Unlike the two previous releases, combat now opts for spacious encounters and a flavour of chaos much akin to the first ROCH. At least the bumper cars should now see an increase in returning customers. They’re brought together into one place with a few adjustments and neither addition ever felt forced. Certain motifs already seen in prior releases also make a reappearance, like a best of ROCH showcase.
It’s an alternative look at Pascal’s distinct mapping style and also takes an opportunity to utilise high contrast shadows, allowing light sources to really pop and emphasis an after hours ambiance.
On the beach front there’s also a colourful hotel resort, snack bar, a distant light house and water floats that have drifted out to sea with goodies sitting on them. For starters it takes place during a chill night along the coastline with an ongoing amusement fair, throwing its familiar urban setting into a blender to create something fresh to look at for the series as a whole. I’ve never understood as to why ROCH_SC1 had always been put on the back burner during my revisits to this series, perhaps becoming the least played of them all for no specific reason, only to discover on a recent excursion how much I adored seeing some comparative differences toward both visual thematics and combat scenarios. Those alien maggots aren’t having any of it though, disrupting his ride on the bumper cars by playing a little too rough. Intended as a branch off from ROCH3 if the episodic release ever came to fruition, ROCH’s secret level takes Duke to the sea side for an evening respite.
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