XIII

Old FPS Cel-Shaded comic style game, dated yes and still fun to play and the story is amusing worth the cost to put in your game library.

This game is still great! the story and atmosphere make it one of the more unique FPS games I can thin of. The controls and game play are very much a throw back to the Goldeneye era of shooters. The game itself has aged quite well, and i'm loving it as much as I did when I played it for XBox years and years ago. I knocked an entire star off for two reasons though: one, supported resolutions have not been updated. which compared to item 2 is more of an annoyance than a big issue. 2: mouse control on the menu screens is an abomination. like... I dont even know how you could have mouse support this bad. The cursor doesn't go anywhere you want it to, and actually wont even traverse the entire screen. That said, the menus are navigable with the keyboard, and the mouse support in game is good. Poor form though Ubisoft. tisk tisk. You should cnsider yourself lucky that the rest of the game makes up for this. For $6, it's a MUST BUY

STORY: In general, the story is quite interesting, actually with some polishing it might be good enough for a Hollywood blockbuster! Must admit though, sometimes it feels a little bit cheap, like it can be improved in some way and needs to put more deeper thoughts in it. I wish it was made closer to the XIII comic book series, on which it’s based but very loosely. And XIII comics are just great IMO!!! VISUAL STYLE: Cartoonish visual style of this game, which imitates a comic book, is very appealing to me and is the reason why this game has drawn my attention in the first place. It compliments the story well and creates a really unique atmosphere. And thanks to this style, the game looks decent even today, despite its age and not very advanced graphic. CONTROL: Clumsy control is a common problem for many vintage games, but this game really hates modern mouses. No matter how low Mouse Sensitivity in settings is, a camera jumps all over the place like crazy.

Story: 4/5 Worldbuilding: 3/5 Art Design: 5/5 Graphics: 3/5 Sound: 3/5 Gameplay: 4/5

I give it 4/5 just because of nostalgia. However, the game feels like it should have been published two years earlier. The cel-shading kind of delays the aging, but still lacks a lot, compared to the games that came out that same year. The frustrating parts for me are: - the save / checkpoint system - the unskippable cutscenes - clunky combat - weird enemy spawning - stupid ai - stealth hits miss - the gun spread that does not allow for precise shots (except with revolver, or scoped weapon) - no wide-screen resolutions and weird horizontal mouse movement in main menu. - weird helicopter that can roll... The good parts: - there is a story - mission objectives are not repetitive (but combat is) - a cliffhanger I've found from PCGamingWiki, after finishing the game, that there are patches that could fix some of the issues.