Star Wars: Bounty Hunter

When I first unwraped it I thought 'oh, geez' but after playing it for about 5 minutes my opinion of this game went up - especially after you get the jet pack...

I was well impressed with the music and the cut scenes plus the guy who plays Jango Fett in AOTC provides the vocals in the game (can't remember the guys name).

Although a bit of a no-brainer its loads of fun. Just misses out on a 5 star as it does get a litte repetative...

On most of the levels, you get bombarded by enemies and have to shoot them before they shoot you, which isn't too hard on the first few, but gets more difficult as the game progresses.

One thing I was a bit annoyed about was the 'Bounty hunting' side of the game. The aim is to scan and mark criminals before capturing them for a reward. This isn't difficult to start with, but when you're being shot at by what seems like a whole army, its almost impossible to do anything other than just shoot back. Theres no time to mess about and scan them to find out which are Bounties.

Anyway, enough with the generalisations: this game seriously sucks you in.

At first it's a bit odd (and off-putting) that you don't really know what the main thrust of the game is: it's not a first-person shoot-em-up as the lock-on facility utterly takes care of aiming for you. Instead it's more about moving around difficult and dangerous landscapes without getting yourself killed (such as climbing up the side of skyscrapers on coruscant with nothing but your jetpack and grip to help you), being picky about who and when you shoot - even in an unprovoked firefight (as you should scan people to see if they have bounties on their head and - whenever possible - tag them and capture them alive) and just staying alive in difficult and demanding circumstances, as the storyline often asks you to attempt some pretty tough scenarios.

The learning curve is a little high - the level after you first get the jetpack is a demanding at the first jetpacking-obstacle and thereafter, plus some weapons you pick up can be quite dangerous to your own health if you don't know what you're doing - the grenade launcher being one in particular that can turn on you if you fire it in an enclosed environment.

However, the memory card and having 5 "re-tries" (lives) cushions these difficulties, as once you've passed a level it saves it to your memory card, and so you can re-attempt the next level as often as it takes to complete it and get a game save again.

Good for players who aren't too fantastic (as you'll get there in the end) and good for more skilled and meticulous players as there's plenty of bonuses to be unlocked by capturing all your bounties and discovering all the secret areas, such as sometimes genuinely funny out-take scenes, a full-length comic book detailing the lead characters origins, interesting concept art and somewhat pointless trading cards.

Also you can collect bounties along the way, this is fun but you don't really get much in return for doing it, mnaybe they should hav eput in upgrades to buy but none the less it is fun enough to make you do it.

The game is made great with it being set into the Star Wars world making it even better to play when you can visit the famous places around the Star Wars galaxy.

I would buy this game if love star wars and i would buy it if you didn't. a great game and deserves the five stars given. Hopefully more like this will follow.