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Much better than the movie, Excellent Single Player

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: July 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game produced the most enjoyable experience since Half Life 2.

I generally play first-person-shooter once or twice, then never play again; not this game. I only bought it becase it seemed similar to "Brothers in Arms" with its squad-leader element. I was not expecting much as I normally enjoy WWII-style games (I also loathed the latest three Star Wars films) but was very suprised how good it really was.

From the beginning, I could sense the high production values. The story line, dialogue, and voice acting were excellent, especially for a video game. I felt I got to know my squadmates in Republic Commando much better than in Brothers in Arms. There were lots of little touches and polish that made it enjoyable to play through many times. Music, top-notch. I don't know if the music is from the films, but it shares the same epic quality. Graphics and effects were well done and ran very well with no stutters, crashes, or lag, even on the highest graphics settings.

Gameplay also excellent. The action is consistent and challenging, but there are few if any frustrating spots that require saving and reloading every couple of seconds that is so common with many FPS games. The maps were playtested well so storyline triggers work when they should and there are no places where you can get stuck clipping into a wall. The weapons are balenced well in that there is always at least two effective ways to deal with any target.

The squad commands were easy to learn and worked well with the environment. Your squaddies do not just walk into enemy fire. They move tacticly as a squad, taking cover and suppressing while other squaddies advance. Usually it is you that get killed before they do. With effective use of the squad commands, you can direct your squad to eliminate targets without you having to fire a shot. (although thats part of the fun)

The AI of your squaddies seem to be written well. They deal with immediate threats first, switch weapons when necessary, revive squadmates (including you), and heal themselves all on their own for the most part.

My only gripe is that the game is too short, which is a common complaint of most recent FPS games. There seems to be no modding community as of yet, so you are stuck with all the elements of a superb game and only a few levels to actually play. It is built on the Unreal engine, so modding should not be too difficult.

review from a 9-year-old kid that has alot of star wars games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: May 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It is so cool because you can get all these granades. It's like you're every single type of clone at once. But the bad thing is you get a very small health box. You have a squad with you and you can command them to do all this cool stuff, like protect you or guard the area or blow up a wall and more.

Great cutscenes and gameplay

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: August 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The game plays great, scenery and enemies are very well done so if you're into the star wars genre you'll love it. The game is very balanced too, not boringly easy or unplayably hard. The only real problem with the game is you'll wish there were more single player levels. After playing Far Cry which takes some serious time to conquer, it's not brief but it does seem short.

This game rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 18
Date: November 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When this game comes out, it will be greater than halo 2 by a mile, because i got to play the demo at E3, and it was awesome. This game has awesome graphics and an awesome twist with squad-based gameplay. The gameplay is better than Rainbow 6 back arrow!

Republic Commando Rocks the Star Wars Game Scene

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: March 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Star Wars: Republic Commando is a pretty amazing game -- from the graphics, to the AI, to the storyline, the game is brilliant, with lots of little touches that make the game a great experience to play.

The squad AI works amazingly well. Your squadmates duck, cover, flank, and shoot with more skill than I have ever seen computer-based AI characters use. This is one of the first games where I think I actually trust my computer controlled squadmates to get the job done. The squad commands system is simple to learn but challenging to master, and that lends a ton of replayability to the game, as you retry your approaches to different situations.

The graphics are truly amazing, with the "helmet view" being a conceit that works wonderfully well to fully immerse you in the game. Some of the enemy death animations are such a delight to watch you might get killed a few times just stopping to soak them in.

Two real standouts in the game are the sound design and the storyline. From the music to the chatter of your squadmates the sound in the game really creates a mood and draws you into the game world. It creates an intense, scary world around you with just the right level of humor blended in. You'll catch all kinds of Star Wars references in the game (yes, the ubiquitous "I have a bad feeling about this" line is there, as well as some other surprises) that really make the game a must have for any dedicated Star Wars gamer.

This is one of the best Star Wars titles released for a while, on par with the excitement of Battlefront, but with a level of story that really deepens and intensifies the game experience. I highly recommend this one!

Star Wars shooting

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is sweet! It's like Halo and Rainbow 6 put together. I had a lot of fun playing through it. It only has three missions, so the game seems short, but they're long missions with a lot of levels in them. It would be sweet if another came out, but it have to hold up to the same play, maybe make it as fast and have as many levels as battlefront.

One of the BEST LucasArts Games!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Amazing. That's really the only word I can describe it.
The story line is intertwined during the Clone Wars, starting you off on Day 1 of Geonosis. From there one, your team, Delta Squad, goes off and their thing.
But doing their thing isn't just a quick and easy task.
LucasArts did a very high quality job in game-play, AND story. Accurate in how Delta Squad was fighting in the Clone Wars, this game has great re-playability.
I've just finished playing it for my 5th time.

Dialogue is very VERY good, as well as the sound quality. Music is of amazing quality and so are the SFX.

I highly recommend this to any Star Wars fan as this game will have you sucked in just like that.

cool and interesting star wars game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: March 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the star wars games that I would recommend and the fact that its a 1st peson shooter game I LIKE FIRST PERSON SHOOTER GAMES!!!! this is one of the greatest star wars games. You get to play as 4 of the squads in republic commando. My favorite is the scorch. Other than that I MUST GET THIS GAME NOWWW!!!!!!!!!!

Finnaly a good first persong shooterl.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Four words first of all. This game is awsome. (see four words :P) I first heard of this game when my friend bought it and it didn't work on his computer. He gave it to me. This game just blew me away. The graphic were not the greatest but good nonetheless. The AI was (I can't beleive i'm going to say this) amazing. THis is one of the first game that I have played where the enemy has managed to be intelligent enough to outsmart me and surrond me in a battle. And your team mates are witty, sometime sarcastic which is sometimes thankful in a heated situation, and smart. They didn't make one unintillegent move the entire time I played other than getting stuck in a area or something like that. THe only downside of this is the length. I applaude Lucas Arts for finnaly making a good FPS but they need to make it longer. They should make a patch containing more levels or maybe the modding community will make some more maps.

IM TIRED OF THESE PEOPLE!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 25
Date: October 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'm Tired of those people who write reviews that say they are tired of people writing reviews on games the havnt played yet!!!! STOP IT!!!

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