Crime Boss: Rockay City Feels Like A Celebrity-Stuffed Payday 2
Crime Boss: Rockay City seems to be trying to fill a Payday-sized void I'm not sure exists. Payday 2 will be a decade old this August but it's still getting new content in 2023, with the latest expansion, Hostile Takeover Heist, releasing in February 2023. Much like the Payday games, Crime Boss is a co-op first-person shooter where groups of four tackle heists and have to mow down waves of cops whenever things go wrong. Unlike those games, however, Crime Boss doesn't seem to offer as much freedom in how you plan a heist--it makes for a not-very-engaging experience, though I'm hopeful the story-driven campaign rectifies that shortcoming with its roguelite inspirations.
Developed by Ingame Studios and published by 505 Games, Crime Boss is an organized crime game you can play solo with bots or in a group of up to four. Prior to the start of a mission, you select your team of four from a roster of several characters, each with their own skills, expertise, and weapon loadout. There's some customization in terms of gadgets--you can switch out a collection of guard-distracting rocks for explosive frag grenades or information-gathering scanner grenades, for example--but the characters themselves cannot be altered. You work with the pros and cons you got.
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