the time, sometimes questionable enemy AI, sometimes confusing level design, a camera which can be unreliable in a pinch, and no unscripted melee option (by this I mean that there’s only a prompt when you’re next to them or going for stealth kills). Your options for clearing levels are thus quite numerous and open up a wealth of possibilities for getting through levels. The aforementioned biochip comrades are more than just one liner generators they do functions like hacking doors, reloading your guns, turning your weapon into a sentry turret, create holograms for diversions and other features. This can be done at any time during gameplay, and as such encourages killing everyone(though, what shooter game these days doesn’t encourage it whatsoever) as well as exploration to find big salvage packets.
But it has it’s own unique and separating quirks. The game’s most unique aspect is the Salvage system killed enemies can be looted for salvage points, which are used to buy ammo, grenades, health packs, upgrades and new weapons. Rogue Trooper is a third person shooter in the vein of titles like Gears of War, with a cover system, regenerating health and linear, objective based levels. Manhattan minus super powers, covering his unmentionables and with a gun), but it’s serviceable. You’re not getting something like Watchmen out of this (unless you count the fact that the protagonist is Dr. The plot is surprisingly sophisticated for what it is and is supposedly faithful to the source material, but those details are unimportant for the purpose of this video.
With his dead comrades living on via ‘biochips’ implanted in his gear, Rogue must uncover what and/or who led to this surprise attack, and the motive. Rogue Trooper is an adaptation of its namesake comic book, from the 80s, and as such carries quite a bit of lore, but the basics: the protagonist, a super soldier named Rogue of the GI program, deserts his unit against orders after a trap leads to the majority of said unit being killed. It’s equal parts fun, enjoyable and has enough bang for your buck, but it’s certainly not perfect. That’s Rogue Trooper Redux, a remastered version of Rogue Trooper, a game from 2006. Now you’ve unearthed it, and it still has value, even if some parts are worse off nowadays. Imagine you buried a time capsule ten years ago. Rogue Trooper Redux Review (Nintendo Switch)