Player’s Club: Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena review
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Rated M for Mature
Released April 7
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC
Published by Atari
What It Is: Remember the Vin Diesel movie Chronicles of Riddick? You were probably too busy convincing yourself John Kerry wasnt a horrible candidate to notice this giant bomb. Games based on movies are traditionally awful, but somehow the video game tie-in, Escape from Butcher Bay, easily outperformed its nominal source material both critically and commercially. The unique stealth-focused first-person shooter boasted excellent production values and a tight narrative focus, exactly unlike the movies sprawling sci-fi nonsense. Five years is a long wait for a sequel, but for those whove forgotten or never played the original, Dark Athena comes with a spruced-up current-generation remake of Butcher Bay. So thats two complete games on one disc, both overflowing with Diesels comical cheerlessness.