Is Rogue Company Doomed To Be Another Hi-Rez Failure?

Rogue Company is a tactical third-person multiplayer hero shooter developed by First Watch Games and published by Hi-Rez Studios.

While this video game had an exciting launch fueled by influencer marketing with campaigns across various YouTube / Twitch channels in addition to working closely with Dr Disrespect for an in-game integration, the hype around this game has died off with the player base in a state of decline.

However, those who have been following the scene closely have made the case that the player base is starting to stabilize and have hopes that things will improve in time as more updates are rolled out.

In today's video, we take a look at the rise, fall, and future of Hi-Rez's Rogue Company.

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[Akshonesports]

Have you heard of or played Rogue Company before? What do you think this game is lacking that is resulting in the low player retention numbers?

[ITalk]

I genuinely enjoy Rogue Company. Hi-Rez definitely cares about the game. Through social medias, they are constantly talking about balance changes, improvements, new Rogues, new everything. They are dedicated to this project at least for this entire year. After that, I'm unsure what the future holds, but the game has solid framework. The gunplay is extremely satisfying, and it offers a lot potential for competitive. They do listen very extensively to player feedback which is awesome, idk I feel like the game is OK at the moment, but as soon as this year ends, I worry they might drop it due to low player retention. I heard it's doing extremely well on console. PC, I doubt it.

[kp]

*team shooters are trending*
Hi-Rez: *releases Paladins*

*Battle Royales are trending*
Hi-Rez: *releases Realm Royale*

*Tactical shooters are trending*
Hi-Rez: *released Rogue Company*

[theelmleaves]

Rogue Company has Broke the mold for hirez, I 100% recommended giving it a try, and a lot of the Problems from open Beta are gone.

[ProtosMerkabah]

I honestly feel not releasing the game on Steam hurt it. I remember mentioning the game to a few friends, and they sounded interested, but the instant they heard it was on Epic, they just said "We'll look for something else then"

[eddyrollheiser]

How is this even possible that Hi-Rez throw every Title they own?

Anyone know about Smite Tactics? It was a great game to me..

[maxpayenvenic]

It hard to say because most people called the game is dead if they didn't see their favourite streamer play it

[dragon_lightz]

Honestly, this video made me kinda want to give the game another shot

[N_Kobold]

Hi-Rez is the definition of a dev who rides every bandwagon

[zillion]

I feel like people hate on rogue company mainly because it’s made by Hi-Rez. If any other studio would have made the game, it would have been a huge success. The gameplay is really addicting and it’s quite sad how so many people fail to even give the game a chance because of the creators behind the game

[Shrimpu.]

It’s a really mid game, but there’s something about it that I find so replayable. It’s fun, cliche and doesn’t really take itself seriously which lends to its “Save the day; look good” mantra.

[clefty]

I fucking love playing this game, hoping that they keep this game alive.

[sakarivaariskoski]

I still mourn the death of Tribes Ascend, such a great game that Hi-Rez killed.

[SkuIIKnght]

Rogue company is one of the most fun shooter games I've played in a while, it's such a simple and clean 3rd person shooter that feels good to play, shots can sometimes not hit their mark when they should but it's not as bad as others big games these days. I feel like we need more games like rogue company, just bring stuff back to basics and make it fun. I feel so rewarded every time I win against a good team. Every other game like CoD, Overwatch, Fortnite, Apex etc. just feels like more of a chore than a video game, I only have fun with those games maybe 20% of the time, with Rogue company I feel like I genuinely have a good experience the vast majority of the time and I don't even need to have a full squad, i just need competent teammates lol. That being said it's def more fun with friends and since its free to play and cross platform there is very little excuse not to give it a shot.
I feel like it's slowly growing but it needs more exposure, I'd hate to see such a fun game die when all these other mediocre/trash games get all the attention.

As far as improvements, core gameplay wise my biggest complaint is that they really need to tighten the bloom if possible, losing gun exchanges because my shots are not registering is incredibly aggravating to say the least, especially when you get the drop on an enemy. It simply shouldn't be happening in the year 2021.... 2007 sure, 2011 fine but 2021?! come on, there is no excuse for that sort of nonsense, If I am clearly aiming my gun at someone virtually within arms reach my shots should ALWAYS hit as long as my aim is true.

-Furthermore pings MUST be more visible to show on teammates screens, I have had multiple instances where I will ping enemies or spots and my teammates in chat literally cannot see it because the colors from the map/characters and HUD are all mixing together in a bad way, they need to somehow make those pings really pop and be visible to all your team.
-Another issue I have is the emergency notifications, most of the time there is so much going on that you won't always have the luxury to stop and listen for bomb initiation queues and it can really impact a win/loss ratio, it should be crystal clear when the enemy is planting or defusing.
-Whenever explosives are nearby the little bubble that appears should be a bit bigger and have a clear arrow showing it's trajectory, I've had plenty of instances where me or a teammate will get downed because we cannot tell where an explosive was.

[Jaiden]

I put a good amount of hours into this game but what bothers me is how the characters barely even have a personality and how grindy the game is

[Salu_TV]

Rogue company is definitely a underrated game

[Mixa_Lv]

Wow, I hadn't even heard of this title.

[_bambinobeats]

I feel like this game has so much potential

[cosmickarmaa]

I feel Smite is the only thing keeping HiRez afloat

[dereckdr]

One thing about rogue company that annoyed me was that it wasn’t free to play when people were advertising it, I remember some of my favorite you tubers mentioning that it was free to play, and I got exited, but when I looked in the eshop, I had to pay to be able to play it, and by the time it became free to play, I felt that the excitement was very little