The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) (VG)

User Rating:

9.1/10   

Director:

Tom Keegan

Writers:

Mikael Säker (head writer) and
John Zuur Platten (writer) ...

Release Date:

1 June 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

Set before the events of "Pitch Black", this game tells the story of how Richard B. Riddick obtained his ability to see in the dark...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Warrior | Prequel | Set In Future | Blood

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Vin Diesel	...	Richard B. Riddick (voice)
Cole Hauser	...	William J. Johns (voice)
Kristin Lehman	...	Shirah (voice)
Xzibit	...	Abbott (voice)
Willis Burks II	...	Pope Joe (voice)
Ron Perlman	...	Jagger Valance (voice)
Michael Rooker	...	Centurion / Jack (voice)
Arnell Powell	...	Jupiter (voice)
Dwight Schultz	...	Hoxie (voice)
Steve Blum	...	Rust (voice) (as Steven Jay Blum)
Joshua Leonard	...	Coyne / Two Tongue (voice)
Joaquim de Almeida	...	Mattsson / Silencio / Zuni / Fateen (voice) (as Joaquim de Alemeida)
Arthur Burghardt	...	Booger / Haamid / Thunder / Wilkins (voice)
Lombardo Boyar	...	Theo / Zlonzo / Barassa (voice)
Michael Chinyamurindi	...	Jamel-Udeen / Lambert / Barney (voice)

Country:

USA | Sweden

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden

Company:

Starbreeze Studios

Trivia:

The character Abbott was not originally modeled after Xzibit. Snoop Dogg happened to be visiting Vivendi when the game was being shown and commented on the character's likeness to Xzibit. He was then asked to voice the role.

Quotes:

Richard B. Riddick: Hmm... a med-station, takes away the hurt, leaves the pain.

Movie Connections:

References Pitch Black (2000)

Just got the PC version of it

And I got to say, this is the best console port to PC ever made. The game played really smoothly provided I had the most high end computer parts and sound, the graphic was very beautiful and rivaled both Doom 3 and Far Cry by miles. The storyline was brutally cold as you play as Riddick, the prisoner who seems to just wanna be left alone. The voice acting and music was just perfect exactly like the movie. And for 30 bucks this game is not a sure miss at all. However, there was some strange crashes like having 3d sound and EAX can sometimes give you the blue of death, another annoying problem that hit me was I had to install the monitor driver instead of using Microsoft's default plug and play in order to get the resolution beyond 800x600 but I think Starbreeze is making a patch for it. Other then that, playing at 1600x1024(I have widescreen 16:10 monitor) the game looked just beautiful and really puts the Xbox's version to bad shame. Even for those who hate the movie should give this game a try and you shall see why everything is afraid of Riddick. 9 out of 10.