Mixed feelings

[Lawful Hypocrite]

So i've been playing through the first mission of geonosis and am on the second mission right now and thus far Im not that impressed with the game. The shooting feels sub-par with the weapons feeling weak, the enemies feel a bit bullet-spongey and my squad have on multiple occasions almost been completely wiped out from geonosians who spawn behind you and swarm us, and Im not trying too rush trough the levels either so it dosen't feel like i'm being punished for being care-free, just playing the game normaly. The movement feels sluggish and dosen't make me feel like a badass elite commando and more like i'm being weighed down by something. The levels also feel painfully linear with little oppertunity for flanking. And the squad AI has thus far been at best average and at worst aggrevating, often not taking cover and just standing there soaking up damage or rushing in headfirst at the enemy, even when I have given them orders to stay behind me. I have some more problems but these are some of my main complaints. So does the game get better later, do you have any tips or am I better of refunding, thank you and happy Star Wars Day everyone!

[Leo "Gamer" G]

Yeah exact same experience for me

[pepsomo]

Guys... the game was made in 2005. The first of it's kind, give it a break.
It was state of the art back then

[Fantomo-Jedi]

The AI does not get better, The levels are linear, Enemy spawn remain awful, and the bullet sponges get even worse, you should probably get a refund if you don't like that stuff in a shooter.
This game is a good shooter for it's time period but these things are a common problem with shooters of it's time frame with Halo and Call of Duty suffering the same problem. But i think it is a pretty good game.

[Leo "Gamer" G]

Originally posted by Pepsomo:

Guys... the game was made in 2005. The first of it's kind, give it a break.
It was state of the art back then

I mean Battlefront II was also made in 2005 and it's leagues ahead of this game imo

[Fantomo-Jedi]

Originally posted by Leo G:

Originally posted by Pepsomo:

Guys... the game was made in 2005. The first of it's kind, give it a break.
It was state of the art back then

I mean Battlefront II was also made in 2005 and it's leagues ahead of this game imo

Battlefront II (2005) is a 3rd person shooter made primarily as a skirmish game with no real story.
Republic Commando is a 1st person shooter meant to tell a story with a small multiplayer mode added in last minute. the challenges they faced were different. as i said before, FPS comparable to republic commando such as Halo CE, Halo 2, Call of Duty 2, and Call of Duty 3, had similar problems as well due to the limits of the hardware of the time.

[Lawful Hypocrite]

Thanks for the responses everyone, I’ve decided to refund the game after checking out some reviews of the game and it seems like my problems persist throughout the game. I also didn’t mean to say that no one should like this game, I just don’t find this game as enjoyable compared to games that offer a similar experience like Rainbow Six Vegas. Thank you everyone and have a good day.

[Leo "Gamer" G]

Originally posted by Fantomo922:

Originally posted by Leo G:

I mean Battlefront II was also made in 2005 and it's leagues ahead of this game imo

Battlefront II (2005) is a 3rd person shooter made primarily as a skirmish game with no real story.
Republic Commando is a 1st person shooter meant to tell a story with a small multiplayer mode added in last minute. the challenges they faced were different. as i said before, FPS comparable to republic commando such as Halo CE, Halo 2, Call of Duty 2, and Call of Duty 3, had similar problems as well due to the limits of the hardware of the time.

I thought battlefront II was primarily a 1st person game just with a 3rd person option, just assumed that because 1st person is default. I can't comment on the call of duty games but Halo CE and 2 sure as hell did not suffer from the same issues this game has, they had big wide open spaces in many parts of the game and enemies that weren't complete bullet sponges, whereas this game is very linear with little chance to move around a great deal and flank, and even the first mission droids are more bullet spongy than most of Halos enemies, and they're just droids

[Fantomo-Jedi]

Originally posted by Leo G:

Originally posted by Fantomo922:

Battlefront II (2005) is a 3rd person shooter made primarily as a skirmish game with no real story.
Republic Commando is a 1st person shooter meant to tell a story with a small multiplayer mode added in last minute. the challenges they faced were different. as i said before, FPS comparable to republic commando such as Halo CE, Halo 2, Call of Duty 2, and Call of Duty 3, had similar problems as well due to the limits of the hardware of the time.

I thought battlefront II was primarily a 1st person game just with a 3rd person option, just assumed that because 1st person is default. I can't comment on the call of duty games but Halo CE and 2 sure as hell did not suffer from the same issues this game has, they had big wide open spaces in many parts of the game and enemies that weren't complete bullet sponges, whereas this game is very linear with little chance to move around a great deal and flank, and even the first mission droids are more bullet spongy than most of Halos enemies, and they're just droids

I didn't see your comment until just now so that is why i took so long to respond. Battlefront II was primarily 3rd person with a small 1st option added in, notice the lack of detail in 1st person. Halo CE and 2 may look open at first, but i replayed them recently and noticed how tight everything was even the vehicle levels. Even grunts are bullet sponges in CE taking almost a full mag before dying although Halo 2 was slightly better about bullet sponges.