Things I noticed while playing RoboCop: Rogue City, mostly nitpicks

[Solaron]

RoboCop: Rogue City, some hilarious nitpicks and gripes.
Contains MAJOR SPOILERS DO NOT READ UNTIL FINISHED THE GAME

Disclaimer: These are mostly just funny & odd nitpicks and gripes, so don't get me wrong, still enjoyed the game and am quite impressed with what Teyon & Nacon was able to do with Unreal Engine 5 (especially the gorgeous cityscape looking out the windows when at the top of OCP Tower).

- No sign of external OCP Tower anywhere. (RoboCop 1987, Over 100 floors). It should be visible somewhere in the skybox in nearly every outdoor area.

- No sign of the OCP Civic Centrum (RoboCop 2, over 100 floors). It should be visible somewhere in the skybox in nearly every outdoor area.

- No sign of the Detroit skyline as seen in RoboCop 1987 anywhere.

- MagnaVolt building is in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
- Sunblock 5000 ad is in Windsor, Ontario facing Detroit.
- "It's Back BIG is Back 6000 SUX" ad is in Windsor, Ontario facing Detroit.
- "Delta City - For our Children" ad is in Windsor, Ontario facing Detroit.
- "Delta City - The Future has a Silver Lining" is in Windsor, Ontario facing Detroit.

- Windsor Ontario across the Detroit River has placeholder names for buildings such as: Marketing, Parking, Garage, Loans, LMAO. The only building with a proper name in Windsor, Ontario is the Silver Bay Hotel.

- No sign of Johnson, advisor to the Old Man as seen in RoboCop 1987 and RoboCop 2 1990 anywhere, he doesn't exist in the game at all.

- No moving vehicles in the open world area, no moving vehicles when looking down at the city from the top of OCP tower. C'mon.

- Open world area is the same open world area for at least 4 segments in the game, come on. Where is the rest of Detroit?

- Outdoor NPC's are lifeless and dull, don't even make eye contact when getting close, nor are they surprised to see RoboCop unless scripted.

- No sign of the Splatterpunks, yet they are a major threat in RoboCop 3. Why was there no tie-in?

- Mayoral Elections has their election podium in the open world area in front of Windsor Ontario skyline instead of the Detroit skyline, LMAO.
- Windsor, Ontario, Canada is NOT a part of Detroit Michigan or Delta City. Even RoboCop 3 has a scene at the Rehab section of Metro West where a map of Detroit is visible, and Windsor is clearly labeled. C'mon.

- No female criminals in gunfights (I guess that's legit?)

- OCP Tower interior present in the game, but why does the elevator only have 22 buttons when it's over 100 floors?
- OCP Old Man's office looks completely different that it does in RoboCop 2, which takes place just before the events of this game.

- Detroit skyline visible from OCP Tower boardroom looks different than it does in RoboCop 1987 and RoboCop 2 1990.
- Detroit river is extremely far from OCP Tower as visible from the top floor boardroom, this may explain why the tower is not visible during the 'Open World' portion of the game, still odd.
- Main entrance security booth is unmanned when leaving OCP tower the first time, the heck?

- Later in the game, at Metro West, the phones are ringing off the hook yet there are no people walking into the police station demanding help. The heck? It wouldn't be completely dead like that.

- Street Vultures Motorcycle Club doesn't seem to ever run out of members.
- Torch-Heads Gang doesn't seem to ever run out of members.

- Ambassador Bridge is renamed to "Detroid Bridge" (Yep, spelled incorrectly in the Vultures 'Plan' Section) in this game, so it appears that Windsor, Ontario, Canada may actually be a part of Detroit because the game developers do not know their geography.

- The gas station being called 'Hell' is a nice touch in the open world of Old Detroit, but a little indication that the S fell off or that there used to be an S would have been a bit more realistic, lol. (labeled as Shell in RoboCop 1987)

- Okay so apparently the first supertall skyscraper of Delta City was already under construction, except it's nowhere near the Civic Centrum which is supposed to be the hub of the "New Detroit" as we saw in RoboCop 2. The Civic Centrum is not in the game for unknown reasons. It was not destroyed or demolished.

- OCP Tower and the future skyline of Detroit, as seen in RoboCop 1987, is still not visible even going up that tall Delta City skyscraper, why on earth would the game devs ignore something like this yet remain faithful to so much else in the films? The engine is more than capable.

- After dealing with Wendell, RoboCop returns to Metro West. Except for some reason everyone is saying their goodbyes, as if somehow the death of Wendell means Dr. Blanche will stop being RoboCop's doctor and Samantha Ortiz will stop reporting news. So weird!

- Near the end of the game, Lewis is like "at least we have chopper support" and then the other officer corrects here and says "that's not support, it's the media" and she's like "they're here already?" Meanwhile it was the News Report in the first place that let Lewis know there was trouble at OCP.... What kind of writing is this? LOL.

- What the HEY??? The Old Man's brain has been implanted into RoboCop2, heads to OCP tower, wipes out the entire OCP board, kills Becker, basically turns from the kindhearted yet shrewd old man from the first film to full on villain in the second film, times ten. Still no sign of Johnson, who obviously was not killed as he is present in RoboCop 3 and is a Vice President in that film. This twist completely negates Rip Torn's statement in the third film: "Our esteemed former chairman had a dream, he called it Delta City." There is nothing esteemed about killing the OCP board and most of its executive level employees--and for what?

- The Old Man would NEVER allow himself to be placed inside the husk of RoboCop 2, he would have had his own custom new robot body at the very least.
- The Old Man would never destroy OCP Tower and murder the board. It just makes no sense. It was if this was injected into the game just to explain the new building, the new board, and the new CEO in RoboCop 3 when that could have been done easily with missions that made sense.

- OCP Tower collapses to the ground because of the fight with RoboCop2-OldMan in the 100th floor offices. Why would the entire building collapse due to something happening at the top of the tower, into the path of most resistance? No fires either.
- When OCP Tower collapses, a good third of the building remains standing and does not collapse. Alrighty then...

- At the end of the game, in one more act of bufoonery, just before the credits, RoboCop poses in front of Windsor, Ontario. LOL. Thanks Robo, but you're facing the
wrong way. Detroit is THAT WAY.

So those are a few of the funny ones I've noticed, mostly just nitpicks. Hope you enjoyed the read.

[Lardo]

Robocop 3 was totally disregarded by the devs (Terminator Resistance had the same approach), so all related "inconsistencies" are irrelevant.

[SoundOfDarkness]

Stop saying they disregarded RoboCop 3. The ending of the game leads directly to RoboCop 3 with Kanemitsu.

[Shibby]

The gas station is the way it is to avoid any possible lawsuits from Shell. Even just having the letter hanging near it puts them at risk that just wouldn't be worth the time/money to try and fight it. I agree about the sky boxes though as it would be a nice touch.

[Lardo]

Originally posted by SoundOfDarkness:

Stop saying they disregarded RoboCop 3. The ending of the game leads directly to RoboCop 3 with Kanemitsu.

This means nothing, maybe that they were initially keeping Robocop 3 in mind. The final game clearly takes no inspiration from Rococop 3, that's why it's set after Robocop 2, not "in between Robocop 2 and 3".

[Solaron]

Originally posted by SoundOfDarkness:

Stop saying they disregarded RoboCop 3. The ending of the game leads directly to RoboCop 3 with Kanemitsu.

Yep, it certainly does. The game is actually a really good tie-in to RoboCop 3, but a couple key things are missing: Splatterpunks not being in the game (they have to already be a threat for Lewis to be "Splatterpunks" :O and where is Johnson? It would have been pretty cool to see him supporting the Old Man in the game like he did in RoboCop 2.

[Gray Box]

Cool fact about the gas station. In the film the "S" was supposed to fly off as the station exploded revealing the word "Hell" in the flames. They even completed the sfx shot, but the director decided not to use it in the finished film.

It can still be seen in one of the trailers and has it's own little segment in the documentary RoboDoc.

I also thought it was kinda odd Johnson wasn't in the game. Dude's in ALL the movies lol

In my opinion with some slight rewrites the Old Man Cain idea could have worked better. OCP's board of directors could have removed the Old Man from being CEO due to his many failed projects and wasted funds. Afterlife included.

The stress of being ousted would have been the catalyst for his hospitalisation.

Dying and seething that his dream of Delta City has been abandoned by OCP's board, he has Wendell Antonowsky steal the RoboCop 2 chassis as it's his last chance at survival and revenge.

Or as an alternate take Dr. Juliette Faxx could have been involved. Maybe she could have been the character sprung from prison instead of Wendell.

There's a couple of different ways of handling it honestly. But I too agree the Old Man would have had a more unique form. But I totally understand why they did it.
As soon as it was announced I was wondering how exactly they pull off a Cain boss battle.

Knew he'd be in it, in some form at least.

[Lardo]

Originally posted by Solaron:

Originally posted by SoundOfDarkness:

Stop saying they disregarded RoboCop 3. The ending of the game leads directly to RoboCop 3 with Kanemitsu.

Yep, it certainly does. The game is actually a really good tie-in to RoboCop 3, but a couple key things are missing: Splatterpunks not being in the game (they have to already be a threat for Lewis to be "Splatterpunks" :O and where is Johnson? It would have been pretty cool to see him supporting the Old Man in the game like he did in RoboCop 2.

That's because it's not a tie-in to Robocop 3 and it would make no sense for it to be that. If there ever is a sequel to this game, I guarantee 100% it's not going to be an adaptation of Robocop 3, ffs. It's baffling to me how people that played supposedly the same game as me could think Teyon gave a ♥♥♥♥ about Robocop 3.

[Kingkat54]

At least for me, while at the "tattoo parlor", the clock on the wall is working,and reflects the correct time. Noticed that twice while playing.

[Jazman2k]

Originally posted by Gray Box:

Cool fact about the gas station. In the film the "S" was supposed to fly off as the station exploded revealing the word "Hell" in the flames. They even completed the sfx shot, but the director decided not to use it in the finished film.

It can still be seen in one of the trailers and has it's own little segment in the documentary RoboDoc.

I also thought it was kinda odd Johnson wasn't in the game. Dude's in ALL the movies lol

In my opinion with some slight rewrites the Old Man Cain idea could have worked better. OCP's board of directors could have removed the Old Man from being CEO due to his many failed projects and wasted funds. Afterlife included.

The stress of being ousted would have been the catalyst for his hospitalisation.

Dying and seething that his dream of Delta City has been abandoned by OCP's board, he has Wendell Antonowsky steal the RoboCop 2 chassis as it's his last chance at survival and revenge.

Or as an alternate take Dr. Juliette Faxx could have been involved. Maybe she could have been the character sprung from prison instead of Wendell.

There's a couple of different ways of handling it honestly. But I too agree the Old Man would have had a more unique form. But I totally understand why they did it.
As soon as it was announced I was wondering how exactly they pull off a Cain boss battle.

Knew he'd be in it, in some form at least.

Man, it would've been awesome to see Juliette Faxx as Robocop 2.5. That woman was quite bonkers. Sexy, but bonkers.

[Jazman2k]

Good list. What bothered me most, was Murphys Apartment. I mean, the get almost everything right in this game, but Murphys apartment was all wrong. Even the camera was wrong!

[Jazman2k]

Originally posted by Kingkat54:

At least for me, while at the "tattoo parlor", the clock on the wall is working,and reflects the correct time. Noticed that twice while playing.

It would be awesome if the real time clock, would reflect to game time. Play during the day: It's daytime in the game, and so on. And maybe some events would be possible only during night. I know, it's easy to just alter your computers clock, but still, could be fun?

[Solaron]

Originally posted by Gray Box:

Cool fact about the gas station. In the film the "S" was supposed to fly off as the station exploded revealing the word "Hell" in the flames. They even completed the sfx shot, but the director decided not to use it in the finished film.

It can still be seen in one of the trailers and has it's own little segment in the documentary RoboDoc.

I also thought it was kinda odd Johnson wasn't in the game. Dude's in ALL the movies lol

In my opinion with some slight rewrites the Old Man Cain idea could have worked better. OCP's board of directors could have removed the Old Man from being CEO due to his many failed projects and wasted funds. Afterlife included.

The stress of being ousted would have been the catalyst for his hospitalisation.

Dying and seething that his dream of Delta City has been abandoned by OCP's board, he has Wendell Antonowsky steal the RoboCop 2 chassis as it's his last chance at survival and revenge.

Or as an alternate take Dr. Juliette Faxx could have been involved. Maybe she could have been the character sprung from prison instead of Wendell.

There's a couple of different ways of handling it honestly. But I too agree the Old Man would have had a more unique form. But I totally understand why they did it.
As soon as it was announced I was wondering how exactly they pull off a Cain boss battle.

Knew he'd be in it, in some form at least.

Interesting, I'll have to check out that RoboDoc.

Indeed, it would have been pretty awesome to see Dr. Faxx in the prison, and a reason to get her out of there even better. So much potential here.

This reminds me of something; there was one thing that I didn't pick up on, at one point Wendell Antonowsky says that's not even his real name, what did he mean by that, did we ever find out his real name?

[Unicorn Gundam]

The Old Man was placed into the RoboCop 2 body because OCP had ran out of money and probably couldn't afford to build another body for him, that's probably why he was angry at Becker.

How many employees knew it was the Old Man other than Becker?

RoboCop wasn't set in Detroit anyway, or at least filmed there, they used other filming locations so if you're gonna nitpick the game, nitpick the movie.

Yeah I don't understand why there's only 22 buttons, maybe there's other elevators we don't see.

It is baffling why they omitted Johnson, maybe he's in Japan sorting out a deal with Kanemitsu?

The new OCP headquarters wasn't near the Civic Centrum in Robocop 3, in fact they used different filming locations and the interior of Metro West is different.

[NuclearSnail]

Little known robocop fact. It's set against a major ww3 event. Mexico has fallen to russians, and parts of canada are now the usa.

[Plutonian Prime]

this guy did his homework