Streets of Rogue 2 promises to mash up Deus Ex and Dwarf Fortress in a chaotic immersive sim 10,000 times bigger than the first game

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I am unreasonably excited for Streets of Rogue 2, the follow-up to 2019's best immersive sim in which you could play a vampire, hacker, gorilla or bartender, which means I've been eagerly devouring information about it ever since it was announced in October last year. Lucky for me, then, that developer Matt Dabrowski is kicking off a series of devlogs giving a look at the game's features, inspirations, and, naturally, development.

The first entry released today, and I have to admit that it's the «features» part of that bounty I listed above that attracts my attention first and foremost. Unlike the first Streets of Rogue, the sequel promises a vast and seamless open world for its myriad systems to wreak emergent havoc in, as well as Stardew-style building and farming. It sounds ambitious as all get-out, basically, and I'm keen to hear more.

«So what can you expect from the open world in Streets of Rogue 2?» Dabrowski asks in the devlog, presumably in direct response to me specifically. «Well, first of all, the map is procedurally generated with handcrafted individual buildings and small locations.» The map your own playthrough will spit out for you will consist of «big cities, small towns, forests, lakes, oceans, islands, and a big road system,» and will be about 10,000 times bigger than a map from the original game. Dabrowski reports that—per his own testing—it takes about ten minutes to drive across as the crow flies, though he's hoping to let you adjust the default size in the final game.

But what excites me most is the way Dabrowski describes the world responding to your actions. Take actions that lead to mobsters gaining power and you'll see more wiseguys wandering around town getting up to no good. Destroy a food