This was my introduction to Vin Diesel, believe it or not I never heard of the guy before this. He did a superb part doing the voice acting for RIddick, as well as acting in all the Riddick movies. The game has a very enjoyable and believable atmosphere where the main character is on a "hell-on-earth" type of prison planet, doing his best to escape it after being caught by a bounty hunter. I think I was most impressed with the creativity of the game's storyline, especially impressive was the "cryoprison" where the inmates are frozen and stored in boxes, and the only humane obligation the prison had was to have the prisoners thawed every day and have them "enjoy" a 30 second walk inside room that re-created ambient sounds of nature depending where one stood in the 4 quadrants of the room. Somehow that idea, the concept of being frozen and awake again and again countless times, to just take a couple of steps and be frozen again actually scared me more than any monsters or enemies in the game.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
(2004 Video Game)
Epic!
12 June 2014
Warning: Spoilers