The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Comments by Christian Donlan
Athena battles.
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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.
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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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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.
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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. |
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Inquisitor
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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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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. |
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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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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.
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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.
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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... |
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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 |
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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. |
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creepylizard
10/01/09 @ 00:09
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@muscleblade
We must be so different as to be pratically different species... |
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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? |
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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.
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