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one flaw

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i won't go into what is so good about this game, as you can read the other reviews for that, as i also agree with what is good. the one flaw in my view is the short amount of gameplay available for single player mode. i finished the game on hard difficulty in only about 8 hours. it was incredibly fun, but in my opinion, they could have added more single player game time. i don't regret buying it, but i feel i would have more value for my price paid if it took me longer to complete it. which is not to say you shouldn't at least rent it.

just like halo 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks!!!! trust me when play this game you'll be blown away. This game is practicly like halo 2 only you decide what your troops do. by far the graphix are awsome and so they are so good you acctuly feel like your inside of the commanders armor. One of the features i also liked about the game was when you've been shot down you can order one of your troops to heal you.

Wow...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Like a swift kick to the stomach, this game will leave you doubled-over and gasping for breath hours after you finish playing. How many times have I been forced to kill a spider droid on my own with just a pistol because I ran out of ammo and my entire squad is incapacitated, or how often have I encountered a droid dispenser pumping out SBD's only to realize I've already used up all my anti-armor charges? These kinds of situations force to think ahead and plan & execute your strategies quickly. Keeping your squad organized is key. It's a beatiful thing when you give your squadmates commands and then find out that what you've decided for them to do is the perfect strategy. Good ol' Delta 38... he always knows just what to do.

Squad control in the game is easy as pie, and the friendly AI is okay, though at times a bit frustrating. When they're given a command, the squad will go do it no matter what, even if it means doing something dumb like getting killed because they don't think to kill the things in their way first. Enemies are pretty stupid, but you don't need to be smart when you're a Super Battle Droid. The graphics and landscapes are amazing, from the windy, dusty canyons of Geonosis to the dark and foreboding forests of Kashyyyk. Except for the commando armor, everything is dark and gloomy. Gameplay is also awesome; everything is fast-paced and keeps you on the edge of your seat (and sometimes out of it completely). Whether you're desperately trying to hold off an endless stream of enemies as one of your squadmates plants explosives on a droid dispenser while another hacks into a security system while under fire, or you're clearing a path through a group of fat Trandoshan slavers in the maze-like corridors of an assault ship, there's never a dull moment in Republic Commando, and the difficulty is just right.

The Squad:
Delta 38, the main character. A tough-as-nails commando, 38 don't take no crap from nobody. Even when under heavy fire, he calmly gives commands like he's ordering food at a McDonald's drive-thru. He's the voice of reason, keeping everybody under control.
Delta 62 (Scorch), the Demolitions expert. Scorch likes explosives. That's all there is to say.
Delta 07 (Sev), is a fierce hunter. His best use is as a sniper, providing amazingly accurate covering fire for his squadmates. His only job is to kill, kill, kill.
Delta 40 (Fixer), is just a good old-fashioned soldier. He's uncomplicated and a great fighter, and always follows orders. Other than that, I'm not quite sure what his deal is... I guess he's the "computer expert," though any commando can slice any console.
Each commando has his own personality. Scorch can be quite humorous at times, and Sev has some pretty disturbing things to say. One thing I don't understand is why do all have different voices? I though they were all clones...

I only have a few problems with the game: First off, the DC-17m rifle chews through ammo at an alarming rate, and you can only carry 300 rounds at a time. There are lots of ammo pick-ups throughout the levels, but you'll often find yourself running out of ammo and having to backtrack to find more. Also, Super Battle Droids and Destroyers are a real kick in the teeth, as are flame-throwing flying Geonosians and elite Trandoshan mercenaries packing super-powerful chain guns of death. General Grievous' bodyguards are the devil, what with their jumping and twirling and other impossible-to-hit acrobatics. Even with all three squad members firing on them at once, certain enemies still take forever to bring down. Thankfully, there are bacta stations all over the place to heal up if you get hurt. Also, the game itself is too short. Only three missions?! What the crap? The missions are pretty complicated and well-thought out, but everything is so fast-paced that you get through it in no time. The ending is very sudden and unexpected. Finally, there are very few types of enemies. Pumping holes through hordes of relentless battle droids and sniping merc after merc as they pour out of the ceiling can get tiresome. But overall, it's a very, very, very, VERY good game. Fifty dollars may seem like a bit too much to pay for it, but it's worth every penny.

One of the best Star Wars games....ever!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Finally, a Star Wars game that doesn't involve force-powers and lightsabers. Although these are all well and good, they do get a little old. Thankfully, this game has only a hint of a Jedi presence.

I don't know how to review this, so I'll just list the things I liked, and then the stuff that i didn't like.

Gameplay: the gameplay is incredible! Though not quite as good as the Halo series, the novelty of playing as Clone Troopers more than makes up for it.

The one-touch squad commands are surprisingly easy, and your comrades AI is quite good. They rarely did anything stupid. The only problem was that they couldn't indentify the greatest threat in a battle, and that if you tell them to do something, they will do it, whether they die trying or not.

The weapons are good, and the variety is nice. The only complaint I have about those is that your main weapon, the DC-17 is surprisingly weak. It can pump shots faster than a Podracer flies, but you can fire and fire and fire and fire and a Super Battle Droid will just keep coming.

I also liked the variety of grenade types. Flashbang, EMP, Sonic, and Thermal Detonators.

The only other complaint I have is that some enemies are super hard to beat.

While Trandoshan slavers, battle droids and Geonosians are easy;
Super Battle Droids, Elite Geonosians, and Spider Droids take forever to kill. It is possible, but it takes awhile.

and General Grievous's guards...oh, my, gosh!!!

While I did find myself retrying several levels, the medium-dificulty level wasn't that hard. I beat it in about 6 or 7 hours.
I did wish it were longer.

Your teammates are smart, witty, and tough as nails. I found myself becoming attached to them and I sincerly missed them whenever I did a solo mission. You get used to having three other elite men backing you up, and I got a little scared by myself.

Backing you up, you have:
Scorch: demolitions expert with a wry sense of humor.
Fixer: kind of a nerd, talks too much. supposedly a computer expert. but any of my guys could slice a computer.

Sev: this dude is a badass! He is psycho. He is like the ultimate hunter! He kicks droids butts up and down the street!

The ending was...sad.

SPOILER ALERT!!!
(skip ahead if you dont want to find out key plot details)

I was genuinely sad when Sev died. I wasn't expecting it, and found myself wishing that I could have disobeyed orders and gone back for him. He was my favorite. : (

END SPOILERS.

The musical score is excellent too. Combining elements of the music from the Phantom, Clones, and Revenge of the Sith.

CONCLUSION:
I give this game 4 1/2 stars. It is very good, but it does have several flaws.

If you are looking for a game to occupy you for a weekend, I would definetly reccomend renting Star Wars: Republic Commando.

Halo + Rainbow Six+ Star Wars= fun game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Republic commando is a fine First Person Shooter. This is the first all first person shooter from star wars in a while and a great way to revive the genre. The gameplay is as some sudgest, is what you would get if Halo and Rainbow Six [ also fine games ] had a kid, and then left it on the doorstep of Star Wars where it was raised.
You play as Delta squad leader 1138. Delta squad are the elite clones, 4 man squads trained by the Fett-man himself. You can order your squad around by holding A and using the D-Pad. You can tell them to form up, hold a position, get into attack formation or cancel previous manuevers. You can also tell them to place a bomb, hack a computer, man a turret, take up sniping position, eat a cat, steal your credit card and focus all their firepower on one hostile. There's an occasional solo mission to break up the repition. The audio is fantastic, with eerie sounds that range from the organic flutter of a geonosions wings to the tank like crawl of a spider droid and the muffled stomping of the raging wookie. Did I mention that you get to fight alongside wookies? And not the cute, fuzzy one's, I'm talking about the raging homicidal wookies that kill everything. The graphics also paint a desolate and skincrawling enviroment, and is mildly destructable.
Only 2 real problem's with the game: its short and theres no bot multyplayer. With only three campaigns [ or worlds or what ever you want to refer to them as ] it's over before you can really love it and the multyplayer, even though it supports xbox live and system link, is shallow. I want to love this game and give it a 5, but those two problems drag it down to 4 STARS.

A fun ride through the Star Wars universe

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I had a good time playing this game. It took me about two months to get through. When you consider I only play x-box about an hour a day, that isn't too bad. It took me about about two weeks to get across the bridge on the Wookie home world. I must recommend obtaining the play guide or you'll pull your hair out in certain sections. Graphics are stunning. Some of the other Star Wars games (like "Knights of the Old Republic" or "Star Wars Battlefront") have great replay value. That is really the only down side to Republic Commando. I will never play through it again.

Clone Wars at it's best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is amazing. Unlike so many other star wars games, this is a first person shooter, which is a great touch to the star wars universe. I found the gameplay to be very well done with the healing stations on the battlefield and your squad always with you to revive you if you fall in battle. The coolest thing of all is that instead of carrying multiple weapons, you have attachments to one gun. The attachments are sniper, and rocket launcher. The single player campaign is outstanding, though the multiplayer is so-so. This game is simply a terrific Star Wars title.

STAR WARS at it's best...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I decided to buy STAR WARS REPUBLIC COMMANDO on Xbox for my son, because he won't let me play my PC version. Come to find out it seems like it plays easier on Xbox.

This game is by far one of the best I've ever played. It's awesome. I find it very exiting and actually feels like being part of a combat squad. Everyone in the team knows to be pro-active, rather than reactive. I haven't seen a game yet, where the squad members react to direct or indirect fire as these Commandos do it. You don't move with your team, they'll do their job. You can also redirect their orders and they will follow orders to the letter. Being able to "inject" them with Bacta, makes the game a whole lot better that just "finding a med kit", and on the other hand, while you're injured, being rescued by your crew definitely gives you the feeling that you are a TEAM!!!

The only regret (just a small one) is that the game was so short (or at least it felt like it). It only has three major campains, and with a game that is so much fun, it seemed like time flew by. I can only hope that LUCASARTS decides to make a Republic Commando II (maybe, based on the missions of OMEGA squad)...here's hoping.

I definintely recommend this game, for Squad-based combat or STAR WARS fans alike, you'll get a kick out of it. I'm definintely a fan of "Delta Squad, Republic Commandos"

Great concept!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As another reviewer of this game previously mentioned, this game is indeed dark and gritty. It's also very intense at times and you need to have your finger on the trigger at all times if you hope to survive.

Star Wars and Xbox seem to have a great relationship when it comes to making enjoyable video games for the public. Wheter it be RPG's like KOTOR or fascinating 3rd person shooters as SW Battlefront 1 & 2. The overall concensus from gamers is that while the games are simple to get the hang of, they're just plain fun to play for hours and hours on end as well as in the XBOX Live arena.

Republic Commando's concept is great. It takes after previous ideas of being in command of a squad and being able to command them to perform different tasks throughout the game. The cool thing is and what's different from other games of this type is that if your squad gets gunned downed, they're not out of the game completely. You have the ability to revive them, and guess what, they have the ability to revive YOU if need be. Now how cool is that?? If you're a fan of the Star Wars genre and shooter games in general, then this game is for you. As with many other SW games, you're following the actual story and partaking in missions as elite Commandos from an elite unit. My only gripe about this game is that it's waaaaaay too short. It's also easy. If they could've made it a bit more difficult and a bit longer, it'd be perfect. This game has been out for a while and I haven't read anything on a sequel to the game coming out on the 360. Hopefully Lucas and Microsoft can get together again to make another one. Awesome game plain and simple.

the combination of the two greatest games in the world

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i love this game. it combines the two greatest games in the world: star wars and halo. all the controls mirror halo's controls. also, it's the star wars universe. even when u kill a droid and the oil spatters on your visor, it automatically wipes the visor. brilliant. i recommend it to everybody.

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