Delta Squad may be well-trained, but they’re still regular flesh and blood, meaning they go down easily.
While these squad mechanics don’t exactly reach simulation-levels of complexity, they are incredibly useful. Each member, including the player, has their own health bar if it’s depleted, they’ll need to be revived. As their leader, players can order their three squadmates around, having them operate turrets, take up sniping positions, attack specific enemies, demolish obstacles and more. The action blends traditional corridor first-person shooting with light squad-based mechanics. From the first battles on Geonosis to the weary final skirmishes on Wookie home planet Kashyyyk, players will fight through countless droids and alien combatants as they complete their objectives, helping to turn the tide of those significant Clone Wars battles. Throughout the game, the squad is thrust into a handful of campaigns scattered throughout the Clone Wars, in which they will ultimately play a pivotal role. There’s Boss, the leader and player character Sev, the bloodthirsty sniper Scorch, the quick-witted demolitions expert and Fixer, the (mostly) by-the-book technician. Each of the four has a different speciality and, surprisingly, a distinct personality.
The action centres around Delta Squad-no, not the meathead Gears crew-a four-person team of highly-trained clone troopers whose capabilities far exceed any regular clones. For all intents and purposes, though, this is an Xbox game ported straight to the Switch, and what an Xbox game it is. Whether some resolutions have been tweaked or mechanics adjusted slightly I can’t say. This version of Republic Commando released in 2021 for the Switch is nearly identical to the one you might have played in 2005 on the original Xbox, albeit with the potential for portability working in its favour. Let it be known right here at the top that this isn’t a remake, remaster or anything of the sort. While the game’s quality and high reputation still shines through, it is, unfortunately, far from the definitive version of the game. Now, 16 years after its initial release, and for no discernible reason, it has been re-released on the Switch. Often placed in the former category is 2005’s squad-based tactical(ish) shooter Star Wars: Republic Commando. Some, like Knights of the Old Republic, have been phenomenal others, like Kinect Star Wars, have been…not so phenomenal.
Reviews // 22nd Apr 2021 - 7 months ago // By Jamie Davies Star Wars: Republic Commando ReviewĪlmost for as long as there have been videogames, there have been Star Wars videogames.
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