New Game Alert! Rogue Company

#RogueCompany hits the world stage as a pay-to-play beta

Written by: D. Rushdan - NGPgaming staff writer

You can hop into the action if you buy one of the Founder Packs from the Epic Store on PC (or any of the consoles). || TLDR: Would recommend, even if you want to wait for the truly free-to-play version.

A Refreshing Hybrid

With the release of it’s beta, Rogue Company, made by Hi-Rez Studios, demonstrates a unique blend of familiar mechanics and excitingly rare ideas. Rogue Company is one of the new, big third person shooters that differs in its tactical approach. This bright, fast-paced game utilizes gameplay that incorporates all of the game modes and mechanics that we’ve come to know and love. With compelling characters, customizable cosmetics, and cool constructs, Rouge Company is shaping up to be one of the next big tactical shooters of our time.

The Characters: Rogues

Overwatch has its heroes, Rainbow Six Siege has its operators, Valorant has its agents, and Rouge Company has its rouges.

Each rogue of course has their own unique skill set, abilities, and loadouts! Depending on the mission, an effective team can require the stealth and speed of Lancer or the heavy-hitting flashiness and reconnaissance of Dima. With each hero’s specific set of skills and weapons comes the ability to search for and deploy any gamer’s play-style. Each hero not only has specialized equipment and  ultimate abilities, they also have unique perks that can be bought and upgraded throughout the mission.

Some heroes have the ability to revive teammates with greater haste, while others allow you to keep the energy flowing by restocking your ammunition every time you down or kill an opponent. All types of gaming affinities and styles have a place among the rogues of Rogue Company.

The Gameplay

Rogue Company carries various elements from most shooter games today. The game is played in teams, at the moment, that compete in different types of game modes that hold the familiar feel of other common game modes in certain first-person shooters. There is a simple capture-the-point style game mode where both teams of four have a total of 12 “tickets” that act as respawn-points for the teammates that die throughout the match. The teams compete to hold the point in order to drain tickets over time or kill the enemy until they run out of tickets. There is also a demolition game mode where one team defends and the other tries to plant a bomb. These game modes are remarkably not unique, with the exception of the ticket system, but it is not the game modes that make Rogue Company so interesting. The players arrive at the battlefield via aerial deployment, and when they take too much damage, rather than simply dying, rogues collapse and can be picked up by their teammates, like most modern battle royale games.

Throughout the rounds, downing or eliminating opponents and reviving teammates earns players money that can buy guns, upgrades, and other equipment before the start of the next round, similar to Valorant and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. One aspect of Rogue Company that isn’t reflective of its inspiration from other games, however, is its melee system; the game allows players to purchase melee weapons like katanas and axes. These melee weapons can be held onto and used normally with your melee button, but they can also be thrown in in a pinch when you run out of ammo, which happens easily. While not a key cornerstone of the gameplay, this detail does add an air of light-hearted intrigue because of its lack of necessity. We have had quite a bit of fun seeing who can score the best melee kill. Rogue Company’s gameplay is quite the healthy mix of mechanics from all the modern games we’ve seemed to flock towards, and there is something about this game for everyone.

One of the biggest drawbacks is the 3rd person “walling and peeking”. You end up playing the corners and cover in awkward ways, because of the angle of the camera. You are trying to get an advantage that you wouldn’t normally have in an FPS. But honestly, it is just a fun game to play with friends.

Join The Team?

This game certainly has its quality moments and rejuvenating mechanics, and, overall, plays rather well. It may not be the most original, however, it’s undoubtedly worth playing. There are a wide variety of rogues to play as and the game itself has a fast pace that can easily be carried away by. Rogue Company runs nicely, plays smoothly, and excites quickly. I think any type of gamer would have a blast joining the Company.

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