History VideoGame / AssaultOnDarkAthena

* NintendoHard: Hard mode. Stealth is an absolute must. Luckily, the only thing that changes is enemy damage. Their health and intelligence remains the same.

* LongSongShortScene: The game contains a very brief sequence in which the player can control Drones, during which the ordinarily ambient soundtrack is dropped for an SugarWiki/{{Awesome|Music}} techno beat... which is used nowhere else in the game and appears to be impossible to find in UsefulNotes/MP3 format. Is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B88ZLp3Sx9k this]] it?

** Also Jaylor. He acts somewhat friendly towards Riddick when he is helping him get what he needs, however he does a bad job at hiding how repulsive he really is, particularly when Riddick mentions Silverman to him, where he expresses his disgusting lust for her. And when Riddick refuses to rile her up for him, Jaylor drops his friendly act and starts cussing at Riddick.

* BondOneLiner: Riddick [[spoiler: knocks Revas into an elevator shaft, then drops her after a short conversation. Lynn asks him if she's gone.)]]: "When I say goodbye, it's forever."

* NoPronunciationGuide: Revas. Riddick/Vin Diesel pronounces it as "Reh-vis," while every other character in the game says it as "Ree-vis."

** [[spoiler:The Iron Lord, which Revas wears in the final boss fight.]]

* YouWakeUpOnABeach: The game opens with Riddick washed up on a beach on some alien planet before running into mercenary soldiers, which later turns out to be AllJustADream he experienced in hypersleep.

** After [[spoiler:killing Sarah Silverman]], Jaylor demands Riddick to put away his gun and "fight like a man". Take a good guess how well that turns out for Jaylor.

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* HumanResources: The Ghost Drones. Human prisoners gutted, lobotomized, and given rudimentary {{AI}}s that can be overridden by a human operator.

* TooDumbToLive: After [[spoiler:killing Sarah Silverman]], Jaylor demands Riddick to put away his gun and "fight like a man". Take a good guess how well that turns out for Jaylor.

* EmbeddedPrecursor: ''Assault on Dark Athena'' comes packaged with an HD remake of ''Escape From Butcher Bay''.

The second of two games set in ''Franchise/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' universe. ''Assault on Dark Athena'' is a remake/sequel to the 2004 game ''VideoGame/EscapeFromButcherBay''. It features the entire ''Butcher Bay'' campaign, featuring updated graphics as well as the new story aboard the vessel Dark Athena.

''Dark Athena's'' story begins where ''Butcher Bay'' left off after Riddick and Johns escaped together. While in stasis sleep, they are taken forcibly aboard the Dark Athena, a massive mercenary vessel. The ship is run by Gale Revas (Creator/MichelleForbes) and her [[TheDragon second in command]], Spinner. Whilst Johns is captured, Riddick manages to escape and must now fight his way off the ship to safety.

* TheFutureIsNoir

* GiantMook: Ironlord early in the game when you are on the to kill Margo, overlapping with [[TheBrute The Brute]]. This guy has a large health pool and can take a lot of damage, and his punches deals massive damage even through your blocks. Your only way to survive is never be hit by him. Or else, even if you are armed with ulaks or knives, if you get hit few times, and even if you had blocked all those times, he will force you to go back and heal yourself twice and maybe even more. The club makes it slightly easier due to its range, but its still quite difficult to beat him. And it becomes an even bigger mightmare in Hard Mode It is revealed later that he is the best fighter of the underground club there. His inhuman strength and endurance is due to the steroid abuse, though it came with the [[DrugsAreBad price that his mental faculties became very low]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: Gail Revas, who is often polite and well-spoken to her fellow mercs, though she makes it clear she is an utterly monstrous person with no regard for human life.

* MissionPackSequel: This game feels more like an expansion pack to VideoGame/EscapeFromButcherBay than a sequel. Since the graphics, weapons, enemies and mechanics are virtually the same. Interestinly, this game was originally supposed to be a level add-on for ''Butcher Bay''.

* TooDumbToLive: later in the game, Jaylor demands Riddick to put away his gun and "fight like a man". Take a good guess how well that turns out for Jaylor.

* UnusuableEnemyEquipment: A variant with drones, who's guns are attached to their arms. While you can use them as a MeatShield and wield their guns that way, there's no way to detach the gun and carry it with you.