Pwngamer.com says: This is one of those games that proves two points in gaming, the first being that movies translated to games can be successful, and the second is that linear games can be awesome fun! Now these two points are usually seen in a negative light with any other game title — especially the linear style gameplay. Titles such as the Call of Duty series have suffered from the same repetitive linear style gameplay, but when used in the correct environment, linear style gameplay can be a lot of fun...
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay debuted 20 years ago, and to this day is a surprisingly good film franchise adaptation.
I'd love a remaster of both games with 4K, raytracing, and the ability to have both AA and AO at the same time.
Remasters were made for Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2009 Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena
It was a remaster of the first game, plus a sequel. The sequel was never remastered though. In the PC version you couldn't even have AA and AO, you had to choose one or the other. You can't buy it anymore either on PC.
MS owns the developer, if only they wanted to bother with the license, could be a nice addition to Series X BC program. These titles and Arx Fatalis.
Microsoft does not own Starbreeze Studios; it is owned by Digital Bros through its subsidiary, 505 Games.
Tigon Studios, founded by Vin Diesel, primarily develops games featuring him and holds licenses related to these games.
You're thinking about MachineGames (Wolfenstein) which was formed by several ex Starbreeze staff after Assault on Dark Athena was released (whose owned by Zenimax/Bethesda), now owned by MS.
A lot of movie tie-in games have been a bit naff, but there's a rare few that actually surpass the quality of their source material.
Butcher Bay is still an awesome game. Ghost Rider surprised me with how good it was, very GoW like. Warriors is another great one but with the exception of R&C, i havent played the others.
Was getting "page not found" until I turned on VPN. Any reason for this, culturedvultures?
From Xfire: "Video game enthusiast and Hollywood superstar, Vin Diesel, has taken his talents to video games numerous times. We've decided to rank all of his games from the worst to the best."
“Ranking every game with Vin Diesel from terrible to bad”
Fixed the title for you.
Obviously too young or ill-informed to pass judgement. Honestly, Orchard. You just mugged yourself off. Starbreeze Studios' The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay is a very well-known classic.
Butcher Bay was great. From the prolog, fist fighting, knife fights and story. The immersion of the whole package really uped the criteria of what a cutting edge game was back then. I would like another adventure with Riddick, but it would have to be triple A status to live up to Butcher Bay.
it's a very very good game 10/10
Was one of the killer apps on the original XBox. I actually bought the new Riddick game that came with an updated game of Butcher Bay but I never played through it, didn't want to ruin the amazing memories I had with the original.
I played this recently and was impressed with the atmosphere , reminded me of the darkness in terms of the feel of the environments.
I think its more to do with the Riddick character than anything else, he's a well made character. he embodies the true anti-hero, because even though you play as him you still not sure which way his gonna go. he might save one then let the next die.
Actually, and trust me it hurts to admit this, it's probably because of Vin Diesel.
He's a big gamer and is really into D&D and science fiction. How many day to day gamers get the opportunity and the money to make and publish a video game they know will have market appeal (the riddick character is quite popular...well it was until the sequel)?
So instead of the usual "license the unreal engine and give it the Ukrainian grad student I paid to fix my ipod" you've got a guy who regularly plays video games, has access to a franchise he helped create, and the committment to at least maintain the creative vision of the project.
I'm not saying creating games is easy, but if you talk a thirty year old male who regularly plays video games and is heavily into the scene, remove the majority of problems (talent, funding, connections, etc.) and give him enough cash to just hire the necessary programmers and artists then I'm actually quite confident you've got an 8/10 chance of making a solid game. Not a great game, but a damned good effort.