Why waste time setting up an elaborate trap when I can exterminate anyone who wanders within my sight from the comfort of cover? TickTock Games/Rebellion Developments Discretionary tactics required a level of forethought that was unnecessary considering the level of intelligence of my overmatched foes. But for the vast majority of my 10-hour adventure, I just used my sniper rifle. It’s like using the sentry gun - “I’m actually behind you!” - except more futuristic.Īll these tactics are fun and effective. There’s also a hologram to distract enemies. Or I could equip a silencer and dispatch enemies like a stealth assassin if the mood struck me. Laying down an assault rifle as a sentry gun and then flanking enemies with a pistol was a surefire way to score kills anytime alarm bells rang. I killed more than my fair share of respirator-wearing troops with my automatic, but there are so many more ways to shed blood. As you march through linear locales on a desolate planet, enemies pour out of subterranean vehicles or bumble around in crowded control rooms.
Rogue Trooper Redux is a tactical shooter in that there’s a choice in how you kill enemies. However, once that comforting blanket from the past falls off, the harsh light of modernity reveals a few cracks in Rogue’s armor.Ī treat that’s tasty in small doses but lacks any nutritional substance Everything old really does become new again.Īs a re-release of an 11-year-old game, Rogue Trooper Redux packs the fun of a shooter from yesteryear. And because the geyser of Gears-inspired games has dried up so significantly in the last few years, Rogue Trooper Redux doesn’t feel like just another rehash. The original Rogue Trooper predates Epic’s franchise by half a year, so the image of an imposing Marine hunkering behind waist-high walls comes from the brains of developer Rebellion.
It’s a setup that should sound eerily familiar to anyone who has played Gears of War, but this is far from a knockoff. Rogue Trooper Redux is a third-person cover-based shooter where you control a buff soldier who fights enemies that emerge through holes in the ground. It’s also a setup most modern gamers are going to recognize. A guns-blazing, machismo-oozing approach to shooting baddies ensures Rogue Trooper Redux bottles the inherent appeal of flexing your digital might.