Rogue Point

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I cannot recommend this sadly. It has disappointed me in almost every sense. It was just too confusing as it does everything wrong. Like the gunplay is clunky but movement is fast, it acts like it's a fast paced game but slows you down with so many menus and needless explaining pop-ups. You are incentivized to run-and-gun yet the guns are operated slowly and get blocked by anything and everything in the environment. Things like this and many more baffling wrong design decisions pushed me away from the game. The visuals are also not that appealing as they are too saturated. It got eye-straining too fast and also makes target acquisition near impossible. The enemy AI is either bafflingly stupid that they do not react to even gunshots nearby or just see you from a pea sized hole across the room and starts chasing you mindlessly. The maps are also tedious and uninteresting at most. Particle effects and impact feel might be only thing going on for the game. Oh and it ran decently on my machine too. And additionally, I would say stray away if you are planning to play solo as it just makes it all worse. It's so obvious the game doesn't want you to play alone that it seems unwelcoming with many of the features it provides. I'm sad to say all these for a dev-team I wanted to support but I just can't at this state.

Just like Insurgency Sandstorm, Rogue Point achieves a good balance between "tactical" gameplay and "arcade" pacing. This isn't a 100% tactical game like Ready or Not, nor is it a 100% arcade game like Call of Duty. However, while Insurgency focuses more on open and big environments (and has a balance of around 70% tactical, 30% arcade), Rogue Point focuses more on closed and small environments (and has a balance of around 50% tactical, 50% arcade). Also, this game is a Roguelite. Every run will be a bit different, with apparently millions of seeds available for each map. Some routes, doors and stairs might be open in one run and closed/barricaded in another, keeping your pathfinding to the objective feel fresh. Unfortunately, however, the developers have stated that version 1.0 will be the end of new content release. I don't know if this means strictly no more official new content (so updates would just be patches and bug fixes) or if they meant that none of the features planned on the roadmap would be pushed past 1.0 release (which would mean that we could get new maps, bosses, weapons and modes through seasonal updates after the full release). Another point that bothers me a bit is how modding the game would work. The developers said that they intend for mod support to be a thing, but I still wonder how "far" the support will go. Will it be only for simple stuff like skins/cosmetics, or will players be able to make whole new maps, enemies, weapons and game modes? In my (admittedly brief) search, I couldn't find anywhere the devs confirming the scope of the modding support, but since Crowbar Collective also made Black Mesa, my hopes are high. All things considered, it's still a fantastic game for its price, and will undoubtedly get you some fun and intense moments with your friends. I'll keep updating this review whenever any of the points presented here are clarified/confirmed by the devs, and I will keep a close look on the update announcements, since I do believe this game has a lot of potential. For now though, I just want to do my part and give this game a Positive review. And a huge thanks to the devs for the fun experience that this game brings.

I'm a simple man, I see a rogue, I point.

Very good game

I like it.