Chaos has erupted throughout the galaxy. As a leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihalate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team-instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon. Star Wars: Republic Commando is a tactical first-person shooter video game, set in the Star Wars universe. It was developed by LucasArts using the Unreal Engine, and published for the Xbox and Microsoft Windows in 2005. The game features both single-player and multiplayer game modes. In the story, set in the Star Wars Legends expanded universe, players assume the role of RC-1138 ("Boss"), an elite clone trooper, known as "clone commando", and the leader of the special ops unit Delta Squad, consisting of three fellow clone commandos with distinctive personalities and character traits: RC-1262 ("Scorch"), RC-1140 ("Fixer"), and RC-1207 ("Sev"). The story follows Delta Squad as they complete increasingly difficult missions throughout the Clone Wars and learn to bond as a team. Republic Commando received generally favorable reviews at release. Many critics praised the story and combat, but criticized the short length and average multiplayer. In the years since its release, it has come to be considered one of the best Star Wars games ever made, and has gained a cult following. An enhanced port of the game by Aspyr is set to release for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on April 6, 2021. As reported by Jordan Ramée of GameSpot, "Handled by Aspyr Media, Star Wars: Republic Commando Remastered brings the original 2005 Xbox and PC game to PS4 and Switch with enhanced HD graphics and modernized controls, though the multiplayer is absent. Otherwise, it's the same game. And though the flaws in its gameplay are only more noticeable now 16 years later, this remaster manages to still deliver a compelling story of four specialized commandos engaging in a variety of combat missions across the Clone Wars.".
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It has a more gritty presentation than is typical for Star Wars, both 19 years ago and even today, and it fits quite well considering the whole surrounding it.
I also want to appreciate here how after a abrupt anti-climax, you are treated to the most "early 2000s licensed shooter song" ever. Incredible.
While the gameplay works well and is fun, it also becomes repetetive. Entering the second of three main levels, you have seen everything the game has to offer in terms of enemies. The final main level does not provide anything new, instead just starts to mix the geonosians from the first level into the mix. It led to a situation where I was glad when it ended, even if it could have been sooner. Other issues with the gameplay are sudden insane difficulty spikes from time to time. Especially around the end of the first main level is one section that is cruel, and then the autosave is far behind. I tried this game the first time a couple years ago and in that moment that was so dumb to me I quit.
Still, I don't want to be too harsh to this since it is incredible considering what it is and especially for its time, and if I played this as a kid I would most likely highly adore it.
Para um iniciante, o jogo é absurdamente difícil e tático, fazendo assim com que a jogatina necessite de mais atenção e preparo. Além disso, o jogo não tem suporte de legenda para outras línguas sem ser o inglês, afastando ainda mais fãs (principalmente de outras regiões do planeta que não fale inglês).
O que pode ser considerado um defeito para alguns, mas para mim não foi, são os gráficos, que é o charme do jogo, além de não ter envelhecido tão mal, diferente de outros jogos da época.
As qualidades do jogo para mim é bem hipócrita, pois eu gosto da dificuldade dele, me exigindo um certo esforço, além dos personagens que são esteriótipos de um esquadrão.
Eu me divertir jogando, tanto por ser fã de Star Wars, quanto pelo que o jogo quis passar, ser um soldado Clone de elite e líder de um esquadrão de elite, básico, porém bem feito. Não sei se recomendaria...