STAR WARS™ Republic Commando

Don't let the positive reviews fool you. This game is pure fan-bait and nothing else. If you're not a StarWars fan, hands off. First off the positives: - Great banter from the teammates and the NPCs. - Intuitive and easy to use squad commands. - Great soundtrack. Shame that it only has two tracks for seemingly the entire game. As for the rest of the game: - Miserable weapon variety. Five guns. - The pistol is nearly useless aside from the start of the game. - The assault rifle isn't much better and might as well shoot actual peas. - The sniper rifle can only be shot accurately while zoomed in. - The alien weapon takes half an hour to shoot. - The grenade launcher is servicable. - All of the weapons lack any semblance of feedback and feel like wet blankets. - Switching weapons takes forever since most are "switched" by de-assembling half your gun and re-assembling with another loadout. Stylish, but extremely impractical. - The max ammo limitation on every weapon is a joke. - The enemies either swarm like crazy from all sides since half of them can fly and leap erratically; or are tanks with single-hit kill attacks. - In most engagements the enemies respawn endlessly until you progress and in the other half they respawn near endlessly but need to be killed before moving on, leaving you to wonder which one you're currently in. - Squad mates are more a hindrance than a help as they constantly walk into your line of fire (including grenades) and shield the enemy from your attacks while getting injured by you. - Many environments simulate earthquakes by violently shaking your mouse, making aiming more of a timing puzzle than an actual FPS. - Teammates often ignore orders, instead standing around twiddling their thumbs while being obliterated by the enemy swarms. - Teammates often run ahead alone, getting themselves shot down and stranded in the middle of an enemy horde. - Semi-Regular game crashes. - Getting up from a revival takes half an eternity.

But the most of npcs are bullet sponges combined with the corridor level design makes the game pretty boring quickly

I wish they would make a sequel.

When I first played this on release day I was really impressed by the graphics and overall atmosphere compared to previous Star Wars FPS games. It had a grittier and darker atmosphere than anything I had played before in the Star Wars universe. The funny thing is I never finished it due to losing interest. I don't know if it was the missions, the map layouts or what, but I just lost interest quickly in this game. The squad based tactics are a very cool game mechanic, but it felt a tad gimmicky to me especially in such closed spaces. Overall it was a nice addition to the Star Wars game catalog. Now, I only hope GOG releases one of my all time favorite squad based sci-fi games Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri from the gaming gurus Looking Glass.

I don't like Star Wars universe...but this game is great - it's all.