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Robert Purchese
Starbreeze has confirmed its working on a next-gen makeover of The Chronicles of Riddick.
Assault on Dark Athena will be available on PS3 and Xbox 360 before the end of the year.
There will be additional single-player content to get stuck into - taking place on board the scavenger ship Dark Athena - and an online multiplayer mode will be included.
Commentary is also expected to feature in a similar way to the Developer's Cut remake on PC, as is the obvious graphical spit-shine to show off the new floating terrafloppy-tehcnotrons.
The Chronicles of Riddick appeared on Xbox, based on the 2004 film of the same name. It took everyone by surprise, not least because the big-screen version starring Vin Diesel was rubbish.
The first-person action [with third-person cutscenes, obviously! - Ed] game displayed some of the best graphics we'd seen, and earned itself a whopping 9/10. Catch up with our The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay review to see why.
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souljacker2000
18/05/07 @ 15:09
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Yay... 1st 1 did look amazing, didnt really get the hang of it... wana have another go tho
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The_Inquisitor
18/05/07 @ 15:11
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If I didn't already own this game, I would be jumping for joy. It is such a great game. I really hope they spice thing up so I can have a reason to play it all over again.
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If the developers are adding 50% new content and a multiplayer mode, why didn't they just go the whole hog and make a brand new game?!? Did we really need a remake in all honesty? Yes, it was utterly fantastic on the Xbox and PC (I've played through both) but I'm disappointed that I won't be getting a *proper* sequel to be honest... :(
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bag-in-box
18/05/07 @ 15:31
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"..not least because the big-screen version starring Vin Diesel was rubbish."
syntax error. not true! at least not the dir. cut :) better than the game imo ;) (tried to like it, for a couple of hours, on pc. no luck) |
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richardiox
18/05/07 @ 15:33
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Riddick is one of the best console FPS ever, a totally different, more immersive experience than something like Halo. Best graphics for an FPS on the xbox too, way ahead of its time.
Can't believe how commercially under-rated it was. Hopefully this revamp will give it the market it deserves. |
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The Bodybuilder
18/05/07 @ 15:38
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control the robot at the end was great, along with the entire game.
But I'm not sure what to make of this. |
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FrostyPhoenixxx
18/05/07 @ 15:40
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The film was good for what it is, funny how when one guy says a film is bad everyone agrees for no reason, Same way when someone says a shit game like Shadow of the Colossus is good everyone agrees.
Sad sheep without there own thoughts or opinions |
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JediMasterMalik
18/05/07 @ 15:41
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Looking forward to it a lot, very good game this. Shame it's a re-make and not a new game though.
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FrostyPhoenixxx
18/05/07 @ 15:42
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That's aimed at Eurogamer who have no reason to preach about whether a film is good or not, Riddick was a rubbish film?, what the fuck do you know about films, stick to over rating crappy games like Mario strikers.
Shallow dumb shit game, that's all that is yet it gets 8/10 |
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MoGamer2006
18/05/07 @ 16:02
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Is this the future for Xbox 360 and PS3 - crappy remakes of ancient Xbox games? ;-)
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monkie_king
18/05/07 @ 16:07
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hope they find time to improve the first-person hand-to-hand combat -- it was horribly imprecise and flaily in the original.
and more strangling people in the dark, please, Starbreeze. |
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Royal Fool
18/05/07 @ 16:10
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Hmm, the new subtitle for the remake makes it sound like it's a second chapter or a sequel, when it's just a polished re-release. Sneaky.
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markypants
18/05/07 @ 16:28
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Glad to see Riddick gets another outing, but really confused as to why it's a remake? Why not make a new game? I'm interested in some new content but not enough to play through it all over again. So as happy as I am to see Riddick still alive and kicking... I won't be buying this again.
Seems a waste of effort to be honest. Boooooooooo |
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GamesConnoisseur
18/05/07 @ 16:32
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Riddick on Xbox was great, it showcased what Xbox can do. Would prefer that Starbreeze do a new Riddick game rather than a lazy remake that everyone played through?
Being a completionist I would probably get it! |
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kangarootoo
18/05/07 @ 16:47
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Probably one of the best games on the XBox, both in terms of visuals and gameplay (except for that shite "maze full of zombies" section of course).
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kangarootoo
18/05/07 @ 16:48
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@markypants
It didn't sell anywhere near as well as it should have, so there is a still a big potential market for it comprised of people who have not played it before. Hardly a waste of effort. |
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kangarootoo
18/05/07 @ 16:50
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@monkie_king
I though the H2H system wasn't bad, though it took some getting used to. It felt kind of random to start with but after a while you could despatch opponents pretty quickly with some nifty combos. |
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monkie_king
18/05/07 @ 16:58
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@kangarootoo, fair enough, it never really got past the button-mashing stage for me, which was sufficient to get through the yard-fight tournament thing.
i'd forgotten about / repressed the harrowing memories of the underground zombie goblins in the dark in a maze full of poison gas sequence, though -- that really was arse. (what is it with FPSes and annoying zombie levels, anyway? HL2's Ravenholme, Halo's Library, Riddick, umm ... I'm sure there are plenty more.)
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kangarootoo
18/05/07 @ 17:14
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@monkie_king
I heard the zombie pit was the bit that Vin Diesel designed. Could just be PR bollox, but it would explain a lot of it were true :) |
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Inquisitor
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18/05/07 @ 19:16
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It didn't sell well enough to justify a remake did it?
Surely if they were going to do a remake they should have just downscaled it and put it on the ps2. No point doing it on the 360 as most people have probably played it on pc or original xbox and the ps3 has a tiny userbase. |
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The Bodybuilder
18/05/07 @ 23:22
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@ frostypheonixxx
Are you a film critic? Aren't people entitled to thier opinion, especially after watching a film? Or are you one of THOSE people that tell other they aren't allowed to state thier opinion on something unless they've been involved in it themselves? Oh and yes, the second riddick film is pap IMO. Which is a shame as I loved pitch black, and I know a bit of the background story to the riddick character, and think he has/had potential to be a great iconic character like rambo or the terminator. |
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