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The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is a new, action stealth first person shooter set in the rich, futuristic, sci-fi world of the Riddick film saga. The game features a rich storyline, intriguing, developed characters, and the voice acting of Vin Diesel. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena follows up the story from the ...
Details
- Released
- April 6, 2009
- Developer
- Starbreeze Studios, Tigon Studios, Virtual Programming
- Genres
- Shooter
- Publisher
- Atari, Inc., Virtual Programming
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With two great games, superb presentation and a sense that you're playing something different to the norm, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena comes highly recommended.
The action-packed game, a hi–def re-imagined version of 2004's Escape from Butcher Bay, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena features an entirely new chapter in the Riddick Saga and for the first time, intense online multiplayer combat.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is a difficult game to judge. The first half of the game, Escape from Butcher Bay, certainly shows its age, but is still an innovative game. The sequel, however, comes off as a poor imitation. It's far more frustrating and seems more shooter than anything else. It's not a terrible game for a sequel, but it's inferior to Butcher Bay. If you played the original back in 2004, then there's little reason to pick this game up. However, if you never played Riddick's first adventure it (and its modest follow-up) are worth checking out.
Assault on Dark Athena is not only a uniformly great first-person shooter; it also represents fantastic value for money, especially if you happened to have missed the gravel-voiced one’s initial foray onto the original Xbox and PC. Even if you’re among the many who previously played the original game back in 2004, buying this is reason enough to revisit it once more. Essentially, you’re getting two full games weighing in at roughly ten-hours apiece, both of which are superb. So, really ...
There are few games that make me feel horrible as a person after I sit and play them; Riddick is one of those games. It seems that with The Chronicles of Riddick, Starbreeze has brewed up a concoction that is gory, dark, and scratches at the underworld of all the nasty things that exist in this and other dimensions. The pseudo-sequel to Escape from Butcher Bay rears its ugly head on the 360 and has much to prove after the underground success of its predecessor. Can Assault on Dark Athena meet...