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New Riddick game coming in 2009
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 3rd December 2008
Starbreeze Studios' remake of the original Riddick game will feature an extra 10-hour campaign.
The game will feature not only a high definition remake of the original game, Escape from Butcher Bay, but also feature a new 10-hour campaign set on the titular Dark Athena. The new campaign will boast new gameplay mechanics, entirely new levels, enemies and puzzles too.
Assault on Dark Athena originally fell into publishing limbo after the merger of Activision and Blizzard, which saw a number of titles from third-party developers getting the boot, but has since been rescued by Atari along with other titles like the new Ghostbusters game. Other titles meanwhile, like Tim Schaefer's Brutal Legend, have not been so lucky.
Starbreeze apparently are more than happy to be working with Atari on the game as the move has allowed the developer more than an additional nine months of development time for the game.
Assault on Dark Athena looks to be taking a similar melee and stealth approach to the original game and is currently confirmed for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay is often held up as one of the few actually decent game-film adaptations. Can you think of any others? Let us know in the forums.
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A game that had similar success was Bladerunner back in the late 90's, for much the same reason.
Exactly. The reason it is so good is because the universe is so good, and they focused on that rather than a film. If they had focused on a film, and made a game of that, then they would have had all kind of restrictions that would totally ruin the game.
But, in my opinion, that means it is not a game of a movie, so can not be used as an example of a good game-movie tie in. But it sure gives us hope for the future :p
I agree, it's not really a game of the movie in the truest sense since it doesn't mirror the plot of the (awful) second film or the first one.
altho i agree its 2 different approach :)
was it really that good? I never got round to playing it at the time, and i'm scared of being crap because its associated with a film. I'm gunna put on my christmas list now though, i'm intrigued
Maybe time has sweetened my memories but IIRC it was quality entertainment, especially compared to today's standards. Maybe the whole sneaky-sneaky aspect became a gimmick by now but all in all it's definitely worth a try. Besides Vin Diesel is awesome.
Yeah I too thought it was a great game, and to hear that I can play a remastered version, and a completely new one too, is very exciting.
It only bears the name of the series, and Vin Diesel's likeness as Riddick - it's actually a prequel, set before the events of Pitch Black. It's also a stonkingly good game :)
:D
If you haven't played it and like FPS + Riddick as a character, I would recommend checking it out for sure.
Pity. Seemed an interesting game...
PS:
http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Riddick-Assault-Dark-Athena/product-reviews/B001L18SBK/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_summary?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending