Double-A trappings might prove the secret ingredient for adapting 80s action.

Predator had Predator: Hunting Grounds, for instance, “a naff waste of great material”.

Terminator had Terminator: Resistance - “generic and boring”.

RoboCop: Rogue City official screenshot showing RoboCop getting out of a car.

RoboCop: Rogue City

And yet!

In fact it might actually be kind of good?

It’s wonderfully funny.

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“Dirtbag detected,” RoboCop announces after exiting a lift.

There’s also hope for the rather simplistic combat to open up a little.

RoboCop: Rogue City screenshot showing RoboCop waddle through flames into the Channel 9 building that’s under siege

RoboCop: Rogue City screenshot showing the skill tree page

RoboCop: Rogue City screenshot showing Max Becker mouthing off about RoboCop being as able to experience emotional trauma as a microwave.

RoboCop: Rogue City screenshot showing newsreader Casey Wong in the opening credits.