{"id":5053,"date":"2009-04-15T07:18:45","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T07:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=5053"},"modified":"2009-05-09T07:47:52","modified_gmt":"2009-05-09T07:47:52","slug":"the-chronicles-of-riddick-assault-on-dark-athena-pc-game-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/the-chronicles-of-riddick-assault-on-dark-athena-pc-game-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5077\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5077\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5077\" title=\"darkathena_open\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_open.png?resize=650%2C406\" alt=\"darkathena_open\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_open.png?resize=650%2C406 650w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_open-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena <\/em>is\u00a0an M-rated action stealth\/first person shooter sequel to the original\u00a0XBox\/PC \u00a0game, <em>Escape from Butcher Bay (EfBB), <\/em>released in 2004.\u00a0\u00a0For some of us PC gamers, it may be fortunate that\u00a0Richard B. Riddick\u00a0as created and voiced by Vin Diesel, remains pretty much the same character in\u00a0his movies and in his video games as he\u00a0does much the same violent\u00a0things and he delivers the exact same\u00a0dark humor heavy\u00a0one-liners all throughout.\u00a0\u00a0 Here in <em>Assault on Dark Athena,<\/em> we see a bit more of\u00a0Riddick&#8217;s personality developed as he interacts with a little girl and her mother\u00a0and we learn a bit more of\u00a0his\u00a0personal history and motivation &#8211; besides survival.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Starbreeze,\u00a0creators of the original <em><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">The Chronicles of Riddick: <\/span>Escape from Butcher Bay, <\/em>has\u00a0returned to\u00a0update the visuals from the original game &#8211; from DX9c and the shader model 2.0(++) &#8211; to\u00a0DX10 and\u00a0even including ambient occlusion as a visual option for PC gamers.\u00a0 Besides updating the visuals\u00a0for <em>EfBB<\/em>,\u00a0Starbreeze created\u00a0a worthy sequel, <em>Assault on Dark Athena, <\/em>as well as adding\u00a0online multiplayer including 15 maps so far,\u00a0which were missing\u00a0from the original &#8217;04 game. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5073\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5073\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5073\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5073\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5073\" title=\"darkathena_mech\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_mech.png?resize=650%2C406\" alt=\"darkathena_mech\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_mech.png?resize=650%2C406 650w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_mech-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The odds are always against Riddick<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For this reviewer,\u00a0<em>Escape from Butcher Bay<\/em> and <em>Assault on Dark Athena<\/em> have turned out to be a return to one of the very\u00a0best movie-licensed PC games ever created.\u00a0 For those who have not played the original 2004 game nor watched the Riddick movies, it&#8217;s a\u00a0good\u00a0introduction to Riddick&#8217;s universe.\u00a0\u00a0As a PC gamer who cut his stealth gaming teeth on <em>Thief<\/em> series, I came to appreciate <em>EFBB<\/em> as one of the very best fusions of stealth and action while still remaining true to\u00a0its roots as\u00a0a first person shooter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As a prisoner\u00a0in the maximum security\u00a0Butcher Bay, your Riddick must worry about\u00a0escaping while under surveillance and also while enduring constant threats of being\u00a0killed by fellow inmates or trigger-happy and corrupt prison guards. As tough and as superb a fighter as Riddick may be, his muscle shirt doesn&#8217;t provide any special protection and he is quite vulnerable to weapons fire.\u00a0\u00a0The game\u00a0does give you a choice however; you can &#8220;Rambo&#8221; and rush the guards, but generally they will take you down the first time until you learn their sequences and you will probably\u00a0have to start over from the checkpoint. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Escape from Butcher Bay<\/em> has been completely\u00a0updated with high-definition graphics and sounds &#8211; only the cutscenes still suffer from poor lip synching &#8211;\u00a0and the bonus mech sequence previously only available in the 2004 PC version has now\u00a0also been released for the XBox360.\u00a0\u00a0Five years ago, <em>EfBB<\/em> didn&#8217;t bring much actually &#8220;new&#8221; to FPS &#8211; it just did the\u00a0usual thing in a novel manner which proved to be very refreshing.\u00a0 Here is an example from the 2004 <em>EfBB<\/em> graphics in a similar fight scene, compared with the 2009\u00a0remake:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5218\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5218\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5218\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5218\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5218\" title=\"efbb_fight1\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/efbb_fight1.png?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Graphics and lighting are updated for EfBB in 2009\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graphics and lighting are updated for EfBB in 2009<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5217\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5217\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5217\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5217\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5217\" title=\"sbzengine_fight\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/sbzengine_fight.png?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Fighting in the '04 game\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fighting in the &#39;04 game<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Riddick has multiple health boxes that make up his life\u00a0meter and as he takes damage, a single\u00a0box\u00a0will deplete or disappear\u00a0&#8211; depending on the weapon hit &#8211; and on to the next box until none are left and he dies.\u00a0 If a box fully depletes, it will disappear and\u00a0stay gone until you find a functioning med station &#8211; which may also need to be recharged,\u00a0so you must also\u00a0keep an eye out for refill cartridges. But if you take a hit or hits\u00a0and can get to cover before the box is empty, it\u00a0will slowly\u00a0regenerate.\u00a0 So again, you are simply encouraged to be stealthy in taking out multiple opponents.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--pagetitle: Introduction--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><!--nextpage--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Hardware and System Requirements<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Assault on Dark Athena<\/em> is quite stable and it runs well on upper midrange systems with all in-game settings fully maxed out at 1920&#215;1200 resolution.\u00a0 Generally, the frame rate\u00a0as measured by FRAPS, hovered above\u00a0the &#8220;magic 30&#8221; frames per second that is needed for a fluid first person shooter experience.\u00a0\u00a0The review PC\u00a0played\u00a0the game\u00a0with a single Radeon HD4870-1GB originally with Catalyst 9-3\u00a0but had many issues including crashing to desktop and loss of saved games.\u00a0 Simply installing the Catalyst 9.4, which was released the very next day by ATi,\u00a0fixed all of\u00a0the\u00a0issues. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Unfortunately,\u00a0I did not finish <em>EfBB<\/em> for the second time as\u00a0I lost\u00a0two\u00a0hours of gameplay from corrupt\u00a0saves before\u00a0I installed Catalyst 9.4 drivers.\u00a0 Fortunately, I remembered\u00a0<em>EfBB<\/em> and it has not changed except for the updated graphics.\u00a0 There were no issues further with playing and completing <em>Dark Athena<\/em> after updating to the latest ATi drivers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The minimum hardware required to play <em>Assault on Dark Athena<\/em> as\u00a0listed on the box is a AMD 3800+ or Intel Pentium D 805 and a ATi Radeon HD2600 or a Nvidia GeForce 6800 ultra.\u00a0 Recommended HW would include an Intel Core 2 Duo of at least 1.8 Ghz or Athlon X2 +5200 coupled with a ATi Radeon HD3800 or Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT.\u00a0 11 GB of free disk space is required to install on XP&#8217;s DX9c pathway or Vista DX10 operating systems.\u00a0 An Internet connection is required for one-time activation but you need DSL or cable for the free multiplayer &#8211; or a LAN to play multiplayer\u00a0among friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5083\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5083\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5083\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5083\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5083\" title=\"darkathenasettings_aa\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathenasettings_aa.png?resize=650%2C406\" alt=\"Plenty of choice with MSAA\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathenasettings_aa.png?resize=650%2C406 650w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathenasettings_aa-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plenty of choice with MSAA<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5084\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5084\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5084\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5084\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5084\" title=\"darkathenasettings_more\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathenasettings_more.png?resize=650%2C406\" alt=\"Even Ambient Occlusion!\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathenasettings_more.png?resize=650%2C406 650w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathenasettings_more-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even Ambient Occlusion!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Digital Rights Management [DRM]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Although nothing is stated on the box or in the game manual, there are anti-piracy measures implemented in the game beyond Internet activation.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluesnews.com\/cgi-bin\/board.pl?action=viewthread&amp;threadid=97306\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.bluesnews.com\/cgi-bin\/board.pl?action=viewthread&amp;threadid=97306', 'BluesNews.com']);\" >BluesNews.com<\/a> contacted the <em>The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena<\/em> publisher Atari for clarification and got this answer:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffff99;\"> \u201cThe protection on the PC version of The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is an activation system with online authentication required the first time you install the game on a machine. The activation code lets you install the game on up to 3 machines, with an unlimited number of installs on each assuming that you don\u2019t change any major hardware in your PC or re-install your operating system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffff99;\">If you reach the maximum number of installations you can contact the Atari hotline and if it\u2019s a legitimate request you can get a new activation code.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Test Configuration<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Test Configuration &#8211; Hardware:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">*Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550S (engineering sample reference 2.83 GHz)\u00a0<br \/>\n *ASUS Rampage Formula (Intel X48 chipset, latest BIOS. PCIe 2.0 specification)\u00a0<br \/>\n *4 GB DDR2-PC8500 RAM (2&#215;2 GB, dual-channel at PC6400 speeds)<br \/>\n *ATi Radeon 4870 (1GB, reference clocks by ASUS)<br \/>\n *Onboard SupremeFX-II (ASUS\u00a0Rampage motherboard daughter-card)<br \/>\n *250 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 hard drive<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Test Configuration \u2013 Software and Settings:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* ATi Catalyst 9-3 and Catalyst 9-4, highest quality mip-mapping set in the driver; Catalyst AI set to \u201cStandard\u201d<br \/>\n * Windows Vista 32-bit SP1; very latest updates with <em>Assault\u00a0on Dark Athena<\/em> run under DX10 render paths<br \/>\n * DirectX November 2008.<br \/>\n * Assault on Dark Athena is reviewed as purchased out of the retail box.<br \/>\n * vsync is off <br \/>\n * 4xAA enabled\u00a0and\u00a0all in-game settings at &#8220;maximum&#8221; unless ambient occlusion is enabled<br \/>\n * Highest quality sound (stereo) used in all games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--pagetitle: HW and System Requirements--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><!--nextpage--><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Story and the Gameplay<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Assault on Dark Athena<\/em>&#8216;s\u00a0timeline\u00a0continues immediately\u00a0after the escape from Butcher Bay, with Riddick and Johns flying through space in sleep chambers as they are captured and &#8220;salvaged&#8221;\u00a0by\u00a0the mysterious\u00a0Dark Athena predator salvage ship. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5063\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5063\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5063\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5063\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5063\" title=\"darkathena_captured\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_captured.png?resize=650%2C406\" alt=\"You escaped Butcher Bay for something more sinister\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_captured.png?resize=650%2C406 650w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_captured-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You escaped Butcher Bay for something more sinister<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Dark Athena\u00a0is a huge dark\u00a0mercenary ship\u00a0with something far\u00a0more sinister aboard than pirates.\u00a0So Riddick is again captive in a similar situation to Butcher Bay and he also needs to find a way to escape using much the\u00a0same methods as his escape from that prison.\u00a0 Instead of piloting a mech in <em>EfBB<\/em>, you will command drones and enter a Drone Warrior in <em>Dark Athena<\/em>. Your enemy is the same sort &#8211; first the prison warden and now a hardened female captain, Rivas &#8211; at least his equivalent and far more adept at fighting than the warden was.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5059\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5059\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5059\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5059\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5059\" title=\"darkathena_aguerre1\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_aguerre1.png?resize=650%2C406\" alt=\"You crash land on Aguerre - but now have to get back to Athena!\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_aguerre1.png?resize=650%2C406 650w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_aguerre1-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You crash land on Aguerre - but now have to get back to Athena!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The AI in <em>Assault on Dark Athena<\/em> is\u00a0variable and somewhat mediocre compared to other games.\u00a0 The drones are mindless and only some are controlled by mercs, but they generally follow patrol patterns and ignore everything not in their line of sight. The\u00a0former mercs, now\u00a0mercenaries under Rivas, also have limited AI but it is more aggressive and aware than the drones.\u00a0 Some fall back and take cover\u00a0while others\u00a0run forward and confront Riddick in different patterns. After awhile, you can\u00a0predict their sequence but their sheer numbers make it reasonably challenging. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><em>Dark Athena<\/em> is not a very difficult game and if your Riddick dies, you simply have to go back to the start of the checkpoint with no further penalty imposed.\u00a0 Fortunately, there are many checkpoints, but it is still annoying for a PC gamer to not have &#8216;anytime save&#8217; available as an\u00a0option, e<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">specially because there are\u00a0anytime saves available\u00a0in the &#8217;04 game (F5) although\u00a0&#8216;F9&#8217; still\u00a0loads the\u00a0last saved game in the new game.\u00a0 Occasionally it may get confusing but there are maps you can refer to on the Dark Athena and also on the planet&#8217;s surface to help you get around.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5072\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5072\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5072\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5072\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5072\" title=\"darkathena_map\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_map.png?resize=650%2C406\" alt=\"If you get lost, check the maps conventiently located on the ship and on the planet also.\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_map.png?resize=650%2C406 650w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_map-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you get lost, check the maps conventiently located on the ship and on the planet also.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">The\u00a0difference now is that <em>Escape from Butcher Bay<\/em> was rather\u00a0new and\u00a0refreshing for a 2004\u00a0movie-licensed game\u00a0but <em>Assault on Dark Athena<\/em> attempts little new for &#8217;09.\u00a0<em>Dark Athena<\/em> simply\u00a0continues the Riddick escape story with the\u00a0emphasis shifted a bit more toward\u00a0action\u00a0and shooter-oriented than\u00a0<em>EfBB<\/em>.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"> If you like <em>EfBB<\/em>, then <em>Dark Athena<\/em> is more of the same. <em>Escape from Butcher Bay<\/em> was relatively short, around 8-10 hours and <em>Dark Athena<\/em> is probably about the same length or perhaps a little longer.\u00a0 They both follow the same pattern &#8211;\u00a0tutorial dream sequence, escape and boss battle, recapture and final battle but with a little better final boss battle in <em>Dark Athena<\/em> than\u00a0in<em> EFBB<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5081\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5081\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5081\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5081\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5081\" title=\"darkathena_theboss\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_theboss.png?resize=650%2C406\" alt=\"Rivas - Riddick's enemy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_theboss.png?resize=650%2C406 650w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_theboss-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rivas - Riddick&#39;s enemy<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">You may spend a total of\u00a020 hours for <em>EfBB<\/em> and <em>Dark Athena<\/em> combined if you run right\u00a0though it.\u00a0 It takes more time if you explore and get every bonus card which unlock parts of the story and give Riddick the option of some side quests. It is varied and you do not do the same thing over-and-over, nor do you feel you are given a &#8220;shopping list&#8221; where you have to run back and forth across the map to stretch the game out. By the time you are starting to repeat something, you have new challenges to face. For example, climbing a seemingly\u00a0endless wall of storage containers while avoiding the guards and piercing searchlights\u00a0should have been tedious &#8211; but it was actually quite exciting as you had to time your moves really well or you ended up in the spotlight bleeding from multiple weapons&#8217; fire. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5064\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5064\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5064\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5064\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5064\" title=\"darkathena_climb\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_climb.png?resize=650%2C406\" alt=\"You have nowhere to go but up .. and up and up and up!  Don't be seen!!\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_climb.png?resize=650%2C406 650w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_climb-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You have nowhere to go but up .. and up and up and up! Don&#39;t be seen!!<\/p><\/div>\n<div><em><\/em><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Unlike with <em>EfBB<\/em> we even\u00a0have the makings of a Ripley-little girl type &#8220;partnership&#8221; where Riddick is a paternal protector and she plays an important part in the end.\u00a0 At least one scene reminded me of the Big Daddy-Little Sister relationship in <em>BioShock<\/em>.\u00a0 <em>Dark Athena&#8217;s<\/em> story is good and probably of the caliber of <em>EfBB<\/em> and <em>Pitch Black<\/em> the Movie.\u00a0 The story is not outstanding but it\u00a0serves to tie\u00a0the action sequences together pretty well and it advances the plot without huge plot holes.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5061\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5061\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5061\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5061\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5061\" title=\"darkathena_big_bro\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_big_bro.png?resize=650%2C406\" alt=\"darkathena_big_bro\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_big_bro.png?resize=650%2C406 650w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_big_bro-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riddick&#39;s Drone Warrior to the Rescue!<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Voice acting is a &#8220;10&#8221;.\u00a0 Vin Diesel of course voices his Riddick character in his best style.\u00a0 For example,\u00a0as a dying Merc boss gasped out at Riddick in defiance, &#8220;I could have had you&#8221;, Riddick replies, &#8220;Well, you were better than average, that is some consolation&#8221; &#8230; so you get these classic &#8220;Riddicisms&#8221; all throughout the game. One well-known quote from <em>EfBB <\/em>is when Riddick wastes all the guards around him in his Fury-rage mode\u00a0and blasts the boss through the door\u00a0declaring, &#8220;See what you made me do.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5088\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5088\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5088\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5088\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5088\" title=\"efbb_made_me_do\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/efbb_made_me_do.png?resize=650%2C406\" alt=\"See what you made me do\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/efbb_made_me_do.png?resize=650%2C406 650w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/efbb_made_me_do-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">See what you made me do<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The audio is very good and you get clues where your enemies are by listening carefully to their\u00a0footsteps and voices\u00a0besides using the visual clues such as shadows and searchlights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">There is humor and it is very black and mature. Riddick&#8217;s enemies may even\u00a0curse like many of us\u00a0do while playing it\u00a0and there is real humor in eavesdropping on the mercs&#8217; conversations. There are some side stories but they are never developed well except for the little girl, Lynn and her family. And you know not to care about them because Riddick himself warns that people he cares about seem to die. \u00a0But\u00a0<em>Dark Athena<\/em> has a sufficient story &#8211; one of escape, impossible odds\u00a0and survival.\u00a0\u00a0Riddick wears no armor, so he can die relatively easily, but fortunately his health will regenerate a little.\u00a0 And there are plenty of health stations and the charge for them is easy to find.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5076\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5076\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5076\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5076\" title=\"darkathena_nano_med\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_nano_med.png?resize=650%2C406\" alt=\"darkathena_nano_med\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_nano_med.png?resize=650%2C406 650w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_nano_med-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The med station is the equivalent of a health pack and will restore the Health boxes that were lost<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ammo is too plentiful mostly and you almost never have to really conserve.\u00a0 Weapons are varied and include melee as well as ranged weapons which are quite accurate if you use the aiming feature.\u00a0 They are intuitive to use and some are better than others; it is easy to pick\u00a0four perhaps\u00a0and stay with them through the entire game.\u00a0 The SCAR weapon you get later on is pretty clever as it fires unlimited single shots of energy blob that sticks to your target and up to 5 may be detonated at one time for maximum effect and to solve puzzles that cannot be solved in\u00a0other ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Stealth is awesome as in<em> EfBB. <\/em> As you are progressively more hidden, the screens turns more blue until you are invisible to your enemies. You also have a lot of very nice stealth kills available.\u00a0 The cutscenes are good with\u00a0the only flaw being that the lip synching is still\u00a0poor &#8211; but not as bad as the original <em>EfBB<\/em> and <em>Dark Athena<\/em> is improved even over the remade <em>EfBB<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Since enemy AI is inconsistent, sheer numbers and\u00a0especially hidden placement of your enemies is what make it a real challenge. Of course, you can also adjust the difficulty level at any time, up or down. \u00a0You generally scope out a room and enter slowly &#8211; remembering to also look up.\u00a0 Enemies tend to be drones or\u00a0mercs; humans\u00a0or spider bots and turrets and smaller bosses.\u00a0These bosses\u00a0include the Alpha Drone that requires special targeting in a hide-and-seek but will release a grenade that proves useful in advancing when you finally perform a close-up finishing kill that is pretty satisfying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><!--nextpage--><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--pagetitle: The Story and the Gameplay--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The villain is well done!\u00a0 However, there is very little difference between the warden of Butcher Bay and the captain of the Athena.\u00a0 This time she is\u00a0a ruthless strong woman, an evil\u00a0Queen\u00a0&#8211; the antithesis of Ripley in <em>Alien<\/em>.\u00a0 In a couple of the Boss Battles with her,\u00a0 we see male playing out vs. female &#8211; with the evil &#8216;Anti-Ripley&#8217; Captain now wanting young Lynn perhaps as\u00a0a prize &#8216;mini-drone&#8217; while Riddick finally fights her to the death.\u00a0 Towards the end, we learn just\u00a0a little\u00a0bit more about her, but she is cliched and her\u00a0character is never well-developed\u00a0nor do we really learn the back story between Riddick and her although there are\u00a0perhaps hints.\u00a0 We learn that\u00a0he never even\u00a0knew her first name before she became his mortal enemy when he was hijacked aboard the Athena. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">To add to the mysticism of the game, the girl Lynn has shades of Alma in <em>F.E.A.R.<\/em> as she also plays an important psychic\u00a0role in the ending\u00a0and we learn that her inner strengths are similar to Riddick&#8217;s.\u00a0 Common themes and elements of many Sci-fi stories are brought into the metaphysical world that Riddick lives in; he is\u00a0a flawed criminal messianic hero, a persecuted demi-god in his own universe.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5067\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5067\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5067\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5067\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5067\" title=\"darkathena_enemies\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_enemies.png?resize=650%2C406\" alt=\"&quot;#@$&amp; You, Riddick!&quot;\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_enemies.png?resize=650%2C406 650w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_enemies-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;#*@$ You, Riddick!&quot; - But you have the SCAR gun and secret assistance!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One of <em>Escape from Butcher Bay&#8217;s<\/em> main criticisms in 2004 was its lack of multiplayer. Starbreeze solved this concern with\u00a0multiplayer online offerings in <em>Dark Athena<\/em>. Along with Standard Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch, there are a few unique modes that players can\u00a0try across 15 different maps.\u00a0\u00a0Here in this review,\u00a0I\u00a0am concentrating on the single player aspect of it to try to determine if it is worth fifty bucks or not.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Most reviews end with a &#8220;number&#8221; or letter grade assigned to a game to rank it so as to suggest it is better than another.\u00a0 For another way to determine it, this reviewer loved the original <em>Escape from Butcher Bay<\/em> for PC back in &#8217;04 and really looked forward to this\u00a0new expansion of the <em>Chronicles of Riddick<\/em>.\u00a0 Since we did not get our review copy in time,\u00a0I\u00a0purchased <em>Assault on<\/em> <em>Dark Athena<\/em> on the day of its release exactly a week ago and\u00a0paid $50 retail for it at Target.\u00a0 In that same week, I\u00a0played\u00a0mostly through <em>EfBB<\/em> (again) and completely through <em>Dark Athena<\/em> every night for five consecutive nights and it held my interest all the way through, with some great high points that are worth a further replay.<br \/>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">I feel\u00a0I really got my money&#8217;s worth and I would highly recommend\u00a0<em>Dark Athena<\/em> to anyone who enjoys a\u00a0well-executed and polished dark\u00a0violent stealth shooter with a decent back story, coupled with\u00a0excellent graphics that\u00a0run maxed out and\u00a0relatively bug free on a upper-midrange PC at 1920&#215;1200 resolution.\u00a0 If you already like Riddick and his universe, <em>EfBB<\/em> is worth a replay even though only the graphics have improved and <em>Dark Athena<\/em> is simply &#8220;more of the same&#8221; story continued.\u00a0 It is the same game, a continuation of the Riddick great escape story<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The game play is OK, weapons are fun\u00a0and the puzzles do not irritate.\u00a0 Although <em>Assault on Dark Athena<\/em> is linear, you do not feel you are being led by the nose and you almost always have a choice as to\u00a0how you can complete an objective.\u00a0 Rather you are encouraged to see what is around the corner as the tension builds perfectly. The game achieves total immersion at times and I played once for 3 hours at a stretch, even forgetting to eat. <\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Anyway, since\u00a0a score\u00a0is\u00a0expected, <em>Assault on Dark Athena<\/em> deserves a\u00a0<strong>7.8<\/strong> <em>for the expansion<\/em>.\u00a0 However, it deserves 8.2 <em>overall<\/em>, if you have\u00a0never played the original <em>Escape from Butcher&#8217;s Bay<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5068\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5068\" href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?attachment_id=5068\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5068\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5068\" title=\"darkathena_family\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_family.png?resize=650%2C406\" alt=\"When I say goodbye, it's permanent.\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_family.png?resize=650%2C406 650w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/darkathena_family-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When I say goodbye, it&#39;s permanent.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Although we are left with Riddick&#8217;s words about goodbye, there are several ways to take it.\u00a0\u00a0I doubt that <em>Assault on Dark Athena<\/em> is the last Riddick game and\u00a0I think PC gamers will\u00a0look forward to further expansions after playing it.\u00a0 Recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--pagetitle: Conclusion--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mark Poppin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ABT Editor<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Please join us in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech', 'Twitter']);\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates from ABT, please <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">join our RSS News Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=5053\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=top title=\"Author: Mark Poppin\" src=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dark-athena-image.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7814,5],"tags":[700,699,698,697,701],"class_list":["post-5053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-gaming","tag-assault-on-dark-athena-pc","tag-assault-on-dark-athena-review","tag-dark-athena-pc","tag-dark-athena-pc-game-review","tag-the-chronicles-of-riddick-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}