When i first played this game, it was only for 15 minutes, before i felt like i had had enough.
The bubbly character models and restricted controls, reminded me all too much that this was a console port.
But when i bought the best of star wars bundle i decided to give it another try - and i was not disappointed.
Sure the graphics and the controls still wasn't up the the PC standard, but after the fist few levels i no longer focused on that.
To sum it all up, the mix of the simple squad mechanics, the engaging star wars themed story and FPS game play all came together and made this a very enjoyable game.
Maybe it just came to me at the right time, but i remember having played another squad based game not long before, Freedom Fights, and maybe that left hungering for more of the same kind of action. Beyond that those games don't have much in common, but the had enough to get me hooked.
So, if you like star wars, shooting and blowing things up, want to have some squad based action without bugging your friends - then republic commando isn't the worst you can choose.