The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

If you’re a Chronicles of Riddick fan (who isn’t!) then The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (see GAMESPOT Review or Official Atari Riddick Page) is going to be up your alley. Even if you’re not, this is a good FPS that takes place in outer space. Oh yeah, there are bad guy aliens to go through – quite a few of them in fact. The AI for the bad guys isn’t all there, and even the multi-player isn’t as fine tuned as it could be. All that said, if you like the bald man Vin Diesel and the Riddick franchise, you’re going to like this video game.

The Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena contains a new full-length Chrons of Riddick campaign plus a high-def pixel-by-pixel remake of the original Escape from Butcher Bay. This is the first time Riddick has a multiplayer arena, with six online multiplayer combat modes including the unique Pitch Black mode. (Remember that movie anyone?) As mentioned, it kinda shows that it’s the first time the game has multi-player. At least it’s a step in the right direction.

Vin Diesel brings his vocal talent to the game, which is a plus for his fans. Beyond that, it just kinda makes your character tougher, you know?

The Chronicles of Riddick was released in 2004 by Universal Pictures and since then, it’s been branching out as a pretty interesting franchise. Oh, it’s no Star Wars (or Star Trek for that matter), but it’s not bad either. Hopefully they’ll keep coming out with new games. This one doesn’t suck too much, but it just feels like they could’ve done a little better.

That said, it’s still something you should check out if you’re into FPS. If you’ve played The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, we’d love to hear from you. Leave a comment below and let us know what you think.