IGN writes: "As for the clone missions, the pacing changes dramatically and you'll soon find yourself running and blasting with extreme prejudice. The clone mission on display took place on a besieged space station, with droids pouring in from all sides. In these situations, players will be able to use a variety of weapons, take cover behind environmental objects and throw grenades with ease. As I played the game on a 360, controlling the clone trooper was as simple as moving around with the left stick and shooting in any direction with the right stick. I liked how Krome Studios borrowed this trusted control scheme from dual analog shooters, because it works very well. The Wii version of Republic Heroes, alternatively, will delegate aiming to pointing with the Wii Remote. I wasn't particularly fond of how this worked, but I might just need practice.
Speaking of the Wii version, almost everything else about it was identical to the 360/PS3 version, though some of the levels have been tweaked slightly to better suit the console. Hopefully this doesn't mean that the experience has been completely toned down in order to run on Nintendo's hardware".
YouTube’s ‘John GodGames Emus’ and ‘Emulators for PC’ have shared some new videos, showing GUN, Bodycount, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Wanted: Weapons of Fate and more running on the latest version of the best Xbox 360 emulator, Xenia.
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From Day 30 – Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes, Tristan Rendo writes, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes is a video game with three titles and only one camera angle. A mix between platforming and third person shooter, Republic Heroes never manages to really nail either one.
The game takes place between the events of seasons 1 and 2 of The Clone Wars TV series, and as such, you’ll be a bit lost if you haven’t been following the show. Most characters though have a basis from the films and you can deduce what is happening plot wise even if you haven’t been a fan of the show; though there isn’t much of a reason to do so. Despite the fact that the story jumps between several Jedi all over the galaxy (as well as clone troopers) there really isn’t much memorable about the plot. The one enjoyab...
NEW YORK CITY — You may not know the name Ashley Eckstein, but you’ve heard her voice many times. The Hollywood actress broke out in the Disney Channel series “That’s So Raven,” but splits her time these days between voice work in television and video games and running her own female-focused geek clothing line, Her Universe.
I thought a jedi lightsaber could cut through anything.