The Unbiased Review
posted by AznTalk (LOWELL, MA) Oct 2, 2011
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Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is a pretty good game.
Now don't take that sentence as a reason to rent it, read the whole review!
This game actually holds two in one, a remastered Butcher Bay with the Dark Athena campaign. This means a double in amount of hours needed in single-player. So if you like going solo this is a good game. However if your looking for a multiplayer experience turn back now. I've tried to get a game going but literally 2-0 maybe 3 people will be on. Well lets get on to gameplay.
GAMEPLAY
The game plays in three distinct phases. One is like a Mass-Effect type RPG. During parts of the game, Riddick is able to speak and complete side missions for various inmates in Butcher Bay and a few people in Dark Athena. Two is a stealth stage where Riddick will be armed with melee weapons and a helpful tranquilizer gun later on. It's almost like a splinter cell in first person to an extent. You'll shoot out lights with the Tranquilizer or disable the lights as the darkness is your ally. Eyeshine, a trademark ability of Riddick comes especially helpful in these areas. The last way, number three is your standard FPS phase. Armed with an average arsenal of machine gun, shotgun, pistol, grenades(not very plentiful), you'll find the machine gun's accuracy is non-existent while the shotgun and pistol more useful. The A.I. is not a very smart one. It will most of the time investigate where Riddick is i.e. in the dark most likely. Then it'll either stand and wait there, find Riddick, or return to their patrol. The A.I. does recognize fallen allies and will become alerted. If they don't find anything they return to their patrol as if nothing happened, no backup called, no funeral, nothing. Even with these smallish faults the gameplay is mostly undisturbed. There are also mech sessions where you'll pilot a mech.
Gamefly has a limit so in short
GAMEPLAY-8
GRAPHICS-7
Storyline-8
OVERALL-8
Go get it for the singleplayer, don't for the online! - Azn.
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