Republic Commando

noel · Post by **noel** » February 7, 2005, 6:24 pm

The Demo is available all over the net.

I downloaded it and tried it out.

While I think the idea is stellar, I think the execution sucks. I was expecting the (as advertised) tactical first person shooter. There seemed to be a lot of shooting, but little tactics involved. I think it looks good, though a bit cartoony ala Halo, but just way too arcadey for my personal taste. It's worth looking at though as the demo is only a ~400MB download.

As an aside, KotOR:2 is available for the PC tomorrow.

Trias · Post by **Trias** » February 8, 2005, 12:04 am

the game is sooo much better on xbox...and that is from playing an alpha back last july...i'm pretty stoked for this; it's rainbow six basically in the star wars universe, but a lot more beefed up

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » February 8, 2005, 5:38 pm

Yeah, this isn't as 'tactical' as I'd like, and some of the HUD displays need a bit of tweaking. I cna't tell if the game is body aprt sensitive or not; I think it is, but not very (you can blow the helmets off of your targets, but if you hammer them in their exposed head, they don't always go down). I also think that they need to tighten up the aiming reticule... something I can shove a roll of dollar-coins through is not conductive to perfect aiming.

But, I may buy it.

noel · Post by **noel** » February 11, 2005, 5:21 pm

Penny Arcade is reporting that this just went gold.

noel · Post by **noel** » March 2, 2005, 3:39 am

Well polish my nuts and serve me a milkshake... this game is actually good.

Why the demo had to suck copious amounts of ass I'm not sure, but the released game is tactical, action packed, entertaining, and fucking fun.

I highly recommend picking it up if you're looking for a FPS to pass the time. Perhaps more linear than some of you would like, but fun (largely due to it being well scripted IMHO) nonetheless.

Ebumar · Post by **Ebumar** » March 2, 2005, 2:06 pm

Downloading it at home right now.

Trias · Post by **Trias** » March 2, 2005, 2:37 pm

is a lot of fun...i just finished a preview version from the vendor at my friends house yesterday...we beat it in just under 6 hours...is really short imo and the online multiplayer isn't up to par to other online games i'd rather play

but still was a fun way to burn an afternoon away!

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » March 2, 2005, 2:52 pm

PCG destroyed it - 63% rating, or somthing close.

Trias · Post by **Trias** » March 2, 2005, 2:54 pm

dunno i played xbox version heh...seems a lot more fun on xbox just for control at the least

noel · Post by **noel** » March 2, 2005, 3:03 pm

I personally hate having to aim with a joystick.

The game isn't the second coming of robot jesus, but it's really fun. I agree with Trias. It seems like I'm about halfway through it, and I've only been playing for 3-4 hours. That said, I've enjoyed all 3-4 hours immensely. I've heard the multiplayer is ass, but I'm not all that worried about the multiplayer.

So I could see where it could get a bad review for the above reasons, but the game is still a lot of fun.

noel · Post by **noel** » March 3, 2005, 3:38 am

Completed!

Question for those who have also completed...

[Show]: When they were telling you to extract, were you already on your way to find Sev? When they said Yoda gave the order, were you STILL on your way to find Sev? (90% sure it was Sev and not Fixer)

For the record, it was about 6-8 hours and I enjoyed every minute of it.

TheDarkreigns · Post by **TheDarkreigns** » March 7, 2005, 8:01 am

I bought it the day it came out. Beat it the day it came out. Loved the whole game. ...the day it came out...I dunno I ran out of shit to say.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 14, 2005, 5:38 pm

Downloaded it this weekend for XBox to try out. It's not bad. I adjusted the thumbstick look so it was slower allowing me to aim better and that helped a bunch.

Seems OK but after playing Brothers in Arms on the PC, I can't deal with the FPS type pointing on console games.

I grabbed a game called Scrapland (XBox) as well this weekend that has a little more character to it and originality. It's very colorful as well. I recommend this one for a download tryout off the newsgroups.

I also grabbed Snowblind (XBox). I enjoyed Snowblind for the 10 minutes I played it more than the 10 minutes I played SW Commando! I'm FPS'd out on the XBox though. When I FPS, I like to kill actual humans. Robots and freaky looking creatures don't satisfy my bloodlust like killing another person in a WW2 game for example. It's like EQ...the freakier the monsters got, the less interested I was.

SW: Commando, Snowblind and HALO2 all are about the same in singleplayer but HALO2 is better in multiplayer. I haven't played SW Commando multiplayer but the knock on it is the multiplayer part of the game.

Ebumar · Post by **Ebumar** » March 14, 2005, 8:44 pm

Beat it in 5 hours on hard. Easy game. Not worth my 50$. Especially since the online is virtually non-existant. Not to mention there's very few weapons.