Rockay

Crime Boss: Rockay City takes Payday’s potent formula and plops it in the middle of the decade that brought us bleached hair, dial-up internet, and the ’92-’93 Dallas Mavericks. Unfortunately, just like bleached hair, dial-up internet, and those 11-and-71 Dallas Mavericks, Crime Boss looks awful, is technically outclassed, and is full of embarrassing performances. Hard to outright hate thanks to the compelling, car crash quality of some of its cutscenes, it’s nonetheless impossible to recommend right now on account of regular bugs, repetitive missions, and bog-standard blasting that’s unmemorable at its best and exasperating at its worst.

At face value, Crime Boss looks like a hearty deal. There are three separate ways to play, including a dedicated single-player campaign and two co-op focused modes. On top of that, Bon Jovi’s second-best song about cowboys is on the soundtrack, and Michael Madsen is here as leading man Travis Baker – and

Getting ready for my first big bank heist, the voice of Chains in Payday tells me that I should mask up to hide my identity before this job. Michael Madsen, playing a coked-out crime boss replies sounding like he’s about to fall asleep, “No way, masks are for pussies.” Hold for applause…

Related: Destiny 2 Lightfall Review – How Did We Go From The Witch Queen To This?

Sometimes as writers we use comparisons too liberally. We should judge games on their own merits and not what they vaguely remind us of. Besides, describing something as “like Skyrim with guns” means you’re assuming everyone that is reading your review has played Skyrim and understands what you mean. Overall, we should try to avoid it. That said, Crime Boss: Rockay City is Payday in fake 1980s Miami, with the pros and cons you might imagine would come with that idea.

Crime