Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Dark Athena - Atari publishing, PC ver confirmed - by EvaUnit02
foldy on 11/4/2009 at 02:48
I'm considering passing on this one. I'm always going on about how much I love Escape from Butcher Bay, but every review I'm reading depicts Dark Athena as being a lackluster at best, bad at worse sequel (worse pacing, less adventure elements, more mindless run and gun) and I do make a habbit of avoiding those.
We'll see....
Morgoth on 11/4/2009 at 12:47
So, for someone that never played Butcher Bay, is it worth the purchase?
WingedKagouti on 11/4/2009 at 14:11
The reviews I've seen so far recommends the game to those who have yet to play EfBB.
Bastard Child on 12/4/2009 at 03:20
Quote Posted by Morgoth
So, for someone that never played Butcher Bay, is it worth the purchase?
Um... it includes butcher bay. It's ported onto the new engine, but there aren't any real changes made to the old girl.
Volitions Advocate on 12/4/2009 at 16:32
has anybody here played it yet?
It's great! More riddicky goodness.
With just the right amount of fromage.
JohnnyTheWolf on 12/4/2009 at 17:24
I wonder if Starbreeze is going to release Dark Athena's soundtrack as a free download, just like they did for Butcher Bay's.
That is, if Dark Athena actually features a original soundtrack instead of just recycling Butcher Bay's music.
sh0ck3r on 12/4/2009 at 21:43
For thems that knows, is this worth picking up if only for the original game and are the graphics substantially better?
Bjossi on 12/4/2009 at 23:32
The original game alone is worth the purchase. But since I live in Europe I can't comment on the graphical improvements until late April.
(it pisses me off when publishers pull this 'continent x gets the game 2 weeks earlier' shit)
Phatose on 13/4/2009 at 00:21
Probably. I'm having stability troubles with it though - some of that is no doubt vista 64, and some is ati, but I've encountered at least one repeatable crash that find it impossible to believe got through testing.
