This wasn’t an unreasonable goal to make, because it is Star Wars we are talking about, but a line of questionable decisions drug LucasArts further away from their goal. The company had plenty of critical success in 2003 because of games like Jedi Knight II and Knights of the Old Republic, they then wanted to create a blockbuster game that would compete with the Halo series. The corporates restricting made the company to give large cuts in their staffing and budgets at LucasArts. When The Force Unleased was put out in 2004 it became the beginning of the end for the company. Republic Commando was put on shelves for fans to enjoy at an interesting time during LucasArts history. When Republic Commando was released it dished out one of the darkest storylines that has been told in Star Wars.
And this month , Star Wars Battlefront was released, which is the franchise’s first FPS since 2005. First off, there is now Halo 5 Guardians and its brand new feature, squad commands, which owes quite a bit to Republic Commando’s gameplay. There are two things that have occurred in the last couple of months to give us a reminder that Star Wars Republic Commando was one of the most influential Star Wars shooter games ever. If you remember Star Wars Republic Commando, you know that it’s not only one of the most amazing Star Wars FPS games but it was also the darkest.
