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Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (PC version?) It's by StarBreeze (makers of Enclave) and formerly Triton (demo group.) Supposedly it's quite the amazing game, and I'll have it now thank you! If no one has it, I guess I'll have to get it the old fashioned way. $$$

I have it for Xbox but haven't given it a whirl. I have heard it is pretty good. I'll keep an eye out for the PC version.

Saw the torrent recently on digital-update in the PC releases section.

May have to get a BT client... Bleh... Don't want one...

I recommend azureus.

New version of azeurus came out the other day. If you dont have the java runtime installed, try ABC Yet another bittorrent client.

http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/

Or you can just go with the best client: BitComet

I like McNevin Express. Anyway, I'm liking this game better than Half Life 2. Well, maybe not in all aspects, but I've been thoroughly enjoying it. I would recommend it highly to anyone silly enough to have not taken my last recommendation of the System Shock games. I'm guessing I'm about 75% of the way through it. It's maintained it's fun levels the entire time. There were a couple spots in HL2 where I just wanted the section to be over, so I could get to a better part. This game hasn't had one of those sections yet.

It's on the list. I'll let you know in '08.

I just DL'ed it. Gonna check it out this week....

Make sure you use Shader Model 2.0. There is an option for 2.0++ which supports cards like the X800 and 6800, but it's buggy right now. All it does is add support for soft-shadows. There are still shadows in 2.0, and no other image quality difference. The graphics are amazing, and it runs very fast. (Which is what I'd expect from a former demo crew.)

3nder: You need the PC version. It's a standard FPS control type of game. Gamepads will equal no fun with this.

Oh I will definietly op for the PC version. No question.

Wow! Just hit a couple areas that are supposedly not in the X-Box version. Amazingly fun! This game has steadily gotten better as I've played it. I'm going to go so far as to definitively state that I like it better than Half-Life 2. Good stuff.

[spoilbox]One of the areas I just went through, allows one to hop into one of the mechanized guard suit with mini-guns, and tromp through a whole area. I guess you don't get to do that on the X-Box[/spoilbox]

Here's my ranking for the FPSes of last year:

Doom 3
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay: Developer's Cut
Half-Life 2
Far Cry
Unreal Tournament 2004

Here is where they fit into my top 10:

System Shock
System Shock 2
Quake III
Doom 3
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay: Developer's Cut
Half-Life 2
Far Cry
Unreal
Quake 1
Wolfenstein 3D (original)

Below these are things like the Hexen and Heretic games, the original Doom games, older Unreal Tournament games, Half-Life, etc.

There are a lot of 3rd person games that would fit in between some of those entries, if I was going to make an expanded shooter list. Things like FAKK2, Alice, StarWars shooters, Max Payne, etc.

Boy I better get my hands on that game then.

Here is my top 10 favorite 1st person shooters based on how much fun I had with them when they were new:

1. Half Life 2
2. Doom / Doom II
3. Quake 3 (multiplayer incl TA, other mods)
4. Quake
5. Half-life (incl. multiplayer / CS / other mods)
6. Battlefield 1942
7. Unreal
8. Heretic
9. Wolf3D
10. Aliens Vs. Predator 2 (such great multiplayer battles)

With close runners up being Spear of Destiny, Rise of the Triad and all UT games.

And since we are on the subject:

Top 10 3rd person 3D games (off the top of my head)

1. Azurik
2. Mario 64
3. Tomb Raider
4. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
5. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
6. Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
7. Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver 2
8. Max Payne
9. Shadows of the Empire
10. ...? Mario Sunshine?

How about top 10 Fighters?

1. Soul Calibur (DC)
2. Dead or Alive 3 (Xbox)
3. Street Fighter 2 (SNES)
4. Mortal Kombat 2 (SNES)
5. Marvel vs. Capcom (Arcade)
6. Powerstone I/II (DC)
7. Tekken 3 (PS1)
8. Star Gladiator (PS1)
9. Samurai Showdown (NeoGeo/Arcade)
10. Soul Calibur 2 (Xbox)

If we're including other genres than just action/shooting, I can't compress them into a top 10 for third person

So I'll include action/platform/shooting:

Mario 64
Enclave
Alice
Heavy Metal: FAKK2
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Max Payne
Star Wars: Jedi Outcast
Max Payne 2
Nocturne
Heretic 2

So then I'd have to continue with RPG:

System Shock
System Shock 2
Ultima 8
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Azurik
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Ultima 7 (Complete + Expansions)
Dungeon Siege
Diablo 2
Blood Net

And then Adventure:

Quest for Glory: So You Want to be a Hero
Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire
Quest for Glory 3: Wages of War
The Omnicron Conspiracy
Sam and Max Hit the Road
Maniac Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle
Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of Pulsating Pectorals
Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out
Indianna Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

I want to do a big "Retro" list, but that would take a long time to think about, and compile. It would cover a lot of systems, and probably consist mostly of C64 games.

Just finished it. Wow! I am one happy gamer. There is a ton of stuff that I only half completed too. Gonna have to go back and see what happens with a bit of it. This is the only game I've played lately (besides System Shock) that is paced so perfectly, that I wasn't even tempted to cheat once. I cheated about half way through Half-Life, just to push on a bit quicker. Same thing with Doom 3, and the last few levels of Far Cry. When I have money again, I'm going to go buy a copy, purely because I approve so much of this game, its design, and execution. It's nigh on perfect for a pure action game.