Re: Chronicles of Riddick : Assault on Dark Athena
Yep, pretty much. Initially, it was touted as a "remake" of the original Butcher's Bay. That's when they had publishers, Sierra/Activision. Activision merged later on with Vivendi games. They dropped out from publishing this title & Sierra pretty much left them high & dry as well. Starbreeze still continued their work on it. So at the beginning, it was intended to be a small mini-campaign based game to complement Butcher's Bay in high definition. Then ATARI stepped in to publish their game. By then Starbreeze had developed it into a full blown sequel to Butcher's Bay. Hence they decided to pump up the original Butcher's Bay & include it as an add-on in this copy.
Check this for reference if you want to: The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena published by Atari worldwide in spring 2009. Surprise! It’s a brand new game! - VideoGamesBlogger
Now you have two separate games with two separate storylines. Dark Athena pretty much picks off from where Butcher's Bay left off. I just played the brief moments of Dark Athena & yes it still has Riddick & Johns, who were the only 2 people to escape from the Butcher Bay prison. So far it seems pretty different from the earlier storyline.
Yep, pretty much. Initially, it was touted as a "remake" of the original Butcher's Bay. That's when they had publishers, Sierra/Activision. Activision merged later on with Vivendi games. They dropped out from publishing this title & Sierra pretty much left them high & dry as well. Starbreeze still continued their work on it. So at the beginning, it was intended to be a small mini-campaign based game to complement Butcher's Bay in high definition. Then ATARI stepped in to publish their game. By then Starbreeze had developed it into a full blown sequel to Butcher's Bay. Hence they decided to pump up the original Butcher's Bay & include it as an add-on in this copy.
Check this for reference if you want to: The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena published by Atari worldwide in spring 2009. Surprise! It’s a brand new game! - VideoGamesBlogger
Now you have two separate games with two separate storylines. Dark Athena pretty much picks off from where Butcher's Bay left off. I just played the brief moments of Dark Athena & yes it still has Riddick & Johns, who were the only 2 people to escape from the Butcher Bay prison. So far it seems pretty different from the earlier storyline.
