Escape from Butcher Bay Review | Vin Diesel Kino
415The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay is an overlooked mid 2000s stealth action FPS where you get to play as Vin Diesel. Sounds intriguing? It is.
Escape From Butcher Bay was created by Starbreeze studios, with Vin Diesel heavily involved in the development process, not seeing this as a simple cash grab that most licensed games tend to be. In Escape From Butcher Bay, we get an interesting mix of stealth, gun combat, and melee combat in a prison setting, a setting that isn't used in a ton of games.
Escape from Butcher Bay was recommended to me in the comments of my Mankind Divided DLC video for the prison setting, and again mentioned in my Dark Messiah video for the emphasis it places on first person combat. I did play Escape from Butcher Bay years ago (like 2013ish) and had a great time with it, but didn't remember a whole lot of it.
If you want to get Escape from Butcher Bay today, it's no longer on Steam or GOG due to licensing issues, so you'll have to seek out an old copy or get a little more creative if you want to check out Escape from Butcher Bay, which I highly recommend.
If you're a fan of the games I've covered on this channel, this one will be right up your alley.
This Escape from Butcher Bay review/analysis/critique/retrospective will look at where the game works well well, what makes it a unique romp, and where it falls a bit short in some areas.
Note that this is the remastered version I am playing of Escape from Butcher Bay.
ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU4OQW0BsZM - Yoku's Island Express
- Pitch black
- XXX Return of Xander Cage
- Smoke's Let's Go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzSjiDDtlIE
- Proof that Xi Jinping is Winnie the Pooh - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GtYjkH2r58
- Resident Evil 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJYWA2x_2Ko
- Escape from Butcher Bay Original vs. Remaster Comparison - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp5aeH0kwwA
- Doom 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ6rFcf1yk0
- Shady Knight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD_8SwwKpIo
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Prelude
01:11 - Behind the Scenes
02:06 - Tutorial
03:11 - Remastered vs. Original differences
04:12 - Game Intro
05:59 - Game Mechanics
09:26 - Game Pacing
10:53 - Conclusion
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