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The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay {DJ-Dotcom1}===================================================

is a video game developed by the Swedish developers Starbreeze Studios set before the events of the movies Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick. The Xbox version was released at the same time as the second movie in June 2004 and a Microsoft Windows version was released later that year in December. There is also a special x64 version of the game available.



The likeness and voice of the movie's star, Vin Diesel, are also used for the game's main character, Richard B. Riddick. Escape from Butcher Bay received a good deal of critical acclaim, and was generally viewed as a very accomplished and innovative experience. Reviewers often commented that Butcher Bay was actually better than the accompanying movie.



The video game website GameSpot gave the game considerable praise, saying it has "the best single-player action in a first-person game on the Xbox" (at the time of writing), and was "one of the best action games available" at the time of release.[2] They also said it was "one of the best PC action games of the year". The game received a 'superb' score of 9.3 out of 10 on both platforms, though "enhanced visuals and exclusive extras make the PC version even better than the Xbox original".Graphics

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Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay was one of the first games to use normal mapping, giving the textures a rougher, more in-depth appearance and making the game characters and environments appear more photo-realistic. Riddick was also recognized for its option to use soft shadows, which gave shadows a much smoother look as opposed to the clean-edged shadows found in games such as Doom 3 and Quake 4. This feature appeared again much later in F.E.A.R..



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REVIEW

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Gameplay 9

Graphics 8.5

Sound 9.5

Difficulty Medium

Concept 8.5

Overall 9.2



Reviewer: Justin Raymond



Review Date: 12/28/2004



Riddick is a surprisingly great little adventure that offers an experience unlike any other game out there.

===========================================================================Developer(s) Starbreeze Studios

Tigon Studios

Publisher(s) Vivendi Games

Engine Starbreeze Engine (Proprietary)

Version 1.1 (Windows)

Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Xbox

Release date(s)

Xbox[show]

EU 13 August 2004

NA 1 June 2004

Windows[show]

EU 3 December 2004

NA 8 December 2004

Genre(s) First-person shooter, Stealth

Mode(s) Single-player

Rating(s) ESRB: (M) Mature

OFLC: MA15+

PEGI: 16+

USK: 18+

Media CD, DVD

FORMAT:Hardware Requirements



Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP Intel® Pentium® 4 1.8 GHz or AMD equivalent



256 MB RAM 64 MB AGP DirectX® 9-compatible video card

(ATI Radeon® 8500 or NVIDIA® GeForce™ 3 and above - except GeForce™ 4 MX)



supporting Hardware T&L DirectX® 9-compatible sound card 3.2 GB of uncompressed hard disc space (recommend 4.0) 16x CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive Microsoft® compatible mouse and keyboard



UK RETAIL VERSION



RUN PATCH THEN CRACK



PLAY + ENJOY



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