Everything is handled on a single face button. Take up Sniping Positionsīossing them around is easy as can be. Commandos are the best of the best, and get tasked with missions vital to the war effort. Delta Squad is comprised of Boss (that’s you!), Sev, Schorch, and Fixer, who are elite units within the Republic’s clone army. Rather, the tactical considerations come from the handling of your squad. You’re gonna want to fire blasters in a Star Wars shooter, and there will be plenty of that. This is not to say you’ll be crouching in the shadows, of course. While I love the kinetic focus of FPS games we have today, there’s something refreshing about a shooter that’s a little more cerebral. This is a game that requires you to slow down your pace and be a little more thoughtful than today’s shooters. In a world where even Rainbow Six no longer takes itself seriously as a military game, Republic Commando satisfies a flavor that’s all but gone from modern shooters. It’s such a unique take on the larger Star Wars mythos that its innovations carry it a long way.

Does that experience hold up in the modern era, however? The property can easily support an endless amount of genres within it, but who would’ve guessed we’d get a first-person elite squad game set within the galaxy far, far away? But that’s exactly what we got when Star Wars: Republic Commando came out, and it was pretty great. Getting a boots-on-the-ground military experience was a special treat in 2005 for Star Wars fans.

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