First launched in 2005, Star Wars: Republic Commando acted as many a younger Star Wars fan’s preliminary introduction to the idea that the clone troopers of the prequel trilogy are human beings–creating distinctive identities for the seemingly equivalent troopers. Republic Commando has a robust legacy amongst Star Wars fans–despite the sport’s elimination from the official canon, it stays a key a part of the Star Wars universe, particularly with regards to online game entries.Handled by Aspyr Media, Star Wars: Republic Commando Remastered brings the unique 2005 Xbox and PC sport to PS4 and Switch with enhanced HD graphics and modernized controls, although the multiplayer is absent. Otherwise, it is the identical sport. And although the failings in its gameplay are solely extra noticeable now 16 years later, this remaster manages to nonetheless ship a compelling story of 4 specialised commandos participating in quite a lot of fight missions throughout the Clone Wars.Squad UpIn Republic Commando, you play as RC-1138 aka “Boss,” commanding sergeant of a specialised commando unit educated to tackle missions that require a larger stage of talent and cognitive capability than normal clone troopers possess. Your unit, Delta Squad, can be composed of sarcastic demolitions professional RC-1262 aka “Scorch,” by-the-books hacker and technical analyst RC-1140 aka “Fixer,” and morbidly grim sniper RC-1207 aka “Sev.” The sport takes place over a number of places, starting with an task on Geonosis on the finish of Attack of the Clones and concluding on Kashyyyk simply previous to the occasions of Revenge of the Sith.The totally different actors for Boss (Temuera Morrison), Scorch (Raphael Sbarge), Fixer (Andrew Chaikin), and Sev (Jonathan David Cook) do many of the legwork in differentiating every member of the squad from each other. Most of the sport sees all 4 working collectively, offering quite a few alternatives for conversations between the squad. This helps to construct a rapport along with your AI-teammates–Scorch and Sev’s brotherly rivalry with each other continues to be amusing years later, as are Fixer’s repeated however ineffective reprimands for the 2 of them to behave extra like adults. As you are in command, the others look as much as you as a giant brother determine, and this familial bond creates an inclination to behave protectively in the direction of your squadmates.That’s an excellent factor, as a result of that need to maintain your squad alive will assist inspire you to make good selections. Having parts of a tactical shooter, Republic Commando provides you choices in the way to lead your squad by way of fight gauntlets–these vary from basic orders reminiscent of “defend a spot” or “search and destroy,” to extra particular instructions like telling Sev to make use of his sniper rifle from behind a sure piece of canopy or tasking Scorch with setting a demolition cost on an impediment in entrance of you. Holographic outlines of the place a squadmate can do one thing will seem in your HUD, permitting you to know what choices you have got in every space and simply assign squadmates to the place you need them to go.The Illusion Of CommandEarly on, there is not a lot company in how one can command your squad, which, together with the sport’s linear nature, can really feel disappointingly restrictive. There’s little or no selection in the way to deal with an issue on Geonosis–usually the answer is simply given to you as you are funneled right into a plan as a substitute of creating your personal. But your prospects do open up in later ranges.For instance, my favourite a part of the sport has you enter a hangar the place droid soldier dispensers are going to land–in reality you may see them within the distance, supplying you with a window of alternative to shortly devise a plan earlier than the combat breaks out. Throughout the hangar, there are spots the place your squad can take up positions to snipe or throw grenades or man a turret, however there are additionally a dozen or so canisters the place you or a squadmate can connect motion-sensing explosive traps. So it is a mad sprint to get a good suggestion of how the hangar is laid out, determine the place to assign your squad to do probably the most harm, and determine the place to place traps to plug the holes in your protection. It encourages you to make logic calls quick as a result of the risk is so imminent. And it is unattainable to do the whole lot earlier than the primary dispenser arrives, forcing you to react to any of your errors. It’s a tense second however so extremely rewarding, as a result of it is one of many strongest examples of seeing how your plans can save the day.Republic Commando would not provide you with one thing like that prior, nor does it do something too related for the remainder of the marketing campaign (there are a few different standout moments prefer it, however they do not fairly require the identical stage of strategic prowess), which sadly signifies that this tactical sport is not truly all that tactical. Sure, you are directing the squad and making the choices, however when the choice is whether or not or not you wish to use a sure sniping spot (with out a lot draw back both means), the decision-making course of is not as impactful.And that is the place Republic Commando Remastered struggles probably the most. In 2005, the phantasm that you just have been repeatedly making impactful selections was solely damaged after enjoying the sport a number of instances and noticing that you just have been largely making related selections to your first run by way of the sport. In 2021, with 16 extra years of sport design iteration to match to, it is much more apparent. It’s not like you may assign your fellow commandos to snipe from wherever as an illustration, you may solely inform them to snipe from predetermined places and there is usually no multiple or two spots per space. If you enter an space and there is a pc to hack as a way to proceed and one place to offer cowl with sniper fireplace, the extent design is robotically funneling you into fixing the speedy drawback by splicing into the pc and putting a sniper for overwatch help. Sure you may simply select to not place the sniper the place the sport has designated the best spot, however that does not actually impression the battle apart from making it a bit longer as a result of nobody is taking out the far-off targets since everybody within the squad is ready for enemies to shut in. That’s not you making a technique to one of the best of your tactical skills, that is the extent design telling you what to do–and there isn’t any satisfaction in following another person’s plan in a sport all about techniques.And so for a number of moments all through the sport (particularly the beginning), it may possibly really feel such as you’re simply going by way of the motions of assigning squadmates to the 2 or three mandatory positions that want filling. It’s an issue that turns into much less outstanding additional into the sport whenever you begin being put into bigger areas with 4 or extra potential instructions and thus supplying you with the chance to really determine what you wish to do, however your lack of company as a commander by no means actually goes away.Even although tactical command choices are pretty restricted, the absence of them continues to be noticeable, and the uncommon moments when your tactical skills are stripped from you might be nonetheless extremely efficient at instilling a way of vulnerability. After you construct rapport with the opposite members of Delta Squad, you are often thrown into conditions the place it’s essential to combat solo. With no teammates chirping in your ear, it is extremely lonely and that feeling is strengthened by way of the gameplay within the lack of squadmates to help you in battle–you cannot assign Sev to cowl you or process Fixer to slowly hack a pc when you and Scorch maintain off an oncoming risk, it’s a must to do the whole lot by yourself. It’s undoubtedly not as hectic as enjoying a survival horror sport, however the sensation is comparable; it sells the urgency of the state of affairs the place you want to reconvene along with your squad as quickly as you may. Even in case your capability to direct your group is considerably restricted more often than not, your function because the commander builds a robust sense of camaraderie and it is noticeable when it is gone.Changes In The RemasterThe lack of multiplayer is the remaster’s most noticeable change, although admittedly, multiplayer was by no means Republic Commando’s sturdy swimsuit. The multiplayer included two variations of deathmatch and two variations of seize the flag on eight totally different maps that have been impressed by ranges from the campaign–it was your normal mid-2000s multiplayer shooter affair (that means it was not Halo 2), and it lacked the squad-based banter that makes the single-player marketing campaign as satisfying as it’s.I additionally do not miss the sport’s previous management scheme, which was considerably annoying on the unique Xbox. On Switch and PS4, the sport takes benefit of the Joy-Con and DualShock 4’s bumpers, two further buttons that the unique Xbox controller did not have, as a way to make switching grenades and visor modes simpler.For this overview, I performed Republic Commando Remastered on Switch. Playing it docked and with a gamepad controller is my choice contemplating it is simpler to see far off targets on a bigger display screen, however the sport holds up in handheld mode with the Joy-Con controllers too. Having not examined the remaster on PS4 (or PS5 by way of backwards compatibility), I can not touch upon that model, however the Switch did hitch on occasion–basically each time the sport loaded into a brand new space, registered a guide save, or tried to handle quite a few enemies and/or explosions on the display screen. It by no means put me in a harder state of affairs, however it’s noticeable and thus a bit annoying. My sport additionally outright crashed as soon as, however the beneficiant auto save characteristic meant I solely misplaced just a few seconds of progress.On Switch, aiming can take some getting used to, however Republic Commando is kind of free on calls for for precision so the Joy-Con controllers can successfully line up a shot–you do not must be precise, you simply have to make sure your gun is aiming in the correct route. It’s fortunately beneficiant in what counts as a success, so it is by no means irritating you could’t obtain the identical stage of precision as a mouse and keyboard.Same Game, New Paint JobIn the top, Republic Commando Remastered would not do something to drastically change the expertise of enjoying the unique sport. And to that finish, its shortcomings have solely turn into extra obvious with time–tactical shooters have developed to supply extra satisfying experiences with selection and consequence–so you probably will not discover a lot replayability right here.But it is nonetheless entertaining all issues thought of. If you really liked its marketing campaign again then, you will see that it has aged properly in some respects. And if you have not performed Republic Commando earlier than, the remaster’s upgraded graphics and modernized management scheme can help you get pleasure from a sport that is 16 years previous.Plus, Vode An, Republic Commando’s fundamental theme, continues to be probably the most epic piece of unique composition made for a Star Wars online game, and that alone deserves to be skilled.
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