We are used to a summer period without significant releases, but it seems that 2024 will be an exception in this sense, thanks to numerous more or less interesting products on the horizon. Between a Star Wars Outlaws and a Black Myth Wukong, the month of August is also preparing to welcome The Precinct, a title that should absolutely be kept an eye on.
In search of justice
The charm of The Precinct has its roots in the setting, given that the title immerses us in anoir atmosphere typical of crime films. We are in the fictitious Averno City in the 90’s and we wear the uniform of Nick Cordell Jr., a freshly trained cop who is immediately thrown into the streets of the infamous town, where groups of criminals continually commit new crimes. But there is a very specific reason if our protagonist decides to immerse himself in this criminal world and it is certainly not his vocation.
A love letter to the old GTAs, but not only that
On the gaming front, The Precinct tries to re-propose the gameplay style of the old Grand Theft Autos in a modern key. Not everyone knows that, in its early days, the Rockstar Games series did not yet embrace three dimensions and consisted of productions with top-down views in which, for better or worse, you could have fun completing simple missions, massacring passers-by and stealing vehicles.
According to what the developers have shown, the core of the gameplay consists of deal with crimes that are generated in a procedural manner: this means that we can receive a call at any time that will lead us to the place where drug dealers have been spotted, where a robbery is taking place and so on. At the moment it is impossible to establish how varied the offer actually is, but there is no doubt that it is a very interesting system, especially if we consider that in the videos shown not all interventions end in a shooting.
Fighting crime, of any kind
Obviously the range of situations in which we can find ourselves is wide and there is certainly no shortage of more frenetic momentsgiven that violent crimes do not rarely occur in Averno City.
In a game inspired by Grand Theft Auto it would be a crime if there weren’t any vehicles: for this very reason, in The Precint we will be able to board a series of police transport vehicles to bring to life daring chases.
At least on paper, therefore, the game promises good situational diversity, but only a road test will allow us to identify the strengths and weaknesses of gaming systems. There also remains a big unknown relating to the entire investigative part that will see us follow the trail of our father’s murderer, which we hope will be taken care of properly.
An open world full of unknowns
The Precinct development team has confirmed that the game will be set in a open world freely explorable in which there is also a day/night cycle. However, this is the only information we have on Averno City, whose actual dimensions are currently unknown.
In any case, our questions will not remain unanswered for too long, since there is not that long left until the game arrives in all digital stores. As announced at the Future Games Show, The Precint will be available starting next year August 15, 2024 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series.
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