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The criminal world ofCrime Boss: Rockay Cityhas just lost its leader, and this led to a turf battle between five different criminal lords. You’ll play as Travis Baker in the game, and your job is to take over the entire Rockay City without breaking a sweat.
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There’s a Roguelike element to the game, which means your run will end if Travis Baker gets eliminated during a heist. This also means that you won’t be able to use a crew member that dies during a certain run. It’s quite challenging to overcome all the odds and beat the game.
Know When To Get Out
The most important thing you’ll learn in Crime Boss: Rockay City is to not overextend. During a certain mission,your goal will be displayed at the top left side of your screen. If you’re supposed to steal items, there’ll be a bar showing how much you’ve stolen with a white line and how much is inside the escape van with a yellow line.
If you escape through the van evenwhen your crew mates have some bags that they didn’t put in, they’ll still count toward the final reward. You simply have to make sure that there are no bags on the ground somewhere, and these bags can be easily identified by their yellow aura that can be seen through walls.
Sometimes your goal says that you’ve already loaded everything,but there will still be items you can steal. Make sure you check around thoroughly before escaping the area.
On the other hand, it’s also important to make a decision based on your current situation.Police badges will be displayed on the top-right of your screen that shows the heat you’ll be taking. If there are three or more highlighted badges, it might be time to leave the job unfinished and escape.
Keep in mind thatkeeping Baker and other crew members alive is the main goal. You can always get more missions to earn money, and completing certain long missions can easily make you extremely rich.
Disable All The Cameras
As you progress in the game, you’ll get tasks to perform a heist inside a Warehouse, Jewelry Store, or Mall. These places are usually plagued with cameras, andthey’ll alert the police if they detect you for a few seconds. A meter will appear on your screen whenever a camera starts detecting you.
During this time,it can follow you around as far as you’re in its range. The only way to prevent this detection is by going out of the camera’s range or behind an object where you can’t be seen. Here are the two ways you can use to disable cameras in the game:
If a camera detects you fully, there’ll be a red radio sign on it for a couple of seconds.You can also hit the camera and disable it at this time to avoid alerting the police.
Although, going out of a camera’s range won’t help once it has fully detected you.
Make Good Use Of Your Crew
You can place three crew members on a certain mission if you’re using Travis Maker on it.Though you can also replace Baker with another crew member if you want. Each crew member can only be a part of one mission every day, while Baker himself can be a part of up to two missions.
Yourcrew members can either be extremely useful or a hindrance in the mission. You might be on a mission where you spent several minutes to get around the place stealthily but one of your crew members gets detected and alert the police. This is why it’s important to control your crew.
You can manage your crew by pressing a buttonwhere you can ask them to follow you or hold a position. You can also change to any crew member here.
It’s important to ask yourcrew to hold tight until you clear up the area, and then ask them to follow you and steal items.
Moreover, the crew members aren’t that good at looting stuff in the game. The most efficient way to go about this is bylooting the place yourself and then passing on the bags to your crew. Even if the bags drop on the ground, a crew member will come around and pick them up.
Enemies Have A Range For Detection
Much like cameras, enemies in Crime Boss: Rockay City also have a detection meter that fills up based on what you’re doing.If you’re just moving inside a Private or Restricted area, the enemy’s bar will go up slowly. On the other hand, the bar goes up quickly if you’re crouching or have a gun in your hand.
Though it’s important to know thatenemies can’t detect you just because you’re in their line of sight. You have to be within a certain range and their field of view to get detected. Moreover, you get plenty of time to get out of their range before they can alert the police and ruin the stealth mission.
When the police get alerted, you’ll constantly get attacked by them.You’ll have to rob the area while fighting hordes of cops at the same time. Though your crew helps you with the fight.
If any civilian or guard detects you completely, there’s no way to avoid the police.Even if you melee them while they’re calling for help, your cover will still be blown. If you can’t get out of their line of sight, the best thing to do is to use the intimidation method. This only works if you press the intimidation button before their detection bar is full.
This mechanic is vital when it comes to robbing an area with camerassince you have to intimidate the guard in the Control Room. When the intimidated enemy is on the ground, you’re able to tie them with a zip tie. Enemies will try to run away if they’re not tied up and you’re not around them.
Some enemies won’t get intimidated even if you try.These mostly include the rival gang members since they already have a gun in their hands. They’ll start attacking you if you try to intimidate them.
Some special missions like the Dragon Dogs will have SWAT guarding the area. These enemies will also not get intimidated.
Boss Level Is Permanent
Whenever you finish a certain mission in Crime Boss: Rockay City, you’ll get some experience toward your boss level. As shown above,you’ll get three choices of buffs whenever your boss level upgrades. These buffs are random, and you can only select one of them.
Since the game is Roguelike,this is the only aspect that is permanent through all your runs in the Campaign mode. Your boss levels and the buffs provided will stay with you in the subsequent runs, which gives you an easier time against other gang leaders or the Sheriff. Here are some of the best buffs from the boss level:
You can make mistakes during a campaign and restart it,but the buffs you choose with the boss-level upgrades will never change. You have to be very careful with this choice.
