CHARACTERS:

OVERALL GAMEPLAY:
This game is truly amazing. Switching between the three characters, all that have their own unique abilities, allows players to go back to the same world with another character and perform different tasks in the same level as before. Controls are very smooth; the third person camera is usually very cooperative. When aiming, the camera zooms right up behind the character and their body becomes transparent for better shots. You can configure the control pad to easily pick out your weapon, or you can scroll through your supplies with the A/B buttons.

GRAPHICS:
As a Rare game, it would be expected that this game have the best graphics possible at the time it was made, and as a Rare game, it fulfils all expectations and goes beyond. The incredible attention to detail really stands out, not only in the characters and enemies, but the vast worlds that visit. Each planet has it's own unique environment, all of which are filled with brilliant textures, landscapes, and skies. All of the different environments add to the variety and eye-candy in this game. Fighting scenes are always fun to watch because no detail was spared; bug-blood flies everywhere, insect heads roll across the ground, the gunshots affect the environment lighting, and killing those persistent ants makes you feel good inside. This game is good for anyone with insect bloodlust.

SOUND:
Each world not only comes with it's own environment, but a unique soundtrack, filled with lush sound effects- insects, birds, rain- and a well-composed theme that fits the level very nicely. For example: Goldwood, a forest planet, is filled with the sounds of native drums, insects, birds, sounding shell-calls, music that gives you the feeling of running through a dark, vast forest. Mizar's Palace, however, has a suspenseful tune that makes you tense up and wonder what's going to happen. The music is very well done. Sound effects, as in those of guns, ships, and enemies, are also extraordinary. The guns have a kind of cartoonish sound, which adds to the fantasy if the game. Enemies cry out when shot, and you can hear them rustling around in dark places and behind you.

REPLAY VALUE:
The game itself is like a long movie, and like most long movies, even though they are good it can be tedious to watch them again. JFG is a great game but it takes a lot of time. I personally don't enjoy playing it a second time, but it depends on your tastes. The multiplayer is really the only replay value. With 8 different areas and many characters to choose from, the multiplayer is fun to play around with. It isn't as good as Rare games before it, like GoldenEye, but it's better than being kicked in the head.

COMMENTS:
As a Rare fan, I am obligated to love this game just because my favorite video game makers made it, but as a video game critic, I still love it. JFG has a great plot, it's fun, the worlds are very realistic, the characters are new and unique, the whole game is different than any other. I like it because it is original and fun. The most important part of a video game isn't whether or not it has good graphics, which it does, or whether the music is state of the art, which it is, but whether or not it can keep you entertained. JFG does entertain, and it amazes; you won't play this game without thinking to yourself, "Wow, this is neat!"

REVIEWED - Banjoman	SCORE
OVERALL GAMEPLAY: Amazing	10.0/10.0
GRAPHICS: Very smooth	10.0/10.0
SOUND: New music, great sounds	9.9/10.0
REPLAY VALUE:Could be better	9.0/10.0
OVERALL SCORE (NOT AN AVERAGE):	9.7/10.0