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jango is cool!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: November 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game is good, i was all wrong about it. i got a little upset with the game in the beginning, i couldn't get past the arena in the beginning, but i figured it out.

the only frustrating thing about this game is that you have to figure out a lot of (what to do; where to go) and if you don't hang w/ it you won't like like it.

anyway, back to jango, he is cool, his attitude is fierce and intimidating, he is a one man force. i like how he handles business. see, i bought obi-wan for xbox and i was so disgusted w/ star wars that i vowed that i'd never ever buy another star wars video game.

this game is not the best action/adventure game but it is worth a try or a purchase. i gave it 4/5 because i was required to spend too much time trying to figure out out what to do next.
but all and all it is a solid and fun game.

The Force is with Bounty Hunter

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ever since the original Star Wars trilogy, fans have wanted a chance to be Boba Fett. In Bounty Hunter, we get the next-best thing as we play as Jango Fett, Boba's father from Episode II. The game offers the opportunity to use all of the famous Fett gadgets, including dual blasters, a whipcord, a rocket pack with built-in missile launcher, a flame thrower, toxic darts, and more. Plus, you get to take on the role of the toughest bounty hunter this side of Kamino.

Bounty Hunter is probably the single greatest Star Wars video game ever made. Bridging the gap between Episodes I and II, it shows us how Jango Fett was selected to be the template for the Republic's clone army. As one of a "select few" invited to hunt the deadly Bando Gora cult, Jango races against a deadly rival to claim an astronomical reward. The game succeeds in turning Jango into a more interesting character than we are presented with in Episode II, and even hints at his motivation for wanting a son. The plot is more original and complex than it might otherwise appear, leading to twists and drama along the way.

Other famous Star Wars characters also make their appearances, including Count Dooku, Darth Sidious, and Jabba the Hutt. The game also features Jango's first encounter with Zam Wessell, and as an additional gift we also get to see how Fett acquires his trademark ship, Slave I. Temuera Morrison and Leeanna Walsman, the actor and actress who played Jango and Zam in the movie, also return to lend their voices, and the voices of Sidious and Dooku are so well done that you wouldn't know they weren't the actors from the movies. The vicious bounty hunter Montross and the dark Jedi Komari Vosa, the two arch-villains of the game, are also detailed and welcome additions to the Star Wars mythos.

Bounty Hunter is challenging, and full of special features that make it even more difficult. For instance, it's one thing to actually survive a level, but it's quite another to survive the level, find the "secret" icon, and collect all the optional bounties along the way. That's right, you can select to search for bounties using Jango's macrobinocular ID scanner. The scanner reads like a "wanted" poster, and tells you whether to bring your bounty in dead or alive. As Jango collects credits, passes levels, and finds secrets, hidden features open up, including an exclusive Dark Horse comic book prequel to the game, hilarious "outtakes," and more. A stat page shows how well Jango is performing, including enemies killed, bounties collected, and how many innocent victims got between Jango and his targets.

Bounty Hunter features huge levels that span a variety of planetoids, including Coruscant, Tatooine, and the asteroid prison of Oovo IV. At the same time, it also offers exceptional graphics and sound, and the detail is truly remarkable. The game looks and feels like Star Wars, and elements such as desert skiffs, a carbon freezing chamber, and certain level soundtracks tie Bounty Hunter to the original trilogy as well as Episodes I and II. Side notes to the movies also include a mention of Rozatta's junk dealing friend from Mos Espa (Watto), and a bounty posted for the Tusken Raider who took out one of Anakin's opponents in the pod race from Episode I. Adversaries include thugs from a variety of species (Aqualish, Rodians, Trandoshans, etc.), and they look and sound like they did in the movies. Having an ID scanner that even differentiates between the various Nikto subspecies is a nice touch for fanatical fans like myself.

Of course, anyone who has seen Attack of the Clones knows that Jango Fett meets his end battling Mace Windu on Geonosis, but, thankfully, playing a "dead man" does nothing to detract from the fun of this game. However, it would be nice to see his son take the spotlight in a sequel. "Bounty Hunter II: The Return of Boba Fett." How about it, Lucas Arts?

star wars bounty hunter

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Star wars bounty hunter starts with you fighting a beast but you don,t have your jet pack because Meeko knocked it off. Then later in the next level he buys it back.But the whole idea about the game is that he's after a deranged jedi with two red lightsabers with a 5 million republic credits reward. Then on the last level you verse her.But he dosn't work alone he also finds another bounty hunter called Zam.He also goes on lots of intrepid adventures.I will tell you a secret about the game if you get stuck be shore you look around everywhere because usually there's a space you can crawl into.

You will either get it or you won't

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: December 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTER in recent days. This is the type of game I got a Playstation 2 for. For some reason, Boba Fett has been one of my favorite Star Wars characters for more than 20 years. His premier in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK was the premier of a new type of villain: one who not only "wins" by the end of the movie, but is never caught off guard by the "heroes." Fett's feats in EMPIRE are never quite repeated in any Star Wars movie (or any other movie I can think of) - he figures out Han Solo's hide-in-the-garbage trick and follows him to Bespin. He notices Luke sneaking around and gets off a shot, steering him into Darth Vader's trap. And he makes off with Han, never to be stopped by the end of the movie. Meanwhile, with jet-pack, missile, and other gadgets visible, but unused, the message is conveyed that Fett didn't even get started in EMPIRE. Boba Fett was the James Bond of Star Wars villains. Which is why his undistinguished demise in RETURN OF THE JEDI was so unsatisfying.

George Lucas resurrected Fett, sort of, as his father, Jango in ATTACK OF THE CLONES. Jango allows Lucas to start over again with Fett, and while he, too meets his demise (albeit slightly more satisfyingly), the STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTER game plausibly tells the story of how Jango got to where he was in the CLONES movie. The story, and the presence of Fett, are the two most outstanding features of this game. People who share my strange fascination with this character will get it, while diehard video game connoisseurs will probably find fault with it.

The game is far from perfect. First, Jango is not Boba. Jango's blue coloring doesn't work as well as Boba's earth tones. Jango's twin blasters work well for gaming purposes, but underscore his distinct identity. Lacking Boba's record from Empire, and battle-scarred armor, Jango's luster is not as bright as his cloned son's. I can imagine a sequel to this game featuring Boba, and perhaps the other bounty hunters from EMPIRE.

I have other criticisms of the game: It is sloppy in parts (Jango can walk through walls into video-game limbo). Also, while Jango can collect bounties and earn money, the money isn't used for anything. The game would be immensely better if he could use what he earns to buy weapons. As it is, Jango's incentive to capture secondary bounties and not kill bystanders is murky. But overall, this is a great game.

Despite my own enjoyment, I have read negative reviews that have offered several criticisms:

One critic wrote, "The game's autotargeting feature makes aiming at multiple foes too easy." Jango can enter combat using a variety of strategies. He can sneak up on opponents and sniper-them down without being noticed. He can choose one of a variety of weapons (unlike Boba Fett in EMPIRE, the Jango of this game uses every weapon he has available). Ultimately, he often charges into battle blasting away. The skill here is not aiming. The autotargeting feature simply allows players who just want to mow down enemies do so with abandon. This, not frustrating aiming exercises, is fun.

The critic goes on to complain that there's a lot of wandering around in the game, and that "death in Bounty Hunter usually comes from falling or from some other environmental hazard, since most enemies are easy pickings." Here he's onto something, but I still can't get over the expansiveness of contemporary video game worlds. True, there's a lot of jumping, which eventually gets a tad boring, but for those of us who remember "Frogger" and "Q-Bert," there's something entertaining about jumping around, too.

Finally, this particular critic even complains about the game's "washed out" color and John Williams music soundtrack. But the bounty hunters in the Star Wars movies are associated with certain colors and certain music. Were these different, this game would be about something else.

Pretty Good Game Except For Some Minor Flaws

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: April 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Don't get me wrong! This game is pretty good for the most part. I had heard a lot of things about it. I read magazines and all and it sounded cool. First off, I love Jango and Boba Fett. They are my favorite characters in the Star Wars legacy. I also liked the idea of being a bounty hunter. You could kill people, catch people, fly around, and most of all... be bad! So I went out one night and bought the game.

I got home and popped the disk into the Playstation 2. I began to play the game. The controls were pretty easy to master and I got the hang of them. I didn't really understand the point of the game though. I think you volunteer to go on a hunt for a renegade Jedi. You also are going against your arch-enemy bounty hunter, Montross. That's all I got.

Gameplay - It is very easy to master. It takes a few minutes and you've got the hang of it. Nothing too hard.

Gameplay - 94

Graphics - The graphics of the game are amazing! The cutscenes are nicely done and the environments are well done also.

Graphics - 96

A.I. - The A.I. in this game aren't that intelligent. They don't really do that much except shoot and throw grenades. They don't hide or take cover at all. Also, they are easy to kill. One shot with the blaster will do them in.

A.I. - 87

Weapons - The weapons in this game are not that bountiful. Sure, you do get Jango's dual pistols (unlimited ammo!), flamethrower, grenades, grenade launcher, sniper rifle, darts, and jet-pack missiles. Yet, that's it. You don't get all of those weapons in a level though. You would probably just have three with you. Also, when you want to tag a bounty. You have to holster all of your weapons to use it. You get shot at, when you are looking for bounties. It wasn't really helpful.

Weapons - 88

Jet-pack - When I saw this game, I thought to myself, "There has got to be that cool jet-pack!" I was right. Unfortunately, the jet-pack only lasts a few seconds and then refuels automatically. So, I wanted to fly around Coruscant or Tatooine (you don't even get the pack in this level). I didn't. I only got a few short bursts of energy.

Jet-pack - 84

Environments - The environments were very well done. They featured many things and different characters.

Environments - 94

Repetitive? - Yes, this game does get very repetitive. You just walk into a room, shoot people, find a key, open the door, walk in, and shoot more people. That's how it goes. The game does get fun at some times though (when you are fighting a boss).

Repetitive - 83

Overall - This game was pretty good except for some minor flaws. It does get repetitive and it is easy. So, I think you should rent it first. I should have done that.

Overall - 89/B+

Rated Teen for strong violence

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Great Game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: August 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have to say this is one of the few Star Wars titles that I actually love to play. Although it definately has it's rough spots (like when thousands of enemies are coming from everywhere AND your getting blasted from hidden turrets, lol) but overall I've really enjoyed playing this game!

One of the better Star Wars games

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Well I always have doubts about licensed games even from my favorite Star Wars but this game is definetly a good solid action/adventure game.
Many people would just enjoy playing the as the great bounty hunter in the SW universe would be good enough but the developers really did a good job I thought the level design was very good it brought me back to the original Tomb Raider game as far as the scope and the way you must get through the level looking about for the way through is actually fun not a chore or a simple straight line but it can be challenging which I like.
One disappointed has to be the whole Bounty Hunter thing catching bounties should be fun right? but you must switch to a visor scan view which when you do is a pain cause its the same button for weapon switching also having 8 enemies swarming at the same time your searching a bounty is no fun you'll prob pick off your bounty by accident most times even then catching a bounty is still not much fun since they just stand around you select the bounty and its as simple as tieing them up with no fight what so ever and just pressing a button presto! It'd be nice if they tried to run or break free or something then not putting up a fight.
The only interesting thing about while in the visor view you get a very detailed profile of your bounty which is nice.
And the overall presentation is excellent from storyline to CG scenes which are lengthy are top notch StarWars stuff! The Graphics are pretty good considering how big the levels are very colorful in that you'll feel like your in the Star Wars universe. Your be pretty drawn in by it all and it was very hard to put down. Its a good length to so its denfinety worth it there.
There is a few other minor complaints so its not a 5 star game but nothing that would get in the way from enjoying this game, you don't need to be a Star Wars freak to enjoy, a good action/adv. game.

Good Game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is great, it features huge explorable levels, great graphics, and is just an all-around good game. My only dissapointment to the game is how repetitive it can get, ex: Fly around on your jetpack, shoot some aliens, fly around some more, ect. But the game is unique that you can collect "bounty" on random people, and that some of your bounty must be kept alive (if you shoot your bounty, you fail the mission.) But this game is very good and I would recomend it, much better than other star wars game.

Mandalorians all!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is a great game. The weapons, tracking systems, armor and more are just some of the good things about this game. The storyline is ausome and the characters superior. My two favorite guys in star wars were Jango and Boba Fett. So when I heard about this game I knew I had to get it. The graphics are ausome. I also like the jetpack. The jetpack starts out different than it is in the last levels. In the beginning the jetpack does not have a missle sticking out of the back. You don't really need missles on the first levels but I would have liked to have them. The story starts out with a hunt. You are Jango Fett and you are after Meeko. This guy is wanted dead or alive and is being chased by the most notorious bounty hunter in the galaxy you! After getting Meeko and fighting an old mandalorian bounty hunter rival, Jango gets a message from darth tyrannis. Tyrannis offers Jango a dangerous job with a price no bounty hunter could refuse. Five million credits were offered to Jango for the Bando Goro queen. Asai Ventress. The Bando Goro are the most feared creatures in all of the galaxy. The game has good graphics, good characters, and a great storyline. Therefore it is definently a good buy.

Awsome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Bounty Hunter is one of the best star wars games i have ever seen. It has so many weapons to choose from. And the game is not short at all. Each level is about 15 minutes and once you die you have 5 continues so don't let it frustrate you. The graghics in this game are better than they seem on the cover. The villians in this game are countless. There are so many different types of villians. Villians are not that hard to destroy but trust me there is more to it than it seems. It is really easy to control. Hope you found this interesting.Go out and buy it. It is awsome

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