Summary
- Aspyr's Star Wars: Bounty Hunter remaster hit the market on August 1.
- Priced at $19.99, the game is available on PC and the latest two PlayStation and Xbox console generations, as well as the Switch. Xbox gamers can even pick it up at a 10% launch discount.
- Aside from upscaled graphics and revised controls, the Star Wars: Bounty Hunter remaster also includes a new protagonist costume.
A remaster of Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is now available for purchase. This release arrives some three months ahead of the 22nd anniversary of the classic Star Wars game.
Developed and published by LucasArts, Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is a third-person action-adventure starring the infamous Mandalorian Jango Fett. It debuted on the PlayStation 2 in November 2002 before making its way to the GameCube a month later.
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Aspyr announced a Star Wars: Bounty Hunter remaster back in late June, with that re-release now reaching PC and consoles on August 1. Specifically, the game is available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, and PC. While the 2002 original used to retail for $49.99, its remaster is priced at $19.99 across all platforms, thus offering decent value for money with its 10-plus hour campaign. Owners of Microsoft's consoles can currently even pick up the game at a 10% launch discount, which brings its price down to $17.99. It is currently unclear how long this Xbox-only promotion will last.
Aside from upgraded visuals and revised controls, this modernized version of Star Wars: Bounty Hunter also features a new Boba Fett skin. Its inclusion expands on an Easter egg from the original game that tricked players into believing they could unlock Boba Fett as a playable character if they fulfilled certain criteria. Two decades later, that will finally become true, with the unique skin being awarded to anyone who beats the campaign.
Aspyr's remaster debuted to a decent critical response, as underlined by its 67 aggregate score on OpenCritic. Its early player impressions appear to be even better, with the game currently boasting "Very Positive" reviews on Steam, based on nearly 100 ratings. While a select few players did complain about some minor technical issues, the game is said to be running fairly well. Its overall level of polish represents a much-needed win for Aspyr, who recently ended up under a lot of fan scrutiny following the disastrous launch of Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, which was mired in all sorts of technical issues.
Looking at the contents of the game's day-one user reviews, the number one complaint among PC gamers appears to be the inability to rebind controls. While Asypr recommends players to experience the Star Wars: Bounty Hunter remaster with a controller, physical gamepads also appear to be stuck to a single control scheme, forcing those who want to tweak the game's keybindings to do so via third-party software.
Star Wars is a multimedia franchise originally created by George Lucas and Lucasfilm Ltd with the 1977 motion picture. The science fiction franchise follows the adventures of characters (both humanoid and alien) in outer space including those who can wield a mystical power known as the Force. Since the release of the original trilogy of movies, the franchise has expanded to include multiple films and branched out to other media like comics, video games, tv shows, theme park attractions, and more. The IP and Lucasfilm were sold to Disney in 2012.