Jet Force Gemini A Must Have Game

Mon., Jan. 31, 2000

Ben Caparoso Ferris

Jet Force Gemini

Jet Force Gemini is a great game! Many kudos to the producers at Rare who keep pumping out the hits for Nintendo 64.

This game is the most interactive, intuitive game yet from Rare.

The play control is perfect. It is similar to Goldeneyes, yet Rare has made some vast improvements, such as being able to move around as you manually control your aiming cursor.

The graphics are bright and colorful, and no planet enviroment looks the same.

You’ll have to travel to about 15 different places to complete the game, and then you have to play the levels over again as different characters.

The sounds are just spectacular. In the forest, you hear the crickets chirping, then are suprised by a bullet zipping past your head. Very cool.

When you finally finish the game, you’ll be able to unlock more bonus options that add to the game’s multiplayer function.

The story is well thought out. Your job, as heroes, is to free a race called Tribals (eerily reminiscent of Ewoks) from an evil dictator named Mizar. There are three heroes you play, Juno, the guy, his sister, Vela, and their dog, Lupus. Each hero travels his or her own path to defeating Mizar and his bug-like minions. As you travel to different planets, you rescue multitudes of cute, little bears and pick up an assortment of different weapons.

All said and done, this game is a must have.

Grade: A

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