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Engrossed by the Darkness .. . .

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

"Darkness, you afraid? I'm not, . . . the dark is afraid of me."
This statement made by Riddick(performed so eloquently by Vin Diesel himself) later in the game sums up the gritty, dark mood of one of the XBox's greatest title to date.
Being a gamer for nearly 2 decades now I can rightly state that most film related game titles are either horribly programmed or "campy" at best. Vivendi Universal along with Vin Diesel's own Tigon Studios broke the mold here. This collaboration of storyline, theme, game design, gameplay, and voice-over talent is outstanding. Not only does this game add to a film-based universe in beautifully rendered graphics and, perhaps, some of the best lighting in a game; but the player is completely immersed in it. As you play it is not hard at all to take in the gritty nature of Butcher Bay. You can practically 'smell' the garbage discarded around trash cans. You can even nearly 'feel' the bones snapping or the pierced flesh as you stealthilly dispose of your assailants.
This game takes the classic First Person shooter and turns it on it's ear adding unique hand-to-hand combat and strategy. I highly recommend this game to any FPS fan. It will sneak up on you and before you know it you'll be grinning with glee to the tune of Riddick's gutteral threats.
*HOWEVER, I must note that this game is definately not for children. It bears a MA rating and VERY rightly so. So, we need not have any 9 year olds pouncing out of the shadows on thier unsuspecting siblings now. ; )

A very impressive and extreamly underrated Xbox gem

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Chronicles of Riddick is one word...AMAZING. I'm not a big fan of the movie(the Riddick film looked extreamly uninteresting and I won't even bother to check it out)eventhough I did enjoy Pitch Black. Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay is a very impressive and great game that is almost flawless. The game has a very awesome storyline(even if it's movie like)and the atmospher of levels is just breath taking. You do more then just "escape" from Butcher Bay, you have to do favors for Inmates find a way out of certain areas and meet more people and ect. Butcher Bay shows some really impressive stuff, let me begin by saying this is one of the best looking video games out today, my jaw dropped out how amazing the visuals looked. These visuals can be ranked up and comparable with other beauties like Doom3 and Resident Evil 4. Now there are a few parts were the Visuals don't shine and that's a really bad thing when I mean that but it really doesn't ruin the game for you...

I'll make this review Short and sweet....just like the game...SHORT...and sweet. The game can be beatin in less then 7 hours, but it's still worth the money(well...I waited for the price to drop down to 30 bucks)and a superb rental. The creators should have made a tad bit or more like WAY MORE longer.. But the use of Stealth makes up for that as the game does have some really amazing stealth action to it.. I also And I didn't like the fact that you couldn't have more parts in the beginning where you're doing inmates favors(that was my most favorite part of the game)...Other then that...Lets get to it!!!

The Good
-Great Gameplay
-Breath taking visuals that you must witness
-Superb story line
-Great level invorments
-Nice voice acting
-Nice aray of weapons
-Awesome Stealth gameplay

The Bad
-The visuals gets a big fuzzy in some parts of the game but it's ok..
-The game is too short!!....but sweet..
-Needed more missions in the prison scenario in the beginning of the game...that was the best..
-Needed more enemies...

The Ugly
-Dwellers...ugh..

Overall Chronicles of Riddick is an amazing achievment from Universal and they did great at making this game awesome and heck I find this more better then Halo, yeah you heard me fanboys...Besides that I've already mention everything above about this game...Overall Escape from Butcher Bay is one of my favorite Xbox title(now)and all in all....I give this Underrated Xbox game a............

4.2 OUT OF 5 STARS...

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Too Good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Excellent Graphics.
Excellent Sound.
Excellent Control system.
Excellent Storyline.
A tad tad very slim bit off excellent voice acting.
Excellent Video Sequences.
Excellent Animations.
Very Very Good Enemy AI.

The only tiny gripe I've got is that it could have been longer, and the game kinda looses it's replay value after 2 or 3 runs... but you might wanna replay it just to experience excellence at it's fullest!

Almost great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I thought this game was brimming with potential. I thought the game looked awesome, very sharp graphics. Even some of the gameplay was neat at first. But I realized, through the game I didn't feel like Riddick at all. I didn't feel smooth, and sly, like some kind of predator or even monster.
What it really boiled down to me was a sub-par shooter with RPG elements mixed in, and horrible stealth play. Now the story itself isn't involving, but what's involving is the fact you get to be Riddick, but I don't feel that Riddick would just run down some hallways shooting a bunch of guards. When I tried to play all stealthy, which works some times, I usually failed and had to run away and get all shot up. I usually do great at stealth games too, I like the character Riddick, but it really isn't presented very well in this game.
What I did like was Vin Deisel's voice acting, which really made the attitude for the game and the character, but the way you have to play through the action parts reminds me of simple DOOM play, not Riddick at all. I really wanted to sneak up on suckers and stick em' or slash em' leaving them in a heap at my feet, but sadly, no, you get seen and annoying "running like a wimp" ensues. When you compare the shooting parts, it's really lame compared to Doom 3 or Half life 2, save yourself the money and letdown and go buy a complete title like those instead, they're longer anyway and give more bang for the buck.

My Opinion is Simple

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I thought the visuals and voice acting in the game were awesome. The story line is out of control and the character(s) development is great. But I gotta say, this game style just isn't my cup of tea. To me it had very "jump through the hoops" style of game play. Walk up to the box and stand in the right place and push a specific button to climb the box which leads you to a pipe you have to crawl across...and it is the only way to get where you need to go. On top of it, having to sneak around everywhere kills me in games. I hate it when you have to sneak around games where failure to stay hidden results in almost instant death. A huge portion of this game is a sneak or die scenario. Add to it the timed missions and you've successfully lost me. But I am a rare bread of gamer, this game is very good and I would recommend it to anyone (with the aforementioned warnings of course). I give the game a good rating because it is fun, it just lost my interest at what I would assume was the half way mark.

Riddick Slays the Typical Action Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay on Xbox is not just a really long title. It's a very challenging game that makes you think. You can play two ways. Either go for stealth and take enemies out quietly in true Riddick fashion (See Pitch Black or Chronicles of Riddick on DVD for examples), or you can go all-out-who-cares and just kill everyone you see. No, this isn't meant for kids, and five minutes into the gameplay you'll know why. You'll see realistic shadow effects, clever environmental tactics and a nicely brutal world built for the characters Vin Deisel plays. The acting is also incredible and up to par with the movies of the series. For a stealth action game that lets you be a bad-a**, you can't go wrong here.

Great game? Not in my opinion

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Okay, so there are a ton of reviews that say this game is awsome and so on. Well, personally I didn't really like it that much. I first got the game because everyone went on about how wonderful it was. I loved the movie, and thought the game would be pretty cool. At first I found it interesting, and the graphics were quite excellent. However, after playing for a while I found the game a bit repetative. Maybe I just don't games where I have to be stealthy, lol.

I also found that Riddick can't shoot. Okay, so I'm aiming, but can't there be at least a better aiming system? I know I can aim and shoot, I've playing the Silent Hill games, and it's a bit difficult to aim at times but I manage. I felt as though I was just wasting bullets in this game.

People who like stealthy games and such would probably really enjoy this game. I just really didn't care for it.

Hope this review helps. I know people will have different opinions about the game, and that's fine. Not everyone will love this game, and not everyone will hate it.

Prequel to Pitch Black

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was a huge fan of Pitch Black and its 2 sequels, plus I love XBOX games so it was a no brainer that this game was on my to buy list. The game is fun and challenging and has an interesting story to boot, even more so if you're a fan of the franchise. Riddick is actually voiced by Vin Diesel so don't dread. The game was basically created to promote and cash in on the movie Chronicles of Riddick that was released the same year.

Well Worth a Buy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Chronicles of Riddick- Escape from Butcher Bay
After the success of the movies, Riddick Trilogy (Pitch Black/ The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury/ The Chronicles of Riddick), it is destined to have a video game to go along with it. Luckily, this game did not follow the storyline of the movie. This game had perfect graphics for it's time and had near perfect gameplay. This is one of the very few movie games that actually turned out to be any good.

Graphics- 9.5/10
Everything is perfect. Things are shaded well, people look good, your weapons look good, everything is good. The load times are the only drag on this game. They aren't too long, but they are constantly being pushed on you.

Story- 10/10
You are Riddick. You are a murderer. You have been sent to Butcher Bay, an extremely secure prison, to rot the rest of your life. You do not like this idea and decide you escape. Along the way you meet an interesting cast of characters that will either help you or halt your progress. Just when it seems like you are going to escape, you are stopped, and pushed further into Butcher Bay.

Sound- 10/10
Vin Diesel does the voice of Riddick in this game. Very rarely do video games have their true voice actors. Every character in this game has voice-overs. Machines and guns have brilliantly put together sound effects. Sounds fade in and out as you get closer to the sound.

Gameplay- 8.5/10
This game is less of a shooter and more of a fighting game. In the beginning of the game, they hint a lot of gun fighting. Don't be fooled by this. The game is more of a stealth/fighter game. This is not a bad thing, and is in most ways very refreshing. A good portion of the game consists of running between people in the prison to get what you need to advance. This slows the game down a lot and gives you a lot of backtracking to do.

Difficulty- 8/10
When you have guns, this game is simple and very easy. The rest of the game, around 75% of it, is a lot harder. You will become stressed out trying to get past 10 enemies with nothing but a shiv.

Overall- 9/10
I can't give this game a perfect score due to its difficulty, backtracking, and pacing. Don't get me wrong; this is a fantastic game. It's one of my favorite games in fact. I just can't give it a perfect score due to some minor problems.

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