Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter

by MacPlay

Product Features

• Combination of combat & exploration, with multiple options - go for the stealth approach or shoot it out every time
• Exciting spaceflight simulation as you blast off into first-person shooter action
• Seamless transitions between combat and spaceflight -- you'll jump from one to the other instantly
• All environments have their own physics and challenges - it's a little different everywhere you go
• Lifelike combat with realistic reactions to wounds

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0001594CO
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: January 12, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,072 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Featuring Henry Rollins as the voice of Mace GriffinProduct InformationFramed for the deaths of his comrades Mace Griffin is in search ofanswers....and revenge!  As a gun-slinging bounty hunter track your preybetween space and land. Wield brute force advanced weaponry and covert tacticsto destroy space stations infiltrate organizations and protect crime lords -while unraveling the dangerous mystery of your frame-up.IncludesNo bounty hunter can do his job without serious firepower. If you want to bringin someone with a price on his head either dead or alive you're going to needsomething more persuasive than tough talk.  Here are some of the weaponsfavored by the members of the Guild.Ground Weapons: Electro-Cosh Automatic Handgun Quad Barreled Shotgun Heavy Machine Gun Sniper Rifle Plasma Machine Gun Sonic Shock Cannon Rocket Launcher Adhesive Remotely Detonated Grenades Explosive Flash GrenadesShip Weapons: Gatling Gun Plasma Laser Pulse Laser Stream Laser Tridal Nova Cannon Non-Locking Missiles Locking MissilesThere are plenty of ships in the Vagner system but only a few meet therequirements of the modern bounty hunter particularly those that pack a littleextra firepower and armor. Here are a couple you may have the opportunity to useon the job. The Pallbearer MK III (Ranger Ship) "Mustang" Combat DropshipAnd here are some ships you are likely to find yourself on the wrong side of. Human Fighter "Buzzsaw" Jaldari Fighter "Sledgehammer" Vallekan Fighter "Wraith" Enforcer Fighter Generic CarrierProduct Features Seamless transition between first-person land combat and space-action fighting. 17 unique player and spaceship weapons such as pulse lasers and sonic shock cannons. Pilot 4 different ships from powerful alien fighters to massive cruise liners. Immersive storyline with lifelike NPCs that react based on their intelligence bra

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A surprisingly decent first person shooter, it's Halo only much better..., October 29, 2005

By 

Orna J Klotsman (Nairobi, Kenya) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter (CD-ROM)

I wasn't sure what to expect when I bought this game, I thought this game would have something to do with Star Wars (since there was a game called Star Wars: Bounty Hunter and I thought this was it), so I was a little disappointed to find out that this didn't have anything to do with Star Wars. Still, I tried it out, and much to my surprise, I warmed up to it and it turned out to be a lot of fun.

Pros:
* Levels are HUGE! The engine also deals with levels in one go, so you have minimal loading times when moving from place to place within the level.
* Graphics are actually pretty good. Models are done well and texture work is great.
* Like I said, it reminds me a lot of Halo, the HUD display is similar as is the font and color on the HUD, and like Halo, Mace is fitted with a shield that depletes and recharges, and if you're hit when the shield is down, that is when you actually lose health.
* The AI is actually pretty good.
* Weapons are plentiful, and they are powerful, especially the chaingun that you carry with you almost throughout the whole game.
* Saving the best for last, my favorite aspect of this game is the space sections. You've got a powerful ship and you have space dogfights in between missions, and you fly to your destination in each level, so you can dock and leave at your pleasure. What's more, the landing and taking off at locations is seamless, meaning there's no loading in between using the ship or playing on foot.

Cons:
* No multiplayer. After experiencing the weapon's sheer power and the space dogfights, I would have LOVED to have those dogfights with friends of mine. The lack of multiplayer is a big bummer, at least for me. Co-Op in this game would have been awesome.
* Levels, while huge, can become repetitive at times, in that you feel like you walk into a new room and feel like it's exactly the same room that you just left, although I will admit it's not as awfully repetitive as in Halo (anyone remember the Library level? It felt like FOREVER!).
* The story is pretty weak, and the voice acting is pretty weak too, especially from Mace Griffin, thoroughly unconvincing. It's funny, since they made a big deal on the cover about Henry Rollins providing Mace's voice, and while I'd never heard of the guy before, he didn't do a great job.

I feel like I've not done the game justice. Overall, it is a great game, and I would play it at least once more (finished it a couple weeks ago), and I'd recommend this game for the space dogfight sections alone. It's fun, don't get me wrong, just expect a lot of exploring and a lot of shooting. While that's never a bad thing, there must be a limit of how far you have to walk to accomplish your objectives... :)

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No longer supported, May 13, 2005

By 

ConsumerAdvocate (Charlotte, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter (CD-ROM)

This game has problems on Windows XP SP2 with DirectX 9.0c. Neither Vivendi Universal Games or MumboJumbo will support this product.

4.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding game except for the checkpoint system, August 2, 2009

By 

David R. Krueger (Huntsville, AL United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter (CD-ROM)

For a 2004 game, this game has pretty decent graphics, but is not particularly innovative even for its time. However, it runs smoothly (I played it on Vista x64) and is quite error free. Also, no patches are required. I rarely play multiplayer on any game, so I didn't miss it on this one.

As someone else mentioned, it's a Halo knock-off, but with no drivable vehicles and it takes place largely in space. Weapons are typical: something that resembles a cattle prod, a pistol, shotgun, sniper rifle, assault rifle with grenade launcher, a pulse machine gun, rocket launcher, two types of hand grenades, a sonic shock cannon, and some kind of electrical stun weapon.

You have a regenerating shield armor and a health level that depletes when you get hit after your armor has been overcome. Health kits and ammo are discovered by breaking crates.

There are quite a few different types of enemies, from bugs to thugs. There are robots and turrets and some of the latter can be commandeered. There are some environmental challenges like having to jump from place to place without falling.

I don't really care that much about story line or voice acting unless it's really bad or very good. This game was so-so on both.

About 20% of the game consists of spaceship dog fighting. I hated that part, mostly because I was no good at it. Other people apparently like it. Maybe it would have been better using console style controllers. I got better toward the end, but there was one mission (Rescue Krugo) that was a real challenge and I had to play the end space segment it over and over for a couple days.

Aside from the spaceship dog-fights, the worst part of this game was the checkpoint save system which almost made me lower my rating of this game to three stars. There are no manual or quick saves in this game. If you get killed, it will start over at the last checkpoint. Sometimes checkpoints happen pretty regularly, but other times you have to play a long time before you get to one. This may be the worst game I've seen in terms of the length of time between some checkpoints.

Finally, this has to be the longest linear shooter I've ever played. I played this game pretty regularly for a month. There are twelve missions and each is quite long. I think this game is worth about 20-40 hours of game play depending on your skill. I was ready for it to be over, but it was fun right up to the end.

I paid $6 for this game with free shipping and it was a bargain. If you like futuristic Halo style FPS games, I highly recommend this. While not state of the art graphics (even for its time), it was still enjoyable and without many of the anomalies that you see in earlier games.