Escape from Butcher bay isnt THAT good..

The melee combat seems really clumsy, the stealth sections are a mess and dont really work and the graphics are nowhere near the best on the xbox.. What do you guys think?

I just beat Butcher Bay for the first time about a half hour ago lol (It was on PS3, but it's supposed to be the same experience). I agree that the combat is clunky, the gunfights aren't very precise, but it's not the main focus of the game. I loved the fantasy world, character interaction, exploration, and thought the stealth was good. I'm a big fan of the Riddick movies and really enjoyed the story of the game as well. I thought it was overall a solid gaming experience with nice variety. It did get a lot of hype at it's release because it was one of the first movie games that was actually ingenuitive and original. I never owned an XBOX so I didn't quite get into the hype, but as a fan of the movies and FPS's I really liked the game. Also, I just started Dark Athena, and I might be imagining things, but it seems like the shooting is more refined, I'm liking it so far.

I actually wrote a review about why I think the game is overrated.

I enjoyed the game myself but if that's your opinion then fair enough, I do agree with you about the combat though.

To be fair, at the time the melee combat was actually good in comparison to the crappy melee combat systems that had come before it for FPS's.

I just beat Dark Athena and the Riddick collection's become like my 4th favorite PS3 game. I loved both games.

I'm not a big fan of FPS games but CoR was one that blew me away. I loved the stealth and melee combat.

I guess the game might not have been your cup of tea TC.

I felt the PS3/360 version needed some more improvements, but when the original first came out on Xbox, it was absolutley amazing.

I tried the demo on the PC and it lagged too much (on a Geforce 6800 GS card) so I deleted it and forgot about it.

One thing about Butcher Bay I truly loved were characters and inpecable voice acting, I have yet to see a better voice acting. Judge-Gabranth

"It ain't the fall that gets to you. It's the sudden stop at the bottom."

One of the best lines I've ever heard in a game. Twisted, but funny and awesome at the same time!