While the graphics are the same, they’re now in HD, and the movement controls have been somewhat modernized as well. Now, for people looking for a faithful recreation of the game they played sixteen years ago, sorry, Star Wars: Republic Commando has been somewhat revamped. You get into gunfights with familiar faces and in familiar places, using blasters and thermal detonators to take them out and destroy their stuff, while using one of the many handy bacta dispensers when you get injured.Īlso, it should be noted that unlike Stormtroopers, Clone Troopers can actually hit the side of the barn. Otherwise, though, Star Wars: Republic Commando plays exactly like you’d expect a first-person shooter set in a galaxy far, far away to play. Though it is odd that you also have to tell injured comrades to get some bacta, or to help their fellow soldiers - you included - as opposed to them just doing it on their own. You can even get healed by a teammate when injured, as well as heal your downed comrades, or command a coworker use a nearby bacta dispenser when you’re busy busting up some clankers. And not just things like, “shoot that person” or “move here,” but more involved and imperative actions like “set this explosive charge” or “hack this terminal.” While you do, of course, shoot aliens and droids from the first-person perspective, you also issue commands to your squadmates. Starting with your formation during the battle of Geonosis, the game follows your team as you make your way through the Clone Wars, ultimately coming to the aid of Yoda and the Wookiees on Kashyyk.Īs for the gameplay, while this is a sci-fi first-person shooter, it’s closer to Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas and its sequel than any F.P.S. Which makes the new version of 2005’s Star Wars: Republic Commando (PlayStation 4, Switch) such an odd duck, as this sci-fi first-person shooter has gotten an upgrade…just not enough of one.Īt the end of Star Wars: Episode II: Attack Of The Clones and the battle on Kashyyk towards the close of Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith, Star Wars: Republic Commando casts you Delta-38, the leader of Delta Squad, a four-man team of clone trooper commandos. One has only to play the excellent revamps of Resident Evil 2 or Resident Evil 3, and then the faithful failure that is Resident Evil (HD Remaster)to see what to do, and what not to do, when bringing back an old favorite. As the recent Resident Evil remakes have shown so clearly, bringing an old game to new systems really only works when you update them as well.

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