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Video Games : Star Wars: Republic Commando (PC CD) .
Rating: 
- FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!
Star Wars RC is an amazing game. I have completed it over and over again and I must say it is one of the finest fps games ever. My only gripe is that i won't play on 64 bit vista (which I have) so I can't play it any more but apart from that the game is fantastic. The gameplay is solid with a gripping story and interesting plot twists. Although the types of tactics and assaults are similar, none are the same and each one makes you want to keep playing. If you only get one game this year..get this one!
Rating:
- A good buy
I recently bought this game to cheer myself up and boy did it do the trick. This game pleasantly suprised me with the quality of the graphics and although the game play is fun it lacks an air of difficulty. Republic commando allows you to control a team of 4 commandos during the clone wars and as another suprise doent contain jedis. You follow the back story line which is nice as it seems the game doesnt have to follow a srtict line to please fans, which gives it an air of mystery, which can only help its overall fun factor. All in all a good buy (special at the price i bought it for) that will entertain you for a while.
Rating: - Halo turns Star Wars
This game is amazing, if maybe a bit short. It has great graphics runs just fine, it is overall a great game and i would recommend it. It is similar to Halo.
Rating: - Nice but short
Yes! A lightsaber free Star Wars game! About time too.
I was addicted to this game at first, I really was. But after 2 6 hours sessions of playing it (estimate) it just finishes. The shortest game ever. But on a positive angle, Lucasarts didn't have much of an oppurtunity to mess it up. So what's in the game, you'll like.
The game takes place from the end of Episode II and leads up to roughly the beginning of Episode III. You play as the same character, a squad commander, all the way through the game. This is a great point about Republic Commando, it differs from the other Star Wars games with how you don't play as a famous character. Actually there's only references made to famous characters, and you only see 2 famous character for about 5 seconds. If you want to know who, then you see Yoda for a short piece of dialogue as a hologram, and one mission allows you to see General Grievous.
The game takes you through 3 areas (yes, only 3) with about 5 "levels" in each of them. 15 levels sounds like a lot but not when they're as short as they are here. You visit Geonosis, a ghost-ship like Clone cruiser thingy and Kashyyyk. The environments are graphically good, not much to say about them though.
Multiplayer is boring. More fun to be had in single player so I wouldn't bother with it.
Might as well buy it, wether you like Star Wars or not. FPS fans should go for it though, definately.
Rating: - What? A Star Wars game with no Jedi?
Say it isn't so. 'Fraid it is. And all the better for it.
I've been waiting for something like this after the Dark Forces games - I wanted an opposite game that made you play as a stormtrooper, helping the Empire take over the galaxy (evil laugh inserted here). This game is set during SW: Episodes 2 and 3 and you don't even see a hint of Jedi - only other troopers on the ground. The best thing about this is that you feel that if you're on a covert operation, then you're on a covert operation. If there's a large battle going on and you're in the centre, then you see ships flying around in the background shooting stuff. Music and sound is top notch (as is seen in the extras). But mainly it's when "a plan comes together" that makes this fun.
The team control system is easy to use - you don't ask your comrades to walk here, then there, then crouch over there. No, you get to command sniper positions, breaching doors, slicing systems using Wookie bodies as cover and killing stuff that explodes vital fluids onto your visor if you get too close. I cheered when that first happened. And I still don't feel guilty now.
But. It's not always easy to aim your rifle (there's no "centre" to your reticle); a couple of the later situations you're put in require you to run under a hail of gunfire and try to stick it out - not good as then it's a matter of luck. And it does feel repititive after you've played over an hour.
At the time of this review, this costed under a tenner. It's a great blast and you'll want more after you've finished - if only just to see something explode again.
- FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!Star Wars RC is an amazing game. I have completed it over and over again and I must say it is one of the finest fps games ever. My only gripe is that i won't play on 64 bit vista (which I have) so I can't play it any more but apart from that the game is fantastic. The gameplay is solid with a gripping story and interesting plot twists. Although the types of tactics and assaults are similar, none are the same and each one makes you want to keep playing. If you only get one game this year..get this one!
Rating:
- A good buyI recently bought this game to cheer myself up and boy did it do the trick. This game pleasantly suprised me with the quality of the graphics and although the game play is fun it lacks an air of difficulty. Republic commando allows you to control a team of 4 commandos during the clone wars and as another suprise doent contain jedis. You follow the back story line which is nice as it seems the game doesnt have to follow a srtict line to please fans, which gives it an air of mystery, which can only help its overall fun factor. All in all a good buy (special at the price i bought it for) that will entertain you for a while.
Rating:
- Halo turns Star WarsThis game is amazing, if maybe a bit short. It has great graphics runs just fine, it is overall a great game and i would recommend it. It is similar to Halo.
Rating:
- Nice but shortYes! A lightsaber free Star Wars game! About time too.
I was addicted to this game at first, I really was. But after 2 6 hours sessions of playing it (estimate) it just finishes. The shortest game ever. But on a positive angle, Lucasarts didn't have much of an oppurtunity to mess it up. So what's in the game, you'll like.
The game takes place from the end of Episode II and leads up to roughly the beginning of Episode III. You play as the same character, a squad commander, all the way through the game. This is a great point about Republic Commando, it differs from the other Star Wars games with how you don't play as a famous character. Actually there's only references made to famous characters, and you only see 2 famous character for about 5 seconds. If you want to know who, then you see Yoda for a short piece of dialogue as a hologram, and one mission allows you to see General Grievous.
The game takes you through 3 areas (yes, only 3) with about 5 "levels" in each of them. 15 levels sounds like a lot but not when they're as short as they are here. You visit Geonosis, a ghost-ship like Clone cruiser thingy and Kashyyyk. The environments are graphically good, not much to say about them though.
Multiplayer is boring. More fun to be had in single player so I wouldn't bother with it.
Might as well buy it, wether you like Star Wars or not. FPS fans should go for it though, definately.
Rating:
- What? A Star Wars game with no Jedi?Say it isn't so. 'Fraid it is. And all the better for it.
I've been waiting for something like this after the Dark Forces games - I wanted an opposite game that made you play as a stormtrooper, helping the Empire take over the galaxy (evil laugh inserted here). This game is set during SW: Episodes 2 and 3 and you don't even see a hint of Jedi - only other troopers on the ground. The best thing about this is that you feel that if you're on a covert operation, then you're on a covert operation. If there's a large battle going on and you're in the centre, then you see ships flying around in the background shooting stuff. Music and sound is top notch (as is seen in the extras). But mainly it's when "a plan comes together" that makes this fun.
The team control system is easy to use - you don't ask your comrades to walk here, then there, then crouch over there. No, you get to command sniper positions, breaching doors, slicing systems using Wookie bodies as cover and killing stuff that explodes vital fluids onto your visor if you get too close. I cheered when that first happened. And I still don't feel guilty now.
But. It's not always easy to aim your rifle (there's no "centre" to your reticle); a couple of the later situations you're put in require you to run under a hail of gunfire and try to stick it out - not good as then it's a matter of luck. And it does feel repititive after you've played over an hour.
At the time of this review, this costed under a tenner. It's a great blast and you'll want more after you've finished - if only just to see something explode again.
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