Ryan McAvoy said:
haraldo23 said:
Best. Game. Ever. Even outside of Star Wars. The only video game that I still proudly own and play about once a year. And it's the sole reason why I'm glad the prequels were made (... kind of) - they spawned this entertainment masterpiece.
Did you ever play..
- Cannon Fodder on the Amiga 500+
- Frogger on the Dragon 32
- Turrican II on the Commodore 64
- Prince of Persia on the IBM PS1
- Goldeneye on the N64
- Blade Runner on a Windows 95 PC
- Dues Ex: Human Revolution on the PS3
...to name but a few. But a general rule would be if it was on the Amiga or the N64 it was probably brilliant!
I've played some of those and I've played a ton of others. However, the cool thing about RC was the fact that it was set in the Star Wars Universe (which I [really wanna] love) as well as this interesting, dynamic sort of brotherly camaraderie that other video games (even bigger ones like Gears of War) just don't have.
The tone was perfect, the story felt very enticing, the goals were clear... The gameplay and variety of levels, and the length of the game - everything about it was perfect. A great, but also different kind of Star Wars experience.
But it wasn't just that. There were also little things. For instance, I liked how it took a huge step away from what [modern] Star Wars fans usually prefer: colorful lightsaber raves and Jedi [who fight and act like anime characters]. The music was it's own thing. And the story - it wasn't some important, game changing, history space occupying storyline that most Star Wars writers strive for - it was just 4 dudes in middle of a war, trying to accomplish their little mission and make it through alive. Some real charming simplicity...
The game also put 'WAR' back into STAR WARS and... you know, while I love violence in movies/video games (and RC did have a good chunk of it) - I liked how you were mostly just killing robots. As action packed as it was, you never really felt like you were being violent and killing a bunch of poor bastards. You were just disarming bombs and protecting yourself and your team from soulless killing machines... for the most part.
Anyways, this reply is getting too fat... So, in short: there are a lot of reasons why I love "Star Wars: Republic Commando" and here you have about 2% of them. And I hope they made sense.