If you’ve seen those movies, you’ll know to expect thrilling car chases and epic shootouts. In order to call in the support of the powerful Averno City police force, players must undertake good police work to earn support tokens.įallen Tree Games themselves describe The Precinct as “a love letter to classic cop movies”, and with the game set in a neon noir vision of 1980’s America it seems to replicate the style, feel, and tone of movies such as underappreciated Arnold Schwarzenegger matinees Red Heat and Raw Deal, Sylvester Stallone outings Nighthawks and Cobra, and maybe even RoboCop is acting as primary influence on The Precinct’s gritty drama.
Choosing the appropriate tactic plays a big part in The Precinct’s gameplay for instance, players may opt to gung-ho solo, but this wouldn’t be playing to the strengths of the force, who at the player’s command will provide squad car backup, set up vehicle immobilising spikes strips and roadblocks, or even provide aerial helicopter support (which, by the way, can be flown by the player). This action sandbox features procedurally generated crimes, from petty misdemeanours like parking infractions and littering to halting illegal street races, undertaking exhilarating car chases through twisted streets and alleyways on the hunt for powerful enemies and responding to bank heists alongside Averno’s finest, with player choice on how to complete each mission front and centre. players will tackle the frontline to protect Averno’s few good citizens, with a lightly sprinkled narrative centring on Nick’s father’s murder in the line of duty thrown in for good measure.
Assuming command of rookie officer Nick Cordell Jr. Instead of becoming criminal kingpin in a reimagined US, players will rise through the ranks of fictional Averno City’s police force. Now, some twenty-six years later, UK-based studio Fallen Tree Games are preparing to flip-reverse GTA’s lawlessness on its head, instead re-treading its original failed concept to tell a story through the eyes of a cop fresh on the beat, one hungry to round up a corrupt city’s most wanted. However, this idea proved dull and was scrapped during development. What few will know is GTA’s original envision was as a cops and robbers experience titled Race n’ Chase, with players instead controlling a police officer tasked with cleaning the streets of seasoned criminals. Many remember Grand Theft Auto’s inaugural 1997 outing as a top-down affair, one whereby players’ command an anonymous anarchist rising through the criminal underbelly of a semi-fictional United States.
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