The Ridiculously Good Chronicles of Riddick Games

[@Gggmanlives]

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[@ToastedHeadcrab]

This made me poo

[@ToastedHeadcrab]

I don't want to poo

[@adamstone3318]

Have you actually tried these products?

[@nidgey9926]

I tried but I’m from the UK and I don’t think they have that here.

[@boredgoose6008]

Ironic advertising Factor when it isn’t even available in Australia

[@Invidente7]

I hope Vin Diesel gets to make his final Riddick movie so he can fight against Karl Urban.

[@dutchcinephile1362]

As an old man😂

[@skuzzyj]

​@@dutchcinephile1362 Taking an _old man Logan_ spin on the Riddick character could be pretty interesting

[@dutchcinephile1362]

@skuzzyj 🤔 Uhu cool idea

[@Sjcritic123]

A fourth one is in development.

[@czesterabc2850]

Yeah!

[@kroman6083]

Absolutely love this era of graphics. This, FEAR, Max Payne 1, Doom 3... amazing time for presentation. And gaming in general.

[@NoShow001]

same. I hope the new boomer shooter trend works its way up to ID tech. id love some indie games with this style.

[@kroman6083]

@NoShow001 Off the top of my head, Retchid and Deficit both have a look that is aping that era of id tech and look interesting. Retchid is early access but both are on my wishlist.

[@rodzandz]

Amazing! These graphic style somehow looked palpable.. tangible. Like you could reach in and grab the plastic models.

[@Peter_ParkedCar]

And The Suffering. OG Xbox was goated

[@kroman6083]

@@Peter_ParkedCar Yes! Great game series as well (though I prefer the first).

[@sterilezorro]

Nightdive Studios needs to remaster these asap

[@VeryMangooo]

That's what I been thinking and saying. I need them on PC ASAP lmao

[@graphicsgod]

Facts!! 👏👏

[@Nutty151]

This series, Hexen, and F.E.A.R.. Then I'll be a happy camper.

[@rozasupreme]

And the Darkness

[@dr.loomis4221]

I guess it's impossible from what I hear...

[@ghostinhell666]

Dark athena and Butcher Bay may not be well known, but they are well loved by those who have played them, Great games!

[@FreddyKruegerRealEstate]

Butcher Bay was fairly well known when it originally launched on Xbox. The popularity of the films at that time, and a included demo on one of those discs didn't hurt. The remaster on Xbox 360/PC with Dark Athena included however was well under most people's radar only a few years later after the 'Vin Diesel Craze' (when he had to be in every movie) that _Fast and Furious_ started, had blown over.

[@CyanRooper]

Isn't The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay considered the best movie tie-in game of all time? Though admittedly movie tie-in games are rarely good and are usually quite terrible. Escape from Butcher Bay was also one of the best games of 2004 and was included in a lot of "best games for the OG Xbox" lists.

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99]

​@@CyanRooperPeter Jacksons king kong would like a word lol

[@ZFCaio]

I love Riddick I've been playing the Batman VR that was released last year for Quest 3 Because there is a prison section where Batman is infiltrated There are even some deals you have to do and end up in a fight, that's 100% like Riddick

[@dylanherron3963]

@@CyanRooper I was there when it was being reviewed by everyone as "Lifting the movie-game curse" with some people saying it was better than the movie itself. Absolute shit that the only way to play it is to yo-ho-ho and a bottle of TOR

[@yankeespanky6570]

I played this on the original Xbox growing up and I don’t know how to explain this but the lighting for this game back in the day was phenomenal. Some of the best shadows and lighting I saw on most games around that time (for consoles at least)

[@mustardmule4723]

Super impressive for an original Xbox game

[@Smoloko123]

I thought the same for splinter cell chaos theory

[@MarcMcKenzie-qb6or]

@@mustardmule4723 That it was...remember being blown away by the graphics and being glad that I owned an original XBox so I could play it.

[@fr4nmo475]

The era of "stencil shadow", man imagine if Halo 2 had been released with that shading technique (as originally intended to be)....

[@amansizedduck]

chaos theory and doom 3 as well on the OG Xbox

[@DartRipper69er]

It’s so weird how some absolute banger games back in the day went by unnoticed because they were movie tie-ins

[@CyanRooper]

Because movie tie-ins are almost always garbage. These games are like the only good movie tie-ins with Escape from Butcher Bay being considered as one of the best games for the OG Xbox.

[@FreddyKruegerRealEstate]

It wasn't _"unnoticed"_ in the least. The issue is that most people where not playing OG Xbox at that time or subbed to game magazine and following this stuff. Butcher Bay was advertised out the whaazoo, and I can anecdotally tell you as someone working at a EBgames at that time, and moonlighting in Games Press - it was a very good seller and popular with the Xbox crowd at that time.

[@FreddyKruegerRealEstate]

But the game has the unfortunate fate of being one of those fades (like the movie) that was the hottest thing for like two years there, and then came-and-went. And the general public forgot about it when Vin Diesel cooked off.

[@real_vardan]

Yeah king kong also went under the radar and its really good

[@0kisshun0]

its also didnt help the fact that riddick comme out in 2004... the year of hl2, halo2, gta san andreas, far cry, nfs u2, and so on... the competition was brutal.

[@Austrochad89]

bruh i was angry that nobody knew how good this game was

[@Marty6804]

Escape from Butcher Bay has a meta score of 89. Everybody knew how good this game was. What are you on about?

[@_arman_]

​Everyone who played it knew, yes, but I find it's very rare for anyone i talk to, to know this game. ​@@Marty6804

[@Austrochad89]

@@Marty6804 i knew nobody in my circle who played this, except of me

[@Leon_SKennnedy]

​@@Austrochad89 same with me, it's one of those games that was recieved positively but it felt like barely anyone played it

[@jarg8]

​​@@Marty6804these games didn't really sell that well and have been largely forgotten despite being extremely unique for the time. Critic scores does not mean popular.

[@LaurenceSouthDrumsUK]

Butcher bay is unbelievable. One of my favourite games of all time and easily the best movie tie in game ever. I love that there are audio logs for new game plus from the developers that explain each part of the game design. I miss games like this

[@Visuwyg]

Audio Commentary on an OG Xbox game? Now that's rad!

[@mustardmule4723]

It feels like you are actually in prison, absolutely brilliant game

[@X2yt]

Don't let this distract you from the fact Johns, a drug addict with shaky hands and dubious morals, somehow managed to capture Riddick on his own multiple times. Knowing who Riddick is and what he does, Johns's power is God level. If he got rid of his morphine addiction, he probably could've soloed Lord Marshal on his own.

[@FozzieOscar]

one of those times was him getting riddick to surrender by threatening to kill a bunch of kids, if i remember correctly

[@Scorch0017]

When I played this game first time I had the the impression from characters interaction, that Johns and Riddick made some sort of an uneasy alliance to pull of a scam on prison wardens. Like Johns recieve bounty for bringing Riddick, who eventually escapes, then they do it all over again in the other place of a Galaxy.

[@RebelForce8]

Pool players use morphine to achieve balance. Maybe hes at his best

[@AvalancheReviews]

This is another one of those games I never got around to when it came out. I really need to spin it up because everything I see about makes it looks cool as hell.

[@Majin1-h3q]

Do it bro but play the original escape from butcher bay release, not the dark Athena re-release because that version messed up the graphics

[@TheKing-vb2bw]

Same here. It looked too slow paced for me when it came out so I never gave it a shot. Didn’t want to risk money on it when I had other safer bets for entertainment. I may try it now as a 40 year old man.

[@UncleTwoSix]

Amazing games I heard the new Indiana jones might be similar but yea I wish they would figure out licensing for this game it’s a gem

[@TheMC1102]

Gritty 2000's sci-fi is an aesthetic that NEEDS to be brought back into the mainstream media.

[@CyanRooper]

The Matrix films, the Chronicles of Riddick films and games, the Pts.Of.Athrty music video by Linkin Park, the Firefly TV series, Battlestar Galactica. There was so much good sci-fi stuff in the 2000s. Even the boxes for graphics cards from back then had some sci-fi box art on them (none of that art aged well but I still miss them regardless).

[@EnclaveSOC-102]

Wish this game would get a modern re-release for GOG and Steam someday.

[@FreddyKruegerRealEstate]

I still have my copy of the original Remaster (Butcher Bay + Dark Athena) in my Steam library from 2009. Believe it or not, it still works on Win 10/11 with some minor work arounds! I am still kicking myself for not buying the GoG version back then aswell. They were available for a long time to buy, but were removed a bunch of years ago off steam/gog because of licensing. It's up there with Transformers Devastation, Fable II, Deadpool, Wolfenstein 2009, and Marvel ultimate Alliance 1 & 2 as my rarest Steam games.

[@00Resev]

@@FreddyKruegerRealEstate I have it on GOG, but not Steam. Some games i just prefer to have on GOG.

[@wayn3h]

​@@FreddyKruegerRealEstate fable 2 was never released on PC.

[@Wraithix88]

I regret not playing more than 20 minutes of Butcher Bay when it first came out :( Never played the other one.

[@Armagedd0n]

@@FreddyKruegerRealEstate You are so lucky to have these games on Steam. I didn't know Wolfenstein 2009 was released on Steam 😮

[@SSJ-rt2cz]

Escape from Butcher Bay Peter Jacksons King Kong Republic Commando Were some of the greatest tie in games I've ever played

[@moonwalkeronthemoon4165]

100% agreee

[@ratchet69]

Butcher bay, i like their cinnamon rolls.

[@DEVILTAZ35]

King Kong was better than the movie until you get to New York then the game was repetitive and boring.

[@spiceweasel]

@@DEVILTAZ35after I conquered the horrors of skull island it was a nice change of pace to just smash about the city for a bit

[@ankurpandya3912]

The Godfather was pretty good too

[@markt9608]

I don’t understand why they haven’t remastered any of these games

[@WH250398]

The ps3/360 version was technically a remaster, but I hear you.

[@EnclaveSOC-102]

Legal issues with Universal, probably.

[@JackCrossSama]

One of the few games that deserves a sequel

[@TuriGamer]

working with vin diesel is impossible these days theres no way they are gonna get the rights

[@FreddyKruegerRealEstate]

This IS the remaster. And they were available on Steam and GoG until relatively recently. I still have my Steam version in my library. They were pulled, I want to say, in like 2018 or 2019 for Licensing. But I didn't notice when it happened because I already owned it. I wish Nightdive or someone would approach Vin Desiel and help snag the license from universal limbo, to re-release thhat version with new textures and lighting.

[@jakedizzle]

The first game was developed by Starbreeze Studios and Tigon Studios. Tigon Studios was founded by Vin Diesel. Bro glossed over it like they didn’t exist :/

[@xSS4x]

I was gonna say the same thing lol

[@stiankleppe8296]

Vin Disel was even more involved in this. StarBreeze didn't develop this alone, but codeveloped it with Tigon, which was a studio Vin Diesel founded. Vin Diesel really have invested quite a bit of money into Tigon for quite a few years. He was involved in development of characters and helped with the story. Riddick was much for him like Geralt was for Cavill, only Vin Diesel managed to get a bigger role in the Riddick universe, while Cavill got tossed in the trash by the leads.

[@Fr0st1989]

Vin Diesel not only lent his likeness and voice to the game but he also worked on it behind the scenes

[@MarcMcKenzie-qb6or]

Yep. The man is a gamer himself, and it shows with this one.

[@BlondeMcGuinn]

What does this mean, “he also worked on it behind the scenes”? I know he did voice acting for it, but did he program code too?

[@Fr0st1989]

@ he helped write the plot and contributed to character design

[@WhatzHappeningNow9]

Crazy how close the Doom 3 and Riddick game engines looked.

[@Atrahasis7]

The Riddick games made me more interested in the universe itself and knowing Vinnie just wanted to make space stealth Conan. The dialogue and writing and stealth are a blast.

[@czesterabc2850]

Good games!

[@WaldoSupreme]

TY for bringing attention to dynamic lighting engines. Great for atmosphere. The recent horror game remakes have partially brought this back, but stencil shadows do feel a product of their era.

[@Crazy_Borg]

Shiny metal surfaces everywhere... This looked stunning on PC back then, and such a step up from the Xbox version.

[@jarg8]

The Xbox version was still mind blowing for a 2004 console release. Arguably more impressive than anything released within the first year or two of the 360 generation

[@FreddyKruegerRealEstate]

Those were dark times jarge. Dark times indeed. Especially if you had a PS3 that first year or two. I bought a fancy new 720P "HDTV" for everything to look like it was colored with mud. lol.

[@RMJ1984]

I think this would be the perfect project for Nightdive studios to have. Also we really need more Riddick games.

[@HelderP1337]

Fun fact, this was the first big game to really popularize tangent space normal maps, with a real time lighting engine using per pixel lighting and stencil shadows. Beating Doom 3 to it! Seriously, this game was literally ground breaking and does not get enough credit.

[@salom902]

Crazy how Riddick and The Darkness games never got continued or even remastered yet. We been seeing a lot of old games getting sequels and remasters so far these need to be added to the list.

[@nathanielmabis5803]

About 5 years ago I rebuilt my childhood/highschool game collection and this was probably the second thing I bought when I got my old 360 back from my brother, fucking love these games!

[@Mankey619]

Escape from Butcher Bay is 20 years old now. It's incredible that I played this game back in 2005, and it still looks amazing today. Even this ID tech that used in Doom 3 and FEAR, is definitely a nostalgia trip to look at. Starbreeze did an incredible job making both Riddick and The Darkness. Sad tgis studio became a faded memory in our childhoods.

[@Ssecave]

both menu of riddick and the darkness ... Such a small detail, but a good one. We don't have menus like that anymore. Those 3 games made me fall in love with the immersive sim genre. I didn't know what it was back then, when I was a kid but they felt something special.

[@PCZONE1]

The water in dark Athena looks pretty crazy for the time still better then a lot of new games

[@AiColonel]

These games are amazing, any time I bring it up in a conversation about video games half the time I get “there’s Riddick video games!?” It’s one of those titles like War of the monsters, Getting up: contents under pressure, Roadkill, Metal Arms: Glitch in the system, Wild 9, that very few people know about and are excited when someone else does lol

[@JacobPaul-ix7oc]

Count me in as one of those people you are talking about. I never played Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure or Wild 9, but War of the Monsters, Roadkill and Metal Arms: Glitch in the System were some of my favorite games from that generation of gaming. Some other forgotten gems in my opinion: Armed and Dangerous Citizen Kabuto Battle Engine Aquila EOE: Eve of Extinction (One of the more subjective games in my list as it has a strange story with the reveal that your wife's soul was put into the weapon you have been using, much like the Bionic Commando reboot that failed. I did like that it was basically just being able to switch between Soul Caliber weapons on the fly to create different combos.) Whiplash

[@mohamedfarrag890]

Played both Dark Athena and Butcher Bay so many times Cannot believe they don't make sequels of them.

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

Didn’t Vin Diesel invest money into the development studio that made the Riddick games? I played Butcher Bay and really enjoyed it. A good example of doing a movie tie-in game the right way

[@DaDoubleDee]

Yea, he stared in the Furious movies for that purpose, also to make the Riddick movies which were his passion, but I guess something changed because he never did much after them

[@JacobPaul-ix7oc]

He founded Tigon Studios and co-developed the game with Starbreeze. I'm surprised Gman didn't mention that.

[@mrnicktoyou]

I need to play these games again. Thanks for the reminder.

[@nunchuckduck1667]

As a teenager I had a moded original xbox, and one afternoon mum came home with a pirated copy of Bucther Bay ( it was during the days pirate dvds and video games were everywhere) and I thought, ill try it out and wasn't expecting much as it was a movie character game. OMG I fell in love with this game and I replayed it so many times as a teenager trying to find everything and every pack a cigs I could find. I couldn't believe how many people never heard of it or played it even as an adult, amazing game.

[@PrymeKut]

Your mom is cool

[@snowflake-inc.7563]

This is about as close to playing these games as I'll probably ever get. Enjoyed this a lot, man! Thank you!

[@dannonyogurt98]

One of my favorite little details is at 7:10 where you see the prayer mats are spray painted. They tolerate people's religions probably because they have to or is just easier than trying to suppress them. But It reminds you It's still a max security prison and they won't trust them with even a freaking mat.

[@Lucky7s91]

One series that needs a remaster or re-release with updated features is this. I would love to play through this again.

[@mustardmule4723]

The Riddick games are so underappreciated. The graphics were fantastic for the original Xbox. It also holds a great memory of me and my mate printing off a guide to follow as we were stuck in the mines for hours!

[@kempet]

I still have it on my modded OG Xbox HDD - this game is just schockingly good. A friend of mine had it back then on Xbox, I did not have a console at the time - but after playing this a couple of times at my friends place I realized its time to start saving for an Xbox. Plays and looks great on widescreen on a flatscreen display, but... playing this on a big ass proper CRT TV was the way to go - headphones on, shutters closed, lights off.

[@robertharris6092]

Its upgraded on the copy of assault on dark athena. I also think it was remastered on pc that was then removed from gog and steam for licensing reasons a few years ago.

[@kempet]

@robertharris6092 I know I have it on 360 as well, but I prefer the original version.

[@regorllerref]

You keep bringing up great Movie based games, Peter Jackson's King Kong the Game is easily one of the best

[@nsawatchlistbait289]

You want this era to return? Buy physical media

[@KoiBoiRoi]

"Stop following me. I got important stuff to do." He said while stepping closer to Riddick.

[@gunsmithcat7542]

You said the game takes place before the 2nd movie - this is not correct. Riddick gets his night vision eyes in this game - this means, it takes place before the 1st movie.

[@СергейСаланов-т3щ]

I think he meant that the opening cutscene takes place before 2nd movie and then it flashbacks a few years, which is correct.

[@FreddyKruegerRealEstate]

Butcher Bay does, but I believe Dark Athena takes place later. Been a long time tho.

[@CyanRooper]

Butcher Bay is a prequel to the first Riddick film.

[@karlrichards7188]

Dark atehna is set between pitch black and chronicles of riddick

[@Gielderst]

The order is this: 1st. Butcher Bay -> 2nd. Dark Athena -> 3rd. Pitch Black film 2000 -> 4th. The Chronicles of Riddick film 2004 -> 5th. Riddick 2013 film

[@ULTRAWIDE.]

The new Riddick film is actually being made right now. There are several set photos available to look at. So glad the series is still going. After the cliff hanger ending of Riddick I didn’t think we’d ever get another one.

[@Malrottian]

26:15 When I saw her actress it was driving me crazy because I KNEW that face. She's also Ensign Ro Laren in Star Trek: Next Generation.

[@Cnoble59]

She was also in Escape from LA.

[@PaleHorse73]

Vin is a gamer and a nerd like the rest of us.

[@pariah076]

I think all the really talented people at Starbreeze 3nded up at Machine Games

[@lukeswan7776]

It's a damn shame you can't get these games anywhere legally these days.

[@dsouthmonster]

Man I'm so glad you talked about this game as just a month or so ago. I was telling a discussion on "Name a game you played that nobody else did but you wish they had" about this and taking solace in the fact there were people who felt the same

[@ianwood6438]

Needs a remaster this it was amazing back in the day absolutely loved it

[@jeffrey1280]

the late 90's, 00's through mid 2010's were such a goldmine for gaming. They had actually unique games instead of following the same formula and IP's over and over

[@BetaRayBenX10]

I wasn't even considering looking at the new Indiana Jones games, but comparing them to these classic and wonderful Riddick titles, I may check it out.

[@90maducc]

My childhood was built with these games. And a crippling addicting to menthools.

[@bb5307]

Pitchblack and this game was so awesome. He was just a man really good at what he does. Didnt really like how chronicles made him a chosen one.

[@sablebubble4630]

Parry in Butcher's Bay works through mirroring the enemy attacks - if you're getting right hook, you can parry it with left hook and vice versa. And you can't parry attacks from heavy weapons with light weapons. Also, you totally can cheese all the shootouts with a pistol - first shot always goes to the laser dot and you can pop headshots with ease. Really glad you've enjoyed these games.

[@cykablyat9449]

I played the heck out of Escape From Butcher Bay as a kid

[@TevyaSmolka]

I love the chronicles of riddick games they were really awesome and badass games in my opinion.

[@FreddyKruegerRealEstate]

Man, Talking about the Riddick games reminds me that I still want a *_The Darkness (1)_* remaster on Steam/GoG after all these years!

[@JackWse]

So you can actually get this on the internet archive, as it sits in the grayware.. it's a little problematic to get running, being the 32-bit version... It was the version that was on GOG, and you'll need DX wind in order to get it to run with proper support, and then there's some command console stuff that you're going to have to do probably to fix some of the bugs that never got fixed, there's a PC gaming wiki that is pretty useful in this case, it's all stuff that I remember having to do back in '09 '07 era.. I also highly recommend downloading a mod that removes the consulitis smear from the sequel, making it look as crisp and as beautiful as butcher Bay did, but with all the enhanced animation of course.. I do not recommend playing the original butcher Bay, as the gameplay has been significantly refined and improved for that playthrough with this sequel remastered, including that fluid lean that you would see in Wolfenstein etc.. and a lot more refined combat animation and whatnot.

[@mungologgo5526]

Wait, seriously? I thought vin diesel himself still held the license so it wasn't legally abandonware. Sucks that only the 32bit version is available though

[@JackWse]

@@mungologgo5526 now as for the IP, that's different than the the ability to sell the game, that's part of it but it's it's not what the problem is here, I think that had more to do with universal wholesale dumping their video game division I believe this was picked up by Atari, which is really cool cuz night dive actually is owned by Atari.. So if ever there was.. But I think it's a little more complicated than that but it is basically grayware. The reason it's the 32-bit version, is GOG had the 32-bit version, so it's the only DRM free one.. there was a reason they had the 32 bit version though, and it may have to do with the 64-bit one having even more problems, otherwise they would have had the the 64-bit version which was the default on disc when I bought it back in the day... Someday I'll figure out how to crack the DRM and see what the difference is but, what I'd like to do personally is upload a more complete version of the 32-bit version to internet archive that has all the settings tweaked out so that people don't have to mess with it cuz you know modern gamers can't figure anything out these days beyond hitting one button and hoping it works.

[@skyhunter2816]

The Hitman games also have you dragging bodies this way.

[@josephfranzen9196]

I can’t tell you how many games you’ll cover that I missed playing when I was younger that I’ll than try now and be blown away. I remember you were the first channel I found that covered NOLF 1 and 2 and I loved those games man. Keep up the great work

[@jgalla5549]

this strange looking, 2004 to 2005ish, glossy-smooth looking visuals era just before the Xbox 360 came out is one of my favorite eras in videogames (Splinter Cell Chaos Theory(best stealth game ever made), F.E.A.R., Condemned, Doom 3) yet I never played either Riddick game, seems like I should remedy that. This game is exactly what I like, yet I never played it even though I've known about it since release.

[@tenbeat]

RIDDICKulously Good.

[@timpeachey9394]

Reheating old videos = out of new ideas

[@martinrosendahl9134]

Despite not being a fan of Diesel I'm a HUGE fan of the Riddick franchise. These games are both great. Worth having in your collection for sure.

[@InnuendoXP]

Loved this game growing up. One bit worth mentioning as a technical accomplishment - it actually came out before Doom 3

[@Sock66]

I vividly remember doing the back and forth hooks for the melee combat, good times

[@JoeBaileyWeddingSinger]

Great memories of Escape from Butcher Bay!

[@RudiW1510]

Here's the thing. When I was about 14 or so, I bought The Chronicles Of Riddick. It's one hell of a fun movie. Peak Vin Diesel. I love his work from that era. And when I found out that there's a playable demo on there for my Xbox, I lost it. This game looked and played incredible. This was something else. I only got to play it when they re-released it on the PS3. And, my god. This re-release is tits. To me, this is one of a kind experience.

[@sasmozza7019]

Need more of these games remastered. Best character Vin Diesel ever played.

[@DoxxBoxx]

lmao i was just rewatching pitch black, fucking love riddick

[@PCZONE1]

Butcher bay was one of the best gaming experiences ive had ahead of its time really

[@LordKohaegan]

Man I loved Escape from Butcher Bay. Playing as a badass Riddick in prison was a great opening plot. Then you add in the great first person melee (which is rare, only a few games do it well) and the simple but fun stealth and an excellent story. Just such a great game, especially for XBOX 360 days.

[@BucklingSwashes]

Knowing that MachineGames was essentially Starbreeze 2.0 was exactly why I was so sure that I would love The New Order and, later, The Great Circle. These guys are the KINGS of taking an existing property and making the perfect videogame counterpart.

[@NazarovVv]

Here's the thing, the first time I played it and reached the guard quarters I completely missed the disguise so I just crouch stealthed the whole section and the game just accounts for that and lets you proceed. Also the purgatory prison in Mass Effect 2 is totally ripped off from the mines (there's even an older concept showing the mines with the container units stacked horizontally, just like Purgatory)

[@Firehawk4mula]

Wow. I've played both more than I care to admit and never put that together.

[@Blitzkrieg_Wolf]

35:43 Man's got priorities in his critique methods...

[@bugg6597]

I remember my dad raised me on pitch black and the chronicals of Riddick, like he took crying baby me into the first one in 2000 or 2001. By 2008, I was playing the demo for this game on the chronicals movie disc and that lead me to hunt it down at GameStop. Definitely belongs on an ‘Underrated Greats’ list

[@Ghost-In-The-Machine-II5]

Still one the best feeling first person melee combat i have played, yes its simple but impactful in a way few modern games manage to do right... These games don't get nearly enough praise as they deserve so thank you for this.

[@JacobPaul-ix7oc]

These games, Capcom's _Breakdown_ and Atlus's _Maken X_ had really good first-person melee combat.

[@-WillAlone-]

Condemned 2 was insanely good as well!

[@himynameisaaron86]

I could see this being on the Nightdive list. A System Shock type remake would be incredible.

[@spacemonkey377]

I remember back in the days when i recommended GmanLives (Gggmanlives) to play Severance blade of darkness (third person game) and Escape from butcher bay. I recommended Severance blade of darkness because he had a Tenchu video. Anyway, GmanLives commented back saying he wasn't really making videos on third person games anymore, but focusing FPS games. A little later back then, he did make a video of Escape from butchers bay😁The game was one of my favourites on the OG Xbox. So cheers once again from Sweden mate! From a long time fan of the channel ❤

[@animeprofilepicture8783]

How's my mom doing Gman? I haven't seen her for a while 😢

[@XYZ-eo8um]

If I remember correctly, tranquilizer gun was usable in one segment of the game. After that part, since Riddick was captured by the guards again, was unobtainable again.

[@Hpalhazred]

Remember when games had no stuttering?

[@CaptScrotes]

"when I say goodbye, it's forever." even understands how to convey menace to a child. This man was an animal.

[@AMDGBananaBen]

Riddick EFBB on the original Xbox is one of the few FPS games that meshed so many styles of play together and it felt fantastic. Great shooting, stealth and even a bit of fighting made for an amazing experience. Here's hoping we can get the Nightdive treatment for this incredible game sometime in the future!

[@light819]

Man it feels good to see people acknowledge the Riddick games. Still mad they kept talking about making a new one but it never went anywhere.

[@dudeavon]

Thanks for putting on the spotlight on these two, AWESOME, games! Good times, good memories!

[@felipepenuela5417]

Everytime someone brings up a list of videogames to play, I never fail to mention this gem of a series (both EFBB and AODA)

[@TachyKusanagi]

When you mentioned combat, all I could think of was the early version's "combo" where you could spam left hooks at a frequency of one hit every 0.4 seconds. It made some fights super trivial, like the one against Rust.

[@thesixth2330]

this is so crazy, i just watched both of your reviews for these games for the second tie just a few hours before you posted this!1 It's a sign, I must now play and beat both these games. I've had them installed for over a year after seeing your reviews for the first time... Time to stop procrastinating!!! You Da Man!!!!!!!!!

[@milagrosgutierrezmartin9506]

I still load it up at the face Rust chapter or Dark Athena's berthing just to go through those melee gauntlets again over and over. The melee system was amazing, you could do combos, stun enemies to get behind them for an instant kill, set up counter attacks...I love it, one of the best FPS melee ever.

[@nadernajjar9972]

These should be at the top of a remaster/remake list. Loved living out my Riddick fantasy in these games. They were so freaking good for a movie type game. Criminally underrated for sure

[@PachuStrauss]

If I remember correctly (Last time I played this game was 18 years ago or so), the parry system requires you to time the attack as well as the direction in which the attack is coming from. I might be wrong, but I remember getting pretty good at it back in the day and I think the direction of the attack was crucial for it.

[@melko1408]

Thanks for mentioning the second game. Nobody talks about the first, but the second is truly underrated.

[@nelapsi.]

12:30 there was an awkward combo system where you can chain your attacks together for efficiency. The only way I learned about it back in a day is through forums

[@JackTnf]

Absolutely loved playing this at my mates as a kid. Had no idea they then did The Darkness (easily in my top 10 if not 5 games; I was an edgy teen), but watching this video now it's so obvious. The bits where it's just two characters talking and the background going on as always is just so The Darkness. Brilliant vid as always

[@LastActionGamer]

That last line goes hard af. My dad told me about the movies a while ago, but I never watched them. I'm about to watch them now so I can find and play these games.

[@joshweed123]

I wish there was way to play these on pc, I absolutely loved them growing up

[@InnuendoXP]

Directors Cut of Butcher Bay deserves a NightDive re-release.

[@robertharris6092]

Can always sail the high seas.

[@Majin1-h3q]

It's on abandonware

[@robpaige2376]

I never played the Riddick games, but I have very fond memories of both Darkness games - they definitely deserve remasters.