The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay for Xbox

Pros: Beautiful graphics, great stealth/FPS hybrid, quite a bit of replay

Cons: Some will be annoyed at lack of any multiplayer and 10 hour game length

The Bottom Line: It's pun-man Saturday! Isn't it just Riddick-ulous?

Review: When it comes to movie licenses and video games, the pair tend to not mix well. There’s the ET fiasco some 20 years ago that easily demonstrates this, and on the other hand, the Bond franchise has done fairly well to avoid falling into the trap, and ...

Pros: graphics, sound, atmosphere, depth, stealth, melee combat.

Cons: switching to third person in a dark area.

The Bottom Line: A whole new genre that combines aspects of FPS, stealth action, RPG, Platform adventure, and Beat-em-up with one of the most intensely cinematic stories yet told.

Review: If there's one thing that can make every videogame reviewer cringe in unison it's the news of a game release based on the next big summer blockbuster to hit the big screen. This was the reaction most people gave to the news that Universal were all set to ...

Pros: flawless combination of stealth and action

Cons: some jaggy graphics here and there, it’s a bit short

The Bottom Line: Butcher Bay is a smart, highly polished action title with enough innovative features to impress just about anyone.

Review: That’s just one of the intimidating lines you’ll hear Vin Diesel say during The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. Butcher Bay is a maximum security prison located on a mining planet. No inmate has ever successfully escaped ...

Pros: Innovative gameplay, great graphics and audio, well-written, better tech than Doom 3

Cons: Not many to mention - short game with a few graphical glitches

The Bottom Line: A new high watermark for Hollywood gaming

Review: I think I'm like a lot of gamers; when a game based on a Hollywood movie or movie license comes out, it's an automatic mark against it. Most movie-based games are rushed, uninspired and joyless, and come off as a cheap attempt to capitalize rather than ...

Pros: Superb graphics, stealth and action pulled off perfectly, smooth controls

Cons: No multiplayer, maybe a bit short but not too bad

The Bottom Line: This is a must have Xbox game. The story will suck you in, the graphics will amaze, the gameplay will stay smooth all the way to the end.

Review: It's been a while since a movie title has been turned into such a high quality videogame. There have been a few gems here and there, but for the most part a movie made into a videogame normally means an average or below average game. Fortunately this ...

Pros: Removable CF cards, .m3u playlist, no DRM, multiply folder support, great sound.

Cons: weak FM reception, LCD too dark.

Review: Finally over one year of waiting, i got the nexblack. In my opinion, i think nexblack is exactly what i've been looking for. I've owned NEX IIe before, so i know exactly what i am looking for in a mp3 player. I like the nexblack because it uses ...

Pros: gorgeous graphics, varied gameplay, decent story, good voice work

Cons: tries to be too many different kinds of games, kind of short

The Bottom Line: A solid First person shooter, stealth and RPG fans might be disappointed. But worth a look for the graphics and gameplay. Very adult, very fun.

Review: Introduction When a major franchise movie comes out, there is usually the obligatory video game tie-in. And usually that video game tie-in is ignored since most of them are pretty bad. Look at Catwoman: A game that was actually worse ...

Pros: Graphics, Varied Gameplay, Voice-overs, Story

Cons: Short, No Multiplayer

The Bottom Line: Short but sweet. Fans of the genre should buy, and others should rent.

Review: Gameplay 5/5: Chronicles of Riddick is a prequel to the 1999 sci-fi movie Pitch Black. Right of the back you think, "Great another crappy movie game." Finally you are wrong. Movie games have almost all been flops, dating back to E.T. for the ...

Pros: CF/microdrive, AA batteries, shutoff timer, good sound, numerous playback options, price

Cons: LCD display should be reversed, non-standard cable, heavy, supplied headphones very poor

Review: I was attracted to the NEXBlack initially because it uses compact flash and microdrive cards and AA batteries. I have a 6GB microdrive that I rarely use in our DSLR and a bunch of NiMH AA batteries lying around. Seemed like the NEXBlack was right up my ...

Pros: Top-Notch Graphics
Great use of Light and Shadow
A.I.
Interesting NPC's

Cons: A few graphical anomalies
Excessive load-times
Harsh language (doesn't bother me, but does some people)

Review: Let's just get to the gist of what this game has; probably the best graphics to date I've seen on the XBOX, excellent use of light and shadow for stealth, very good enemy A.I., brutal language, sound, and imagery (exactly the type of stuff you'd expect ...