

Among the sea of crappy Star Wars prequel games to hit PC (and especially consoles) in the 2000s, Republic Commando was something special. Not since Dark Forces had a Star Wars game put us in the first-person boots of a man on the ground, blaster rifle in hand, with an interesting narrative propelling us forward. They should be boring, but they're not-because they're wearing clone trooper armor, shooting Star Wars blasters, and covert-opsing their way across Star Wars ships and planets. The elite commandos of Delta Squad would be right at home in any game or action flick: you've got the gruff killing machine, the wise-cracker, the straight-man commander.

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