by Naxel

Platform : PC and Xbox (yeah the original one)
Genre : FPS, But an out of the box one

I didn’t see the movie, but this one seem to be out of the context of the movie itself and explains the story of Riddick and how he got the ability of the shine-eye. Where all the other games failed in being an extension of the movie by only replaying the same events but with crappier graphics render accompanied by a horrible game play, we have Escape from butcher bay on the other side. Which in my opinion, gives the video-game-inspired-from-a-movie a good name. Wikipedia states that “Reviewers often commented that Butcher Bay was actually better than the accompanying movie” And it’s justified. For the new to the series, the plot follows Riddick, a highly dangerous criminal, as he is imprisoned in Butcher Bay, a fictional triple max security prison. And the whole game revolves on how you get out of there with a bang.

Graphics: Doom 3 engine, and it looks good to me. It runs smoothly, and the character are believable. Riddick is modeled after Vin Diesel and it looks quite the same. It suffer slightly of the Doom 3 syndrome where everything turn black at some point but it’s not all the game that happens to be that way, with the skills of Riddick, you can actually have some sort of night vision whenever you’re in the dark. And the effect is pretty awesome.

Gameplay: It’s an FPS but you are in a prison, which means you don’t have a gun most of the time. You simply use whatever you find for a weapon, or use you mad stealth skills to break the neck of your opponents when sneaking them in their back. Remember the feeling of Gears of War when you chainsaw someone, or when knifing someone in Call of Duty 4? Well, it’s the same.

Sound: It’s rare to have a game that uses sound in cinematic quality as much as Escape from Butcher Bay does, you shift from action sequences to slow and calm sequences with a bang, and it really gives the impression your soundtrack is following you wherever you go. It’d be bad if the sound track wasn’t dynamic but it’s not the case here. Vin Diesel voices Riddick, and Xzibit voices Abbot (Which made me laugh every time he spoke) Overall I can say, it’s a satisfying experience.

Fun Factor: Short single player, but if you find the game in the bin for 5$, it’s totally worth the money.

So in brief

The good
-Original and complete gameplay
-Prequel of the movie, which is better than the movie
-You can buy it for cheap and have a god run of fun for the money

The bad
-It’s short, I wouldn’t expect more than 10 hours
-It’s old, but honestly it’s still looking great even if it’s old

The score : 8/10

8 on 10 means, you find it cheap? buy it. You’ve got a friend how has it? Borrow it. It’s good enough to play but since it’s old and rather short, don’t bother paying an extra for it.

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