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The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) (VG)
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1 June 2004 (USA)
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Set before the events of "Pitch Black", this game tells the story of how Richard B. Riddick obtained his ability to see in the dark...
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Unusually Good Movie Tie-in Game
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Vin Diesel | ... | Richard B. Riddick (voice) | |
| Cole Hauser | ... | William J. Johns (voice) | |
| Kristin Lehman | ... | Shirah (voice) | |
| Xzibit | ... | Abbott (voice) | |
| Willis Burks II | ... | Pope Joe (voice) | |
| Ron Perlman | ... | Jagger Valance (voice) | |
| Michael Rooker | ... | Centurion / Jack (voice) | |
| Arnell Powell | ... | Jupiter (voice) | |
| Dwight Schultz | ... | Hoxie (voice) | |
| Steve Blum | ... | Rust (voice) (as Steven Jay Blum) | |
| Joshua Leonard | ... | Coyne / Two Tongue (voice) | |
| Joaquim de Almeida | ... | Mattsson / Silencio / Zuni / Fateen (voice) (as Joaquim de Alemeida) | |
| Arthur Burghardt | ... | Booger / Haamid / Thunder / Wilkins (voice) | |
| Lombardo Boyar | ... | Theo / Zlonzo / Barassa (voice) | |
| Michael Chinyamurindi | ... | Jamel-Udeen / Lambert / Barney (voice) |
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First game to have a commentary mode. (PC Version only)
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Hoxie:
I should just have them put slugs in both your heads right now!
Richard B. Riddick: Why ruin a nice carpet?
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Richard B. Riddick: Why ruin a nice carpet?
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Referenced in "Game One: (#1.1)" (2006)
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Games based on movies have a history of being poorly designed and made within a short space of time to cash in on the buzz surrounding a popular current movie release. Escape from Butcher Bay isn't based on a specific movie but the Chronicles of Riddick franchise instead and fills in a gap in the storyline that a novel would ordinarily fill.
With Escape from Butcher Bay things look good from the beginning, as we have Vin Diesel doing all of Riddick's dialogue and a surprisingly realistic computerised representation of the character, Vin Diesel put in the time being scanned, motion captured etc. which is rare for any game featuring the actual actor out of a film or TV series. Another credit to Diesel is that he created his own game company, Tigon (a Tigon is a Tiger-Lion hybrid) which I assume made this game happen in the first place. Diesel's voice acting is of a high standard and the storyline is well thought out and keeps up interest the whole way. As far as first-person-shooters go Escape from Butcher Bay is among the best I've played and anyone who owns or has access to an Xbox should give it a go.