Which makes perfect sense - Tim Longo, the game’s director, served as creative director for Halo 5: Guardians and is credited as a level designer and playtester on several titles in the beloved Jedi Knight series. Three years before Star Wars: The Clone Wars introduced Captain Rex and Torrent Company, Star Wars: Republic Commando told the story of another elite clone-trooper unit fighting in Darth Sidious’s war.Ī first-person shooter in the vein of Dark Forces, Republic Commando occupies a unique place between classic run-and-gun FPSs like Doom and the squad-focused mechanics of certain modern yet traditional shooters, such as Gears of War and Halo 5. In Replaying the Classics, revisits Star Wars games of yesteryear, examining why we loved them then and why they stand the test of time.
