IGN has posted their review of the upcoming Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena game. Devaloped by Starbreez, this is the sequal to the criticaly acclaimed first game, Escape From Butcher Bay.

Final Score= 7.4/10

"They say hope begins in the dark... The darkness, for me, is where I shine."

These are Riddick's first words in Assault on Dark Athena, the sequel to the Xbox 1 game, Escape from Butcher Bay. Riddick (and by extension his real-life counterpart Vin Diesel) hasn't lost any of his gravitas. Despite a five-year layoff, Riddick is pretty much the same character, performing the same actions and delivering the same heavy-handed one-liners.

Starbreeze, makers of the highly acclaimed Escape from Butcher Bay, are back as well, updating the visuals from the original, adding on a full-blown sequel as well as online multiplayer. For some, this collection will be a nostalgic look back at one of the best movie-licensed videogames ever made. For others, it's an introduction to Riddick and a rare style of gameplay, one that fuses stealth and the traditional first-person shooter.

Escape from Butcher Bay has been faithfully updated with hi-def graphics and sounds and the bonus mech sequence previously only available in the PC version. Though it's five years old, there are elements that are still strikingly fresh and original.

As a prisoner of Butcher Bay, Riddick must worry about getting shanked by fellow inmates, capped by overzealous guards and torn to pieces by the mutants that live in the tunnels below. Though from the early moments it seems this is going to be just another first-person shooter, Butcher Bay is nothing of the sort. This is a stealth game. As tough as Riddick may be, his muscle shirt doesn't provide any protection and a few gunshots are enough to end his life. The Chronicles Riddick is kind of like Splinter Cell in first-person. You can be bold and aggressive and run straight at enemies, but it's far better (and healthier) to stay in the dark and take enemies by surprise.

Sayyed via ps3.ign.com »