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republic commando by Sword of Justice 08/09/2010, 12:29am PDT
it's kind of surprising how well this game holds up to today's standards. there's ragdoll physics combined with the gears of war style corpse kicking, as well as exploding enemy jetpacks which causes dead enemies to flail around wildly, making ragdoll seem new and funny all over again.

the use of real time tacticool operator tactics stays strong through the rest of the game, and they did a great job on all the other little details. HOWEVER it's clear that the game could have used some extra improvements found in todays modern games, like a better and more fleshed out set of tutorial missions. it's better in that respect than mass effect but only a little bit. there was also a few points in the game where I stopped finding ammo, which is pretty confusing when you're literally kicking useless ammo aside most of the game.

the game also has the balls to be unapologetically difficult. I got killed a few million times against some of their armies of fuckin super battle droid dispensers, and it's honestly very frustrating, even if I don't need to reload a save, to be incapped for the 10th time, demand my squad recall and revive me in the line of fire and get back up while they take a million weak little pot shots at the nearly invincible tanks. the squad mates do a very good job of following orders, cracking terminals and covering a field of fire from a sniping/heavy weapon position, but it would have been really cool to make them useful in a standard firefight as well.

in a few more years this game will seem extremely ancient.
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games that stand the test of time, or don't by Sword of Justice 07/10/2010, 1:06pm PDT NEW
    mario 64 by Sword of Justice 07/10/2010, 1:16pm PDT NEW
        VERDICT MARIO 64 STANDS THE TEST OF TIME NT by Stand the test of time judge 07/10/2010, 1:28pm PDT NEW
            I agree with this by Bananadine 07/10/2010, 2:38pm PDT NEW
                I was probably gonna review yoshis island and oot but now I don't need to :D by Sword of Justice 07/10/2010, 3:00pm PDT NEW
                    A negative review of OOT has been a long time coming by Vested Id 07/10/2010, 3:06pm PDT NEW
                        PSH the sword fighting engine is still excellent by Sword of Justice 07/10/2010, 4:18pm PDT NEW
                Anyone searching for front page content should check out this post. NT by Jerry Whorebach 07/10/2010, 3:07pm PDT NEW
    Jumpman, Jumpman Junior NT by mark 07/10/2010, 1:37pm PDT NEW
        never heard of this but I'm going to assume that it's not gay by Sword of Justice 07/10/2010, 2:28pm PDT NEW
            1983 or something insane. NT by mark 07/11/2010, 6:22pm PDT NEW
                was it that old mac skydiving game where the clouds would slow your descent? NT by Sword of Justice 07/12/2010, 12:21pm PDT NEW
                    No, that sounds terrible. NT by mark 07/12/2010, 1:15pm PDT NEW
    master of magic by Noi Dau Don 07/10/2010, 1:43pm PDT NEW
        never heard of them they sound gay like gay porn NT by Sword of Justice 07/10/2010, 2:22pm PDT NEW
    starcontrol2 NT by up with pod people 07/10/2010, 2:52pm PDT NEW
        Just in case you were not aware: by Mischief Maker 07/10/2010, 3:21pm PDT NEW
            Thanks by Lizard_King 07/11/2010, 7:13am PDT NEW
                Re: Thanks by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/11/2010, 6:58pm PDT NEW
                    I'm only halfway through the manual for XCOM by Lizard_King 07/11/2010, 7:48pm PDT NEW
                        What happened during your JA2 playthrough? by Eric T. Cheng 07/11/2010, 8:15pm PDT NEW
                            Re: What happened during your JA2 playthrough? by Lizard_King 07/12/2010, 7:11am PDT NEW
    Herzog Zwei by Fortinbras 07/10/2010, 2:57pm PDT NEW
        Sacrifice! by Mischief Maker 07/10/2010, 4:08pm PDT NEW
        Vapor Trail was the best shooter ever NT by Fortinbras 07/18/2010, 12:55pm PDT NEW
        I just played through this by Bananadine 11/14/2010, 3:18pm PST NEW
    Re: games that stand the test of time, or don't by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/10/2010, 4:13pm PDT NEW
    River City Ransom (does). ^_^ by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/10/2010, 5:45pm PDT NEW
        Speaking of RCR. by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/10/2010, 7:46pm PDT NEW
            The ISF technician you hired to calibrate your set should have switched that off NT by You did hire an etc. etc. right?? 07/10/2010, 8:27pm PDT NEW
                imperial space force tv technician who stands aside and watches us install it ou NT by Sword of Justice 07/10/2010, 8:33pm PDT NEW
                Yes then we activated our jet packs and flew to the moon. ^_^ NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/10/2010, 8:34pm PDT NEW
    Re: games that stand the test of time, or don't by Bradley Svedka. 07/10/2010, 5:47pm PDT NEW
        no it isn't NT by Sword of Justice 07/10/2010, 5:52pm PDT NEW
            Re: no it isn't by Bradley Svedka. 07/10/2010, 6:37pm PDT NEW
                Psh thanks for the analysis qt3. NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/10/2010, 7:40pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Psh thanks for the analysis qt3. by Bradley Svedka. 07/10/2010, 8:07pm PDT NEW
                        Thanks, enjoy your job at kotaku. ^_^ NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/10/2010, 8:35pm PDT NEW
                            Re: Thanks, enjoy your job at kotaku. ^_^ by Demon G. Sides 07/10/2010, 9:06pm PDT NEW
                                Looks like we got some people mad at the truth again. 8) by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/10/2010, 9:25pm PDT NEW
                                    Re: Looks like we got some people mad at the truth again. 8) by Demon G. Sides 07/11/2010, 12:53am PDT NEW
                                        We know you didn't get the kotaku reference, catch up. by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/11/2010, 1:27am PDT NEW
                    indeed, this guy should change his name to qt3 analysis NT by Sword of Justice 07/10/2010, 8:34pm PDT NEW
                        Twin retards posting hot-seat, qq faggotry. by Bradley Svedka. 07/10/2010, 8:58pm PDT NEW
                            try not to fire a shit through your chair oh too late by Sword of Justice 07/10/2010, 9:29pm PDT NEW
                            Re: Twin retards posting hot-seat, qq faggotry. by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/10/2010, 9:36pm PDT NEW
                                Re: Twin retards posting hot-seat, qq faggotry. by Bradley Svedka 11/14/2010, 3:20pm PST NEW
                                    Not the real me. Remember the period. It can save a life. NT by Bradley Svedka. 11/16/2010, 7:15pm PST NEW
                                    Re: Twin retards posting hot-seat, qq faggotry. by Bananadine 11/16/2010, 10:27pm PST NEW
                                        Who are the Cables? Wikileak cables? NT by arthur 01/03/2011, 10:57pm PST NEW
                                            For more information on Cables, check out by Wikipedia 01/04/2011, 6:54am PST NEW
        WROOOOOOOOOONG.gif NT by Last 07/10/2010, 9:16pm PDT NEW
    Obvious answer: Tetris by Fullofkittens 07/10/2010, 6:22pm PDT NEW
    Half-Life 1 I think also. O_O by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/10/2010, 7:38pm PDT NEW
        Re: Half-Life 1 I think also. O_O by Bradley Svedka. 07/10/2010, 8:08pm PDT NEW
    Re: games that stand the test of time, or don't by Last 07/10/2010, 9:29pm PDT NEW
        If you didn't like Mario 64 the problem is you. NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/10/2010, 9:36pm PDT NEW
    Heroes of Might and Magic 2 NT by Worm 07/10/2010, 10:00pm PDT NEW
        & 3 NT by up with pod people 07/10/2010, 10:26pm PDT NEW
            & HoMM 2 The Price of Loyalty, the story was even good enough for Fable 3 NT by to rip off 07/11/2010, 7:51am PDT NEW
        Is this worth getting if I've already played 3 to death? NT by Arbit 07/12/2010, 12:46pm PDT NEW
    nyatzee sort of validates what I'm saying altho I don't need him round anyhow by Sword of Justice 07/12/2010, 12:54pm PDT NEW
    Oh also I played through Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts by Bananadine 07/12/2010, 1:47pm PDT NEW
        it wasn't that good and still isn't no by Sword of Justice 09/14/2010, 2:02pm PDT NEW
            Woah jsoh coming out against a hard game. NT by who fucking saw it coming? 09/14/2010, 3:20pm PDT NEW
    Take No Prisoners by laudablepuss 07/12/2010, 4:40pm PDT NEW
    deus ex 1 by Sword of Justice 07/18/2010, 4:48am PDT NEW
        Rock, Paper Shotgun has thoughts on the matter by Bananadine 07/18/2010, 8:47am PDT NEW
            this was an especially dumb part of the story by Sword of Justice 07/18/2010, 12:14pm PDT NEW
                Re: this was an especially dumb part of the story by Bradley Svedka. 07/19/2010, 11:54pm PDT NEW
                    Sounds like Obama to me, does it sound like Obama to you? 8) NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/20/2010, 12:07am PDT NEW
        Also it had a monomolecular nanosword that made the game 100% easier by Fortinbras 07/18/2010, 8:54am PDT NEW
        Re: deus ex 1 by Mischief Maker 07/18/2010, 10:14am PDT NEW
            It is probably still best to play first time without cheats. by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/18/2010, 11:29am PDT NEW
    misc. old JRPG's by Bananadine 07/18/2010, 9:56am PDT NEW
        DS JRPGs by Mischief Maker 07/18/2010, 10:41am PDT NEW
    diablo 2 by Sword of Justice 07/19/2010, 11:16am PDT NEW
    A smattering of selections across the genres by Willdog 07/20/2010, 8:38pm PDT NEW
        On second thought by Willdog 07/21/2010, 6:15pm PDT NEW
        Did we forget to mention Fallout 1/2? :( by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/21/2010, 7:07pm PDT NEW
            Fallout 1 would never pass muster as Fallout 3 DLC by Jerry Whorebach 06/28/2011, 3:44pm PDT NEW
        Watch me fag out for Fallout :( by Jerry Whorebach 07/21/2010, 7:12pm PDT NEW
        Covert Action was the 3rd PC game I ever played. I replayed it last March. by Last 07/22/2010, 6:52am PDT NEW
            Re: Covert Action was the 3rd PC game I ever played. I replayed it last March. by Willdog 07/23/2010, 9:50pm PDT NEW
        mw4 had the best mechlab of the entire series NT by Sword of Justice 07/22/2010, 12:16pm PDT NEW
            You mean the McDonalds color-coded-for-retards one? NT by Mischief Maker 07/22/2010, 1:55pm PDT NEW
                I LIKE things to be difficult. Difficult education. Difficult games. NT by Mischief Maker 07/22/2010, 3:21pm PDT NEW
                    He's like Einstein. O_O NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/22/2010, 5:52pm PDT NEW
                the one where you didn't need to know minutae about non existant metals by Sword of Justice 07/22/2010, 6:07pm PDT NEW
                    Better UIs are always worse than bad UIs everyone knows that what are you a RETA NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/22/2010, 8:26pm PDT NEW
                        What kind of retard wants OPTIONS in their mech customization? by Mischief Maker 07/22/2010, 9:30pm PDT NEW
                            Options like for example (blank space) NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/22/2010, 11:46pm PDT NEW
                            and did you hear, the new prince of persia lets you rewind time how lame by Sword of Justice 07/23/2010, 10:49pm PDT NEW
    Planescape? by Cannibal Dave 07/21/2010, 11:51pm PDT NEW
    Re: games that stand the test of time, or don't by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/22/2010, 7:25am PDT NEW
        spoony mentions that the old ultima games came with story books for the story by Sword of Justice 07/22/2010, 12:15pm PDT NEW
            Re: spoony mentions that the old ultima games came with story books by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/27/2010, 1:21pm PDT NEW
        If you people would lrn2Jing then you wouldn't have to use fucking imageshack an NT by Fullofkittens 07/22/2010, 1:42pm PDT NEW
        There was ONE kindof cool thing about it by laudablepuss 07/22/2010, 4:24pm PDT NEW
        Re: games that stand the test of time, or don't by N 08/08/2010, 8:22pm PDT NEW
    turok for the n64 by Sword of Justice 07/28/2010, 4:46am PDT NEW
        SPOILER: turok farts fire as he runs away at the end NT by grasa cachorro 07/28/2010, 6:57am PDT NEW
        I think it plays just as horribly as it did then. NT by mark 07/28/2010, 7:27am PDT NEW
            It did suck then but then again it was the best looking FPS. by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/28/2010, 7:58am PDT NEW
                Playing Turok with all the console switches on was the only fun way to play by WITTGENSTEIN 06/28/2011, 4:19pm PDT NEW
        Turok 2 with modern computing power is probably great NT by Vested Id 07/28/2010, 10:55pm PDT NEW
    homeworld 1 by Sword of Justice 08/06/2010, 3:37pm PDT NEW
        Re: homeworld 1 by Jhoh Cause..... 2 08/07/2010, 2:19am PDT NEW
    republic commando by Sword of Justice 08/09/2010, 12:29am PDT NEW
    Super Mario Bros., surprisingly by Bananadine 10/05/2010, 5:35pm PDT NEW
        Super Mario Bros. 2, probably by Bananadine 08/15/2011, 10:02am PDT NEW
            Super Mario Bros. 3 by Bananadine 02/25/2012, 9:56am PST NEW
                What part of this game would you say doesn't stand up? by Claborsar 02/25/2012, 12:11pm PST NEW
                    yes, you are completely correct, I suppose I blame myself for this situation by sdroa jists 02/25/2012, 12:25pm PST NEW
                    Re: What part of this game would you say doesn't stand up? by Bananadine 02/25/2012, 12:39pm PST NEW
                        Well we are using objectivity. 8( by Claborsar 02/25/2012, 12:54pm PST NEW
                            Re: Well we are using objectivity. 8( by Bananadine 02/25/2012, 1:31pm PST NEW
                                Re: Well we are using objectivity. 8( by Claborsar 02/25/2012, 2:12pm PST NEW
                                    stop playing. stop posting. stop breathing. NT by Worm 02/25/2012, 5:16pm PST NEW
                                        Hey look, someone who hasn't gone anywhere in the past several years. 8) by Claborsar 02/27/2012, 3:38pm PST NEW
                                            hey fuck you NT by Worm 02/27/2012, 7:29pm PST NEW
    Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage by Bananadine 11/14/2010, 3:10pm PST NEW
        The Punisher (MAME or Genesis) was a better Marvel Final Fight. Try it today! NT by Last 11/15/2010, 6:10am PST NEW
            Is there a special reason why Punisher only uses his gun when faced with guns? by Bananadine 06/28/2011, 2:34pm PDT NEW
                sometimes your punishment is getting shot and other times it's getting beaten NT by Worm 06/28/2011, 6:16pm PDT NEW
            Re: The Punisher was a better Marvel Final Fight. Try it today! by Bananadine 07/07/2011, 12:33am PDT NEW
                Well, at least we can all agree on what the WORST Marvel beat 'em up is. by Jerry Whorebach 07/30/2011, 8:03pm PDT NEW
        Is that a joke? I watched a speed run, it looked intolerable. by Last 11/16/2010, 9:14pm PST NEW
            No, and speed runs can make anything look terrible by Bananadine 11/16/2010, 9:52pm PST NEW
    Ecco the Dolphin is giving me motion sickness NT by Bananadine 12/04/2010, 6:29pm PST NEW
        I finished this by Bananadine 01/03/2011, 5:27pm PST NEW
            meanwhile, ecco on dreamcast was also incredibly hard but at least gorgeous by up with pod people 01/03/2011, 5:36pm PST NEW
                should be "having the piss taken". they didn't take the piss. NT by Ol Chap 01/03/2011, 7:51pm PST NEW
 
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