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The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Comments by Christian Donlan

9 January, 2009

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Darkedge
09/01/09 @ 13:48
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WOO want even more now
mrmonkey1980
09/01/09 @ 13:51
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I was thinking of rebuying Butcher Bay, but I guess I'll get this now.
MasterNameless
09/01/09 @ 13:54
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Very much looking forward to this. I hope the multiplayer is really good too, that's the only trick they missed - that I can think of - with Escape from Butcher Bay.
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ZuluHero
09/01/09 @ 14:02
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Good. I missed it the first time, so time to make ammends :)
Thunderbolt!
09/01/09 @ 14:11
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Hey I dug Knockaround Guys

The soundtrack was awesome!
muscleblade
09/01/09 @ 14:15
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Ive said it before. Drop the multiplayer and focus on the singleplayer. After the Darkness i know you (Starbreeze) wont be able to pull it off no matter what.
muscleblade
09/01/09 @ 14:21
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I enjoyed the Darkness singleplayer campaign but i cant get over the fact that reviewers didnt bring down the score for the totally unplayable multiplayer. Its just iexuseable to have multiplayer as laggy and broken as the one presented in The Darkness.
If the singleplayer game is a 9 and the multiplayer a 2 the score shouldnt be higher than 6 at most. I say the singleplayer part was a 7 and the multiplayer a 1 so a 4/10 from me in total. I loved Escape from Butchers Bay (10/10 from me) so i was very dissapointed in The Darkness.
Inquisitor [mod]
09/01/09 @ 14:23
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Sounds great but I don't think the developers have ever, EVER pitched this as a true sequel. All I've heard from them is talk of it being a way to draw new players to the game and prove to publishers that a full blown sequel is a viable option. This is testing the waters for them.

/Nice preview though, looking forward to this even though I played the first.
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andywilkie35
09/01/09 @ 14:23
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Sounds good
bushwod
09/01/09 @ 14:44
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@muscleblade

Except of course a lot of people don't care about multiplayer.
ArniesLeftNut
09/01/09 @ 14:55
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I can't wait any longer!!!
PlugMonkey
09/01/09 @ 15:42
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If the singleplayer game is a 9 and the multiplayer a 2 the score shouldnt be higher than 6 at most. I say the singleplayer part was a 7 and the multiplayer a 1 so a 4/10 from me in total. I loved Escape from Butchers Bay (10/10 from me) so i was very dissapointed in The Darkness.

So, two games appear on the market with near identical single player experiences. One has a crap multiplayer experience bolted on to it, whereas the other has no multiplayer at all. The first game scores 6/10 while the second scores 9/10? Or no single player only game can ever score over 6/10 at all?

It's your logic. You tell me.
dominalien
09/01/09 @ 15:45
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Never played the previous game, I'm really looking forward to this!

EDIT: And I don't care about multiplayer! Bring on the story campaign!
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Mr_Bison
09/01/09 @ 15:54
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better than Halo!
angerisagift
09/01/09 @ 16:01
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Played the previous game and it was above average but not great in my opinion. Also, I never really liked the Darkness much. This is going to have to be something special if its going to tempt me to part with cash for it - still not convinced by yet more crates'n'corridors.
Super_Zee
09/01/09 @ 16:12
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Excellent, Butcher Bay was one of my favourite last-gen games and this looks to be shaping up very nicely.

And if we're lucky, the MP mode inspired by (the excellent) Pitch Black will be Radha Mitchell Beach Volleyball.
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Izmunuti
09/01/09 @ 16:13
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"said to be inspired by Pitch Black (hopefully not to the extent that it will be slightly cheap-looking and stuffed full of people who used to be in Neighbours)."

You do realise that Radha Mitchell was the only cast member from Pitch Black who had been in Neighbours right?
Darren
09/01/09 @ 16:37
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Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay is one of my favourite first person games to date. It was immensely cinematic and just the right length at 7 hours, pure quality through and through. Funny thinking back though, it never felt like a first person shooter as such, it was more of a first person adventure game really. Played it right through on the Xbox and then the PC and have every intention of buying this new game, likely for the PC.
wonton
09/01/09 @ 16:45
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played butcher bay to death on the PC, including playing through the highly enlightening developer's commentary mode.

I thought these guys knew their stuff so the mediocre reception for Darkness was a bit of a disappointment. I will get it in the bargain bin just because I am a fan of their stuff and they have great talent but I expect it won't be the an amazing experience like BB. Oh well people have their off days...
TheJuriel
09/01/09 @ 16:46
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Really waiting for this. The first was awesome, and looked great even on a midling system.
Cider86
09/01/09 @ 16:47
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Want
Kanjin
09/01/09 @ 16:57
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Really looking forward to this
bad09
09/01/09 @ 17:02
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Roll on March! I cannot wait to get my grubby hands on this baby!
justanotherdave
09/01/09 @ 17:09
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Can't wait for this, while i enjoyed butcher bay on the oringnal xbox it was that long ago now that i can't remember most of it so a re-play with added content and upto date graphics is very welcome indeed.. Couldn't give a flying crap about multiplayer in a game like this imo they should just spend more time on the singleplayer campain.

For anyone intrested, Pitch Black & Chronicles of Riddick are out on Blu-ray next month too :-D
ianegg
09/01/09 @ 23:23
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They need to make a PC version before mine is too shit.
Postumo
09/01/09 @ 23:58
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@ Muscleblade : then bioshock should score 5, doesn't it? supposed 10 singleplayer, 0 multiplayer...

If the game centers on the single player campaign, the multiplayer should be seen as an extra, not part of the game.

This is not CAll of duty, which cames out every year building its success over its multplayer, this is more of a bioshock kind of game.
creepylizard
10/01/09 @ 00:09
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@muscleblade
We must be so different as to be pratically different species...
Krelle
10/01/09 @ 04:09
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muscleblade: lol
Ferral
10/01/09 @ 08:51
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Butcher Bay was an awesome game and still looks just as good today. This new one with enhanced version of butcher bay is shaping up to be something special. I really hope it manages to kickstart the franchise and we see a few more Riddick movies.
ArniesLeftNut
10/01/09 @ 09:21
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@Muscleblade

Out of interest, what review score does Half Life 2 get in your world?
space ace
10/01/09 @ 09:22
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(after checking that it's on xbox too) excellent! this game sounds better and better
glaeken
12/01/09 @ 13:04
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I am not sure on this one. I never played the original but did play the Darkness and that did not really impress me that much. It had its moments but a lot of the elements of the game just felt poorly thought out.
Milbe
12/01/09 @ 13:14
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The original was one of the best FPS experiences ever! Looking forward to see it go on the 360!
S.J.Rogers
12/01/09 @ 16:42
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Sold...
Snooz
15/01/09 @ 10:32
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Started playing the original on the xbox a few weeks ago, but had to stop due to these news :) For me the graphics are still great, but seem a bit "out of focus" after these years. I remember dropping my jaw when I saw the textures on cave walls looking so real and seamless. I rarely missed guns in the game because you felt so invicible as long as you used your advantages, the meelee felt alright too just beacuse you knew you could always just over power the opponent with punch after punch. The ending was also a great escalation of action, just pure quality through and through. Not perfect but bloody well done, some boring areas like the beginning, but the prologue gave you hopes of getting your hands on a powerful shotgun ASAP.
m0thr4
05/02/09 @ 12:19
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Never played Butcher Bay, but have only heard good things about it. Will definitely be getting this.

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