Crime Boss: Rockay City seems to be trying to fill a Payday-sized void that we’re not sure exists.
By Jordan Ramee and Richard Li on
Payday 2 will be a decade old this August but it’s still getting new content in 2023, with the latest expansion, Hostile Takeover Heist, releasing in February 2023. Much like the Payday games, Crime Boss is a co-op first-person shooter where groups of four tackle heists and have to mow down waves of cops whenever things go wrong. Unlike those games, however, Crime Boss doesn’t seem to offer as much freedom in how you plan a heist–it makes for a not-very-engaging experience, though we’re hopeful the story-driven campaign rectifies that shortcoming with its roguelite inspirations. At a preview event, we got to play about an hour of the game’s Urban Legends mode,
