Description Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter immerses you in a universe of huge corporations and futuristic gun-slingers as Mace seamlessly travels from the ground, to the air, to space tracking quarry and unraveling a deep, and very dangerous mystery.
Summary: This game is pretty entertaining. The one thing that has me baffled is the fact that although it is called Mace Griffin BOUNTY HUNTER, i found myself just running around killing everone, not hunting anybody except for the occasional boss. I think the game should have been called Mace Griffin: Obliterator. Despite all of the negative things in my review, you'll be surprised at my rating!
Summary: First off, i wan't to say that i truly believe this game does not deserve all the bad reviews it's been getting. Many folks have been complaining about the difficulty of this game. I found some spots challenging, but overall the game difficulty is well balanced. If you finished Halo on heroic at least, you should have no problems with this.
True, this game doesn't do anything particularly new or innovative, but it is a solid sci-fi FPS. Most places are charging $29.99 for this. I got a used copy for $24.99.
Bottom Line: At these prices this is a lot of game for the money.
Summary: First let me say that the game I'm reviewing does not have the same cover as the on above. The one I have is a black Label game. I rented this game a month or so ago and after playing Wolfenstein thru, I wasn't crazy about Mace Griffin. I found the game at a place for $25.00 and any half decent FPS is worth that to me, so I picked it up. Now everybody seems to have a weird Halo fetish and every game on Xbox is compared to Halo. I'm gonna tell you now that there are games that have been released that are far superior to Halo. I do not confuse graphics with game content as soooo many who review tend to do. If a game has a kool machine or building or badguy or whatever that I've never seen or thought of, does that make good graphics? Of course not. Detail and resolution makes great graphics. Does Halo have great graphics...Yep! Are there other games with great graphics? You bet there are. Enough with the Halo groupies already! Do other games have kool music like Halo? Da Da Da Daaaaa, Da Da Da Daaaaa. Well maybe not, but there are many fine games that deserve to be judged on their own merit and not compared to a game that clearly captivated so many people. Mace Griffin is a game with clearly superior graphics. The detail is awsome. The weapons are killer and after playing this game a while and giving it some time, I have come to the conclusion that Griffin is superior to Halo in the graphics dept. Griffin is a newer game than Halo and it should have better graphics. Does Griffin get your heart pumping like Halo? Nope, but I have a feeling it's the sound in H that has alot to do with that. Da Da Da Daaaaaa. Try turning the sound down on H and see what I mean. However it is preferable to me anyway to have enemys that speak english rather than just say, Wa Wa Wa Wa for the most part.
I am still waiting for a FPS to come out where the higher difficulty level isn't simply a "you die faster tweak" but rather the enemy should have increased intellegence. Halo also suffered from that flaw. Personally, I like having a beavy of weapons which allows the player to be involved in different types of combat. Halo's 2 weapon limitation always seemed to be unnesscary. Griffin isn't supposed to be Halo. Griffin is like a mix between Halo and Red Faction with flashes of Rouge Leader stired in. Is Mace Griffin an enjoyable game? Absolutely I have about a dozen or so FPS for consoles and Mace Griffin is right there next to Wolfenstein, TS2, Red Faction 2, Metroid Prime and yes H. Does griffin have things that could have been done differently? Sure, but so do all those I mentioned. If you're looking for a FPS that in the same league as those I mentioned, then you'll like Griffin. Again this is the Black Label game I review.
Summary: Game companies that put out FPS for the XBOX have an uphill battle for them. The reason is that whatever you put out, it will be compared with Halo(and soon Halo2). With that said, I tried playing this game with an open mind, but as I got farther into the game, it just got boring(gameplay, story) and stupid(level of difficulty). My rule of thumb is, whenever a game is delayed, then the game will stink. THe first couple of levels where good, but after a while they just got repetive and the enemy AI got really cheap. If you have a chance to get this game for under 30 bucks, then get it. IF not then trust me its not worth getting.
Summary: Great Game but I was expecting more. The playabel demo in August XBOX magazxine disk is basically the whole game. (The demo was a good hook) it got me to buy the full version. If your a fan of Halo, meets StarWars StarFighter, then this game is for you.
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