XIII

XIII is a game I'm mixed about, more than any other. Great visuals, soundtrack, good story, not-so-good gameplay. I'm assuming you can tolerate jank since you're reading this review right now on GOG, but the amount of jank makes it feel more like a late 90's game. I played the game on XXX (the hardest difficulty) since it was too easy for me otherwise. First off, despite having a quicksave feature, the game uses checkpoints. I can understand checkpoints for a console game, but checkpoints in PC games annoy more than aid. Second, the unfair difficulty spike after the first boss. Most enemies can die in one shot, making the game easy for experienced FPS players with one HUGE catch, the bosses. They're bullet sponges made even worse by you dying in a few hits. I changed the difficulty to Realistic (second hardest difficulty) by the ending, and the difference between it & XXX is appalling. Save yourself the frustration, change difficulties before boss fights if playing on XXX. Third, stealth mechanics. This game has terrible stealth mechanics. You could shoot a guy right next to another, and the other guy won't notice unless he's facing him. If you get spotted, the AI instantly knows where you are, no matter how hidden, while they stand there, sometimes shooting before you kill them. You can easily cheese the AI with doors. Fourth, without spoiling anything, the game ends on a cliffhanger only resolved in the comics. I still enjoyed the story overall, but it's something to be weary about if you're looking for a completeness. And finally, fifth. This is more of a nitpick, but you have to restart the game to play previous levels without NG+, killing the replay value for me, with secret documents hidden all over said levels. There's also a pretty fun multiplayer with servers available if you install the unofficial 1.4.2.1 patch. I'd still recommend the game for $2 on sale, but I probably won't play it again.

Using GameHub on Ubuntu, I was able to easily install and run XIII using Proton 5.0 without any additional tweaking. This may also work with Proton by adding the executable to Steam and force it that way, but GameHub had no issue in downloading and running it!

I love this game from when i had 7 year

At the time of this review I havent finished the game yet. The graghics are good. The gameplay is a lot of fun. The storyline is ok. The voice acting is ok. I am enjoying Adam West character. As other reviewers have commented, there isnt much of a tutorial but its not hard to figure out the keys. If you do decide to purchase this game I would focus on headshots. It will take (for obvious reasons) less shots.

I was somewhat enjoying the early game as a spy thriller fps with some stealth elements and a cool European comic art style but the first major issue with the game made itself known quickly: awful checkpoints. There is a general lack of them and those you do get are placed at some of the worst possible points forcing you to rewatch unskipable cutscenes over and over again or making you go through long and slow sections of the level again before getting to the more difficult sections. All said and done it wasn't all that bad until the part where you have to rescue a General and escort him to safety. The only word I can use to describe the A.I. of said character is suicidal. While you're busy dealing with the enemies attacking you, he just runs into their face and gets mowed down in half a second. And by AMAZING design, you have to go through a section of the level again, some air ducts with a long detour to get some items you'll want to have for the part ahead and TWO freaking cutscenes. The only way I managed to get passed this part is by rushing ahead, learning enemy locations by trial and error, and throwing grenades at each one of them. The level after has you still escorting this genius with a section where you have to defend him while he takes "cover" on a wall outside a building that you just came out of, directly exposed to where the enemies are coming from. He dies in half a second. That's where I quit playing, and "game is old" is not an excuse. Half-life and Halo came out before this. So disappointing.