Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Reviews
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Star Wars: Bounty Hunter was always a cult favourite but Aspyr’s native port of the classic adventure comes adorned with modernised controls and polished visuals making it a must-play for fans of the original and a fun bit of history for newcomers.
I did notice that in some cutscenes, NPCs in the background would be T-posing very comically as each scene played out. I’m not certain if this is a remaster issue or an original game issue, but it’s a bit distracting during the more serious scenes. The “Continue” system also comes off as a bit dated, as you only get five continues before you have to restart a level entirely. I think at this point, it’d be better to just have unlimited continues rather than hastily implemented lives, but this is a minor issue since the game isn’t especially difficult.
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is an excellent revival of the GameCube/PS2 classic. It retains all the charm that made fans fall in love with it back in 2002, with several quality-of-life improvements to make it enjoyable for modern audiences. There are cracks where outdated designs/mechanics shine through, but Star Wars: Bounty Hunter remains a fantastic story from a galaxy far, far away.
I, for one, am shocked that Aspyr took this long to remaster Star Wars: Bounty Hunter. I wrote a while back that this game is the perfect companion piece for anyone who had previously enjoyed watching The Mandalorian (even if, let’s face it, the third season ended up being quite disappointing). Being able to play as a Mandalorian bounty hunter, full of weapons and gizmos in order to kill everyone in sight, claim bounties, and partake on one of the more interesting stories from the old Star ...
Star Wars:Bounty Hunter for Nintendo Switch is a remastered version of the 2002 title of the same name. I use the term “remastered” loosely, as it’s not h
Listen, the old EU wasn't all bangers.
Relive the bounty hunter fantasy and take control of the legendary Jango Fett. Explore the galaxy's underbelly, face off against deadly foes, and capture a fallen Jedi as you explore Jango's story leading up to Episode II: Attack of the Clones.
Aspyr has polished the graphics and fixed some of the camera issues that plagued the original, but all the janky problems at the core of the 2002 game remain.
Aspyr Media's port of Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is missing a lot of the atmosphere I loved about the original game. The sharpness in the visuals now remove too much, and shine a spotlight on the game's worst angles. At the same time, the modern control scheme improves on the experience so much that the parts of Star Wars: Bounty Hunter that made it a classic are able to shine brighter far more than they ever did - even if the camera is still wreaking havoc most of the time.
Bounty Hunter has its good points, and the GameCube version is markedly better than the PlayStation 2 release.
More than two decades later, Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is a tough one to recommend. If you do have fond memories of this game, you may be more forgiving of its dated design and gameplay, but ultimately there are much better Star Wars offerings out there. Aspyr hasn't changed much beyond adding the modern controls and camera, so unless that's a big enough reason for you to return, this might not necessarily be the Bounty Hunter game you’ve been looking for.
And so, with the Bando Gora threat extinguished, it's clear that LucasArts has made another pretty and stylish foray into their galaxy far, far away, encompassing virtually all of Jango's myriad exciting abilities just as it said it would. Meanwhile, production values are on a par with the likes of Jedi Starfighter and The Clone Wars, but ultimately the familiarity of the Star Wars characters, the injection of John Williams' ubiquitous score and the addition of quirks like secondary bounty hunting can't mask the shallow, unexciting gameplay from view.
22 years since its original release in 2022, Aspyr has released a remaster of Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, the action game starring the iconic bounty hunter Jango Fett from Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Despite improved graphics and performance, as well as some welcome control scheme updates, the core experience of the 2002 original is preserved in this release, warts and all. While there is certainly some fun to be had, it is buried in clunky mechanics, absurd difficulty spikes a...
Bug-wise I had no issues in my time playing. The port felt rock-solid, never having any major issues with how it ran. I just wish I found it more fun to play. Launching at $20 it’s not the worst remaster price point. A playthrough should take most roughly 7 hours or so, and longer if you feel compelled to find every secret item and bounty.
While the remaster does what it said it was going to do with cleaning up the visuals and providing a “better” control scheme, a remaster should only preserve the original so closely if the game was actually fun to begin with.
In the 2000s, Star Wars games were on what many would consider an all-time high. We had genre-defining FPS games in Republic Commando and the original Star
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is not, nor was it, a good video game, but this loving remaster makes you think of what may still come.
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is a prequel that chronicles Jango Fett's life shortly before his introduction in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. An entirely linear game divided into levels, the story follows the anti-hero as he becomes embroiled in a plot to assassinate a Dark Jedi and bring down a strange cult known as the Bando Gora. A third-person action-adventure game in the style of classics like Ratchet & Clank, Aspyr has visually overhauled the experience to look significantly better than the original 2002 release while still retaining its charming retro jank.
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter isn't a good game, nor is it necessarily bad, but its age shows as you play through its campaign. Not only that but the port quality and terrible camera controls leave a lot to be desired.