It Looks Like Robocop: Rogue City Has Been Quietly Cancelled On Switch

That's disappointing, though not totally surprising. I would have bought it for a dollar.

Wasn't sure why it was announced for the system to begin with tbh.

Maybe they can do a native port for the next system, if there's demand.

Cancelled quietly, or there would be. Trouble.

@Woderwick Indeed.

"Let the port go or there'll be...trouble."

I imagine it’s being moved over to the Switch 2 instead. If it’s coming out next year, it would make sense to hold out for that console.

Great news... orrible game... impossible to port robocop on a game and make it enjoable... robocop is slow, static and almost invincible.

Having played the Steam demo, there's no way the Switch is powerful enough to pull it off. Perhaps on the Switch sequel, whenever that is

Honestly, I didn't even know a Switch port of this game was in the cards.
But then again, I forgot this game even existed before it recently released despite loving the first movie so what do I know?

Noooooooo! Dead or Alive this game was coming with me! (but, apparently, not anymore)

They had to kill the Switch release because they made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake.

@FragRed I was going to post the same thing!

I would have got the game on Switch, we're all humans, after all.

Truly understandable.
Games like these need to be on a more powerful machine.
Just port it over when switch 2 arrives.

@Edu23XWiiU Sorry to burst your bubble, but I was resurrected by Victor Frankenstein, cursed by a werewolf, and had my neck bit by a vampire.

It was one of those days.

On the bright side it's not expensive like today's AAA games. The not-so-bright side is it's still overpriced.

Bring the game to the next Nintendo console (the Swiitch TwU).

"You have 20 seconds to comply."

@AndroidiOS

"I think you better do what he says, Mr Kenny."

The recent Moist Critikal video on this was positive and he is rarely positive about games, let alone licensed ones. I'm definitely checking it out on PS5

Wii U owners be like

That stinks. It's getting decent previews. I'll grab it on xbox I suppose.

@Chlocean Eh, well that's a sign to wait for an extreme discount then. Thanks for the heads up!

Didn't know it was even announced for Switch. Hoping for the best for Rogue City. It looks good.

What a weird way for me to learn it was announced for the Switch at some point. I had it pre ordered for the PC the moment I let go of the Steam demo.

We can expect a lot more of these kind of news since Nintendo will announce their next hardware and devs will more likely release for a more powerful and resourceful Nintendo hardware.

@Zanzox all the previews have been very positive, and quite surprised by the gun play, nailed on atmosphere from the films and police investigations you have to do.
To say a game is horrible that you've never played and obviously not seen in action is a strange take.
As a massive fan of the original film I can't wait. I'm sure it will come to the switch 2, hopefully next year.

We're not getting it on Switch eh? Dang. Maybe it will drop for the next Switch. Patience Lewis, we're only human.

@Serialsid Eh, im more opposite end. From what I saw, everything feels stiff and static. The lip sync is bad, and the voice acting is bad.

It's definitely staying true to the film, and the era. So I guess that's what it set out to do.

Maybe the final version will be different.

Kurtwood Smith says, "Dumb*ss!"

@Serialsid even I am a huge fan of the film... for that reason I think robocop isn't the right character for a videogame.

beyond "quietly," this is a bit of a gas light to simply say "we currently have no plans" if last we heard from them, they did have plans. i mean whatever but i think people that mightve been hopeful deserve better than this, let alone "quietly."

im still curious to play this game on another system but i dont have one lol 😆 oh well!

After Mortal Kombat 1 that’s fine honestly.

Dead or alive your coming with me.

Probably experiencing trouble. At least not releasing it with attitude of who cares if ir worked or not.

Such a shame! Really liked the look and feel of this title.

@Kekshook
I’m a bit more 20 seconds to comply - by Silver bullet

https://youtu.be/g7JnLNQe_g4?si=Dr8cHkMW2iR4gNVA

@Kekshook

The original ZX Spectrum Robocop theme is probably my all time favourite piece of game music.

Is it coming to PS4? Seeing as the Switch version is no longer, that's presently my only way to play it.

Edit: Seems like it won't be sadly. I blame Dick Jones.

I honesly didn't know this was coming to the Switch. Most that I heard was this heading to PC and consoles.

Dick, I’m very disappointed

Let’s settle for an Arcade Archive release of the original Data East Robocop Arcade game

@Zanzox

I think it's doable, but it would be unlike most other shooters. Off the top of my head, here's how I'd set it up:

At the start, as you say, you're almost invincible. Slow-moving but pretty much bulletproof (apart from the occasional enemy armed with a Cobra Assault Cannon, EMP weapon or similar).

As you progress through the game (and bearing in mind that it's called Rogue City so I'm assuming Old Detroit has largely fallen to the gangs) there are certain plot moments where you take large amounts of damage and become more vulnerable. Armour takes a hit and you have limited or no opportunities to repair it, loss of thermal vision. If you lose the visor/front helm you can get ganked by a sniper in one hit. Maybe your targetting system doesn't lock on properly so it either targets things that aren't enemies or just decreases accuracy unless you (optionally) turn it off.

That way the game becomes harder as you go through, requiring more skill to progress, but still gives you the feeling of being Robocop and ties into the theme of the first film.

Pretty weird - it's less than two weeks before release and the only info on the subject is someone sounding like an SMM intern unaware of the year-old port announcement in the first place? Unlike myself, some people prefer portability BUT can opt for a home console port if need be; "silently cancelling" announced products almost/over two decades into the information age does nothing but potentially leave their launch window money on the table.

At least they didn't take people's money before jumping boat like some others we heard.....

It's unreal engine 5 I believe so surprised it was ever announced in the first place. Switch 2 should be able to run it from what we've heard, but not getting roo excited.

Dead or alive, you're coming to Switch 2.

I haven’t even watched the OG Robocop and I still love these wonderful puns/references!

@Zanzox Somebody should have told Data East he was invincible because he was astoundingly squishy in that old arcade game. If anything, Robocop could’ve done well as a SEGA Virtua Cop/Confidential Mission derivative light gun arcade game. Pacify situations, rescue civilians, bonus shooting challenges, driving stages, “Justice Shots” (disarming shots) are already part of the game mechanics, big boss fights with ED-209 and Cain, the IP would be perfect for that!

@Kekshook

Well I am now, Commodore boy.

Although, my Eternal Enemies list is getting kind of crowded. Do you mind if I just add you in pencil for now, on a sort of trial basis?

And that remix was pretty sweet. My son made me a remake of the original Spectrum theme for my birthday a couple of years ago. I stuck the MP3 on my phone and I love it when it pops up when I put all songs on random shuffle.

That's a shame, I would've been interested in picking this game up on Switch(assuming it's not a total disaster, which I don't think it will be). Fingers crossed it's a decent game that we eventually see on Switch 2.

@masterLEON perfectly agree!!!!!

To those talking about C64 and Speccy, don’t bother. Amstrad was better 😜

<gets coat and does a runner>

@Woderwick it's a banger, right? I'd love it if a modern Robo game did an orchestra/rock version for the title screen.

Dr. Juliette Faxx : It all depends how far we're willing to go.
The Old Man : If anything went wrong...
Dr. Juliette Faxx : As I said, sir, it all depends how far we're willing to go

Always the afterthought.

@WaffleRaptor01 True. Games are spendy nowadays thats probably your best bet anyway

The game looks like all of the violence of Verhoeven's movie, without the self awareness.

They had a guaranteed military sale with the Nintendo Switch version. DLC! Patches for 25 years! Who CARES if it worked or not?!

Before MetaCritic removed the functionality to view game lists by developers and publishers, I looked up this developer's games, and...their track record is dire.

Most likely it will end up being just another bad game they made.

@Pigeon yes I saw some gameplay... Btw I don't need to see anything to think a character doesn't fit on a vg.

It is okay. They should release it on Switch's successor.

…..waiting to be released on Switch 2….?

@Kekshook

I totally agree. And it was very sweet of him. He was about 13 at the time, just learning his craft by putting some stuff together in LMMS. He also did me a chiptune version of What Is Love by Hadaway.

@Pigeon 😛

Their just waiting to release it on the new console a year or two from now is all.