Republic Commando (Video Game)

Prepare your favorite Mando’a battle cry, the classic Republic Commando game from 2005 will infiltrate both the PlayStation 4 (and PS5 via backwards compatibility) and Switch on April 6 (and this announcement isn’t too surprising now knowing The Bad Batch premieres the following month). It’ll cost $14.99, and as much as I’d love to buy it immediately, May the Fourth typically has some gaming deals so maybe consider waiting a month to see if a discount arrives, but this’ll be worth a purchase regardless. I played this through fully for the first time on PC in 2014, and my review found, “Republic Commando takes a much grittier approach to the Star Wars universe…definitely one of the more commendable aspects to {the game} and helps make you feel like you’re in the boots of the grunts.” I’ll be looking forward to slightly cleaner graphics and modernized controls of this port. See some screenshots of the upcoming release below. Continue reading “Republic Commando Remaster Infiltrates PS4, Switch in April” →

– Spoiler Review –

With the Prequels focusing on Force users good and bad, a lot of people missed the focus on the little guy/gal rising up against a bigger enemy. In the prequel era, the clones were the little guy(s) and not much had been told from their point of view regarding events like the Clone Wars (until Emmy award winning The Clone Wars, of course). Several novels started giving them major roles while LucasArts secretly toiled away on their own addition to the clones’ ever evolving story. Releasing a few months before Revenge of the Sith, LucasArts decided to make their version of giving the little guys a voice with a tactical first-person shooter named Republic Commando. While it doesn’t avoid every pratfall of the FPS genre, Republic Commando’s tactical side saves it from true monotony. Continue reading “Video Game Review: Star Wars: Republic Commando” →