Star Wars: Republic Commando (2005)

3.78 from 964 ratings

3509 members have it in their collection · 51 playing now · 1566 backlogged · 215 wish listed

How long? Main story 8h · with extras 11h · 100% 10h (from 10 logged playthroughs)

Chaos has erupted throughout the galaxy. As a leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihalate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team-instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon. Star Wars: Republic Commando is a tactical first-person shooter video game, set in the Star Wars universe. It was developed by LucasArts using the Unreal Engine, and published for the Xbox and Microsoft Windows in 2005. The game features both single-player and multiplayer game modes. In the story, set in the Star Wars Legends expanded universe, players assume the role of RC-1138 ("Boss"), an elite clone trooper, known as "clone commando", and the leader of the special ops unit Delta Squad, consisting of three fellow clone commandos with distinctive personalities and character traits: RC-1262 ("Scorch"), RC-1140 ("Fixer"), and RC-1207 ("Sev"). The story follows Delta Squad as they complete increasingly difficult missions throughout the Clone Wars and learn to bond as a team. Republic Commando received generally favorable reviews at release. Many critics praised the story and combat, but criticized the short length and average multiplayer. In the years since its release, it has come to be considered one of the best Star Wars games ever made, and has gained a cult following. An enhanced port of the game by Aspyr is set to release for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on April 6, 2021. As reported by Jordan Ramée of GameSpot, "Handled by Aspyr Media, Star Wars: Republic Commando Remastered brings the original 2005 Xbox and PC game to PS4 and Switch with enhanced HD graphics and modernized controls, though the multiplayer is absent. Otherwise, it's the same game. And though the flaws in its gameplay are only more noticeable now 16 years later, this remaster manages to still deliver a compelling story of four specialized commandos engaging in a variety of combat missions across the Clone Wars.". Read less

Details

Developers: LucasArts
Publishers: Activision, Aspyr Media, Electronic Arts, LucasArts
Genres: Adventure, Shooter, Tactical
Themes: Action, Science fiction
Franchises: Star Wars
Events: Xbox E3 2004 Press Conference, Xbox E3 2003 Press Conference
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Release dates

Feb 17, 2005 (Full Release) (Japan) Xbox
Feb 28, 2005 (Full Release) (North_America) Xbox
Mar 01, 2005 (Full Release) (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
Mar 04, 2005 (Full Release) (Europe) PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox
Jul 08, 2009 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
Apr 06, 2021 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
Apr 06, 2021 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PlayStation 4
Apr 06, 2021 (Next-Gen Optimization Patch Release) (Worldwide) PlayStation 5

Bundled in

Star Wars: The Best of PC (Nov 2006) · PC
Star Wars Collection (Nov 2010) · PC
Star Wars Racer and Commando Combo (Oct 2021) · NSW, PS4
Star Wars: Heritage Pack (Apr 2022) · NSW, PS4
Star Wars: Heritage Pack (Apr 2023) · NSW
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter & Republic Commando Bundle (Oct 2024) · NSW

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Rating distribution

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Community All Reviews Statuses

Status deepdoop Jul 16, 2024

My Fave FPS, 25: Star Wars: Republic Commando

This one is going to be quick because I wanted to get it out before I left for the day, but I dig this. It felt a little bit like Halo, though obviously not as good. Has some decent squad mechanics. It's a shooter I should probably revisit.

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Status 3DMYSTIC Sep 4, 2023

I always wanted to play this, and somehow still never have. Currently I am going through another bout of romance with Star Wars the Old Republic (free to play MMO) which really just makes me admit: I like Star Wars. That game is beautiful, an absolute treat to play. I hope Republic Commando tickles that same fancy

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Status Twilit_Fox Nov 27, 2017

Finished the Geonosis chapter. Solid shooter, not much of an FPS guy but the team aspect is cool, and the SW universe is spot-on.

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