Riddick : Assault on Dark Athena
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Trailer FTW:
http://io9.com/5101635/riddick-is-your-zen-buddhist-philosopher-of-space-murder
If this is *anywhere* near as good as Escape from Butcher Bay, I'm lookin forward to it. :poly142:
http://io9.com/5101635/riddick-is-your-zen-buddhist-philosopher-of-space-murder
If this is *anywhere* near as good as Escape from Butcher Bay, I'm lookin forward to it. :poly142:
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Now where's Enclave 2?
But isn't this #2, and escape from butcher bay being the additional content?
Gotta say when I look at the older game... graphics still hold up, so this is looking quite good
And yes, the menus were(are!) definitely super cool.
"The science fiction first-person action game, is anticipated to be largely a remake of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay." -wikipedia
"the decision to do a remake was because Microsoft could not make the Xbox 360 backward compatible with Escape from Butcher Bay, and because they wanted to get the Escape story to a larger audience before progressing further." -wiki
"Dark Athena is expected to have improved graphics and AI from Escape along with the addition of a multiplayer mode. The single player mode will also be expanded to include Riddick escaping onto a mercenary ship called Dark Athena." -wiki
In addition to that, I did read that the additional campaign had grown so much, it could now be considered a full game, so I really don't know. I just wouldn't expect too much from said campaign in terms of length.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/12/chronicles_of_riddick__here_we_go_again_in_the_best_possible_way-2.html#more
Looks like semantics really - is it a remake with a bonus campaign or a new game with a reworked original version added on? Either way, it's more Riddick and that can only be a good thing.
The new campaign packs "new game mechanics, full-game production values ... the works," according to Joystiq, with Big Download clarifying that the campaign is a "direct sequel" to the original and is immediately accessible upon booting the game.
The scope of the new campaign stems from the first-person shooter's recent publisher-related delay. After the game was dropped by ex-publisher Sierra, Atari picked the game up, a move that allowed for more than nine months of additional work.
Along with the new campaign, Athena will include a new multiplayer mode and an enhanced version of Starbreeze's 2004 release The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (PC, Xbox). Expect Dark Athena to hit PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in spring 2009."
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/56190
I know, I saw the Starbreeze logo and thought of that right away.
QFT!
Looking forward to this...
You know, there's something very unfun about watching a movie about a protagonist who is invulnerable and so badass he's unstoppable...but playing a game as that same dude is an entirely different story!
... You already should have an xbox. You be missing out!
Also... multiplayer sounds pretty sweet.
http://kotaku.com/5102537/riddicks-pitch-black-multiplayer-sounds-scary-as-piss