Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter

by Universal Interactive

Product Features

• You play as Mace -- the interplanetary bad-ass who's been framed for murder. After serving his time, he becomes a bounty hunter and tries to solve the mystery of who framed him, and why.
• Diverse story-driven missions as you collect classified information and explore a massive game universe
• Seamless transitions between combat and spaceflight -- you'll jump from one to the other instantly
• Lifelike combat for realistic reactions to wounds
• You'll live out the adventure of a summer blockbuster in this fast-paced, epic story!

Product Details

• ASIN: B000067DPX
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,475 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This story-driven action game seamlessly combines dynamic space- and ground-based combat with exploration and investigation. Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter takes place hundreds of years in the future, when both human and alien settlers are rapidly colonizing the galaxy. You assume the role of Mace Griffin, a special-ops officer turned bounty hunter, as he unravels a dangerous mystery. The game offers a seamless transition between first-person combat and space-flight actions, and an epic story with the pacing and drama of a blockbuster movie.

Consistent flight-control and weapon-management systems make it easy to navigate both in space and on the ground in six different ships, from alien fighters to massive carriers. The game includes lifelike nonplayer characters, whose reactions depend on their varying intelligence, bravery, health, and weapons. The "rag doll" IK system creates realistic results when a character is shot or hit. The game's diverse missions, which may be story driven or incidental, take place in a wide array of walk-around environments, each with its own physics, obstacles, inhabitants, and creatures.

Product Description

Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter sends you into a futuristic mystery where you must explore and fight to clear your name!

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good mix of space flying and shoot-em-up combat, August 1, 2003

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Lisa Shea "medieval swordfighting enthusiast" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter (CD-ROM)

Mace Griffin - Bounty Hunter takes place in 2412, when humans have encountered aliens. Your job is to handle police duties in the outer reaches of the universe.

The graphics are definitely PS2-ey - while some scenes are very Halo-like, the graphics are definitely more blocky. You have shields and a selection of weapons as you wander through your world, fulfilling each mission.

You move in and out of spaceships, doing some part space flying, some part walking-and-fighting, with some RPG thrown in too. There are lots of little touches - the high pitched whine when you're flash-banged, the blood splatters on the floor, the details on the weapons.

A few jumping puzzles make you feel like you're in a spaceland game of Super Mario, and a few other bugs mean that you really should save early, save often. But the game is certainly fun and has replayability opportunities. Definitely a good game to play while you're waiting for Halo 2 to be released!

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the wait., March 16, 2004

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Brett Johnson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter (CD-ROM)

Mace Griffin will probably be remembered as one of the greater disappointments for the PS2. This was one of those titles that sounded promising in the development stages but never panned out even though its release was delayed for about a year.

Where do I begin? First, like others have warned...this game is HARD! There is no difficulty selection so you have no choice but to try and tough it out. The save system is AWFUL! It's one of those games that only allows you to save at certain points. That would be totally fine if those chosen points were logical. They're not. It's frustrating when you have 100 percent health and have been playing for half an hour...only to have some guy hit you in the head with a rocket and kill you. Oops...guess you have to replay the last half hour again. Sometimes, though, they let you walk through an area for only a few minutes with hardly any enemies and then the game gets to a save point again. Dumb.

The transition between ground fighting and air combat was highly touted. It is a seamless transition but they left out that one important factor. It's called FUN! The flying parts of the game are even worse than in Air Force Delta Strike. What about the ground fighting? Well, I can't say it's bad because it's not. The thing is...this had already been done plenty of times before and it's been done much better. You get your usual array of unoriginal weapons. You get to shoot at tons of people and aliens. You get to wander aimlessly through corridor after corridor. Yawn.

The graphics are average at best (this ain't no Splinter Cell) and there is unbelievably no multiplayer feature! Too many exceptional games have come out over the past few years and our standards are a lot higher these days. Unless you enjoy walking around shooting enemies with your machine gun level after level after level, then I sure wouldn't recommend you wasting any money at all on Mace Griffin.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ver y hard, February 15, 2004

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................................................ (Usa) - See all my reviews

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

This game is pretty good. But it's hard. Very,very hard. It takes perhaps an hour and a half to beat the first level. I will not tell you how many times i died because of jumping wrong and falling onto a radiator or something. You have to keep moving and do not waste your shots. Be on alert and always crouch. Pay attention to the slightest detail. Thins that seem like random explosions can clear the way for a vent or a ramp. Always have target lock on.Extremely hard.