History VideoGame / StarWarsRepublicCommando

'''Sev:''' What goes up...

-->'''Boss:''' [[CallBack An elegant weapon]] [[StarWarsEpisodeIVANewHope for a more civilized age]]? Well, times have ''changed''.

'''Boss:''' [[CallBack An elegant weapon]] [[StarWarsEpisodeIVANewHope for a more civilized age]]? Well, times have ''changed''.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The end of the last mission, in which [[spoiler:Sev is ambushed away from the rest of your squad. Except this time you don't get to save him]].

* CanonDiscontinuity: Like with the vast majority of the old [=EU=], this is non-canon to the post-Disney Star Wars franchise, due the Delta Squad was brought into canon during the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' episode ''Witches of the Mist''.

* LeetLingo: Scorch will occasionally say "No one can match my l33t hax0r skillz!" when ordered to slice a computer terminal. [[http://www.clonecommandos.net/misc/l33thax0r.jpg Yes. He really does.]]

* CanonDiscontinuity: Like with the vast majority of the old [=EU=], this is non-canon to the post-Disney Star Wars franchise.

-->'''Boss:''' Hmmm, an energy weapon that looks like a slug thrower... I didn't think the lizards were so nostalgic.

'''Scorch:''' That would be easier if he'd back down a little.

-->'''Fixer:''' Automated gunnery against a battlecruiser?\\

* FoeTossingCharge: The enemy-to-enemy version occurs when Super battle droids sometimes take a whack at lesser battle droids, in an apparent ShoutOut to a shot in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' where an [=SBD=] was seen smacking some battle droids out of the way in order to get them out of its field of fire.

* GiantMook[=/=]HeavilyArmoredMook: Super Battle Droids, Genosian Elites, and Trandoshan Heavy Assault Mercenaries. Super Battle Droids are 8 feet tall, can withstand about 150 blaster bolts or 4 thermal detonators before falling, and are equipped with a combination blaster[=/=] rocket launcher arm cannon. Geno Elites are about as tough as [=SBD=]s and are armed with powerful beam cannons, plus they can fly. Heavy Trandos are ''even tougher'' than Super Battle Droids, and carry a very powerful minigun that can cut you down in less than a second. The anti-armor rifle mod kills them both very quickly, though.

* InterfaceScrew: Jamming devices and scav droids will cause static to appear on your screen. The latter will also cause a brief SnowyScreenOfDeath if you kill a scav droid after it [[EyeScream attaches itself to your helmet and starts drilling through your faceplate]]. Additionally, if you look at a particularly intense explosion or a flashbang grenade as it goes off, [[StandardStatusEffects you will be temporarily blinded]].

* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Played straight at one point during the Kashyyyk levels. Fixer says the first half, Boss says the second and upon passing the threshold into the next room the squad is subject to multiple ambushes by scav droids and Trandoshan mercenaries. Fixer also tends to say the first half of the line throughout the game if he and the rest of the squad haven't been given anything to kill for awhile.
* KickTheDog: Just prior to rescuing Sev aboard the "Prosecutor", when the player witnesses the Trandoshan slavers beating him in order to get him to divulge information, a pair of Trandoshans can be seen taking turns scaring the living bejeesus out of an R2 unit. After awhile, one of the pair decides to kill the droid for no discernible reason.

** On Kashyyyk, at the very end of the game, the squad gradually splits up to man individual gun turrets, in order to destroy a Separatist vessel.

'''Sev:''' Everything gives you the creeps.

'''Scorch''': Hey, I didn't know Trandoshans could fly.
* ShortRangeShotgun: The Trandoshan array gun, an EnergyWeapon that functions similarly to a shotgun.

* OminousLatinChanting: Most songs, especially the title track [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao1HQAPRSwo "Vode An"]], contain Ominous Mandalorian Chanting.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: If the player attacks and incapacitates one of his squadmates, this will usually earn him a harsh rebuke from the others and if the player continues with this behavior, they will attack him, eventually resulting in FinalDeath, not the usual NonLethalKO.

Delta Squad fights against Separatists and their Trandoshan allies to attack vulnerable targets and complete critical objectives to ensure victory for the larger Republic forces. There are only three missions, on Geonosis, a Republic Cruiser, and Kashyyyk, each divided up into four-to-six sections, and while each is worthy of being called as long as any one of ''VideoGame/DeusEx''[='=]s "missions" it's over quickly, especially with the {{Cliffhanger}} ending. Meanwhile, each of the four clones is given at least some depth with their voice interactions.

* SquadControls: The four common commands are "Secure Area" (defend a particular spot), "Form Up" (follow me closely), "Cancel Maneuver" (abandon current specialized task, see below, and return to previous order), and "Search and Destroy" (self-explanatory). Additionally, there is a number of context sensitive commands triggered by the same button, depending on what you're targeting right now: focus fire on a particular enemy, take a specialized defensive position (sniper, grenadier, or anti-armor), man a turret, place a shaped charge on a door, slice a terminal, use a bacta station, place or disarm a landmine, or resuscitate a fallen squad member. Finally, if the PlayerCharacter goes down, they have the option either to recall the squad to revive him or to have them carry out current orders and revive him once the coast is clear again.

* SquadControls

One of the most well-received games to come out of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequel trilogy, ''Republic Commando'' puts you in the shoes of RC-1138 "Boss", leader of Delta Squad ([[VideoGame/GearsOfWar No, not that one]], or [[VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine that one]]), a [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous special forces unit]] in the [[RedshirtArmy Clone Army]].

* ICantUseTheseThingsTogether: Usually happens when the plot separates Boss from the rest of the squad.

* ClonesArePeopleToo: The game makes it clear that though all Clone Troopers, Delta Squad included, may be copies of Janjo Fett, they are also individuals distinct from one another. Differences in experiences and training growing up do as much to shape them in personality as their shared genes do. For example, Scorch is so nicknamed due to a NoodleIncident during training that left his eyebrows permanently burned off.