You are all my bitches, MOVE get out the way, get out the way..
Ok, so the game's brilliant. I've been playing The Chronicles of Riddick for an hour or so every evening and I'm loving it. Most game reviewers do a nice little breakdown of the review through Graphics, Audio, Longevity, Challenge and other stuff, but instead I'm just going to give you a brain dump of some moments that have been really fun and some moments that have sucked. You can read the professional reviews for yerself, punkitos.
So what is it anyway? The game mixes and matches between playing styles really well. One minute you're running through rooms, capping bitches left and right with the shotgun, dodging a hail of bullets. Next minute you're creeping through the cargo hold, keeping to the shadows, maybe snapping the odd neck or two in the process, just for fun like. Next minute you're clambering all over these difficult to get to bits and bouncing around like Sonic. Throughout all though the camera and mood transitions seamlessly, so seamlessly in fact that you don't notice the transition until you wonder why you're hiding behind a box instead of shredding everything. Very nicely done indeed. This great combination keeps gameplay fresh, interesting and overall, FUN. A lot of the ideas are taken from other games and built on top of (neck snapping, see in the dark, climbing manoevres, dropping on peoples heads, etc) but that doesn't matter. Riddick does them all well. Riddick is badass.
Vin Diesel adds a lot to this game. Not only is he every man's sweet salivation his voice is so deep in this game I think my walls were vibrating at one point. Turn up the subwoofer to 11. The other thing that adds a lot to the game is the violent and relentless swearing. Mothers and huggers, I don't wanna hear it. The first words in the game are 'Don't you fucking move' which was rockin'. I'm glad to see software developers with balls and who don't mind making a game with adult content (without being as daft about it as that XXX BMX game which was just fucking horrible). It makes you feel more immersed in an action movie, and it makes you feel badass.
So go buy. Take it from me - it ain't genre defining, but it's funfunfun baby. Now I'm all nice and prepped for the movie this weekend, which we shall be going to see at ridiculous o'clock in the morning to avoid all the teenage cocksuckers who think it's funny to shout at the movie in order to impress their girlfriends with 3 pubes between them. Whooargh.
So what is it anyway? The game mixes and matches between playing styles really well. One minute you're running through rooms, capping bitches left and right with the shotgun, dodging a hail of bullets. Next minute you're creeping through the cargo hold, keeping to the shadows, maybe snapping the odd neck or two in the process, just for fun like. Next minute you're clambering all over these difficult to get to bits and bouncing around like Sonic. Throughout all though the camera and mood transitions seamlessly, so seamlessly in fact that you don't notice the transition until you wonder why you're hiding behind a box instead of shredding everything. Very nicely done indeed. This great combination keeps gameplay fresh, interesting and overall, FUN. A lot of the ideas are taken from other games and built on top of (neck snapping, see in the dark, climbing manoevres, dropping on peoples heads, etc) but that doesn't matter. Riddick does them all well. Riddick is badass.
Vin Diesel adds a lot to this game. Not only is he every man's sweet salivation his voice is so deep in this game I think my walls were vibrating at one point. Turn up the subwoofer to 11. The other thing that adds a lot to the game is the violent and relentless swearing. Mothers and huggers, I don't wanna hear it. The first words in the game are 'Don't you fucking move' which was rockin'. I'm glad to see software developers with balls and who don't mind making a game with adult content (without being as daft about it as that XXX BMX game which was just fucking horrible). It makes you feel more immersed in an action movie, and it makes you feel badass.
So go buy. Take it from me - it ain't genre defining, but it's funfunfun baby. Now I'm all nice and prepped for the movie this weekend, which we shall be going to see at ridiculous o'clock in the morning to avoid all the teenage cocksuckers who think it's funny to shout at the movie in order to impress their girlfriends with 3 pubes between them. Whooargh.
posted by CatSpit at
4:22 PM
I have to say that in contrast to certain recently released games (hooOO-waa!!) what keeps riddick fun is the different gaming modes and objectives. I agree with andy. Sneaking, shooting, climbing, BASHING ... certainly keeps my attention, and rather than just "trying to get to the next objective" I'm actually interested in what's going to be around the corner next. Must I hide in the vent? Must I run from the alien fiend? Must I thrust a screwdriver into the neck of another Inmate? Fight, flight, or shelter in the dark ... great variety in gameplay makes for funtimes.
If only it were online. Dammitall.
-wifey
I am a bit biased, however, as I tend to play when others aren't online, and sleep when people are, so I'm not sacrificing multiplayer fun to play a SP game.
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