BASICS

Weapons
Fighting plays a big role in the game. When using the Assault Rifle, do not hold down the trigger. Fire in short bursts. This way, you have a better chance of landing more hits. Holding down the fire button constantly causes you to waste ammo on a target you’ll only hit a few times.

Getting Health
In Escape from Butcher Bay, there are no health packs. Instead, regaining health is controlled via machines or standing still.

NanoMED Station
The NanoMED station can provide you with up to four squares of health, and then it runs dry. You can refill a NanoMED station by finding a NanoMED cartridge. If you have three out of four squares of health, and you use a station, you’ll only be charged for the one square. These are found throughout the entire game.

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Sit-Down Station
This larger NanoMED station, which looks like a driving game arcade cabinet, will refill your health, but also add one square to it. If you have four squares and use this machine, you’ll then have five squares. This machine can only be used once, and it can’t be recharged. They are few and far between.

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Standing Still
If you’ve lost a portion of one square, just stand still (or crouch), and don’t move at all; the one square will refill. This only works on a square that is near empty, but isn’t gone.

Hand-to-Hand Fighting
Whenever you are in a melee fight, there is one combo you should use all the time, and it is:

LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, DOWN

This results in a left punch, right punch, left punch, right punch, and an uppercut. No matter what weapon you have equipped, be it the shiv, screwdriver, or just your fists, this is a deadly combination that does the most damage.

Cigarette Packs
Throughout the game, you will find various cigarette packs. There are fifty nine of them in total, and each one unlocks a special feature, such as concept art from the game, images of movie props, and even Riddick in Alpha stage.

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Heavy Guard
Near the very end of the game, you get to control a heavy guard for about ten minutes. It is a very dangerous mech that has a minigun and flame bomb. While the heavy guard does have a limited amount of health, you’d have to stand still for a few minutes while enemies pour on you before you actually die. You’re pretty much invincible in the thing.

Controlling Riddick
Here are the complete controls for the game. These are the default controls.