This is a year after Half-Life 2, and you can tell that the devs learned from Valve. It's not the best AI ever developed for a game, but it's pretty damn good for its time, and it's done with very few scripted events. Crucially, they can also assist the player if you get downed, and will determine whether it's currently safe to do so. Your squad know how to take cover, will call new targets, maintain variable proximity depending on standing orders, that sort of thing. Bear in mind that this is an Xbox title from 2005 that got ported to PC. Just like how armor decoration helps characterise the individual commandos, the squad's behavior helps characterise them as a team. The most significant element of the game's development was surely its AI. I think this was the right call, but I digress. Say what you will about the man and his other, weirder decisions.
He made the decision to discard the original plain white armor with something more personal. Would you believe that this is a first party LucasArts game, developed and published entirely by LucasArts themselves? It's true - so true, in fact, that George Lucas himself was directly involved, particularly with how the commandos presented themselves. More to the point, you and your 3 squadmates are gonna do some "covert" ops.Īnd by "covert" I mean we're going in guns blazing, but in a sort of unexpected way. With that out of the way, you can actually enjoy the game, which wastes no time establishing your circumstances and the stakes: the galaxy is at war, and you and your 1,199,999 brothers are gonna save it. As an added bonus, the fix also adds improved widescreen support and some graphics fixes without impacting gameplay. Around 60 should do the trick, but I found that as high as 144 still allows precision mouse control in menus. Download and install the Star Wars Republic Commando Graphics Fix, go to the in-game options and set your FPS limit to something appropriate.
Moving your mouse an inch will send the cursor flying across the main menu, which is gonna get pretty frustrating pretty quickly. Incidentally, it's also a console port, and actually not a very good one.Īssuming you're playing on PC, you'll probably notice that your cursor is trying to beat Han Solo's Kessel Run record. These are the toughest, scariest, most elite warriors the Grand Army of the Republic has to offer short of throwing a Jedi at the enemy. Through 3 missions of increasing length, you'll be playing as the leader of a squad of clone commandos fighting for the Galactic Republic. Well, this week, I'm reviewing Star Wars: Republic Commando, a squad-based first person tactical shooter with particular emphasis on the squad. Remember last week, when I reviewed a squad-based third person cover shooter?
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