tommygunner Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 i found a link for a demo... torrent or something... it sucked... 15+ hours... it was annoying... i am gonna wait for an official 1... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oidar Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 I played through the demo floating around the net just to get a feel for the game. There isn't really anything spoiler worthy in it, though some people may argue differently, still I won't give anything away. This is just my 2 bits on it. The demo itself is good. I'd say freakin awesome possibly even one of the best FPS demos I've played in a while. Its very smooth looking, has excellent game play and great AI. The game play is quite face paced and steady, Squad AI is very good as well, squad mates take cover when being shot at and shoot back when the opportunity arises. Close combat is excellent your wrist blade is quite effective on most enemies some of the larger ones are a littler harder to bring down but can still be dropped you just need work on them a little. Controls are easy to pickup and simple to navigate through. Objectives are easy to recognize (or at least they are in the demo) and don't leave you guessing like other games where you get to a point and wonder to yourself, "How do I get through that locked door when I have nothing to open it and no way to get around it? Oh thats right, I have to go clear back the the start of the freakin level to pull a lever that I couldn't pull whe I started cause I hadn't completed an objective thats half way through the freakin level when I started." So yea none of that mindless run around stupidly BS. I beat the demo a couple times and punched in some of the cheat codes to see what some of the other weapons were like, I was quite impressed though some weapons didn't seem to do the damage I expected them to but then you can play in the arguement, its just a demo and things could very much have changed since the demo was done making the current version very different from what we see. All in all its a solid demo, yes like people are saying it was quick to beat (15min approx) but still offers up some fun game play and a chance to get familiar with things. I can't wait for March first this game is very much something to look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 It just crashed one me when I picked up a gun, dunno if it's a one time thing, but I'm gonna wait an hour or so before I try again, then I'll sumbit a review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Originally posted by tommygunner i found a link for a demo... torrent or something... it sucked... 15+ hours... it was annoying... i am gonna wait for an official 1... You've never used Bit torrent have you? You have to wait awhile before the speed goes up. It took me an hour so it shouldn't take you much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch1cago88 Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 I just played it and beat it and I must say I enjoyed it quite a bit. Your AI partners save your ass a lot by healing you while your on the ground lieing dead. I highly rec. all of you give it a try. And your Wookie allies kick some major ass in hard mode. The Wookies are great allies throwing enemies to the wall and stuff. This game is going to be great! I cant wait for it to be released. Oh heres the link to get the demo if you havent played it yet. I think the demo got leaked out or somthing because the Offical site still hasent released it yet. And since its a leaked demo (or I think it is) it takes about 2 hours to download but well worth the wait. Here---> ftp://70.85.73.26/RepublicCommandoDemo.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Check the other thread, it is actually a German Magazine exclsuive.... (or was, rather. ) Glad you enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 MERGE'D! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 So is the demo in German then? Btw, I don't know what it is with the Germans and Star Wars games, but they must be serious fans, possibly with connections, 'cause they always seem to get this stuff a bit earlier than the rest of the world. ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch1cago88 Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 No the link I posted above is in english. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 The demo is english, and as far as I know, LA's demos are usually english only. *shrugs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Originally posted by Kurgan So is the demo in German then? Btw, I don't know what it is with the Germans and Star Wars games, but they must be serious fans, possibly with connections, 'cause they always seem to get this stuff a bit earlier than the rest of the world. ; ) It's English. I actually didn't see ANYTHING in German, which was kinda weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 The JA demo came in Spanish, German, French and English. If my memory serves me right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Anyone think they'll release an offical one after this, or d oyou think we'll have to go with the German Magazine one? I'm thinking the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 I think we'll hold off on posting the pc demo review officially until we hear from LA or see it at least mentioned in their site or another "official" source like AOL, Fileplanet or gamespot, etc. The official site has in the past not been the first to post their demos/trailers, so hopefully that's the case here. But we'll respect LA's wishes if they don't want to do a mainstream release just yet. If this somehow turned out to be different than some "official" demo released later, we'd have to scrap our review and do a new one anyway, so as to avoid confusing people. Still, it's true, LA's forums are covered with threads about the pc demo, including links to download it, and they don't seem to be cracking down.... PS: Just poking around it sounds like the German magazine is called "Gamestar DVD" and the issue was released on newsstands as it were on January 26th. Subscribers may have gotten their copies early of course. But if it's just been released on the internet as of Sunday? *checks thread post* Or maybe as early as the 26th... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 A subscriber got it the 25 and it was posted early that morning. <_< I was on recon >_> stop looking at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adillon Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Originally posted by Kurgan I think we'll hold off on posting the pc demo review officially until we hear from LA or see it at least mentioned in their site or another "official" source like AOL, Fileplanet or gamespot, etc. fileplanet has got it up for our downloading pleasure! http://www.fileplanet.com/files/140000/149876.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 I think I have a virus from the demo, my forums are ****ed up now, and I am the only one who could get in there. Be careful where you download it, fileplanet is your best bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommygunner Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 crap u have to pay... i am gonna wait for an official demo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adillon Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 the try filefront ... it SHOULD be free. http://files.filefront.com/Star_Wars_Republic_Commando_Demo/;3799247;;/fileinfo.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 FileFront and FilePlanet have it? Fine, it's official. Go ahead and post it up guys, and get those reviews sent in. LucasArts wouldn't let those sites post it if it wasn't sanctioned... Fileplanet does NOT require you to pay! You simply have to create an account (free) and then when you login, free servers appear at the bottom. I dislike fileplanet too for the often long waits, but it is still free! In fact, I think to avoid confusion we should have an "official" demo thread here. So if nobody minds I'll close this and open the new one... post your *working* links there: Official PC Demo Thread (*demo spoilers*) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommygunner Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 OMFG i dnt have 15+ hour dowload time... i have about 40 minutes... hmm that will have to satisfy me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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