Comments on: Retro: The Chronicles Of Riddick

By: Sander Bos

Sander Bos — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:41:40 +0000

Just a quick thank you to SwiftRanger, thanks to his link to
http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic62308.html
I now finally got this bl**dy game to work under Vista. My recipe

Install Riddick
Install Riddick 1.1 patch (e.g. http://www.gamershell.com/download_9603.shtml, this is the European version)
Install http://www.gameburnworld.com/dl/dl.php?file=TheChroniclesOfRiddickEscapeFromButcherBayv1.1NoCDFixedexeEng.rar
Install http://www.gameburnworld.com/dl/dl.php?file=TheChroniclesOfRiddickEscapeFromButcherBayNvidiaopenGLFix.rar
Set compatibility mode on System\Win32_x86_SSE2\SbzEngine.exe to Windows XP and run as Administrator.
Run Riddick from System\Win32_x86_SSE2\SbzEngine.exe

By: The Shed

The Shed — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:26:54 +0000

“I won’t be surprised if it all somehow leads up to the beginning of Pitch Black.”

Good call, it would be a clever move to draw the final line between the game and Pitch Black as a little update. Gameplay on the Dark Athena would also still be fresh after the Prison’s three stages. Byline- isn’t the Dark Athena the one from that animation? Or is my memory screwing with me?

Riddick was definately a fantastic game. Pitch Black is next in terms of quality, and the movie doesn’t even rank on this list. EfBB is one of (possible THE most) solid gameplay experiences I’ve ever had. The simplicity of the plot, the game design, and the gameplay itself worked perfectly in tandem to create a perfectly solid, enjoyable experience. The mood was so perfectly set, I think I’ll always remember being sat in front of our big temporary screen at night, playing through the impeccably clean experience. Awesome.

By: hydra9

hydra9 — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:48:32 +0000

Finished the game tonight. Verdict: REALLY good. A top-notch stealth/action/fighting/adventuring game, that also manages to be one of the best licensed products ever.

What’s even more amazing is that I didn’t think much of the Riddick films, didn’t think he was a very interesting character… but the game managed to make me like him… and it was so much better than the movies that inspired it.

Yep, great stuff.

By: NickR

NickR — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:27:58 +0000

I recently bought the Xbox version of Riddick. Took a while to get used to the controls (zoom on the black button?) and out of the Splinter Cell/MGS mindset (”this is a stealth game, I want to get through each area without being seen or killing anyone”) and into the Riddick mindset (”I’m playing a psychotic killer, I’m supposed to murder the guards!”) – but once I did, I really enjoyed it.

> TCOR:EFBB…er Riddick, is probably the single best movie-related FPS yet!

Except for that one James Bond thing.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:16:01 +0000

Well I never played the System Shocks as I’m too young, but my bro always says Bioshocks story was almost exactly the same as SS2 so maybe Bioshock 2 will be SS1?

By: Irish Al

Irish Al — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:37:25 +0000

It was pretty good, even if it did have 2ft square levels due to the XBox’s 16KB memory (say hello Thief:DS and DX:IW)

By: moonracer

moonracer — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:10:34 +0000

I remember hearing good things about this game when it came out but never checked it out. I’ll have to keep my eye out fro the remake or a cheap copy of the director’s cut.

I also think remaking older games that are no longer compatible with modern systems should be more common. I would love to go through a well done remake of System Shock. It would be a much wiser move than trying to make another sequel (though I did like system shock 2 as well).

By: hydra9

hydra9 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:59:03 +0000

Ooh, scary. I just emerged into the daylight, went to Asda to buy bananas and stamps. I *felt* like Riddick. I would’ve definitely uppercut a couple of chavs if it had’ve come down to it.

By: hydra9

hydra9 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:05:11 +0000

It arrived in the mail this morning. Started playing it and it sucked me in straight away. Good stuff.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:22:29 +0000

I enjoyed it but never finished it. Personally I found the stealth a little dodgy, and the combat a bit iffy as with all melee in fps’s. I have to completely disagree with you about the setting too. It didn’t feel like a scary prison to me, just big empty spaces with stupid stationary npc’s. And it just didn’t feel like the most dangerous prison on the planet, let alone the universe what with everyone just standing around motionless. A surprisingly roomy maximum security prison it was too!

Also, it ruined my idea of a pitch black prison where Riddick had to get new eyes to save himself from getting shivved. In fact he had to get new eyes so he could do the generic zombie level. Not a bad game at all, I just think it has been over hyped somewhat. Give me The Darkness anyday of the week!

edit: Oh I just remembered that Bender from Futurama was in it. So strike everything I just said, its genius.

By: James Lyon

James Lyon — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:26:57 +0000

I had the pleasure of playing this for the first time a couple of months ago (worked fine for me in Vista – straight out the box). It stands up astonishingly well, even a few years later: dark, gritty, oppressive like it should be.

I’m surprised nobody’s yet mentioned one of the rarer lighter moments, though. For a game that takes itself so seriously most of the time, the GLaDos style admonishments of your mech were pretty good comedy relief.

By: LittleJanJansen

LittleJanJansen — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:22:36 +0000

Had to do a double take at the sign – No fucking in the exercise yard! (or something to that effect.) The game really nailed the feel of being in a bad ass prison with a certain Oz like vibe. Vin Diesel’s ‘acting’ was understated enough and was probably better than all his movies put together.

Nice mechanic for not being able to use guns for sections too – really made you appreciate the times when you did get hold of one.

Graphics (even on original Xbox) are still pretty good today, I think it was one the first titles to use normal mapping.