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    The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

    Game » consists of 9 releases. Released Apr 07, 2009

    Both a remake and expansion to the critically-acclaimed Xbox and PC title The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Dark Athena features both the original campaign, an all-new campaign and new multiplayer modes.

    andborn's The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (Xbox 360) review

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    A.I. not perfect, but fun to mess around with.

    This is going to be brief, mostly because I'm lazy. First things first, if you played Riddick on Xbox1 and enjoyed it and the related universe, go buy this game now. I can personally guarantee that you won't regret it. Plus you can get it for 39.99 at newegg.com, I think. The original EFBB campaign is almost flawlessly identical, other than some A.I. hiccups that happen in the dark, this is the same game. The only reason I make this statement is the fact I thought they might interpret or alter it to be more contemporary...    nope same thing, and it's still great.  Visually voice synch is way off and some LOD problems are really apparent and it isn't quite up to snuff with Dark Athena. In my opinion it's the high def pc release ported to 360/PS3 etc.  Speaking of Dark Athena, it wasn't the let down I was expecting, because the visuals are amazing. I am a graphics whore, and this game's overall ambience is breathtaking at times. The textures have an extra coat of polish when compared to Escape, and the framerate 95% rock solid. Plus all the voice synch issues that rear their head in EFBB are gone, completely. The performances are not overdone, explicitive heavy, but compelling. You will be genuinely disturbed by Jaylor.  Now for gameplay. It's pretty much what you've heard, very straightforward and shooter centric, but stealth is in there throughout. Especially with the traps that you can create with the scar gun. It's legitimately good stuff on par with any shooter on the market, other than the smart/stupid enemies. Multiplayer is what you expect, nothing inspired but nothing broken either. Ok that's all I feel like writing.

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