Even nearly half a decade on, other squad games flail around with banks of hotkeys, jittery radial menus and the kind of pathfinding that would earn a lifetime ban from the Ramblers Association. It makes controlling an AI squad easy, fluid and rewarding, and yet it seems so alone in it.
Unsequelled it may be, but Republic Commando coolly retains a far-sightedness and a slickness that puts GRAW, Rainbow Six, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising and the like to shame. Today, Alec Meer wipes the galactic dust off Star Wars: Republic Commando. Reinstall invites you to join us in revisiting PC gaming days gone by.
