Rogue Trooper Redux

Mechanics

Rogue Trooper Redux for PC, XONE and etc. is played from a third-person view. The missions the player participates in take place in diverse sceneries, and those are based mainly on fast-paced and spectacular action. The missions placed in front of the player require them to eliminate adversaries. Apart from regular enemies embodied by modified soldiers, from time to time, the protagonist has to face enemy vehicles and drones. Fortunately however, Rogue Trooper is not unarmed – the player makes use of extensive weaponry, which comprises pistols, machine guns, sniper rifles, and even rocket launchers. Elements of stealth-action were also implemented here – a lot of the times, it is wiser to avoid contact and remain hidden – this however, requires both patience and the ablity to develop an adequate strategy.

Interestingly, the player-controlled character is a one-man team in a way, as throughout the game, he collects decrypted biochips containing personalities of the murdered squad-members. These biochips can be synchronized with a rifle, a helmet, and a backpack, in order to use the information installed on them to analyze the situation on the battlefield, hack into security systems, or to hear some tips. One also needs to remember about gathering useful resources.

Technical aspects

Compared to the original edition, Rogue Trooper Redux for PC, XONE and etc. brings mainly improved visuals. It is worth noticing, that this is not the first remastered version of Rogue Trooper, as in 2009, Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Zone Massacre came out for Nintendo Wii – above all, it offered a new controls model, which utilized a motion controller.