An enhanced port of the game by Aspyr was released for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on April 6, 2021. The game was made available on Xbox One via backward compatibility on April 16, 2018. Over the years, the game has come to be considered one of the best Star Wars games ever made, along with gaining a cult following. Republic Commando received generally favorable reviews at release, with praise directed at its story, characters, and combat, although some criticized the short length and average multiplayer. Players can also indirectly control the actions of their squadmates RC-1262 ("Scorch"), RC-1140 ("Fixer"), and RC-1207 ("Sev") by issuing different commands, which allow for certain situations to be approached in multiple ways. Throughout the single-player campaign, players assume the role of the squad's leader, RC-1138 ("Boss"), and complete various missions during the Clone Wars. Set in the Star Wars Legends expanded universe, the game revolves around Delta Squad, a special ops unit within the Galactic Republic's Clone Army consisting of four genetically-enhanced clone troopers, referred to as "Clone/Republic Commandos".
It was released for the Xbox and Microsoft Windows in March 2005. Begun, my hunger for a new Clone Wars has.Star Wars: Republic Commando is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed and published by LucasArts. There’s a lot of love out there for Republic Commando, and a fanbase that is dying to return to the Clone Wars for one more push into a war that tore the galaxy in half. It’s a damn shame that Republic Commando never got the sequel it was promised, the cancelled Imperial Commando that was scrapped before it ever truly began. Imagine boarding an abandoned Republic Assault Ship, faint glimmers of light bouncing off of the hull and punctuated only by the occassional scream of a Clonetrooper being ambushed by scavenger droids.īeyond a visual upgrade, Republic Commando would also benefit massively as a co-op game, each Commando in your team assigned a role and special skills that they’d need to survive battles where the odds are never in your favour and teamwork is the only path to the victory. Picture storming the battlefield during the Battle of Geonosis amidst a maelstrom of explosions, crippling Separatist forces in the opening battle of Geonosis. But just picture the scene: That visceral gameplay, heightened by current quality of life improvements while framed against an epic background of war. Republic Commando may still feel great to play, but it definitely does show its age when compared to the last 15 years of developments on the first-person shooter front.
So here’s the pitch: Imagine that legendary campaign, given new life through DICE’s cutting edge software on the latest hardware. Oh no, my video game PTSD is flaring up again. On top of that, you had handy prompts for your squad in the heat of battle and just enough banter between them to make you actually care about Boss, Scorch, Fixer and Sev. Republic Commando had push-forward gameplay that emphasised run ‘n gun action, savage showdowns and a win at all costs mentality that slotted in perfectly into the overall structure of the Clone Wars. With a synopsis like that, holy crap did it feel good to play as one of the best soldiers in the Grand Army of the Republic.
Elite Clone Commandos who could give ARC troopers a run for their money, this quartet of Republic ass-kickers were designed to win at all costs and they were armed to the teeth with enough firepower to bring down a fleet of Star Destroyers if they were pointed in that direction. It was an unrelenting display of power, utilising the very best genes of the third-most famous Mandalorian to craft a soldier that was a cut above your regular Clonetrooper. Released back in 2005 at the height of prequel mania, Republic Commando was essentially Doom with a Clone Wars wardrobe. I had a laugh earlier in the week with a very debateable top ten list of the best Star Wars games (Surprise! Garth Sirius isn’t real!), but if I was being dead serious I’d chuck Star Wars: Republic Commando into that listicle without losing sleep.
Where the fuck is my Republic Commando remake? With all of that progress, those assets and that experience, I’ve just got one question for EA. The monetisation doesn’t feel like a taxman squeezing blood from a stone, the modes on offer are brilliant and DICE’s visual work is obscenely good. The straw that broke the loot box camel’s back, Battlefront II is currently ending its lifespan in a far better state than what it started.