Star Wars Bounty Hunter

"Ex him out. Next one..."

Introduction
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is an action adventure game, in my opinion. In this game, you can virtually venture to any spot in the level you are in. I think it strays more towards the action side of things with all the enemies you get to nix with solvo from blasters and the likes. In Bounty Hunter, you play as the lethal Jango Fett, predecessor to the feared Boba Fett who is feared all over the Star Wars Universe by anyone or anything with a brain.

Story: 8/10
At the beginning, you get to see Sidious telling his new apprentice, Count Dooku, to kill off the leader of a deadly cult known as the Bando Gora. The cult is lead by a Dark Jedi, who happens to had once been Count Dooku’s “test subject” of an apprentice. Do not ask me, I sort of don’t understand what he means by test subject, but that really does not matter. And Sidious happens to want a perfect templet for a clone army, a vicious underling, maybe? Count Dooku decides that he wants to “kill two birds with one stone” by putting a bounty on the Dark Jedi leader’s head. The bounty hunter who gets the bounty would most likely be the best tepmplet, perhaps? Yes, that is it…wait, I must fend down my evil tendencies and complete this. Basically, you are Jango, and if you live, you get to be a templet in Darth Sidious’ evil plot of ultimate rule in the Star Wars Universe. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So what if I get into this stuff?

Music: 8/10
The music is normal Star Wars music. It’s all good, you can say, but who really has time to pay attention to music when there are enemies to vape?! Despite what I implying, the music is pretty good. The music is pure Star Wars all the way, so when there are no enemies around you get to listen to the music.

Sound: 10/10
Sound. Naaaaarrrf- er, wrong subject, same meaning. The sound in this game is quality fresh, unexplainably great. Character’s lips move to the sound almost exactly. I say almost because Sidious’ mouth moves like Ozzy Osbourne’s, but that is supposed to be, so what do you expect? You fire blaster, solvo hits a wall. You hear the solvo leave the blaster nozzle. You hear solvo searing past your head. You hear solvo connect with wall. Nothing better than when all the pieces fit together. The sound in this game is very much awesome.

Gameplay: 10/10
Here in the Gameplay section is where this game shines greatest at. You can tuck and role to get out of the way of someone’s blaster solvos. You can jump, even, to get out of the way. When you get your jump pack back, you can do millions more of things. What I usually do is jump and then lay to the jump pack thrust button so I can go higher. The locking system in this game is very good. You get a targeting recticle on the person you are shooting at, and you can see their health at the bottom of it. With Jango’s twin blasters, you can actually start laying waste to TWO people at one time! For faster firing, just start tapping the fire button. And, get this, you do not always have to aim, because Jango Fett has an actual brain. He will aim at what ever decides to cause trouble. But, just to be safe, I say aim. Anyway, on to OTHER features. Flaming people has never been more fun with a game. This game’s flames are so realistic and fun, that you can just feel to heat while the never ending flames are going. You also can tie up people with Jango Fett’s whipcord. This is good because you may want to capture someone with a bounty on their head alive…all for the extra money. So ****ing awesome, man.

Replayability: 8/10
You can read a comic book, if you earn all the pages. There are 56 or so in all, so playing the game through multiple times has its reasons. You can get stuff also in about four other things. So, basically the game has a lot of replay value.

Graphics: 10/10
Normally I don’t give a wompa’s arse about graphics in a game, but the graphics in this sucker are awesome. Often times I find that I must consciously close my mouth after I finally notice the drool getting all over the place. LucasArts put a whole lot of detail in this game. If you know the names and such of creatures and somewhat of what they look like, you’ll find yourself quickly calling things out by name. “DIE UGNAUGHT!!!” And when you get to see a cutscene, it is all just so beautifully done that I would have to say that it is all done on a Final Fantasy 10 level.

Overall:
Story: 8/10
Music: 8/10
Sound: 10/10
Gameplay: 10/10
Replayability: 8/10
Graphics: 10/10
Total: Pure 9/10
Rounded Total: 9/10

Buy/Rent
Some people may not like this game because it is very much fashioned after Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, so it would be hard to say that everyone would love this game as much as I do. If you are looking for an awesome Star Wars game, this is your game right here. If you are just looking for anything that is worth fifty dollars or so, pick this game up. For the hardcore Star Wars fan, I recommend you buy this game. For the hardcore fan of hating Star Wars, I say you should give this game a rent, because it may change your views on Star Wars.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 12/05/02, Updated 12/05/02