Republic Commando, and the greatest story in Star Wars

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  • čas přidán 9. 03. 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.
    If enough people join, I can pay rent and buy 40k models - / thanebishop
    (right now im just buying 40k models, someone good at the economy please help me balance this budget)
    Republic Commando Remastered Mod - www.moddb.com/mods/rc-reskin-...
    (there's a read-me attached to the download for how to use the mod. they don't want to explain any of it on the site, and if you ask in the discord, they get upset.)
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Komentáře • 350

  • @ThaneBishop
    @ThaneBishop  Před 3 měsíci +251

    Rule 23: Never pull sentry duty on an empty stomach. Rule 39: Never say no to Bacta. Rule 42: www.patreon.com/ThaneBishop. Oh wow, that’s weird, how did this clickable link end up in my copy of the Clone Trooper handbook?

    • @truesonsofmandalore
      @truesonsofmandalore Před 2 měsíci +3

      Your methods confuse and frighten me sir 🤔🤣

    • @stargazer1946
      @stargazer1946 Před měsícem +2

      I adored this game, it and the original battlefront games really were the best star wars could ever give us.

    • @Dunkydoggo
      @Dunkydoggo Před měsícem

      Ok i didnt knwo they we’re actually called woocies

    • @ugiustuskeiserus8066
      @ugiustuskeiserus8066 Před měsícem

      We don't talk about rule 34....

    • @Naramsit
      @Naramsit Před měsícem

      ​​@@ugiustuskeiserus8066Why not? Also, what about Rule 63?

  • @josephpotter5766
    @josephpotter5766 Před 2 měsíci +883

    The fact that the sequal 'Imperial Commando' was canceled is one of the biggest gaming regrets of my life.

    • @vee-bee-a
      @vee-bee-a Před 2 měsíci +45

      Don't blame your‑self. Blame Disney.

    • @anthonylarson60
      @anthonylarson60 Před 2 měsíci +57

      @@vee-bee-athe thing is, is that imperial commando was canceled before the first game came out

    • @vee-bee-a
      @vee-bee-a Před 2 měsíci +10

      @@anthonylarson60 Damn.

    • @MultiYogibear
      @MultiYogibear Před 2 měsíci +34

      We will find Sev, one day

    • @kingjonstarkgeryan8573
      @kingjonstarkgeryan8573 Před 2 měsíci +11

      I know I wish the books continued.

  • @vitaelamorte06
    @vitaelamorte06 Před 2 měsíci +880

    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.

    • @Osric24
      @Osric24 Před 2 měsíci +59

      Don't forget Jedi Knight 2 and Jedi Academy. Absolute gems following up Dark Forces 2 in the late 90s.

    • @rustyshackleford5288
      @rustyshackleford5288 Před 2 měsíci +41

      Don't forget the Forced Unleashed!

    • @thelastremnantofevil
      @thelastremnantofevil Před 2 měsíci +26

      Honestly the mid 2000 star wars game golden age probably has more to do with my love of star wars than the movies.

    • @jeezed2950
      @jeezed2950 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Greatest time for star wars period

    • @donavonhoward114
      @donavonhoward114 Před 2 měsíci +7

      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.

  • @OliverCovfefe
    @OliverCovfefe Před 2 měsíci +292

    "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"

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Před měsícem +9

      YEP! Like, “GOD DAMN IT SCORTCH! YOU HAD TO JINX IT!”

  • @jrstoelting
    @jrstoelting Před 2 měsíci +348

    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…")

    • @xaikken
      @xaikken Před 2 měsíci +54

      The dialogue and banter was so fucking good in that game it STILL outshines modern story-driven shooters

    • @Elite-Y-
      @Elite-Y- Před měsícem +27

      My favorite quote:
      62: Was it red, green, red or red, red, green?
      07: And this guy is our explosive expert?

    • @Jusuff
      @Jusuff Před 28 dny +19

      62: I think Sev might have an anger problem
      07: I think you have an intelligence problem

  • @Bucket_Buffoon
    @Bucket_Buffoon Před 2 měsíci +567

    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.

    • @bubliverman8007
      @bubliverman8007 Před 2 měsíci +12

      Never played the game but can confirm nit a bug they are just that goated

    • @BillyBob-bd1hj
      @BillyBob-bd1hj Před měsícem +3

      Dude, I feel this in my soul

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Před měsícem +5

      It’s not a bug! It’s just good programming.

  • @Sinphanius
    @Sinphanius Před 2 měsíci +358

    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.

    • @ZacksRockingLifestyle
      @ZacksRockingLifestyle Před 2 měsíci +16

      All these years, and I never noticed that! Neat!

    • @ChiefCrewin
      @ChiefCrewin Před měsícem +5

      When did law and order become bad?

    • @ZacksRockingLifestyle
      @ZacksRockingLifestyle Před měsícem

      @@ChiefCrewin many atrocities have been performed, both in real life and in fiction, as acts of “law and order.”

    • @MythicByrd
      @MythicByrd Před 29 dny +22

      ​@ChiefCrewin it kinda dropped in quality after season 5

    • @ZacksRockingLifestyle
      @ZacksRockingLifestyle Před 29 dny +11

      @@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.

  • @vahlok1426
    @vahlok1426 Před měsícem +119

    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.

  • @openfly4u
    @openfly4u Před 3 měsíci +219

    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

    • @TotallyDapper
      @TotallyDapper Před měsícem +19

      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.

    • @ChiefCrewin
      @ChiefCrewin Před měsícem +12

      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.

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Před měsícem +5

      Ohhh yeah! They were absolute walking TANKS and hit like one too! I remember burning a lot of ammo on them frequently.

    • @guerillagorilla4423
      @guerillagorilla4423 Před 5 dny +1

      Just spam the melee button lol.

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před 2 dny

      Honestly everything in the game just feels bullet spongy, like they werepadding time so they didn;t have to design longer levels. Your main weapon feels like a squirtgun, except a squirtgun might actually short these things out.

  • @RobinSwede
    @RobinSwede Před měsícem +61

    Let’s all pour one out for Scorch on this day.

    • @MenachemSchmuel
      @MenachemSchmuel Před 20 dny +4

      cant understand why they introduced him at all. felt like a completely pointless insult. should have just made him another generic commando.

  • @Castillo525
    @Castillo525 Před měsícem +41

    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.

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Před měsícem +4

      I’m just picturing Sev going Noble 6 style on Imperial troopers like they’re utter trash. And man is it awesome!

  • @inertjohnjunk
    @inertjohnjunk Před 2 měsíci +140

    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.

    • @MitzvotTV
      @MitzvotTV Před měsícem +4

      Another thing on this, the tun speed is not slower or faster than the player character; it’s exactly the same

    • @amesnfire1098
      @amesnfire1098 Před měsícem +5

      This so much this.
      It's disheartening how utterly useless 'allies' are in other games when this one came out mid 2000's.

    • @Spearra
      @Spearra Před 6 dny +5

      I remember there was one section that was a "T" shape. On the bottom part of the T section was something that needed to be hacked while the remaining 3 of the squad have to fight off enemies on that top part of the T section.
      At first I would get one of the AI to do the hacking while me and the other 2 try to defend. It didn't work. So I tried hacking while the 3 AI held the line.
      They absolutely held that line!
      It's crazy how this game made the AI allies so damn strong without making the enemies feel any weaker!

  • @DeltaWolf1000
    @DeltaWolf1000 Před měsícem +41

    "A battleship against a cruiser?"
    "we can give them a black eye at least"

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Před měsícem +3

      “Unmanned Gunnery against a Battle Cruiser?!”
      “We can give them a black eye atleast!”

    • @DeltaWolf1000
      @DeltaWolf1000 Před měsícem +1

      @@shcdemolisher always loved that line

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Před měsícem

      @@DeltaWolf1000 Yeah!

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před 2 dny

      They really should have used something other than a full lucrehulk out there. Maybe just the core, maybe a recusant.

  • @MoodKapProductions
    @MoodKapProductions Před měsícem +60

    Scorch deserved better. You know what I'm talking about.

    • @germony5956
      @germony5956 Před měsícem +23

      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.

    • @MoodKapProductions
      @MoodKapProductions Před měsícem +14

      @@germony5956 exactly. He acts nothing like Scorch and instead a generic henchmen

    • @KadurOrdo
      @KadurOrdo Před měsícem +9

      ​@@MoodKapProductions well thats what the chip does though. I feel betrayed but ig thats the point. "Our" clones died with Order 66.

    • @Stujet013
      @Stujet013 Před 19 dny +2

      Not my Scorch.

  • @zerg6001
    @zerg6001 Před 2 měsíci +88

    Fun fact, the guy who voiced Scorch also voiced Carth in Kotor

    • @SpoopySquid
      @SpoopySquid Před měsícem +15

      And Kaiden in the ME series

    • @kidprime6863
      @kidprime6863 Před měsícem +2

      Say what?!

    • @alros1212
      @alros1212 Před měsícem +2

      I’ll never not hear that now- wow how did I not notice

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Před měsícem

      Ohhh really?! I never noticed! And I played both games!

  • @needo6295
    @needo6295 Před 2 měsíci +125

    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

    • @ugiustuskeiserus8066
      @ugiustuskeiserus8066 Před měsícem +7

      Yeah even today there are hardly ai like the ones in Republic Commando

  • @Warriorcat_Youtube
    @Warriorcat_Youtube Před 2 měsíci +71

    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

  • @zeptier1172
    @zeptier1172 Před měsícem +53

    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"*

  • @nilious
    @nilious Před 2 měsíci +69

    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.

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Před měsícem +3

      What?! I didn’t know that was a thing! I should try that out next time as a challenge.

  • @LoreChaplain
    @LoreChaplain Před 2 měsíci +90

    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

    • @icetang97
      @icetang97 Před 2 měsíci +30

      “And HE’S supposed to be the explosives expert.”

    • @venerablebrothergoriate5844
      @venerablebrothergoriate5844 Před 2 měsíci +44

      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.

    • @archivist_13
      @archivist_13 Před měsícem

      ​@@venerablebrothergoriate5844that's so cool

    • @DirectorDelta
      @DirectorDelta Před měsícem

      @@venerablebrothergoriate5844that is epic

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Před měsícem +2

      Now that’s how you build a bond! :D

  • @aidenduffin1528
    @aidenduffin1528 Před měsícem +17

    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.

  • @TextualDeviant
    @TextualDeviant Před měsícem +28

    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.

  • @illTemperedSeaBass
    @illTemperedSeaBass Před měsícem +4

    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.

  • @TheFearsomeRat
    @TheFearsomeRat Před 2 měsíci +55

    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.

    • @cptncutleg
      @cptncutleg Před 2 měsíci +16

      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...

  • @tangero3462
    @tangero3462 Před měsícem +7

    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.

  • @kingnothing5706
    @kingnothing5706 Před měsícem +4

    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.

  • @Android_ELITE
    @Android_ELITE Před 2 měsíci +55

    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

    • @wwhhaatt
      @wwhhaatt Před 2 měsíci +8

      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

  • @nyogtheeldritchgentleman
    @nyogtheeldritchgentleman Před 2 měsíci +24

    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.

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Před měsícem +2

      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.

    • @Dr.Gainzzz
      @Dr.Gainzzz Před 6 dny +2

      Disney has squandered everything related to Star Wars. They literally ruined the franchise.

  • @Osric24
    @Osric24 Před 2 měsíci +22

    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!

  • @hoffenwurdig1356
    @hoffenwurdig1356 Před 2 měsíci +27

    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.

    • @KnjazNazrath
      @KnjazNazrath Před 2 měsíci

      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.

    • @Oppen1945
      @Oppen1945 Před 29 dny

      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.

  • @zxaoks1090
    @zxaoks1090 Před 2 měsíci +4

    This game needs a remaster with 4 player coop campaign

  • @iisquared77
    @iisquared77 Před 3 měsíci +34

    uh oh, another banger video that makes me want to play a game ive never heard of until now

  • @A_Wild_Dyzzy
    @A_Wild_Dyzzy Před 2 měsíci +10

    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.

  • @MBKill3rCat
    @MBKill3rCat Před měsícem +5

    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.

  • @FireGoliath
    @FireGoliath Před měsícem +6

    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.

  • @JohnDoe-cz3dh
    @JohnDoe-cz3dh Před 2 měsíci +3

    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

  • @HookersAndCoke
    @HookersAndCoke Před měsícem +4

    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

  • @dj_raziel
    @dj_raziel Před 3 měsíci +16

    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.

  • @motozealot5176
    @motozealot5176 Před měsícem +5

    Scorch will always be my favorite character in star wars

  • @mozzbyy8616
    @mozzbyy8616 Před měsícem +16

    Watching this after scorch died

    • @ADMNtek
      @ADMNtek Před 20 dny +4

      That was not the real scorch.

    • @MrSpartan993
      @MrSpartan993 Před 20 dny +2

      That wasn’t Scorch.

  • @byronkohl6006
    @byronkohl6006 Před 2 měsíci +6

    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

  • @evilscorch4
    @evilscorch4 Před 22 dny +3

    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.

  • @RedtailArt
    @RedtailArt Před 3 měsíci +16

    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!

    • @ThaneBishop
      @ThaneBishop  Před 3 měsíci +3

      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

    • @RedtailArt
      @RedtailArt Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@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

  • @Rengrav
    @Rengrav Před 2 měsíci +18

    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.

  • @ech0e404
    @ech0e404 Před měsícem +5

    “Was it red red green? Or red green red?”

  • @Kerrpllardy
    @Kerrpllardy Před měsícem +3

    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.

  • @mr_pineappleaffogus8602
    @mr_pineappleaffogus8602 Před 3 měsíci +22

    You gotta read the books bro. Best piece of star wars media imo

  • @antonbengard4221
    @antonbengard4221 Před 2 měsíci +6

    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

  • @olhristov
    @olhristov Před 2 měsíci +4

    This video made me cry almost as much as any time I replay that last mission.

  • @scottgrey3337
    @scottgrey3337 Před měsícem +3

    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.

  • @noname-bu1ux
    @noname-bu1ux Před měsícem +5

    Who's here after the Bad Batch conclusion?

  • @abrahamschuman1692
    @abrahamschuman1692 Před 2 měsíci +7

    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!

  • @keenanploon7529
    @keenanploon7529 Před 3 měsíci +11

    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.

  • @MrBlaktoe
    @MrBlaktoe Před 28 dny +1

    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...

  • @clonecaptian2793
    @clonecaptian2793 Před 21 dnem +3

    "your tactics confuse and frighten me sir"

  • @DoomTheShire
    @DoomTheShire Před 2 měsíci +8

    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.

    • @ThaneBishop
      @ThaneBishop  Před 2 měsíci +10

      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.

  • @MrSp3c
    @MrSp3c Před 22 dny +1

    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

  • @ade977
    @ade977 Před měsícem +1

    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.

  • @forincognito22
    @forincognito22 Před měsícem +1

    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 :)

  • @strikeforce1500
    @strikeforce1500 Před 2 měsíci +2

    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'

  • @Skanah_
    @Skanah_ Před 28 dny +1

    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

  • @aresgodofwar7401
    @aresgodofwar7401 Před měsícem +1

    I have never clicked the thumbs up button faster just based on the title. Most underated Star Wars game EVER!!

  • @Tommy-qc4rj
    @Tommy-qc4rj Před 7 dny

    "Is it Red-Red-Green, Or Red-Green-Red?"
    That line has been with me since I first played this game at the age of seven.
    That line will be with me until my final day on this world.

  • @VOR4DORS_RAVEN
    @VOR4DORS_RAVEN Před 28 dny +1

    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.

  • @benbodnar976
    @benbodnar976 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Never wouldve given this game a second look if not for this video, cant wait to try it out some day

  • @BeerGutPapi
    @BeerGutPapi Před měsícem +7

    rip scorch

  • @christianGamerDude
    @christianGamerDude Před 2 měsíci +2

    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!

  • @tyson6260
    @tyson6260 Před 2 měsíci +3

    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.

  • @darianmartin416
    @darianmartin416 Před 2 měsíci +1

    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.

  • @whachalookingfor
    @whachalookingfor Před měsícem +1

    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

  • @deezeegaming
    @deezeegaming Před 2 měsíci +1

    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.

  • @GoldenArbiter01
    @GoldenArbiter01 Před 10 dny

    "Was it red-red-green, or red-green-red?"
    "And he's supposed to be our explosives expert..."

  • @ShadowWulfGaming
    @ShadowWulfGaming Před měsícem

    Thank you so much for making this video, it's spot on on everything there is to talk about how amazing this game is

  • @Acidic-jp6du
    @Acidic-jp6du Před 3 měsíci +1

    Great video, really enjoyed the main idea that you presented for it.

  • @rednecksniper4715
    @rednecksniper4715 Před měsícem +1

    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

  • @trevalyan006
    @trevalyan006 Před 3 měsíci +6

    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.

    • @ThaneBishop
      @ThaneBishop  Před 3 měsíci +4

      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

    • @trevalyan006
      @trevalyan006 Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@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.

  • @artifact2835
    @artifact2835 Před měsícem +4

    For a game that features nothing that is among the first things associated with Star Wars, the story embodies the name of “Star Wars” more than anything that I have seen in the past while from Star Wars. It’s insane when something that bears “Wars” in the name, actually features WAR. This doesn’t mean nothing else was as good as this game, merely that nothing has fulfilled the name of Star Wars better. This along with the Battlefront games, ignoring the controversy’s around them, these Star Wars games embodied “Star wars”. A war that is evidently on a huge or galactic scale. Whether your a cog in the machine, doing commando work behind the lines, or leading an army.

  • @allexmussen9107
    @allexmussen9107 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Didn't know about this game until my friend sent your video and now I desperately want to play it myself

  • @TheCultureCrusader
    @TheCultureCrusader Před měsícem

    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.

  • @rocklazvon6456
    @rocklazvon6456 Před měsícem +1

    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.

  • @joeyc.9622
    @joeyc.9622 Před 2 měsíci +1

    So great to see people that still appreciate this game!

  • @fraser7530
    @fraser7530 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Your work is consistently top tier. Common Thane Bishop W

  • @kizunadragon9
    @kizunadragon9 Před 25 dny +1

    Not to mention the most bad ass Mandalorian song, Vode'an!

  • @clipz7555
    @clipz7555 Před měsícem +1

    A commando never really dies, they are just missing in action

  • @Dark-RadioOfficial
    @Dark-RadioOfficial Před 26 dny +1

    The books were amazing too and really brings out Delta squads characters more despite them not being THE main characters.

  • @elios7623
    @elios7623 Před 3 měsíci +7

    when star was had a good plot and good characters...

    • @ThaneBishop
      @ThaneBishop  Před 3 měsíci +8

      It's so weird how going in to telling a story with a clear and consistent vision of what that story is also helps the story be good

    • @elios7623
      @elios7623 Před 3 měsíci +4

      @@ThaneBishop ikr, it's like they thought things through or something

  • @user-cr6sc6jf1m
    @user-cr6sc6jf1m Před 8 dny

    I like that the second level you're on the ship and the Trandoshans baiscally did the same thing you did to the core-ship in the first level.

  • @thed3m0n0id9
    @thed3m0n0id9 Před 8 dny +1

    Loooove this game. The ending set up for a great sequel that we never got, and it's a damn shame, tbh. Delta Squad...VODE AN!
    A note: if you liked Republic Commando, there's some GREAT books of the same name about Omega Squad that really gets into the clone troopers and various special troops.

  • @wilhelmschilling3105
    @wilhelmschilling3105 Před 23 dny

    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!

  • @IC3DZOMBIE
    @IC3DZOMBIE Před 23 dny

    I remember it well even 20 years later, was a good part of my childhood.

  • @Rangersquad4417
    @Rangersquad4417 Před 3 měsíci

    Another banger thane! KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK!!❤❤❤❤

  • @graywolf7237
    @graywolf7237 Před 2 měsíci +1

    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

  • @SonicSanctuary
    @SonicSanctuary Před měsícem +1

    if ever there was a game to remaster this is it

  • @1408alejandro1408
    @1408alejandro1408 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I just found you, but gotta say, I'll be watching the rest of your videos in quick succession

  • @RevanReborn3950BBY
    @RevanReborn3950BBY Před 23 dny +2

    May KOTOR 3 and Imperial Commando forever live in our hearts

  • @matthewchain674
    @matthewchain674 Před měsícem +1

    If you like this game, look up the Republic Commando book series. It mainly follows a different squad, but Delta is in it too.

  • @KadurOrdo
    @KadurOrdo Před měsícem +1

    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.

  • @eveningswan4491
    @eveningswan4491 Před měsícem +1

    No one will say this but appreciate how advanced the graphics are for a gen 1 Xbox from 2004

  • @S3ZNS_GR3ZNS
    @S3ZNS_GR3ZNS Před měsícem +1

    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

    • @S3ZNS_GR3ZNS
      @S3ZNS_GR3ZNS Před měsícem

      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.

  • @TobiTheHuman
    @TobiTheHuman Před měsícem

    Dude, I LOVED this game! It was my first ego shooter! Great memories!