I am one of those people that played the original Riddick game on the Xbox but didn't finish it so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to pick this as it also includes a redone version of Escape from Butcher Bay.
It plays exactly the same as the original (well from what I remember anyway) so needless to say it plays pretty well. There is nice mix of first person stealth, fist fighting and shooting, it won't take you long at all to get used to style of the gameplay at all. Basically all of the awesome gameplay from the original title remains intact, so you can a breath a sigh of relief there.
The main upgrade (as you might know) is applied to the visuals, the game looks quite a bit better than the Xbox version. It has been ages since I played the the original but the graphical update of the game is definitely noticeable. Lighting is more defined, textures are at a higher resolution, environment and character models generally look better. I did come across one particular part of the game though that looked incredibly shiny, shiny walls ftw! I thought it was rather funny
Saying all that though, there are few minor niggles with the game graphically. During close-ups on faces I noticed some weird flickering on occasions, this didn't happen all the time but was definitely noticeable when it happened. Also I guess if you really look around you can probably also find a few slightly low resolution textures but that would just be nitpicking.
I haven't played the Dark Athena campaign yet (will do that after I complete Butcher Bay) and haven't touched the multiplayer too, which actually looks decent. At this moment all I can say is the game is a definitely a nice visual upgrade of Escape from Butcher Bay, well worth it if you haven't played/finished the original or even if you just wanna revist the the infamous Butcher Bay!
It plays exactly the same as the original (well from what I remember anyway) so needless to say it plays pretty well. There is nice mix of first person stealth, fist fighting and shooting, it won't take you long at all to get used to style of the gameplay at all. Basically all of the awesome gameplay from the original title remains intact, so you can a breath a sigh of relief there.
The main upgrade (as you might know) is applied to the visuals, the game looks quite a bit better than the Xbox version. It has been ages since I played the the original but the graphical update of the game is definitely noticeable. Lighting is more defined, textures are at a higher resolution, environment and character models generally look better. I did come across one particular part of the game though that looked incredibly shiny, shiny walls ftw! I thought it was rather funny
Saying all that though, there are few minor niggles with the game graphically. During close-ups on faces I noticed some weird flickering on occasions, this didn't happen all the time but was definitely noticeable when it happened. Also I guess if you really look around you can probably also find a few slightly low resolution textures but that would just be nitpicking.
I haven't played the Dark Athena campaign yet (will do that after I complete Butcher Bay) and haven't touched the multiplayer too, which actually looks decent. At this moment all I can say is the game is a definitely a nice visual upgrade of Escape from Butcher Bay, well worth it if you haven't played/finished the original or even if you just wanna revist the the infamous Butcher Bay!
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