3 words for ya - fuckin A

this is my initial reaction to the Chronicles of Riddick game. now, i've only played two levels so far, but if future games can only be a fraction this good, then i'm in for a long and painfully expensive road with Alienware. as luck would have it, CoR is only on the xbox, so i don't have to purchase a new video card that would normally cover 4 months worth of mortgage, but let me say it again. fuckin a

the only thing i can equate this game to is Alien 3. yeah, i know, it pretty much blew in the way of movies and especially in that franchise, but do you remember how desolate and barren that film made you feel? living on a planet that most people don't even know existed, desert wasteland, a prison with a bunch of hardened criminals who would rather kill each other instead of get along. that's exactly what this game is about. you play Riddick (the Vin Diesel character from Pitch Black and the forthcoming CoR film) who is captured and put in this prison and your whole goal is to stay alive and escape, because of the reputation you have of being Riddick. the graphics are those of gods. it almost looks as if Starburst (the company that built the game) used the doom 3 engine. amazing lighting, great textures, the voice acting (vin himself as well as other top rate actors including my fav, Xibit) is some of the best i've ever heard in a game. it's a fighting/shooting game, so you don't just start with guns and plow your way thru. you start with fist fighting (your opponents gradually showing facial scars and black eyes where you punch them) and then pick up a shiv and eventually move on to other weapons. it also has stealth abilities so instead of rushing someone head on, you can hide back in the shadows and sneak up on them. the cool thing about this is when you sneak up on them, you have the option of a)a quick neck break (quite loud), or b)a slow neck break (where you actually hear each single crack before you push their lifeless body down like the trash). fuckin a

so much more to mention, but i won't just yet.