Streets of Rogue

The premise of Streets of Rogue is neutralizing the corrupt mayor of a certain city by reaching the uptown area of that city and finding him.You start by choosing what kind of game you want to play: on-line; quick start; home base and a daily run. Then you get to choose between 8 characters, with more to unlock by performing several tasks. E.g. by polluting the air infiltration system 5 times you’ll unlock the Scientist. You play in a city divided in a slums area; an industrial area; a park; a downtown area and an uptown area. You start out in the slums. Those consist of three levels; after finishing the slums the industrial levels are unlocked, and so on. The levels are geographically small areas in which you have to do a few tasks, to unlock the next level. Each character has different gameplay and carries a separate quest which is optional but could provide benefits for later on. The main grudge I have: Wayward; Children of Morta; KeeperRL; these are rogue likes that save the progression made and allow the player to leave and pick up at a later date or time. Why does a designer or developer want to force choices upon a player like having five different characters reach a level before it is saved? And why can I not save in between if I want to go for a bite or a drink? The tasks you do with only one character are limited and repetitive after a few runs. Varying the characters adds to the variety but only to the extend of limiting the perks/traits per character vs having a character with access to more abilities varying in skill level - like in Deus Ex. However, Streets of Rogue is not a bad game. Actually it’s a good game in many ways: smooth controls and gameplay even when the shit hits the fan; clear and tasty graphics. In coop most of aforementioned grudges most likely evaporate and as such it is probably a wonderful game. But to be frank: forcing the player thru all kinds of hoops does not equal player freedom.

Great game with insane replay ability and it has multiplayer!

An 'OK' game all in all. EXTREMELY twitchy though. Mostly it is quite aggravating to repeat several levels if you die in a later stage. The random generator can only do so much to alleviate that tedium of repetition (in fact, I think it hurts more than it helps). I somewhat regret buying this game, but I may revisit it at some later point.

I own this on another store. Put a ton of hours into it. This is a fantastic game with just the right balance of accessibility and complexity. Similarly there's just enough customization to make it fresh and fun without being too complex.

Solo, I enjoy it somewhat but it doesn't hold my attention for long. With a friend or two, though, this game is phenomenal. There is a lot more depth than you'd assume at first glance, with strategies ranging from talking your way through missions to to going full on zombie apocalypse (with you as one of the zombies). The difficulty leans towards hard, but not crazy hard. This can vary depending on the character you choose, how you're trying to win, and which "mutators" you choose to activate. I highly suggest role-playing. My buddies and I got this game with dreams of role-playing as a group of escaped, pissed off gorillas, and the game did not disappoint. We laugh the entire time while toying with various combos and play styles. And get the character pack. It's worth it just for the alien and to support the developer which, to my understanding, is primarily just one guy. I will absolutely be buying Streets of Rogue 2 when it comes out.