Star Wars: Republic Commando Demo

by Maarten Goldstein, Feb 01, 2005 11:22am PST

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By: cawcaw x Show Full Post

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when you download stuff like this through IE, where does it go on C:?

I chose to download the file to J: because I don't have much space on C: , the file downloads temporarly to C: for some reason.

need to know what folder in C: IE temporarly downloads stuff to so I can change it to another drive.

Feb 01, 2005 1:18pm PST

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The game kicks ass.

Feb 01, 2005 4:12pm PST

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The game kicks ass. : Predd
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  It kinda does! really! : scottk52
  - OMG it's SOOOOOOO awesome.. cuz it's like, STAR. WARS. \m/. -__- .\m/ : jrock

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Hey, I like it. The AI is kinda dull, but other than that, it's kinda cool. Interesting and different anyway.

Feb 01, 2005 11:37pm PST

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Hey, I like it. The AI is kinda dull, but other than that, it's kinda cool. Interesting and different any... : K1Bond007
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- yeah, me too. its not ground breaking but its fun. feels like a halo clone but in SW universe which is t... : X-GOUKI
- I'm unable to come up with anything positive on the game based of the demo. Definitely one of the worst d... : Marvelli

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This really makes me appreciate HL2 and Halo2...alot. Thanks lucasarts haha

Feb 01, 2005 10:39pm PST

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This really makes me appreciate HL2 and Halo2...alot. Thanks lucasarts haha : jigstah
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- You mean your soldiers will stand in your way when you're trying to walk through a hall/stairs/catwalk mo : rorshack
- Half Life 2... I don't know if it can be out done. But Halo is overrated and will always be overrated. No... : Predd

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This is pretty cool, and the graphics are nice too.

But then again, I've never played Halo and I also enjoyed the KillZone demo. :-|

Feb 01, 2005 12:27pm PST

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This is pretty cool, and the graphics are nice too. But then again, I've never played Halo and I also ... : rotten element
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  "...I've never played Halo..." Dude. WTF. Get off your duff and get it. : revolver6
  - Nah, don't... At least not for PC... It's a pretty dull game compared to what else is out there... Pro... : SilverSnake
  - Killzone rocks. : kruel

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For those of you that can't stand the sloppy mouse and like to play without smoothing, go to the User.ini and find this entry:

[Engine.PlayerInput]

And add these beloe it. There's no optin for it in the GUI, but I copied this out of my UT2004 User.ini and the mouse was suddenly a million times more responsive.

MouseSmoothingMode=0
MouseSmoothingStrength=0.000000
MouseSamplingTime=0.008333

As others have said, all the suqad commands are totally scripted, the weapons feel severly underpowered and it's completly linear. On the other hand it looks great and runs great, and it's Star Wars, so... I'm on the fence about it. Will probably get it based on this demo, but at the same time I'll probably wait a week to see if Comp/Best Buy/Fry's has an early promo sale on it.

Feb 01, 2005 6:03pm PST

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For those of you that can't stand the sloppy mouse and like to play without smoothing, go to the User.ini... : Dynotaku
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  Yeah, thanks. I thought this was extremely irritating as well, and was surprised they didn't include some... : FlatlineDixay
  - Actually, I played a little more with "smoothing" turned off, and it was a lot more enjoyable. The weapon... : FlatlineDixay

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is this worth losing time in WoW?

Feb 01, 2005 12:22pm PST

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is this worth losing time in WoW? : crypt420
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- Just play this when WoW's servers go down. Which seems to happen quite often from what I read lately. : coyoterys
- I wish I could post a "roll eyes" smilie right here --> . <-- : revolver6

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By: FlatlineDixay x Show Full Post

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Very nice graphics.

Otherwise just not very fun. The squad spends most of its time dying and/or getting in your way when they're not "parked" at a scripted location, and as far as I can tell there's no good way to tell them to run ahead as bait. If there is a tutorial for the squad handling, they should've included it in the demo.

The weapons aren't any good, and they don't seem to give you enough ammo except for the ghetto stuff.

Feb 01, 2005 5:27pm PST

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Very nice graphics. Otherwise just not very fun. The squad spends most of its time dying and/or gettin... : FlatlineDixay
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- heh, i found myself using the pistol the most because it seemed the most effective and it never ran outta... : nyranger66

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By: Alec Matias x Show Full Post

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/sighs.

Twice in a row a squad member got stuck to a rock (different rocks each time), unable to break himself free and causing me to restart the level.

Feb 01, 2005 3:04pm PST

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/sighs. Twice in a row a squad member got stuck to a rock (different rocks each time), unable to brea... : Alec Matias
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- happened to me too. Seems like an obvious bug to let by. : sharpie
- I didn't see that but I saw a few enemies "running" face against a wall even after I shot them a few tim... : Turd Ferguson

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can't get higher than 70k/s from SFO.

tested and getting 530k/s elsewhere.

Feb 01, 2005 2:44pm PST

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can't get higher than 70k/s from SFO. tested and getting 530k/s elsewhere. : cawcaw
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- really.. i'm seeing a guy getting 800k/s from there right now. could just be routing issues. try one of t... : Steve Gibson

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Filerush torrent

http://www.filerush.com/torrents/republiccommandodemo.exe.torrent

Feb 01, 2005 3:23pm PST

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Filerush torrent http://www.filerush.com/torrents/republiccommandodemo.exe.torrent : rorshack
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- Thank you... I did not feel like waiting 5 hours for a damn demo. Now I'll have it in 30 min! : benson

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i wonder if they could mod a game like this into a FPS X-COM ala the defunct X-COM Alliance

Feb 01, 2005 3:27pm PST

i wonder if they could mod a game like this into a FPS X-COM ala the defunct X-COM Alliance : sergeon

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So have you guys played this yet? is it as interesting as it seems, do you really have good control of your squad?

Feb 01, 2005 1:37pm PST

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So have you guys played this yet? is it as interesting as it seems, do you really have good control of y... : Turd Ferguson
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  No good control of your squad. Weapons aren't fun. Enemies look dull as hell. Enemies aren't fun to k... : kingdepork
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    so it's realease by EA? : deviantpaul
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      That pretty much is the way it feels, but there's some blood in the game, but i've really only seen green... : kingdepork
      
      This man speaks the truth. : esecasco
- Only cool part about the squad control is the fact that you can revive yourself when you are dead. : d0gbert

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this was alright, I wish the weapons had more feedback... they all seem to lack power.

Feb 01, 2005 12:29pm PST

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this was alright, I wish the weapons had more feedback... they all seem to lack power. : dilutedq
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- I feel the same way. When I fire my pulsh rifle into a group of guys, I want the recoil and sound to have... : d0gbert

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Played this almost 2 weeks ago. Nice execution and visuals but.... kinda meh actually.

Feb 01, 2005 11:33am PST

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Played this almost 2 weeks ago. Nice execution and visuals but.... kinda meh actually. : SlamDunk
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  Meh??? sheesh WHAT does it take...seems like a lot of fun to me. The production is topnotch. I dont see w... : buzzfunk
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    Maybe not being a sucker for anything Star Wars? http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9466796 : jrock
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      I dont...but i do think that the pc demo is better then the xbox one... : buzzfunk
  - production top notch, gameplay and fun is ho-hum. : kingdepork

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By watching the videos it was quite obvious that the "tactical squad control" is a joke. You can only use it at scripted times, and only in the exact way the developer intended.

Guess I'll download and confirm my suspicions...

Feb 01, 2005 2:02pm PST

By watching the videos it was quite obvious that the "tactical squad control" is a joke. You can only us... : PenicillinX57

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This game has kind of found itself on my 'watch list'. The concept/previews did nothing for me, but after reading all of the positive impressions of the console demo I think I'll keep my eye on this one.

Apparently, this is one of those rare games that's supposed to have decent enemy/squad A.I.

Feb 01, 2005 1:15pm PST

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This game has kind of found itself on my 'watch list'. The concept/previews did nothing for me, but afte... : Dimmona
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- wait for Brothers in Arms : byorn

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Fileshack LA giving anyone else grief? First I got too many connection errors, then when it was time to download it said general server error. I moved on to SF which seems fine.

Feb 01, 2005 11:38am PST

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Seems pretty fun. Not 50 dollars worth of fun, though. Maybe a rental.

Feb 01, 2005 12:55pm PST

Seems pretty fun. Not 50 dollars worth of fun, though. Maybe a rental. : sharpie

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Anyone know any cheat codes? I wanna run around blasting everything in sight now that I've finished it legit.

Feb 01, 2005 12:49pm PST

Anyone know any cheat codes? I wanna run around blasting everything in sight now that I've finished it le... : Evil Furby

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oh yeah lol this game. totally forgot about it. it's still around?

Feb 01, 2005 12:10pm PST

oh yeah lol this game. totally forgot about it. it's still around? : jrock

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The Xbox demo was very promising. Can't wait to try it on the PC...

Feb 01, 2005 11:31am PST

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The Xbox demo was very promising. Can't wait to try it on the PC... : Tripps
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- I was extremely disappointed with the Xbox demo. It was as bland and generic as it could be. The end boss... : Alec Matias

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By: Mad Brahmin Disease x Show Full Post

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C'mon, boys... faster!

How is it?

Feb 01, 2005 11:25am PST

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C'mon, boys... faster! How is it? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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- Halo in the Star Wars universe. Star Wars games (and Simpsons games) work like this - take Game X and ... : SiW73

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Downloading now...cant wait...

Feb 01, 2005 11:24am PST

Downloading now...cant wait... : buzzfunk

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