Republic Commando, and the greatest story in Star Wars

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มี.ค. 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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  • @ThaneBishop
    @ThaneBishop  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +226

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Your methods confuse and frighten me sir 🤔🤣

    • @stargazer1946
      @stargazer1946 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

    • @Dunkydoggo
      @Dunkydoggo หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ok i didnt knwo they we’re actually called woocies

    • @ugiustuskeiserus8066
      @ugiustuskeiserus8066 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @Naramsit
      @Naramsit 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @vitaelamorte06
    @vitaelamorte06 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +759

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

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

    • @rustyshackleford5288
      @rustyshackleford5288 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Don't forget the Forced Unleashed!

    • @thelastremnantofevil
      @thelastremnantofevil หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      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 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Greatest time for star wars period

    • @donavonhoward114
      @donavonhoward114 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      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.

  • @josephpotter5766
    @josephpotter5766 หลายเดือนก่อน +752

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      Don't blame your‑self. Blame Disney.

    • @anthonylarson60
      @anthonylarson60 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

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

    • @vee-bee-a
      @vee-bee-a หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@anthonylarson60 Damn.

    • @MultiYogibear
      @MultiYogibear หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      We will find Sev, one day

    • @kingjonstarkgeryan8573
      @kingjonstarkgeryan8573 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I know I wish the books continued.

  • @jrstoelting
    @jrstoelting หลายเดือนก่อน +287

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

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

    • @Elite-Y-
      @Elite-Y- 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

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

    • @Jusuff
      @Jusuff 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

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

  • @Bucket_Buffoon
    @Bucket_Buffoon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +496

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

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

    • @BillyBob-bd1hj
      @BillyBob-bd1hj 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Dude, I feel this in my soul

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @OliverCovfefe
    @OliverCovfefe หลายเดือนก่อน +238

    "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 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

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

  • @Sinphanius
    @Sinphanius 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +307

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

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

    • @ChiefCrewin
      @ChiefCrewin 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      When did law and order become bad?

    • @ZacksRockingLifestyle
      @ZacksRockingLifestyle 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

    • @MythicByrd
      @MythicByrd 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      ​@ChiefCrewin it kinda dropped in quality after season 5

    • @ZacksRockingLifestyle
      @ZacksRockingLifestyle 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +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.

  • @vahlok1426
    @vahlok1426 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    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.

  • @Castillo525
    @Castillo525 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    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 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

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

  • @openfly4u
    @openfly4u 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +188

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      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 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      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 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @RobinSwede
    @RobinSwede หลายเดือนก่อน +45

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

    • @MenachemSchmuel
      @MenachemSchmuel 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @DeltaWolf1000
    @DeltaWolf1000 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

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

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

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

    • @DeltaWolf1000
      @DeltaWolf1000 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@shcdemolisher always loved that line

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@DeltaWolf1000 Yeah!

  • @inertjohnjunk
    @inertjohnjunk หลายเดือนก่อน +114

    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 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

    • @amesnfire1098
      @amesnfire1098 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

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

  • @MoodKapProductions
    @MoodKapProductions หลายเดือนก่อน +44

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

    • @germony5956
      @germony5956 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      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 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

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

    • @KadurOrdo
      @KadurOrdo 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

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

    • @Stujet013
      @Stujet013 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Not my Scorch.

  • @zerg6001
    @zerg6001 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

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

    • @SpoopySquid
      @SpoopySquid หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      And Kaiden in the ME series

    • @kidprime6863
      @kidprime6863 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Say what?!

    • @alros1212
      @alros1212 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @needo6295
    @needo6295 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +113

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

  • @zeptier1172
    @zeptier1172 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    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"*

  • @LoreChaplain
    @LoreChaplain หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

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

    • @venerablebrothergoriate5844
      @venerablebrothergoriate5844 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      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 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@venerablebrothergoriate5844that's so cool

    • @DirectorDelta
      @DirectorDelta 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@venerablebrothergoriate5844that is epic

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @Warriorcat_Youtube
    @Warriorcat_Youtube หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    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

  • @aidenduffin1528
    @aidenduffin1528 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    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.

  • @nilious
    @nilious หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    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 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

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

  • @TheFearsomeRat
    @TheFearsomeRat 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      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...

  • @nyogtheeldritchgentleman
    @nyogtheeldritchgentleman หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    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 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      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.

  • @TextualDeviant
    @TextualDeviant หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    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.

    • @RevanReborn3950BBY
      @RevanReborn3950BBY 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He was supposed to be the main in a third game

  • @mozzbyy8616
    @mozzbyy8616 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    Watching this after scorch died

    • @ADMNtek
      @ADMNtek 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      That was not the real scorch.

    • @MrSpartan993
      @MrSpartan993 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That wasn’t Scorch.

  • @Android_ELITE
    @Android_ELITE หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      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

  • @Osric24
    @Osric24 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      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.

  • @A_Wild_Dyzzy
    @A_Wild_Dyzzy หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    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.

  • @tangero3462
    @tangero3462 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    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.

  • @FireGoliath
    @FireGoliath 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    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.

  • @iisquared77
    @iisquared77 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

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

  • @RedtailArt
    @RedtailArt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    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  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +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

  • @HookersAndCoke
    @HookersAndCoke หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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

  • @motozealot5176
    @motozealot5176 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Scorch will always be my favorite character in star wars

  • @MBKill3rCat
    @MBKill3rCat 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    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.

  • @dj_raziel
    @dj_raziel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    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.

  • @Rengrav
    @Rengrav หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    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.

  • @antonbengard4221
    @antonbengard4221 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    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

  • @scottgrey3337
    @scottgrey3337 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    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.

  • @kingnothing5706
    @kingnothing5706 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    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.

    • @MrSpartan993
      @MrSpartan993 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      True that, ner Vod!

  • @evilscorch4
    @evilscorch4 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    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.

  • @byronkohl6006
    @byronkohl6006 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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

  • @mr_pineappleaffogus8602
    @mr_pineappleaffogus8602 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

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

  • @MrBlaktoe
    @MrBlaktoe 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +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...

  • @olhristov
    @olhristov หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @ade977
    @ade977 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +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.

  • @MrSp3c
    @MrSp3c 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +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

  • @keenanploon7529
    @keenanploon7529 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    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.

  • @JohnDoe-cz3dh
    @JohnDoe-cz3dh หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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

  • @illTemperedSeaBass
    @illTemperedSeaBass 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    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.

  • @aresgodofwar7401
    @aresgodofwar7401 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @forincognito22
    @forincognito22 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +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 หลายเดือนก่อน +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'

  • @ech0e404
    @ech0e404 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

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

  • @DoomTheShire
    @DoomTheShire 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    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  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @Skanah_
    @Skanah_ 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +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

  • @BeerGutPapi
    @BeerGutPapi 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    rip scorch

  • @Kerrpllardy
    @Kerrpllardy หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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.

  • @VOR4DORS_RAVEN
    @VOR4DORS_RAVEN 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +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.

  • @abrahamschuman1692
    @abrahamschuman1692 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    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!

  • @deezeegaming
    @deezeegaming หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @clipz7555
    @clipz7555 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @clonecaptian2793
    @clonecaptian2793 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    "your tactics confuse and frighten me sir"

  • @zxaoks1090
    @zxaoks1090 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This game needs a remaster with 4 player coop campaign

  • @rocklazvon6456
    @rocklazvon6456 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @kizunadragon9
    @kizunadragon9 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @Dark-RadioOfficial
    @Dark-RadioOfficial 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @rednecksniper4715
    @rednecksniper4715 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +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

  • @benbodnar976
    @benbodnar976 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @graywolf7237
    @graywolf7237 หลายเดือนก่อน +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

  • @IC3DZOMBIE
    @IC3DZOMBIE 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @wilhelmschilling3105
    @wilhelmschilling3105 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    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!

  • @whachalookingfor
    @whachalookingfor หลายเดือนก่อน +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

  • @eveningswan4491
    @eveningswan4491 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @SonicSanctuary
    @SonicSanctuary 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    if ever there was a game to remaster this is it

  • @noname-bu1ux
    @noname-bu1ux 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Who's here after the Bad Batch conclusion?

  • @KadurOrdo
    @KadurOrdo 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +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.

  • @allexmussen9107
    @allexmussen9107 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @iang257
    @iang257 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    "Hold in your guts sir while I rip out theirs."

  • @TheCultureCrusader
    @TheCultureCrusader 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    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.

  • @tyson6260
    @tyson6260 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @joeyc.9622
    @joeyc.9622 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So great to see people that still appreciate this game!

  • @matthewchain674
    @matthewchain674 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +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.

  • @ShadowWulfGaming
    @ShadowWulfGaming 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @trevalyan006
    @trevalyan006 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @christianGamerDude
    @christianGamerDude หลายเดือนก่อน +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!

  • @delta4093
    @delta4093 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love this... the memories of youth will never leave us!

  • @artifact2835
    @artifact2835 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    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.

  • @TobiTheHuman
    @TobiTheHuman หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @S3ZNS_GR3ZNS
    @S3ZNS_GR3ZNS 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +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 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      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.

  • @darianmartin416
    @darianmartin416 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @LM-1378
    @LM-1378 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Lovely tribute to Rep Comm! It's my all-time favorite Star Wars game. Out of curiosity, have you read the tie-in novels?

    • @ThaneBishop
      @ThaneBishop  27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      For no reason at all, I haven't ever. I've only heard good things about them, it's just never been a thing that's happened. Any particular place you'd recommend starting with the novels?

  • @user-iz5lo4li3i
    @user-iz5lo4li3i หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    This is Bad Batch better executed

    • @ZeMovinPixxle
      @ZeMovinPixxle หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      bad batch took this and "remade" it

    • @hetzertankdestroyer
      @hetzertankdestroyer 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Bad batch sucks so hard its insane

  • @sithstalker770
    @sithstalker770 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is the best Star Wars game for me, The Bad Batch completely missed why this game was special

  • @Acidic-jp6du
    @Acidic-jp6du 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @ilboche
    @ilboche 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    After all the games ive played over the years, if I ever had to choose a fictional squad to play with again, I will always choose Delta.

  • @rudolphantler6309
    @rudolphantler6309 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I still have some questions about this game after all these years.
    How did Trandos manage to capture a republic cruiser with only ground assault droids given to them and why don't they resemble their proper selves within the greater universe?
    Why are Wookiees larger?
    Why do B1 Battle Droids look different?
    It feels like either the production of some assets to this game were created and not touched since before TPM's release or the devs had no idea what the SW universe is like and the lore consultants from the Skywalker Ranch didn't exactly comprehend how much work they should have done.
    You should look at Star Wars Force Commander as a game to review in the future.

  • @MrSejkol
    @MrSejkol 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I've been replaying this game on Switch for too long now

  • @midzik48
    @midzik48 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I miss the old canon of clones knowing what Order 66 was before it happened. It's a topic explored in Battlefront 2, released the same year. Boss making the comment about the lightsaber might've been him acknowledging the coming fall of the Jedi.