Republic Commando, and the greatest story in Star Wars
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- Опубліковано 9 бер 2024
- It's an older video game, but it checks out.
Republic Commando is one of my very first games I ever played. It was virtually impossible for a child Thane to finish the game without cheat codes, and now that I'm an adult, with a fully functional adult brain, I just replayed it on the easiest difficulty. The bridge at Kachirho still has hands, hot damn.
This video is to recognize Republic Commando as not just a phenomenal story, with incredible characters, but also a foundational corner stone for my own understanding of games, stories, and characters.
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Your methods confuse and frighten me sir 🤔🤣
I adored this game, it and the original battlefront games really were the best star wars could ever give us.
Ok i didnt knwo they we’re actually called woocies
We don't talk about rule 34....
@@ugiustuskeiserus8066Why not? Also, what about Rule 63?
The fact that the sequal 'Imperial Commando' was canceled is one of the biggest gaming regrets of my life.
Don't blame your‑self. Blame Disney.
@@vee-bee-athe thing is, is that imperial commando was canceled before the first game came out
@@anthonylarson60 Damn.
We will find Sev, one day
I know I wish the books continued.
The 2000s was really the golden age of Star Wars video games. Kotor 1 and 2, Republic Commando, Battlefront 1 and 2, Rogue Squadron, Lego Star Wars etc. Such a good time back then.
Don't forget Jedi Knight 2 and Jedi Academy. Absolute gems following up Dark Forces 2 in the late 90s.
Don't forget the Forced Unleashed!
Honestly the mid 2000 star wars game golden age probably has more to do with my love of star wars than the movies.
Greatest time for star wars period
Kotor 1, and 2 are the greatest Star Wars games of all time, hands down, no contest. Republic Commando, and both Ps2 Battlefront games are pretty close as well. Some people might even prefer them more. Rogue Squadron is still my favorite Star Wars flying simulator video game, and none of those games ever age in my eyes. Lego Star Wars is still my favorite Lego game by a mile. I would put Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, and Revenge Of The Sith (one of the best movie based video games) up there, but just a step below the others on that list. The early Dark Forces 1 and 2 are great as well. There are so many great Star Wars games from the late 90's, and early 2000's. I still can't believe how far the Star Wars gaming scene has fallen over the years. The newer games are solid, but not on that same level. Even Obi-Wan for the original Xbox was great.
11:00 I will NEVER forget the numerous times the boys have DISOBEYED my orders just to revive me.
I understand it might be a bug, but I'd like to think it's moreso the fact that these are our BOYS, our BROTHERS, and even if you're adamant they hold the line until they can turn down the heat, hearing the revive go off and the quippy "Can you die later? This isn't a good time, sir" from Scorch as all *HELL* breaks loose? Its priceless.
Never played the game but can confirm nit a bug they are just that goated
Dude, I feel this in my soul
It’s not a bug! It’s just good programming.
My favorite quote:
(Delta 62: "This place is giving me the creeps.") "Ah Scorch...nothing better than a jungle hunt...hiding in the bush...putting a plasma bolt through a hostile's cranium (exhales)...makes me feel alive." (Delta 62: "Okay, now Oh-Seven's giving me the creeps…")
The dialogue and banter was so fucking good in that game it STILL outshines modern story-driven shooters
My favorite quote:
62: Was it red, green, red or red, red, green?
07: And this guy is our explosive expert?
62: I think Sev might have an anger problem
07: I think you have an intelligence problem
"Getting a read on something big headed this way"
"Hope it's not a spider-droid"
**door opens**
"Guess what, it's a spider droid!"
"INCOMING"
YEP! Like, “GOD DAMN IT SCORTCH! YOU HAD TO JINX IT!”
One other "Subtle" bit of perspective I like from this game is that it does a good job of telling you without telling you of the changes to the Republic, even in simple things like the Ship Names. Because this isn't a game where you're sailing around on some great ship named "The Liberator" or "Freedom Sings" or even something noble like "Home One" or "Ebon Hawk".
Your home is the "Prosecutor". You're saved by the "Arrestor". Those aren't the names of a ship The Good Guys use.
All these years, and I never noticed that! Neat!
When did law and order become bad?
@@ChiefCrewin many atrocities have been performed, both in real life and in fiction, as acts of “law and order.”
@ChiefCrewin it kinda dropped in quality after season 5
@@ChiefCrewin law & order isn’t inherently bad, however it can be used maliciously, and that is one aspect of tyranny. Star Wars is pretty thoroughly a story of tyranny; how tyrants come to power, how they maintain power, and how they often lose power.
Yes, arresting & prosecuting the guilty is justice, but when you know that very soon the ships “Arrestor” and “Prosecutor” will be used to spread tyranny through malicious applications of law & order, then that is pretty neat foreshadowing, at least I think.
Another awesome thing about this game is that they got actual Special Forces operators to oversee the way the dev team animated the Commandos; how they moved, handled their weapons, breached and cleared rooms, etc. All of it was okayed by real life military commandos, so it looked legit.
This game is such a treasure.
I`ve said this before, the way RC does B2`s is my fave. Not so easy to kill and way more terrifying, without a light-saber
Those B2s are a real challenge. They’ll kill your whole squad if you aren’t careful. Even by the end of the game, when you know how to take them down, they’re still a big threat. I like them a lot.
Even the B1s are done well. They're weak, but just unfeeling blasters on legs. The rusty look helps them seem like cold machines too.
Ohhh yeah! They were absolute walking TANKS and hit like one too! I remember burning a lot of ammo on them frequently.
at 11:00 on the subject of waiting for your squad to revive you, it should be mentioned that you can "force" one of them to come help you, the "recall and revive" option. This option I used a lot in the early game, until I realized that letting my squad do their thing was sometimes the right choice. Your weapon does not deal more damage to enemies than your squadmates', your revival is not worth risking one or more of your squadmates getting downed trying to get to you, or both of you just getting downed as soon as you're revived.
Your squad is competent. They're supposed to feel as competent as you. And that's mighty refreshing when all other games, yes all, with companions or squadmates never even get close to that feeling, often they don't even seem to try.
Whether it's because your companions are incompetent, or massively overpowered compared to you, doesn't matter. Only Republic Commando has ever gotten me that close to feeling equal to my AI pals.
Another thing on this, the tun speed is not slower or faster than the player character; it’s exactly the same
This so much this.
It's disheartening how utterly useless 'allies' are in other games when this one came out mid 2000's.
Fun fact, the guy who voiced Scorch also voiced Carth in Kotor
And Kaiden in the ME series
Say what?!
I’ll never not hear that now- wow how did I not notice
Ohhh really?! I never noticed! And I played both games!
There were 2 planned (but scrapped) sequels: imperial commando and rebel commando. They heavily implied that in the first game, you played as the same commando team minus Sev (so just a 3 man team) doing missions for the empire, and in the second, you played as Sev, who after capture in Kashyyk refused to serve the empire and joined the rebel alliance.
Shame we never got to see those.
I’m just picturing Sev going Noble 6 style on Imperial troopers like they’re utter trash. And man is it awesome!
this game is peak star WARS but i havent played it myself for a while now, so i am stunned seeing the squad AI dynamically crouch walk under the shots of the player at 8:04 when their pathfinding makes them run past the players line of fire, this game was advertised as a squad based game and this amount of detail in AI is something u very rarely see even now, with the latest id say being dragons dogma 2
Yeah even today there are hardly ai like the ones in Republic Commando
Let’s all pour one out for Scorch on this day.
cant understand why they introduced him at all. felt like a completely pointless insult. should have just made him another generic commando.
The Republic Commandos and Battlefront II were the blueprint for good Clone Wars stories AND games for me, they set the bar high.
Kinda realizing that Delta Squad was the blueprint for Clone Force 99 now that i think about it
God the second level aboard The Prosecutor...you really have to take the tag line of the game to heart.
*"THE SQUAD IS YOUR WEAPON"*
I always found a certain small detail really funny. When you hit your Teammates one too many times with your weapons, or with damage from exploding barrels you destroyed, they turn hostile and yell that you are a traitor to the Republic and they will down you and you have to reload a previous save game as they will not revive a traitor. I only did that once out of accident and it sticked with me since then.
What?! I didn’t know that was a thing! I should try that out next time as a challenge.
This and ODST absolutely nailed the vibes of having comrades you know and trust. The devil is in the details in making an entity that is little more than a collection of voice lines and mocap recordings feel like a friend you've known all your life
RC is far from perfect, but it laid a memorable foundation that was criminally cast aside.
"A battleship against a cruiser?"
"we can give them a black eye at least"
“Unmanned Gunnery against a Battle Cruiser?!”
“We can give them a black eye atleast!”
@@shcdemolisher always loved that line
@@DeltaWolf1000 Yeah!
Scorch deserved better. You know what I'm talking about.
True, it pisses me off how they could've created a new commando for the show but they opted for an already established and loved character, just to strip him off of his personality and kill him.
@@germony5956 exactly. He acts nothing like Scorch and instead a generic henchmen
@@MoodKapProductions well thats what the chip does though. I feel betrayed but ig thats the point. "Our" clones died with Order 66.
Not my Scorch.
My gaming wet dream is a VR Republic Commando reboot akin to the quality of Half Life Alyx. Ordering lifelike commandos with hand gestures and actually pointing along with configuring your weapons with your actual hands would be extremely cool in VR. Plus little things like the seeing the inside of the commandos helmet would make one of the most annoying things about VR (wearing the headset) actually a POSITIVE thing by immersing you because it you not only see but also feel like you're wearing a helmet lol.
Losing Sev is like losing Sidonus in Space Marine, that's not just your squadmate that's your Brother, the only difference is we don't get to see Sev go down, but we know he went down fighting right at the end,
we see Sidonus just finish off the last of the Chaos forces assailing him just for the Chaos Lord Nemeroth to stab him from behind while we are too far to help and Sidnous would be in the way of our Bolt rounds, and even if they hit... Nemeroth wears Terminator armor so they'd have no real effect unless a headshot is landed.
It's not even that, we see Sidonius is definitely dead.
With Sev, another few minutes and you could have rescued him, but you leave him behind...
One line I picked up from this game was from Scorch.
"Red-Red-Green? Or Red-Green-Red?"
I like to say it when planting explosives in any game
“And HE’S supposed to be the explosives expert.”
Did that a month ago with some randoms in Helldivers 2 while I was punching in the code to prime a Hellbomb at an Automaton Mortar position. He immediately clapped back with “And HE’S supposed to be the demolitions expert?” And EVERYONE in the mission got the joke. Immediately added them all, we still play together every now and then. And they don’t even call me by my gamertag, now they just call me Scorch or 62.
@@venerablebrothergoriate5844that's so cool
@@venerablebrothergoriate5844that is epic
Now that’s how you build a bond! :D
Brilliant assessment.
For the record Republic Commando it still my favorite Star Wars game also even after all this time.
So much so I was obsessed with reading the book series by Karen Traviss.
I couldn’t get enough of them. Which is also how I was introduced to the intricacies of Mandalorian culture and their language.
I think I still have a copy of the original Mando'a to English dictionary Traviss posted on her website all those years ago.
The Commando’s are a hidden gem Disney has squandered as far as I’m concerned.
They did add Commandos to BF2, which was VERY fun to play as! Aside from one cameo in Bad Batch, and Clone wars… they haven’t really been used all that much. Which is a blessing and a curse.
They were definitely setting up Sev to be the main character for another game, that's my piece. There's no way they would leave such a major loose end in such a well-made game if they didn't have plans for it.
He was supposed to be the main in a third game
I remember seeing a video on this game *way* back around the late 2000s showing how they brought in actual former special forces as consultants to basically tell them how to animate the squad’s breaching actions. games just don’t get this kind of love anymore
It's actually a Video Documentary in game. At least on PC you unlock one video documentary per story arc completed. I remember another was on the foley effects but don't recall the others
I feel like this game helps lead to modern small squad co-op shooters today like Deep Rock Galactic and Helldivers 2. Though instead of the narrative and character focus, it's an interactive player based teamwork focus. But the core remains that teamwork makes the dream work, on top of solid gameplay and design. There's nothing as binding to another player as helping them back on their feet after going down or standing together against an incoming swarm. And both also carry that "grunt's perspective" of a wider galaxy, though obviously misses on the "small story from a bigger context" that playing anything in Star Wars does. Still, I fondly remember this game and love that others remember it fondly, and that furthermore, its DNA is still being used in gaming today. Good video, great game. Thanks for sharing your work and passion with us!
I loved Republic Commando, played the heck out of it when I was young. Still go back and play through it every now and then.
I have a nonverbal learning disorder, which might explain my complete surprise that you even considered the game's story and emotions. I expected this video to focus on advancing theories about equipment masses, recoil values, cyclic rates, etc. When I played the game, I mostly focused on attempting to understand the procedures, equipment, and logistical organization. This video was useful in reminding me that people have different perspectives. I had completely forgotten.
Reckon NVLD's gonna get into the DSM? I read through some of the small research pools and it seems kind of close to autism with a bit of dyscalculia and dyspraxia, which isn't too uncommon due to autism being one of the most co-morbid things out there.
Unfortunately Star Wars media doesn't delve too much into stuff like that let alone nake it good. It's just blasters go pew and lightsabers go swoosh.
23:22 There is nothing like a game that can have you grow so attached to a character, and then they take them from you. It’s such a powerful moment and I won’t lie. When it happens, it brings me to tears.
uh oh, another banger video that makes me want to play a game ive never heard of until now
I got a chance to see Raphael Sbarge in a production of the Cherry Orchard by Chekov at the Mark Taper Forum in LA starring Annette Benning and Alfred Molina and during the curtain call, I yelled, "GREAT JOB SCORCH!!!" And I swear he did a double take.
Plying this game a couple years ago thanks to it being playable ono Xbox, I can say that I fell in love with the squad so fast. The feeling of needing to rely on each other and even that going down isn't the end left me so happy. Honestly, this game has lived in my mind rent free since then, because the enjoyment I got from it has been hard to beat.
I was obsessed with the Commandos when I was a teen. The coolest guys in the clone army along with ARC Troopers. Omega squad and Delta squad were the DUDES. Their armor and gear was the coolest. Loved the game too. I bought it on PlayStation when they finally ported it over
Scorch will always be my favorite character in star wars
Dang how i love a "loveletter to a product" types of videos always so much passion so much love. Great job lad, that was amazing.
Watching this after scorch died
That was not the real scorch.
That wasn’t Scorch.
You gotta read the books bro. Best piece of star wars media imo
If there was ever a game that I want to see get a revived and get a sequel, it this one. Even more than kotor
all these comments and no one mentions karen travis and her novels? man it made this game so much more meaningful to me as a kid who played this over and over again
Cyberpunk, Halo, AND Republic Commando? How do you just happen to like everything I like? At this rate, I'm half-expecting your next video to be about Armored Core lmao. Good stuff all around!
Great to see people enjoying the more niche stuff, too. And I actually did pick up AC6 a few days ago! It has some potential, I think, but it's also giving me a real run for my money lol
@@ThaneBishop oh yeah, it totally kicked my ass lol. I had a blast with it though, it's the first game I've ever put in the effort to get all achievements in, and it might be one of my new favorites ever. No spoilers, but the final final final boss goes absolutely crazy
This game was a crucial piece of my childhood, playing it on the original Xbox as a kid and feeling so immersed in the lore at such a young age before realizing that it would be games like this and the stories that are made through the LucasArts Games of the early 2000’s that would give me the lifelong love and enjoyment of Star Wars.
Something I would like to point out. If memory serves, it's stated somewhere that the vibro-knife is Fixer's weapon of choice. He's not just the computer-guy, *he's the CQC specialist.* A "slicer" in more than one way.
Favorite Essayist, with my favorite Star Wars game? Dreams can come real. But for real, awesome video. If only we could've gotten a sequel.
It goes beyond the games as well. The Republic Commandos (Imperial Commandos after Order 66) books by Karen Traviss are some of the finest Star Wars stories this side of the Zahn novels. Traviss was a reporter embedded with British troops in the middle east, and uses the comraderie she witnessed between soldiers to flesh out the Commandos relationships with their brothers.
True that, ner Vod!
This video made me cry almost as much as any time I replay that last mission.
I think a lot of companies with huge IP tend to underestimate the idea of playing as a 'random soldier/character' in a popular universe like Star Wars.
Sure,being a Jedi is cool, sure a charismatic a.sshole like Han or a cold famous bounty hunter like Fett is attractive, but there is a ton of untapped potential in the unamed groups.
Republic Commando,Battlefront 1/2, heck even Squadrons, give a better perspective of being a 'nobody'. Of course, as long as they are written well and not like 'Nerd guy','goofy aah boom boom guy', and 'I am all of me enjoyer'
I really liked how Sev and Scorch audibly needle each other, but if you pay attention to body language they’re really close.
When I was young and not really aware of subtlety, I assumed that these two mostly butted heads based on the Geonosis level, only to see the beginning of the second level have the two do that “bro” hand hand grasp before we all split up.
For how opposite the two are, I like how they’re friends who like to poke each other, and it’s a nice way of communicating an insider vs outsider perspective.
It honestly gives a little shiver to see that intro again. Still remember how cool and evolutionary it felt the first time I started it. Sure wish it could get some widescreen HD support...
I’ve had this game for about two years now from Limited Run with one of the collectors editions. Haven’t played it, but now I really feel like I need to.
Honestly the hardest part of this video was trying to explain how much the characters bring to the table, without just uploading 4 hours of dialogue and chatter. Even with the story explained, I cannot recommend the game enough just for the squad.
This is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen. Love this game because it was a large part of my childhood. You gave it an analysis that it deserves.
I love how you leave your squad members at the anti aircraft turrets in the reverse order you meet up with them at the start of the game. It’s like poetry. It rhymes. Great videos btw!
This video pointed out so much that went over my like 4 play-throughs of the game in the last 10 years. so much so that you deserve a subscribe. keep on doing the good work Ner vod
Thank you so much for the trip down memory lane man! your videos are always so well put together and I especially loved this one, sharing the same passion for the game!
I replayed this game before I read the Commando books for the first time and it made those stories feel so much better. I so wish we got a continuation of one or both
As a huge RC fan this is definitely the best breakdown video I've ever seen. I especially love the character deep dives and explaining the subversion of character archetypes that may otherwise go unnoticed.
The most Star “Wars” story told ya know because it holds true to the franchise title Star Wars as in your soldier fighting in a war amongst the stars in a galaxy far far away
All I remember is playing the demo for this on my PC growing up. And it was awesome. I always regret not asking for this game for Christmas or my b-day. This video made it feel like i played it. Thank you :)
I always wanted a sequel called Imperial Commando, where it starts off at order 66 killing Jedi. I feel that this could have been a series and it missed a huge opportunity.
Years ago I picked up a cd of this game from a bargain bin, and it quickly became one of my favorite games of all time. It's a really hard game for me to replay due to both me really sucking at fps games, and the story being difficult to relive. It's definitely a play it once and remember it well game for me, but that doesn't take away whatsoever how much an impact this short game had on me. Would love to see a true to heart remake and/or sequel someday, but I've got my doubts on the quality we'd get if it did happen.
This is EASILY my favorite star wars game. I go back time and again. Whenever I play Galactic Contention (mod) for SQUAD, any time I get a chance to play a commando I SNATCH it.
Thank you so much for making this video, it's spot on on everything there is to talk about how amazing this game is
This game needs a remaster with 4 player coop campaign
I randomly came across a few of your video essays, and knew I had to subscribe. You do incredible work, and thank you for it. Subscribing for more, and binging your entire catalogue.
Shine brightly, and take care.
Great video!
I came here expecting a review of the book series (which is so good it has actually overshadowed the game in my mind), but instead I got a review of a game which I had forgotten how much I love. This review gave me a refreshed appreciation for the game, and it's made me realise that it's not just the books which are incredible.
republic commando for 2005 has incredible graphics. for 2005??? astoundingly beautiful. it doesn't hold up that well, yeah, but i'm happy to see it still looks decent when updated
Never wouldve given this game a second look if not for this video, cant wait to try it out some day
This game made me want more stories and movies with the just the troopers. I loved the books that brought such deph to the story behind all the going on of jedis. Maybe one day theyll reach back and continue the story.
Your work is consistently top tier. Common Thane Bishop W
I have never clicked the thumbs up button faster just based on the title. Most underated Star Wars game EVER!!
That fight at the bridge on Kashyyyk kicked my teeth in as a kid. Attempted it for like 2 days before putting the game down for a few months out of frustration 😂 I was like 10 at the time
Great video man
Great video, really enjoyed the main idea that you presented for it.
“Was it red red green? Or red green red?”
Didn't know about this game until my friend sent your video and now I desperately want to play it myself
I loved this game as a kid and still do love it now. Its my favorite StarWars game ever made by far. Thanks for the reminder to play it again.
Fun fact this appearance of General Grievous was before Revenge of the Sith. This game came out before Revenge of the Sith it came out March 1st 2005
Another banger thane! KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK!!❤❤❤❤
The books were amazing too and really brings out Delta squads characters more despite them not being THE main characters.
So great to see people that still appreciate this game!
You would think there would be more serious ensemble war series like Band of Brothers, especially as that style of combined arms warfare has dominated every serious Western army of the past hundred years. But then, most normal people would never understand that dynamic, much less Hollywood types.
Great video, as ever.
I'd be all in a gritty, Clone Commando series. Truthfully, though, I think the real problem is that Order 66 happens, and however much you love the clones, you also know what they become and what happens to them, which makes forming a significant attachment to them difficult, at least for me
@@ThaneBishop True. But instead of retreading old ground, why not set it right after the end of the Jedi? It won't be hard for the Empire to LOOK attractive and do security things, even as the clones themselves start to suspect something isn't right. And we really wouldn't know if these clones survive or just get shot by the New Republic.
I just found you, but gotta say, I'll be watching the rest of your videos in quick succession
A commando never really dies, they are just missing in action
I remember it well even 20 years later, was a good part of my childhood.
rip scorch
If you like this game, look up the Republic Commando book series. It mainly follows a different squad, but Delta is in it too.
i adored this game as a child but didn't have the words for it, i also loved the brothers in arms series which isnt a coincidence
Not to mention the most bad ass Mandalorian song, Vode'an!
I was so emotionally invested in this game! The end traumatised my child brain. I loved the first assassins creed, because the hidden blade was simular to my commandos meele attac. One of the best games ever made!
This is Bad Batch better executed
bad batch took this and "remade" it
Bad batch sucks so hard its insane
"your tactics confuse and frighten me sir"
Fun fact: looking at the game files, we can see Jango Fett actually had some voicelines and was supposed to make an appearance for a cutscene
Also from what i can tell we were supposed to spend a bit more time with the squad as they grew up but it was cut.
When DS got introduced into CW, i went nuts! I was so happy to see my bois and hope was rising, we might get a RepCom show.
And then they went for Bad Batch. Dont get me wrong, I like them too but...Delta Squad is the greatest piece of art in Legends for me. I felt let down.
No one will say this but appreciate how advanced the graphics are for a gen 1 Xbox from 2004
Love this... the memories of youth will never leave us!
"Hold in your guts sir while I rip out theirs."
Very cool video, earned you a subscriber.
It took me a long time to realize that the reason why Sev’s name is Sev is because he’s literally 07….Seven….Sev lol. Fixer’s is obvious because he’s technical- he fixes things. Scorch is the demolitions guy.
It’s a sin that we do not have a WW2 style Clone Wars movie with ONLY clones. The Commandos and Galactic Marines are the main characters.
if ever there was a game to remaster this is it
Dude, I LOVED this game! It was my first ego shooter! Great memories!