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Riddick Demo Assaults Xbox Live

by Chris Faylor, Mar 04, 2009 7:45am PST

A downloadable demo for The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is now available to those Xbox 360 owners with Xbox Live Gold accounts. Per usual, it's expected that those without an Xbox Live Gold account will get access after a few days.

The 639MB demo samples the single-player "Athena Main Decks" level. Given that name, the demo is probably culled from the new Assault on Dark Athena campaign, not the remade Escape from Butcher Bay campaign also contained in the game.

Developed by Starbreeze, the full version of the gritty first-person shooter hits PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on April 7. A PlayStation 3 demo is slated to arrive at some point in March. A PC demo is on the way too, but it has no firm release estimate.

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Anyone see that video at the end? They put a shit load of time and money into the multiplayer, and it looks pretty damn good.

Mar 04, 2009 10:57am PST

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Anyone see that video at the end? They put a shit load of time and money into the multiplayer, and it loo... : crazywigga
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  What? It looks pretty good, but doesn't look as if it uses any of the games better mechanics, like stealt... : kurumba
  - Disagree, there's one mode apparently where everyone hunts Riddick a la "The Hunted" : theargent

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I want a PC demo. :/

Mar 04, 2009 8:08am PST

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  Everyone wants a PC everything. No thread is complete without the obligatory "if only it were available ... : deadhorse

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Downloaded it not expecting much, never played the first game, and holy mother of jaysus, this game is friggin' awesome. Controls are precise, I just love the way you select weapons, is it the first game on a console that actually has a good lean ability? Stealth mode is sweet and as you would hope. Graphics are beautiful. I love the idea of clones and occupying their bodies to do the dirty work. Everything just feels right, including the fantasy world you are playing in. If the full game is as good as this demo level then I'll actually be excited about a single player game again. I know it has multiplayer and by all accounts it is going to be great too (according to previews I've read).

Mar 04, 2009 1:32pm PST

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Downloaded it not expecting much, never played the first game, and holy mother of jaysus, this game is fr... : Kartman013
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- Yeah, I hate the movies but the first game was one of my favorites. I'll buy this without even playing t... : Haku-Jin

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First impressions in reply:

Mar 04, 2009 9:10am PST

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  - thanks for the write up. a lot of your gripes sound like carry overs from the original game. difficult to... : waxthirteen
  - Oh, you missed out on so much of melee combat. Unless it has gotten worse, it definitely still is the bes... : aaarrrgh

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you fuckers without jobs: download this now and post impressions!

Mar 04, 2009 8:02am PST

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you fuckers without jobs: download this now and post impressions! : waxthirteen
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- best statement ever: and yes I couldn't agree more. : Levistrauss32
- Yeah you lazy bastards. Do something constructive with your time. : deadhorse
- We've got a 360 in the office, downloading now and I'll give impressions once I get off this call. : node
- Good but short. : tohm82

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Just got a change to play it. It feels and looks almost exactly like the original. They added some new features like being able to control drones and killing ur enemies with them.

I found the graphics to be a bit subpar and the lighting was a bit too dark. Oh, and the combat is pretty horrible. The aiming is crap and I dont know why they assigned button X for crouching.

Mar 04, 2009 8:41am PST

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