"Kort maar krachtig" as the Dutch would say. It's got everything a great game needs, except for enough missions.

User Rating: 9.3 | Star Wars: Republic Commando PC
Star Wars: Republic Commando is definitely one of the best Star Wars games I've played and trust me; I've played a lot of those. This game is great in almost every aspect of the game and the short single-player may just be better than you'd think at first.

The introduction is really nice: starting as a little clone baby and soon after you're already on the battlefield, shooting droids, but with a hint that you're going on a slightly different mission than your more common brothers.

One by one you find your teammates, who technically speaking have a different specialization each, but in practice they all do any job just as good as one of the others would. Those teammates are probably the best feature of the game; they're fierce fighters, are very easy to command, can do a whole range of different maneuvers and make a funny comment once in a while.

The enemies are just right, but their timing is sometimes quite predictable. See bacta and ammo? Then you're in for some trouble... Or it's the other way around; make a big scrapheap of a few droids and 10 seconds later you find bacta and ammo. Both ways make the game just a little less exciting. There's no need to be very strategic in ordering your team around because you're trying save on ammo or are badly wounded. Either you go into battle fully loaded or you know that when you kick only a bit more droid-ass you're going to be completely renewed.

I have nothing to say about the graphics or sounds; they're fantastic. Beautiful environments and thrilling blaster fire is all I need to feel good!

But the length of the single-player campaign... hmm... My first reaction was: Noooo!! It can't be over this soon! The Clone Wars weren't over in just 2 planetary "visits" and a short trip on a big ship. But then I saw the real end: Master Yoda sending Delta Squad back into action. It was then that I almost knew for certain: there is going to be a part two. There are so many more battles to fight and of course, they still have a team-member to retrieve, so it's virtually impossible that is is The End.

Since it's a year ago "Part I" was released, I'm hoping for some good news about "Part II" any time soon. But short or not, it's really worth playing.