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I just saw a trailer of the game and it sounds cool. Kinda like the controls of Halo mixed with the HUD of Metroid with the squad combat from Rainbow Six. It's coming out 1st of March.

One guy who reviewed it said there were a lot of funny but scary moments like one time when he looked throguh the windoe of a prison and saw a Wookie break out of it;s cell and crush the guard against the wall while roaring and running around beserk.

It;s also got a much darker tone with lots of death/illness etc. There's also no "hero" people in it you're just an ordinary, elite, clone squad, and you never meet with any heroes etc. Sounds cool.

  • 12.23.2004 8:16 PM PDT
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i cant wait for that game

  • 12.23.2004 8:18 PM PDT
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That game is awesome. A playable demo comes with KOTOR ll.

  • 12.23.2004 8:20 PM PDT
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Well guess what, I played it. And it kicks even more ass when you play it.

  • 12.23.2004 8:22 PM PDT
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It's nice to be able to have some good games to look foward to after Christmas.

  • 12.23.2004 8:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: flamechu
Well guess what, I played it. And it kicks even more ass when you play it.


Ive played it too.

[Edited on 12/23/2004 8:29:46 PM]

  • 12.23.2004 8:29 PM PDT
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Is it easy to understand all the controls and stuff?

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The controls are near-identical to Halo's, except you use the "a" button for activation and squad maneuvers and "y" for jump.

I've played the KOTOR II demo as well. It is very, very good. It looks absolutely stunning, and the animation is amazingly crisp. It's hard to believe what you're seeing is real. Your squadmates are quite funny at times, and unlike other starwars games, you can actually rely on them to help you out.

Imagine: Your squadmate loses his shields (it has a shield system like Halo's) and takes a bullet in the leg. Until he gets to a bacta tank, he will limp around on that leg, and do every single maneuver according to the wound he got. Damage to enemies is area-specific. If you shoot a droid in the leg, it goes ragdoll and falls over.

It looks great. It plays great. I've played the short four-minute demo at least ten times, and I have a blast each time.

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Posted by: ObbiQuiet
Imagine: Your squadmate loses his shields (it has a shield system like Halo's) and takes a bullet in the leg. Until he gets to a bacta tank, he will limp around on that leg, and do every single maneuver according to the wound he got. Damage to enemies is area-specific. If you shoot a droid in the leg, it goes ragdoll and falls over.

damn, i cant wait for that. i knew it was gonna be great from the first time i saw it

  • 12.23.2004 9:35 PM PDT
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Amazing.

I heard stuff like if you blow the legs off a droid, it will fall over and crawl over to try and hit your legs.

Wookie Rampages! Anti-armour rounds! EMP Grenades! Almost Halo controls! w00t!

I heard that once you die you can get a member of your squad to give you an adrenalin pill which gives you like 5 minutes of life before you permanently die. If you can get to a bacta tank in 5 mins you can heal yourself or your squad.

Also the voices sound even more lifelike and military than Halo. Stuff like "Roger D-30, backup is unavailable at this time. Green light to engage."

Sounds very very cool. Why does it have to come out in March......... :(

  • 12.23.2004 9:46 PM PDT
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Inaccurate. If you 'die', you can look around from a blurry 'close-to-death' view from the floor. If you wait until your squadmates are finished with whatever it is they were doing, one will walk up to you and revive you in the form of an electric shock (I forget what that's called).

When you're revived you're at half-health, or something close to it. The same goes for fallen squadmates. You have no time limit to reach a bacta tank.

  • 12.23.2004 9:54 PM PDT
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My bad.

I saw a preview that said something like that and I guess I might have interpretered it incorrectly. I'm sure it said something about an unstable half life or something. I dunno.

  • 12.23.2004 10:08 PM PDT
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Man, I can't wait to get KOTOR 2 just so I can play this demo. Ever since I first heard about Republic Commando, I've been totally stoked for it.

Three games are going to demolish my finances in March:
--Oddworld: Stranger
--Republic Commando
--Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

  • 12.23.2004 10:41 PM PDT
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Yea it looks tight but if it plays like R63 im not gonna get it. I hate tactical shooters like that.

  • 12.23.2004 11:58 PM PDT
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It's not that tactical. You only have one button to press for commands. It's not like there's 5 different menus like in Rainbow 6. And, I'm not sure(I'm sure Obbi will correct me), but I beilive that either the white or black is the button you press for your teams formation.

  • 12.24.2004 11:30 AM PDT