Jesse Harlin’s score remains as immaculate as the day the game first released and all the sound effects you’d expect out of Star Wars are front and centre. Of course, being Star Wars, sound is a big factor, and Republic Commando is one of the IP’s highest points.
Sure, some of the enemies might be a little too spongey, but the sheer variety and versatility of the tools offered is impressive, chief among them your DC-17 – a modular rifle that can shift between RPG, AR, and sniper. Your squad carries on and finishes the job before picking you back up.Įven the shooting has aged surprisingly well, especially when paired with a more modern control scheme via preset or custom mapping. This is best personified by the game not ending the second you get taken out. Your AI squadmates – in most games, a nuisance to be coddled – are capable of holding their own, sometimes more effectively than you. These commandos are the best of the best, and they act like it. Telling Delta Squad what to do and how to do it feels visceral in a way that many modern shooters aren’t even able to achieve. It nailed this so well, that now, 16 years later, the game holds up shockingly well.
It found a perfect balance between the tactical, detail-intensive gameplay of shooters like Rainbow Six and the cinematic bombast of Call of Duty. In fact, if there’s a slight tinge of improved graphics on PS4, then I’d argue that portability trumps that visual boost for me.When Star Wars Republic Commando launched in 2005, it was ahead of its time. If you’re playing a game like Star Wars Republic Commando, however, then the differences aren’t all that significant. Here’s the thing: a game like NBA 2K21 on Switch is going to be much worse than the PS4 version. It’s another example of why the Switch’s portability continues to sway me towards the console even if other platforms offer the same game. I think the game’s squad-based gameplay is quite fun and I wouldn’t have dreamed of this being available in a handheld console some 16 years ago. In terms of gameplay, things are as fun as ever with this experience in handheld mode. I’m willing to look past it because it wasn’t consistent enough to ruin anything. That’s not unique to my experience playing the Original Xbox version on my Xbox One less than 12 months ago. In handheld, I noticed some slight frame rate drops when things got really busy. Across around 10 hours of linear, scripted combat, I had few issues.
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