I’m unsure how uncommon this expertise is, however I performed A LOT of Star Wars video games as a child with out having seen the Star Wars motion pictures. They not solely laid the groundwork of my later-fandom, however additionally they advised these facet tales that have been (sometimes) so effectively achieved that I wound up underwhelmed by the movies themselves. You know what? Typing all that out, I understand that’s a fairly bizarre line-in for Star Wars. I’m in all probability extra alone on that than I anticipated. ANYHOW. One of the higher, lesser celebrated Star Wars titles is on low cost on Steam proper now, as a part of the persevering with May The Fourth sale, and in case you haven’t given Republic Commando a spin, now could be the time.
As the chief of a squad of (you guessed it) Republic Commandos, you and your boys embark on a sequence of adventures the place you combine taking pictures, puzzle fixing, and group command in equal measure. It’s a tie-in prelude to the occasions of Episode III, however as I discussed earlier than, that is a kind of video games within the Star Wars universe that’s wayyyyy higher than it has any proper to be, and an actual bizarre likelihood that LucasArts was keen to take, gameplay sensible.
As Alec mentioned of the the sport in his Have You Played article:
[Republic Commando] works so effectively, because of rugged and difficult fight, and a group comprised of broad however likeable personalities. You’ll come to care about these 4 faceless not-quite-Stormtroopers, and also you’ll come to depend on them too, as you make heat-of-battle choices about who’s going the place, who’s defending what, who’s hacking which door, and whose life you’ll attempt to save first.
Alec additionally wrote in regards to the sport at better size here and here. Well definitely worth the reads. Especially to find that lead programmer Brett Douville left this sport to go work on Skyrim and Fallout 3. That makes… numerous sense.
I hadn’t touched this title since 2005, however discounted to $Three on this sale it was onerous to move up. I sunk just a few hours on this weekend and it’s a lot better than I keep in mind. In truth, all I may actually keep in mind was that I used to be shocked that there hadn’t been a observe up sport that tried to make use of this identical squad command format. It’s… sophisticated at instances and maybe not as instantly rewarding as a Battlefront title, however it’s completely value your time.
You can grab the game on Steam right now. There’s solely two days left so act quick.
