XIII

this game is as good as it looks. action with some stealth and espionage. who can miss?

Nothing special, and definitely feels its age... but it was also a bit refreshing to play something simple without any microtransactions or gimmicks. Definitely worth the inexpensive price. I have an issue where the mouse doesn't work correctly in the menus. Once in game, the controls work fine, so I just use arrow keys instead of the mouse in the menu system.

A nice suprise that you can take the challange and sneak instead of shooting your way through the game.

XIII is from 2003, so obviously the graphics are not what you'd expect from a modern game. However, I still quite enjoyed playing it. The game play is pretty much a simple, straight-forward FPS, with some stealth missions here and there. However, the comic-book graphic style not just during the missions, but also the comic-book style intermissions give it a quite unique feeling. I also liked the soundtrack, that adapts quite well to the game situation. What I didn't really like is that the game didn't support wide-screen mode, and overall the game is quite short, you'll probably need less than ten hours. Overall, I'd say this is a decent game. If you can get it on a sale (and you'll actually play it rather than just adding it to your backlog), it's definitely worth the price.

What good is saving your progress if you cannot load your saves? You die and have to start all over. That sucks.