Comments on: Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena

By: phenom_x8

phenom_x8 — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:35:09 +0000

Hey, I love this game!
All of you said the stealth was broken? I dont think so, I even could passed three guard unnoticed at the hangar right before return to dark athena!
Yeah, the checkpoint system was annoying. But you will get used to it!
One more thing, the story is great.

(SPOILER) It’s a great moment when I saw Riddick left the little girl (sorry,forgot the name) alone inside the escape pod after stab his enemy (the women with wire hair) necks and then the girl being chased by her! Riddick has no expression with his ice cold face when he saw it! He’s trully the true antihero!
Or when he said that people he saved turn up to be death to one of the prisoner at the dark athena.(SPOILER).

Sorry for my rant, maybe because I’d love Riddick (but of course, I’m straight!) Although a lot of review said that his 2nd movie or 2nd game just plain dull, still love to see his personality that care only for himself (just like the rest of us)!

By: Kadayi

Kadayi — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:11:17 +0000

Finally got this through Play after lucking out on finding a high street retail version. Have to say loved Butcher Bay, save the last ‘prison’ which seemed ever so superfluous (I’d of been quite happy to call it a game well played having met up with Jagger at the shuttle tbh.).

Recommended if you’ve not played the original for that alone though.

Agree about DA. I haven’t quite finished it (having fun with the hard to spot, OMG!!! I’m dead spider turrets atm…restart checkpoint hell…). The game starts off so well (though the tendency for Riddick to run off the crates when ascending the cargo bay wall was a tad frustrating) , but when it suddenly descends into lousy aim, not much health, precision opponent shooter hell it loses a lot of appeal. Still I intend to finish it.

By: Kadayi

Kadayi — Fri, 22 May 2009 08:06:47 +0000

The thing that amazes me about this game is its complete lack of high street presence as a PC title. Every place I’ve gone that sells PC games (Tescos, Sainsburys, PCworld, HMV, even GAME for god sake….)seems to not have it in stock or on the shelves, yet it’s in the charts for both the PS3 and the 360 in every store…have Atari just given up on retailers when it comes to PC titles? Bizarre tbh.

By: D

Wed, 20 May 2009 01:24:23 +0000

Article needs a mention of ONLY TWO configurable weapon keys (1 and 2, PLUS you have to assign them on a big consoly menu thing).

That was a bother to me, as I liked to use various ranged weapons while closing in for some melee fun. I felt that the weapons were useful as a backup plan mostly, when they spot you early. Ofcourse this approach is heavy on the checkpoint loading.

Also this was the first game I cheered at after the obligatory YOU LOST YOUR WEAPONS, OOOPS trope. Great and long game, just don’t play it immediately after EFBB.

By: SuperNashwan

SuperNashwan — Tue, 19 May 2009 08:31:01 +0000

@SuperNashwan: This game’s DRM was cracked almost three weeks ago, possibly earlier. I have no idea where you got the idea that the DRM was impregnable.

I only look at sites that carry scene releases, having just looked I am of course wrong and some clever independent came up with a solution. Plus ca change.

By: ack

ack — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:15:22 +0000

Just as a side note, you might not expect the DRM on this to be unlocked because it’s actually working; it hasn’t been cracked yet and probably won’t be now.

Had to look that statement up and found this:

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (c) Atari Games
.:: RELEASE INFO ::.
Release Date …. 2009.04.08
Game Type ……. Shooter
Game Size ……. 1 x DVD
Image Type …… .bin/.cue
Protection …… CD-KEY
…
.:: HOW TO PLAY ::.
1) Unrar
2) Burn or Mount
3) Install
4) Enjoy

Sounds pretty cracked to me

By: James T

James T — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:12:55 +0000

See, this is why people suck. AODA without a doubt, blows Butcher’s Bay out of the water. Athena for the most part leaves the options of how you want to approach it up to you. It also has just much more interesting level design and pacing to boot. The fact that people prefer to not be imaginative and think the better game is the one where you’re forced down corridors and essentially told what actions to perform every single moment along the way, and usually fail if you don’t perform that one specific action, breaks my heart. If you think BB is the better half, then I’m sure you’ll love Velvet Assassin.

I’ll definitely grant that you’re imaginative — I’m on the final few maps of Dark Athena right now, and there has been absolutely no multiplicity of solutions; both the Riddick games are highly linear (which I mean as no great slight against EfBB, I’m fond of that one) , the only way in which Dark Athena is less channelled is that you are more frequently (well, constantly) asked, as Warren Spector once put it, “which gun am I going to kill you with?”
Unfortunately, none of the guns are suited to the task. The accuracy of the assault rifle is poor beyond belief, the submachinegun requires a full clip to kill someone (in fact, so does the shotgun, I just checked. At point blank range), and the SCAR gun is… well, dogshit (“I would like projectiles that move faster than people walk, please.” “Oops, sorry, can’t help you there!”). You’re stuck grinding your way through room after room, over and over again because your fucking guns don’t work, no hope of stealth or cleverness, just emptying endless clips until the bores you’re up against finally keel over and you can go looking for the next ventilation shaft.

By: teo

teo — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:48:50 +0000

if by “that mod/expansion thingy-ma-bob” you mean The Nameless Mod then INSTALL AND PLAY IT NOW!!!

By: Starky

Starky — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:44:10 +0000

“Every time someone mentions Deus Ex on the Internet, someone else will reinstall it.”

That reminds me I need to reinstall Deus Ex at some point to play that mod/expansion thingy-ma-bob.

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:01:17 +0000

@Kevlar

That is only true, up until the halfway point. Then you are stuck IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, for most of the game.

@Alez

It appears we have a new AIM on the scene.

By: krendo

krendo — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:57:05 +0000

Just home and noticed the sainsbury’s deal earlier from another site so caved on the console version so this article is apposite. Mixed feelings, as would have been a Day One purchase on the PC but the DRM thang rankled. Make a stand, etc but screwing Starbreeze. Want to support the PC version but…
As an aside, interesting that all my local game stores have sold out of their ONE copy deliveries on PC and the Major websites are sold out. Does this give credence to the argument that Atari rely on mugs like me to cave on another format?

By: SirKicksalot

SirKicksalot — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:59:43 +0000

Rhygadon – the remake is better. The checkpoints aren’t that bad, the problem is that it’s using the same icon for checkpoints and autosaves, so you never know where from you’ll resume the game after you quit.