While this has the premise of an interesting indie stealth game, Republique shoots itself in the foot with a main character who loves ignoring your directions and a viewpoint system that's an absolute joke. Having worked my way to the end of Episode 3 of 5, I feel I've given it enough of a chance that quitting the game at this point is justified.

Stunning environments, a nice soundtrack, and mostly good voice work are why I kept hanging on with this game, thinking it had to get better at some point. Yet it never does, it just wallows in irritating mediocrity. The girl Hope whom you control loves following directions at first, then leaving her hiding spot in full view of one or more guards because...well, who really knows, honestly. The majority of my times getting captured were from this, or the funky cameras. Yes, your viewpoint is almost all from hacked security cameras that you bounce between to keep an eye on goings on - in the "tactical" view you pick the camera, but in real time the game does and often sees you directing Hope wrongly as left has now become right.

Thinking Republique might be worth getting as you're an achievement hunter? No, not really. It's collectable happy, with audio tapes, "classic" books, emails, and other items scattered all over every level that need picking up. There's a reason earned percentages for those achievements are fairly low, plus it sounds like a few are broken due to bugs in the last level so 100% is out.

Lots of stealth games on Steam are good, Republique just isn't one of them.