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Republic Commando Details Revealed 13 Feb, 2004, 18:48 / 4 comments

By Jake


LucasArts today put out a press release and some new screenshots revealing a little more about the upcoming first person shooter, Star Wars Republic Commando. In the game, which is apparently dark, moody, and involves sneaking around in lots of atmospheric dank corridors (as shown in the excellent E3 teaser), you play as a clone trooper, with a small squad following you around which you can vaguely control:
Mission briefings set the tone in this dark first-person shooter, as players lead their squads on a variety of assignments such as hostage rescue, infiltration/data retrieval, elimination, assault, sabotage and reconnaissance operations. Your three-man team is controlled through an intuitive and accessible "smart squad" command system, based on squad markers and stances.
The game takes place on a lot of various ships, as well as the planet Geonosis (the red one with the insects in Episode 2), and Kashyyyk (home of Chewebacca and Wookiee Life Day). More info is available at the official site.
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4 Comments

  • guybrushthedwarf on 15 Feb, 2004, 12:57…
    Surely the kind of game I doubt I ever buy but it's the first Starwars Game that hasn't the look of it. In fact only one or two screenshots remind me of the starwars universe. Intriguing ... and the gameplay itself seems quite "abnormal".
  • Marek on 14 Feb, 2004, 15:27…
    I approve of this.

    The screenshots look nice enough to forego the usual "we need more original games from LucasArts" rant.
  • black_sheep on 14 Feb, 2004, 05:07…
    GameSpot has an exclusive preview with some more excellent new shots!
  • JBRAA on 13 Feb, 2004, 20:23…
    I noticed LEC are only "hiring" the Unreal Engine for Republic Commando, and not hiring actual man power from another game company to collaborate with them. No Aspyr, Raven, nor Activision are in this game to help out what I've read. It seems LEC are on their own to pull off a successfull game. They got the base for smooth graphics so far, and a great looking trailer.

    I hope the missions are as exciting as in Call of Duty.

    I like their "key art" (cover art) on their temp site:
    Good job.