Review: The Precinct
I am the top-down law! I’ll be honest when I first saw the trailer for The Precinct, I was instantly hooked. A GTA-style city, 80’s cop drama vibes? Open-world lawbreaking? It looked like someone threw L.A. Noire, Hotline Miami, and Driver into a blender and poured out a crime-fighting cocktail. Naturally, I had to head to its streets to deliver my own version of justice that’ll hopefully make Judge Dredd blush. After spending a good chunk of time with the games crime-ridden streets, responding to calls, writing parking tickets, and bring fear to the lawless, I’ve got a lot of thoughts. So, if you’re wondering whether this gritty throwback is worth clocking in for then come with me as we find out. One thing The Precinct nails right off the bat is its atmosphere. The game drops you into a stylised city that feels like it’s stuck somewhere between the late ‘80s and early ‘90s - if you think of RoboCop’s Detroit you’ll be on the right track. It’s a lawless frontier ...