Official Star Wars Republic Commando thread

holmes · 03-02-05, 05:00 PM

Just picked up the game from Bestbuy for $39 and am installing now. Haven't heard about any gamer reviews of this game yet (it was released yesterday) so I'll give the first level a go and post some initial impressions...

UDawg · 03-02-05, 05:10 PM

Let us know. I installed the demo but haven't played it yet.

stncttr908 · 03-02-05, 05:14 PM

The demo was fun. I heard the SP was great, but too short, and the MP was boring run-of-the-mill DM and CTF. I'm not sure it's worth $39.99 in that case.

Lfctony · 03-02-05, 05:43 PM

Decent reviews so far, ~85% at Gamerankings. The stupid PC Gamer score of 62% drops it to 79% on average.

holmes · 03-02-05, 07:06 PM

OK, well so far I'm pretty happy with the game. It runs with similar performace to the demo, meaning it runs like butter. Currently have it at 1280x1024 4xAA/8xAF and it runs great. I really like how they start it off.. basically you are dropped off in the middle of the Geonosian conflict and you fight alongside your lesser clone brethren and slowly team up with members of your elite squad. It seems a little easy so far (I have it on medium), although I have been going against mostly regular Trade Federation bots. The bigger arm cannon bots are a lot tougher. The Geonosians are kinda hard to hit from a distance as they bob & weave pretty well. They're not too tough unless you get into melee range. One of them took me down with one hit!

The overall level design is pretty good once you get indoors. Outside I would prefer more detailed geometry or more enemies to make me really feel like I was in EpII, but it's understandable given current hardware limitations. I got a couple pics for everyone to check out which have been compressed, so there may be some quality loss:

holmes · 03-02-05, 07:25 PM

Gonna check out MP next so hopefully there's some servers up.. One thing I don't really like is the laggy controls. You can increase your mouse speed, but the general WASD keys just don't seems tight enough compared to other FPSs. I hope someone figures out a tweak to help with that...

holmes · 03-02-05, 07:59 PM

OK, just a note... the only way to enable FSAA is by turning on vsync and then selecting your AA setting in the game menu. Otherqise it doesn't matter what you put in your CP, you won't have AA. I was getting fps from 70-100fps before, then dropped to 30-60fps afterwards. I thought my screenies looked kinda jaggy.

Still runs very well though...

stncttr908 · 03-02-05, 10:04 PM

That's odd about the AA. So does that mean the games uses some sort of Temporal AA? At least on ATI cards?

**Ninjaman09** · 03-02-05, 10:20 PM

Yeah this game is pretty awesome, by the way. It PWNZ any other recent Star Wars game and it actually makes the new trilogy somewhat interesting.

fivefeet8 · 03-02-05, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by holmes

OK, just a note... the only way to enable FSAA is by turning on vsync and then selecting your AA setting in the game menu. Otherqise it doesn't matter what you put in your CP, you won't have AA. I was getting fps from 70-100fps before, then dropped to 30-60fps afterwards. I thought my screenies looked kinda jaggy.

Still runs very well though...

I've found that you can bypass that by disabling vsync in the CP, but enable it in the game options. You can then use AA without vsync(the CP option will overide the game option). Odd I know, but it worked in the demo.

holmes · 03-03-05, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fivefeet8

I've found that you can bypass that by disabling vsync in the CP, but enable it in the game options. You can then use AA without vsync(the CP option will overide the game option). Odd I know, but it worked in the demo.

er.. yeah that's what I meant. sorry for not explaining that a little better.

hehe

holmes · 03-03-05, 12:22 AM

Well just went through the entire Geonosian campaign and I must say.. this game is fun as hell. Easily the best star wars game I've played in a long time (and probably now my favorite

). For all you people who had fun with the demo and care somewhat about star wars, you should definitely pick this up. For fans of the movies, this game will be like crack (well in my opinion at least). It's rare that I play a SP game that long and not realize it because I'm having too much fun... I can't wait to see what happens next!

03-02-05, 05:00 PM	#1
holmes Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 692	Official Star Wars Republic Commando thread Just picked up the game from Bestbuy for $39 and am installing now. Haven't heard about any gamer reviews of this game yet (it was released yesterday) so I'll give the first level a go and post some initial impressions... __________________ The Rig ASRock 970 Extreme3 AM3+ AMD Athlon II x2 260 DDR3-1600 (2x2GB) Kingston HyperX Western Digital caviar 1TB ECS GeForce GT 220 1GB Cooler Master Storm Scout ATX case Corsair 750W PSU

03-02-05, 05:10 PM	#2
UDawg Retired spammer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,799	Re: Official Star Wars Republic Commando thread Let us know. I installed the demo but haven't played it yet.

03-02-05, 05:14 PM	#3
stncttr908 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 4,496	Re: Official Star Wars Republic Commando thread The demo was fun. I heard the SP was great, but too short, and the MP was boring run-of-the-mill DM and CTF. I'm not sure it's worth $39.99 in that case. __________________ PC - \| Core i7-2600K @ stock \| Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 \| 4GB Patriot Sector 5 DDR3 \| Galaxy GTX 460 1GB @ stock \| Corsair Force 120GB SSD \| Seagate 1TB 7200RPM \| 320GB Seagate 7200.10 \| 2x Seagate 500GB USB 2.0 \| Lite-On 20x SATA DVD+RW \| Silverstone TJ-09 \| Corsair 620W PSU \| Logitech Z-5500s \| Sennheiser HD-570 headphones \| Samsung 2494LW \| Laptop - \| Dell Inspiron 1420 \| C2D T7300 (2.0GHz, 4MB cache) \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| 160GB 7200RPM HDD \| DVD +/- RW \| 14.1" WXGA+ (1440x900) \| Broadcom 802.11g \| NVIDIA 8400M GS 128MB \|

03-02-05, 05:43 PM	#4
Lfctony Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Larnaca, Cyprus Posts: 4,152	Re: Official Star Wars Republic Commando thread Decent reviews so far, ~85% at Gamerankings. The stupid PC Gamer score of 62% drops it to 79% on average. __________________ Fafnir: Intel Core 2 Quad 6600@3.2Ghz\|eVGA 780i SLI\|PNY GTX480 \|Kingston DDR667 4096MB\|WD Black Caviar 500GB\|Seagate SATA 250GB\|Seagate SATA 200GB\| Seagate SATA 160GB\|OptiArc AD-7173S DVDRW\|Nec 3351 DVDRW\|Creative X-FI XM\|LG Flatron W2261V\|Logitech X-530\|Thermaltake Armor\|Amptac 850W SLI PSU\|Logitech G9 Mouse\|Xigmatek HDT S-1283 CPU Cooler\|Windows 7/FW 257.21 PS2 - Wii - Xbox - Xbox360 - PSP - GC - PS3 Owner Boycott Starforce... Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?

03-02-05, 07:06 PM	#5
holmes Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 692	Re: Official Star Wars Republic Commando thread OK, well so far I'm pretty happy with the game. It runs with similar performace to the demo, meaning it runs like butter. Currently have it at 1280x1024 4xAA/8xAF and it runs great. I really like how they start it off.. basically you are dropped off in the middle of the Geonosian conflict and you fight alongside your lesser clone brethren and slowly team up with members of your elite squad. It seems a little easy so far (I have it on medium), although I have been going against mostly regular Trade Federation bots. The bigger arm cannon bots are a lot tougher. The Geonosians are kinda hard to hit from a distance as they bob & weave pretty well. They're not too tough unless you get into melee range. One of them took me down with one hit! The overall level design is pretty good once you get indoors. Outside I would prefer more detailed geometry or more enemies to make me really feel like I was in EpII, but it's understandable given current hardware limitations. I got a couple pics for everyone to check out which have been compressed, so there may be some quality loss: __________________ The Rig ASRock 970 Extreme3 AM3+ AMD Athlon II x2 260 DDR3-1600 (2x2GB) Kingston HyperX Western Digital caviar 1TB ECS GeForce GT 220 1GB Cooler Master Storm Scout ATX case Corsair 750W PSU

03-02-05, 07:25 PM	#6
holmes Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 692	Re: Official Star Wars Republic Commando thread Gonna check out MP next so hopefully there's some servers up.. One thing I don't really like is the laggy controls. You can increase your mouse speed, but the general WASD keys just don't seems tight enough compared to other FPSs. I hope someone figures out a tweak to help with that... __________________ The Rig ASRock 970 Extreme3 AM3+ AMD Athlon II x2 260 DDR3-1600 (2x2GB) Kingston HyperX Western Digital caviar 1TB ECS GeForce GT 220 1GB Cooler Master Storm Scout ATX case Corsair 750W PSU

03-02-05, 07:59 PM	#7
holmes Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 692	Re: Official Star Wars Republic Commando thread OK, just a note... the only way to enable FSAA is by turning on vsync and then selecting your AA setting in the game menu. Otherqise it doesn't matter what you put in your CP, you won't have AA. I was getting fps from 70-100fps before, then dropped to 30-60fps afterwards. I thought my screenies looked kinda jaggy. Still runs very well though... __________________ The Rig ASRock 970 Extreme3 AM3+ AMD Athlon II x2 260 DDR3-1600 (2x2GB) Kingston HyperX Western Digital caviar 1TB ECS GeForce GT 220 1GB Cooler Master Storm Scout ATX case Corsair 750W PSU

03-02-05, 10:04 PM	#8
stncttr908 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 4,496	Re: Official Star Wars Republic Commando thread That's odd about the AA. So does that mean the games uses some sort of Temporal AA? At least on ATI cards? __________________ PC - \| Core i7-2600K @ stock \| Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 \| 4GB Patriot Sector 5 DDR3 \| Galaxy GTX 460 1GB @ stock \| Corsair Force 120GB SSD \| Seagate 1TB 7200RPM \| 320GB Seagate 7200.10 \| 2x Seagate 500GB USB 2.0 \| Lite-On 20x SATA DVD+RW \| Silverstone TJ-09 \| Corsair 620W PSU \| Logitech Z-5500s \| Sennheiser HD-570 headphones \| Samsung 2494LW \| Laptop - \| Dell Inspiron 1420 \| C2D T7300 (2.0GHz, 4MB cache) \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| 160GB 7200RPM HDD \| DVD +/- RW \| 14.1" WXGA+ (1440x900) \| Broadcom 802.11g \| NVIDIA 8400M GS 128MB \|

03-02-05, 10:20 PM	#9
Ninjaman09 Takin 'er easy Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Jowjah Posts: 6,687	Re: Official Star Wars Republic Commando thread Yeah this game is pretty awesome, by the way. It PWNZ any other recent Star Wars game and it actually makes the new trilogy somewhat interesting. __________________ Core i7 920 @ 3.2 \| ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 6GB Mushkin DDR3-1600 RAM eVGA GTX 570 SC \| Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX Dell U2410

03-03-05, 12:22 AM	#12
holmes Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 692	Re: Official Star Wars Republic Commando thread Well just went through the entire Geonosian campaign and I must say.. this game is fun as hell. Easily the best star wars game I've played in a long time (and probably now my favorite ). For all you people who had fun with the demo and care somewhat about star wars, you should definitely pick this up. For fans of the movies, this game will be like crack (well in my opinion at least). It's rare that I play a SP game that long and not realize it because I'm having too much fun... I can't wait to see what happens next! __________________ The Rig ASRock 970 Extreme3 AM3+ AMD Athlon II x2 260 DDR3-1600 (2x2GB) Kingston HyperX Western Digital caviar 1TB ECS GeForce GT 220 1GB Cooler Master Storm Scout ATX case Corsair 750W PSU

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