Posted on: September 25, 2020
N0w3gg
Possesseur vérifiéJeux: 594 Avis: 26
Doesn't hold up
The best thing XIII has going for it are its theme and art style. The art is inarguably stylish, and there aren't nerely enough secret agent games imo. The shooting also works. The writing is below that of the Jason Bourne and James Bond movies (I've yet to read the books), and the voice acting is laughably bad. There is no character I can point to as interesting or compelling, and that includes the main character. The gunplay is fun, but suffers from a shortage of health kits and high-damaging enemies in some areas. The shotgun, with its long reload and huge pump-action animation (it takes up literally half the screen), sucks. No gun or explosive really stood out to me as fun, overall. The stealth, even outside of the mandatory boss fights, doesn't hold up well enough to stand on its own. Enemies too often saw me through the backs of thier own heads. I very early learned to give up on the idea of completely stealthing a level unless forced to do so. Finally, the last levels of the game are a complete slog. I remember beating the game once as a kid, and I bought it to replay for nostalgia. I don't think I can stand suffering through to beat it a second time, though, when I already know the reward will be a cliffhanger. Spoiler: This game never got a sequel, so hope you don't mind unresolved plots... I won't lie and claim to've not had fun. I just can't recommend a game as problem-ridden as XII when you can't even save-scum. It's checkpoints-only, and if the checkpoints stick you in an unwinnable position you better hope you have a save for the start of the level!
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