XIII

This fantastic 1st person shooter was one of my first Playstation 2 Games. It's the only FPS i ever played that has a story line which can be really called a story line. It's such a shame Ubisoft didnt make a sequel because of the "bad" sellings. The Gameplay is pretty awesome, too. The Multiplayer was even more funny (Ghosthunting!). Dont be stupid and play it! It's worth it!

I original bought this on my Nintendo Gamecube and I loved, the characters, the story and the pacing was fantastic. The actually combat is a little bland, but its still a five star game for me. And for a great price too. While I do prefer the Gamecube control scheme (I'm used to it sue me) The controls in the PC version are excellent, and if you want a refreshing FPS this is the game to check out!

The publishers put a lot of marketing money behind this title, and must have been so certain of a success, and therefore a follow-up, that it basically gave the first game a non-ending. Not your typical non-ending, but a total "why did I do all this" type one. I won't spoil it and on special it's a good game to enjoy with no preconceptions. If you like being involved and seeing a story to the end, I can't recommend this title. The ending is just a beginning for the next non-existent next title. To say the ending of this game is worse than the ending of Mass Effect 3 is the understatement of the decade!

I played this a while ago and really like it. I don't know whether I will re-buy it, but it is definitely a game worth buying at least once. I would love an add-on/sequel continuing the game though. It doesn't really matter if it limits itself to the original comic if it's fun and if the original authors accepts. I am not really into the FPS-genre any more so I would also love a pure story based mode puzzle style in the same graphical style. This is wishful thinking, but if anyone makes any good official extensions I will buy that, or re-buy this if it's available free. If it's unofficial mod I will just re-install it from my old cds.

Let's be clear about one thing: this is not a good game. This isn't an unfair jab at the game, because if you're going to pay $6 expecting a good shooter, you won't find it here. What you will get is some slick cel-shaded graphics courtesy of the source 'XIII' comic book, all delivered via the venerable Unreal Engine 2.0. Everything else falls flat. If "top-notch voice acting" simply means "star voice acting", then you've got it here what with David Duchovny and Adam West. Also rapper/actress Eve. But really, your character is so bland and the plot is so generic, what little dialogue is on display here barely registers. Furthermore, David Duchovny isn't exactly known for his, shall we say, dynamic or energized roles. So, his voice just puts a nail in what's already a dull characterization. The gameplay is the worst offender here: bland FPS trappings with bland FPS weapons and bland FPS enemies that stay in one spot or make feeble attempts to advance. Since your aim is pitch-perfect all the time, the encounters are never all that challenging and they play out the same every time. Enemies are further telegraphed with cuts to a comic book-like panel showing their location. I believe this has something to do with XIII's super soldier abilities, or something. I hope you like bashing heads with ashtrays, because other than that little feature, levels are scarce, utterly linear, have little in the way of interactivity and you'll just be shooting from one corridor to the next, with the odd in-game sequence or cutscene to advance the plot. There's little else to break up the monotony. Full disclosure: I couldn't finish this game. I got up to about the prison level and quit. It was that boring. The only recommendation I can give is to watch a Let's Play of this on Youtube or somesuch service instead, but really, you're better off spending your time doing other things, or, you know, simply playing a better game. Hoping to see some other (truly) good old games from Ubisoft's massive back-catalogue.