Burgess
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Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:22 am |
Lucasarts squad based tactical Unreal Engine powered first person shooter Star Wars Republic Commando is nearing its February 05 release date. Man, try saying that three times fast. :p
Gamespot sat down with Tim Longo the Director of Republic Commando. The first part of this diary mostly tries to sell how cool the Star Wars universe is. Yea, I know how cool it is or I wouldn't be reading this dairy, duh. Anyway, after that he goes into squad control. In RC you will have access to one touch squad control.
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| We introduced a new mechanic to the genre that we had not seen before or since and pushed it as far as we could. The marketing folks called it our "One Touch Squad" about a year ago and that was just about the same goal for the design itself. We call them squad maneuvers and they allow the players to control their squads using contextual world objects with a click of the "use" button. The magic green "A" button ("F" on PC) is used for everything in our game. It's clean, simple, and fast. The way a squad really acts back here on Earth. Sniping, hacking (or as we like to say on Tatooine--"slicing"), demolitions, anti-armor, door breaching, and so on. And all with one button. Less "work" and more play. |
Sounds good to me. The second control mechanism allows you to assign "stances” to your squad mates. These are separate from "maneuvers". I would assume that these stances put your soldiers on patrol, attack, ect. Hopefully, more light will be shed on squad control in later diaries.
Mr. Longo also releases new information about your squad in RC. While they all are clones they do evolve like humans developing different personalities. Here is a listing:
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The squad leader is 38 (the full designation is RC 01/138, and you can guess what the RC stands for). He plays the part of the player and thus in a very traditional FPS way, has little character. "You" are 38. 40 (aka "Fixer," his nickname) is the right-hand man to 38. He is a by-the-book, no-nonsense soldier who has a talent for hacking into computer systems. 62 (aka "Scorch") is the joker of the group. Loves explosives and anti-armor weaponry, he takes the edge out of combat with his witty banter while putting the pressure on the armored enemies (or all enemies for that matter). And then there is 07 (aka "Sev"). He is the hunter of the group. Fairly antisocial and pretty much pissed off all of the time. Favoring the sniper rifle, he really doesn't care how he defeats his enemy, as long as it counts as a kill. That's Delta Squad. And you'll grow to love them as much as we have, I know it. At times it feels like we've been raising our own little batch of clones. Complete with the beakers and everything.
You'll find Sev to be a little antisocial, but his skills with a sniper rifle will serve you well. |
Wow, Republic Commando is shaping up to be one hell of a shooter. I love Star Wars and tactical shooters so this will be a must purchase for me. For more information and screenshots visit Gamestop. Which Clone Trooper do you think this is? I would guess Sev.
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