Star Wars: Republic Commando (Xbox)

Surprisingly things seem to be turning out rather well with some decent graphics and an easy to use, if slightly perfunctory, squad control interface. The game also takes much inspiration from the GameCube's Metroid Prime with an excellent helmet view that does a lot to immerse you in the game and convince you that you really are the sci-fi version of Andy McNab.

Perhaps the only problem evident at this stage is that the battles are noticeably smaller scale than the ones from the movie with rarely more than half a dozen enemies attacking at any one time, rather than the hundreds seen in the film. An online multiplayer mode should help to shore things up somewhat, although the artificial intelligence of the bad guys is good enough to ensure you can still have plenty of fun on your own. --David Jenkins

The action is fast paced and can be tactical (depending on how hard you make it). You are in charge of 3 other commandos of the republic and you face many droids in typical you-against-the-world missions.

Seriously you should get this game now...


Rainbow Six, with a slightly dissapointing Star Wars twist   October 28, 2005
 8 out of 18 found this review helpful

I am, well, I'm not appauled and much in the same, I'm not amazed. I am, dissapointed with 'Star Wars: Republic Commando' as I expected so much more from this game. At first the game appears to begin well, and infact it does. You blast your way through a few droids and meet up with the rest of your team-mates who all specialise in an ability (I forget the names of the squad) a computer slicer, a demolitions specialist, and a weapons technition. Most people seem to be caught up in the 'hype' of shouting at your squad and them doing somthing, which is not usually really related with FPS's (with the exception of Rainbow Six) and this is all new to some people, as is the fact that this is a Star Wars game and your caught up in the middle of one of the most memorable battles in the Star Wars history to date...'The Clone Wars' 'Star Wars Republic Commando' is a very similar game to the 'Rainbow Six' series, however (and this is a big HOWEVER) 'Rainbow Six' varies so much more. For example, in 'Star Wars Republic Commando' you could come to a door but detect many threats on the other side (a group of droids for instance. Now at this time there are no decisions to make at all, you just push down your action button whilst targeting the door and your team will move into position blast open the door and throw a grenade in. Now your sat infront of your TV going 'Wait a minute, I didn't tell them to do that, why did he throw that the grenade in there? I wanted to take them out myself!! Grrrr!' Yes thats right! unlike 'Rainbow Six' you cant go up to a locked door with enemies swarming on the other side and go 'Right! I want you to brake down that door and instead of just throwing a grenade in, I want you to throw in a flash-bang and imobilise them, whilst I go in for the final shots' no, no none of that! Now people may be reading this goin 'god hes rather picky!' Hey, I may be picky but when I guy like me likes his games he wants everything to be ya know, just right...smoothe no bumps! <----this is what makes the game, well...repetative I spose. And before I finish this review (and this is what lets teh game down so much!) is i'd like to ave a go at the multi-player, its dreadful! Common lucasarts, you could of at least thrown in some bots for us to fight against, cos when you dont have LIVE then it soons gets very boring! Well I hope you found this review helpful!! Please, if you've take this into account, but you really want the game, go rent it! It wouldnt be a buy for me! ---------Average, 3 stars--------------


Best Star Wars game to date   September 6, 2005
 7 out of 9 found this review helpful

Refreshing squad based shooter, taking all the best features from previous titles in this genre and bringing them all together into the star wars universe to produce a really enjoyable and rewarding game experience.

You control your squad with simple point and click orders,and when not under your instruction they carry on with the mission with impressive a.i.

Also there are plenty of auto saved checkpoints which are useful when things aren't going so well and when you only want to play for a short time.

The graphics and sound track are very good with a resonable storyline and a thoroughly enjoyable shoot em' up.


republic commando   August 17, 2005
 3 out of 8 found this review helpful

I brought this game because I played a demo of the single player and it seemed okay. Aside from a few graphical glitches, it is good in its single player mode, although after a few hours the whole thing started getting repetitive and i ended up going back to another game i was playing. Befor I gave up with this game i tried out the online features, as the only games i really buy these days have to be xbox live compatible but however, the multiplayer was absolutely terrible, you run around and if someone sees you first, all they have to do is shoot you once and you're dead. its so poor, i dont even see the point of the health bar taking up space on the screen because it depletes so quickly. the weapons are nothing great, even the rocket launcher is clunky and feels awkward to use. the team based multiplayer modes are not really that exciting, theres not even a co-op mode! if anyone is looking for a team based online multiplayer game for xbox, go with ghost recon 2 or rainbow six. I traded this back to get ghost recon and im already having much more fun with it