Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Review: The Chronicles of Riddick-Assault on Dark Athena (360)

+'s
-very good voice acting (Butcher Bay's is a bit better than Dark Athena's)
-fun stealth/melee gameplay
-good gameplay variety (mix of stealth, melee combat, shooting, vehicle driving, and platforming)
-good stories for both games 

-'s
-horrible navigation system makes it easy to get lost and creates wasted gameplay time (I had much less of a problem with Dark Athena than Butcher Bay)
-lots of backtracking, especially in Butcher Bay
-subpar presentation for 2009 (it doesn't look or sound great)

Neutral
-stiff animations
-basic enemy AI can be easily manipulated at times. 

This game comes of as exactly what it is: a polishing and lengthening of a beloved game from 2004.  It's also pretty fun, and I want to play a sequel soon. 

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