Reviewed on: 2025/01/25
Score: 7.5/10
Playtime: About 8 hours for 100% achievements

This game is fairly balanced in how it goes about story vs. porn. The story is interesting, thanks to its setting, characters and events. There isn't much character building or nuance though. The game's characters have formed personalities, as adults usually do. It's not up to players to solve the mystery either, the story will do that in time. Instead, they guide the MC on his path to gain trust, decide whom they trust, and whom they want to be close with.
There are three main LI and several side-chicks, amounting to 21 lewd scenes. Some of these scenes are dreams or fantasies, which I'm not very fond of.
In general, the game's quality is above average which high attention to detail, characters and environments. Though some lewd scenes felt boring to me.
I recommend this game, even at full price. If you're into the premise of being an undercover cop, you'll have a great time.

Edit: Despite having played this game for over 7 hours, and 100% achievements, only 1/3 collectible cards dropped for it. This low drop rate might (slightly) artificially increase the game's average playtime because of players who collect these cards.

"Going Rogue" contains 21 lewd scenes. Most feature vanilla actions like foreplay, vaginal and anal intercourse. There are 3 possible scenes with FemDom.
The animations in lewd scenes are of varying quality, many are very basic with very little movement going on except for sliding bodies. Others have more attention to detail.
Aside from the lewds, it also features blood and gore, violence, and mentions of drug use.

Characters are posed well, articulate and gesture, they'll even blink their eyes. All things considered, this allows for a very immersive experience.
The same attention to detail is present in the renders themselves, with detailed environments that are tailored for their scenes.
There are quite a few flavor animations outside lewd scenes. For instance, the MC getting punched out. These are done very well and feel cinematic. Though, some further enhancement with timed sound effects would be even better.

The game's UI is hit or miss:

• The replay gallery is hidden under a single button under the "Extra" menu
  
• The quick menu is hidden behind the textbox
  
• Some names are unreadable against the textbox (Chad, Killer, Benjamin, Jack). Using a lighter color, or having a lighter font border would fix this.
  
• The save-screen is two clicks away. Most AVN have their save screen immediately accessible, and I'm someone who saves often. This extra click takes getting used to.
  
• The replay gallery shows 9 pages but only 6 of them have content.

Other than these remarks, the custom UI feels professional and responsive, and does what it needs to do.

"Going Rogue" features music and sound effects. The music is tailored to what's happening in a scene and convey the atmosphere nicely. Same for the sound effects. Their volumes are balanced well and aren't overused.
There are no voiced lines or moans, but I personally don't mind this.

The game starts with introducing us to the MC, and him wanting to join the Organized Crime Unit. However, things don't go as planned, and when he loses his restraint and hits a fellow graduate, he gets kicked off the force. At least officially. Miranda Wright, his boss, enlists him to go undercover with a local gang.

This chain of events leaves it up in the air if Miranda set the MC up. She wasn't in favor of him joining the Organized Crime Unit, instead suggested he'd go undercover. It's not far-fetched that she knew how to press the MC's buttons, and created the situation for him to act out. Regardless, she got what she wanted.
At the end of chapter 1, I felt conflicted. We, the players, are led to believe that Miranda is a manipulative CU Next Tuesday, though with her own demons to fight. We also don't know about the MC's convictions and motivations to become a police officer. This made me wonder if we'd get to carve our own path. Will the player allow Miranda to get her hooks into the MC (as him daydreaming about her being naked suggests), or could the MC even go as far as to take revenge by blowing up the investigation?

Finding the answer to this question took several playthroughs, and it wasn't what I expected, in a good way. The player gets considerable freedom in how they handle the investigation and the people involved, which leads to several endings and a changed fate for several characters.
That, in general, the different routes and choices still come together in a sensible narrative is to the credit of the developer. Besides a few subjective nitpicks of mine, at least.

"Going Rogue's" quality of writing is better than most games of this genre. Besides a few typos or missing words, there aren't any issues. Dialogue flows nicely, exposition is done in immersive ways, and its language is clear and understandable.

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aside from how short it was i liked it alot