{"id":14542,"date":"2025-07-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/robocop-rogue-city-unfinished-business-review-ps5\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T08:00:00","slug":"robocop-rogue-city-unfinished-business-review-ps5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/robocop-rogue-city-unfinished-business-review-ps5\/","title":{"rendered":"#RoboCop: Rogue City &#8211; Unfinished Business Review (PS5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/robocop-rogue-city-unfinished-business-review-ps5\/#RoboCop_Rogue_City_%E2%80%93_Unfinished_Business_Review_PS5\" >RoboCop: Rogue City &#8211; Unfinished Business Review (PS5)<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/robocop-rogue-city-unfinished-business-review-ps5\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"RoboCop_Rogue_City_%E2%80%93_Unfinished_Business_Review_PS5\"><\/span>RoboCop: Rogue City &#8211; Unfinished Business Review (PS5)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"scanlines\" title=\"RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business Review - Screenshot 1 of 4\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157395\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157395\/450x.jpg 450w, https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157395\/900x.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 450px, (min-width: 800px)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157395\/900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business Review - Screenshot 1 of 4\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>When RoboCop&#8217;s beloved police precinct is ransacked by a mysterious mercenary company, he has no choice but to hit up their hideout and put down the population of a small country. RoboCop: Rogue City is back, and it&#8217;s still good fun \u2014 for the most part.<\/p>\n<p>Unfinished Business is basically a mini-sequel. it&#8217;s actually entirely separate from the 2023 title \u2014 you buy it standalone, and none of your progress from Rogue City carries over. Its story is also standalone; it takes place after the events of Rogue City, but it has little to do with them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"for-mobile insert insert-label\">\n<div id=\"inject-primis-player\" data-src-primis=\"https:\/\/live.primis.tech\/live\/liveView.php?s=117168&amp;vp_content=plembed39b4tigwxqjz&amp;cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&amp;playerApiId=primis_player_float&amp;schain=1.0,1!ziffdavis.com,22392450815,1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The whole thing is set within the concrete walls of OmniTower, a dystopian living complex that houses thousands of civilians. If you&#8217;ve seen 2012&#8217;s Dredd movie, you know <em>exactly<\/em> what you&#8217;re getting into, as RoboCop fights his way through floor after floor of gun-toting goons, automatic defence systems, and boobytraps.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"scanlines\" title=\"RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business Review - Screenshot 2 of 4\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157391\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157391\/450x.jpg 450w, https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157391\/900x.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 450px, (min-width: 800px)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157391\/900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business Review - Screenshot 2 of 4\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>However, without the exploration of Rogue City&#8217;s Detroit to fall back on, Unfinished Business quickly devolves into a monotonous corridor shooter. We like the game&#8217;s punchy gunplay, and some of the new melee finishers introduced here are a good laugh, but the combat alone isn&#8217;t enough to carry this 10-hour killing spree.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, we&#8217;re a bit torn on this one. On paper, a smaller, action-focused RoboCop campaign sounds right up our alley, but in practice, it just goes to highlight how important the downtime between bouts of violence was in Rogue City.<\/p>\n<p>Unfinished Business isn&#8217;t completely without moments where Robo has to do some detective work, or chat with comically uncouth residents, but the available side quests are incredibly basic, and the rewards for completing them are barely worth the time it takes to slowly trek between objective markers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"insert-label centered insert lazyload for-mobile insert-extended lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_Z6878DDA24F5B5\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/mobile_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250,300x600\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-mobile-2\" class=\"lazyload\" data-prebid-config=\"Lazy_Load_HP_MPU\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It also doesn&#8217;t help that Unfinished Business is a step backwards in terms of overall quality. The NPC voice acting \u2014 already questionable in Rogue City \u2014 is somehow even less engaging, the facial animations are beyond rough, and text typos are shockingly frequent.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"scanlines\" title=\"RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business Review - Screenshot 3 of 4\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157404\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157404\/450x.jpg 450w, https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157404\/900x.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 450px, (min-width: 800px)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157404\/900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business Review - Screenshot 3 of 4\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Now, no one&#8217;s expecting AAA quality presentation from a standalone RoboCop release after Rogue City, but smaller, expansion-esque projects like this <em>tend<\/em> to be tighter than the main experience that spawned them. And that&#8217;s just not the case with Unfinished Business, which, ironically, does feel quite unfinished.<\/p>\n<p>But look, let&#8217;s not get bogged down in the details. For all the game&#8217;s flaws, we should reiterate that we still enjoyed blasting our way through OmniTower. Hearing desperate mercs panic over the &#8220;metal freak&#8221; as RoboCop comes barrelling into their den feels fantastic, and the squishy sound effects that accompany critical headshots are still superb.<\/p>\n<p>The act of actually being RoboCop remains the main draw here, and it&#8217;s <em>just<\/em> enough to hold Unfinished Business together. Peter Weller&#8217;s dry one-liner delivery is on point throughout, and you can tell that the developers tried to pack as many cheesy quips into the script as they possibly could. Much like Rogue City, this follow-up understands what makes the iconic property tick.<\/p>\n<div class=\"insert-label centered insert lazyload for-mobile lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_I6878DDA24F687\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/mobile_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-mobile-3\" class=\"lazyload\" data-prebid-config=\"Lazy_Load_HP_MPU\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"scanlines\" title=\"RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business Review - Screenshot 4 of 4\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157405\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157405\/450x.jpg 450w, https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157405\/900x.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 450px, (min-width: 800px)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/157405\/900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business Review - Screenshot 4 of 4\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>With that in mind, we were a little concerned about Unfinished Business&#8217; implementation of flashback sequences, which see you play as Alex Murphy, back when he was just a normal, hardworking cop. Fortunately, they&#8217;re something of a highlight, despite being used sparingly across the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The flashbacks help break up some of the title&#8217;s more tedious sections, as they tend to be slower-paced, character-driven escapades. Their purpose is to provide backstory for both Robo and the game&#8217;s antagonist, and it works fairly well, with some decently directed cutscenes giving weight to an otherwise predictable narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Running and gunning as a human Murphy makes for a refreshing change, too. While he&#8217;s obviously nowhere near as tanky as his future self, the simple fact that he&#8217;s able to crouch \u2014 and move at speed \u2014 means that firefights become quite cover-centric. In truth it&#8217;s all pretty basic, but it&#8217;s just nice to have some variety in what can be a very one-note release.<\/p>\n<div class=\"insert-label centered insert lazyload for-mobile lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_T6878DDA24F6A2\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/mobile_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-mobile-4\" class=\"lazyload\" data-prebid-config=\"Lazy_Load_HP_MPU\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"text conclusion summary\" id=\"conclusion\">\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can&#8217;t really go wrong with Unfinished Business if you enjoyed its underrated predecessor, but expectations need to be kept in check. This standalone follow-up is disappointingly rough around the edges, and although its comically violent combat remains satisfying, it&#8217;s not varied enough to elevate the entire action-heavy campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Still, we&#8217;re never going to say no to more Rogue City. Teyon still manages to capture the campy 80s spirit of RoboCop here, and that&#8217;ll drive most players to the top of OmniTower.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<aside class=\"positive-negative\">\n<ul class=\"positives\">\n<li class=\" first\">Cool concept, decent execution<\/li>\n<li>Punchy, satisfying gunplay<\/li>\n<li>Peter Weller&#8217;s still got it<\/li>\n<li>You really do feel like RoboCop<\/li>\n<li>Some great one-liners<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\">Flashbacks are a highlight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"negatives\">\n<li class=\" first\">One-note combat encounters<\/li>\n<li>Dull level design<\/li>\n<li>Some serious padding at points<\/li>\n<li>Bugs, typos, and bad animations<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\">Feels a bit unfinished in places<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"scoring rating\">\n<p class=\"stars\"><span class=\"icon icon-star accent\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star accent\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star accent\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star accent\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star accent\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star accent\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"score\"><span class=\"accent\">Not Bad<\/span> <span class=\"value accent\">6<\/span>\/<span class=\"best\">10<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"policy\">Review copy provided by Nacon<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"ethics#product-reviews\">How we review products<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"scoring#score-6\">Scoring Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"block related-products text\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<p>Related Products<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<aside class=\"article-products article-products-list\">\n<div class=\"items\">\n<div class=\"item\" data-product-id=\"29793\">\n<div class=\"image\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pushsquare.com\/p\/29793\/185168\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/products\/29793\/100x100.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business (PS5)\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"title\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pushsquare.com\/p\/29793\/185168\">RoboCop: Rogue City &#8211; Unfinished Business (PS5)<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"price\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pushsquare.com\/p\/29793\/185168\">\u00a322.99<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"vendor vendor-amazon last\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pushsquare.com\/p\/29793\/185168\">Amazon (UK)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">Please note that some external links on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click them and make a purchase we may receive a small percentage of the sale. 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