"The real shame is that Escape from Butcher Bay did something new and unexpected for a movie-licensed game (and FPS), but Assault on Dark Athena does nothing new at all. It just attempts to ape what was once innovative."
That pretty much sums up the impression I got from the demo. So this review doesn't surprise me one bit.
I'm quite surprised so many people disliked the demo. I, myself really enjoyed it, of course Butcher Bay is one of my favorite games so any chance I get for more Riddick is great.
I love PC reviews that are copy + paste 360 reviews, awesome. This guy is an amazing writer btw. "However, if you never played Riddick's first adventure it (and its modest follow-up) are worth checking out." It are worth checking out, thanks Cletus. Nothing about controls, sound, graphics (other than "they look a bit dated"), etc. He brings up some valid points about the AI, if it really is that bad, but this sounds more like a disgruntled blog than a review.
Basically the main complaint is the fact the game didn't change much in mechanics from the original.. Fortunately I still think the original one is a amazing game to this day, so I don't have much problem with this review.
"The real shame is that Escape from Butcher Bay did something new and unexpected for a movie-licensed game (and FPS), but Assault on Dark Athena does nothing new at all. It just attempts to ape what was once innovative."
That pretty much sums up the impression I got from the demo. So this review doesn't surprise me one bit.
Qixote
Haven't even played the demo yet.... (PC), but if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Give me more Butcher Bay and I'll be happy....not every single part 2 has to offer 40 new things....
Butcher bay was ok for me, not great. So I don't really want or care to play through it again with prettier graphics. So Athena is all I was looking for and it's pretty poor. The review read like they split the score, since butcher bay is like a 8.5 then that means athena is like a 6.5. bleh.
"The real shame is that Escape from Butcher Bay did something new and unexpected for a movie-licensed game (and FPS), but Assault on Dark Athena does nothing new at all. It just attempts to ape what was once innovative."
That pretty much sums up the impression I got from the demo. So this review doesn't surprise me one bit.
FelipeInside
Haven't even played the demo yet.... (PC), but if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Give me more Butcher Bay and I'll be happy....not every single part 2 has to offer 40 new things....
Haven't played Butcher Bay but I heard it was great so yea I agree with you.
"The real shame is that Escape from Butcher Bay did something new and unexpected for a movie-licensed game (and FPS), but Assault on Dark Athena does nothing new at all. It just attempts to ape what was once innovative."
That pretty much sums up the impression I got from the demo. So this review doesn't surprise me one bit.
FelipeInside
Haven't even played the demo yet.... (PC), but if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Give me more Butcher Bay and I'll be happy....not every single part 2 has to offer 40 new things....
exactly.
and honestly, did anyone here really expect any new "innovation". I expect some new combat moves, maybe a few new melee and ranged weapons, but outside of that I was actually looking forward to the same awesome gameplay.
Haven't even played the demo yet.... (PC), but if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Give me more Butcher Bay and I'll be happy....not every single part 2 has to offer 40 new things....FelipeInside
Fine, you spend the clams on it. But if you actually read the review, you would know there are more things wrong with Athena than just the lack of new material. I'll save my money for a game where developers make a bit more effort at originality rather than putting the same game in a different package with a different title, and still charge full price.
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