Posted on: April 15, 2021

MidnightEscapist

Gry: 234 Opinie: 1

Great story, but XIII comics is better

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.

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Posted on: April 20, 2021

EwigWandernd

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Gry: 738 Opinie: 263

Compelling political/conspiracy thriller

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

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Posted on: October 9, 2024

metala

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Gry: 164 Opinie: 1

Meh...

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.

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Posted on: March 7, 2025

Big_Pull

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Gry: 549 Opinie: 1

Just get the comics

Nice story, music and graphics, but holy is the comabt bad

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Posted on: May 11, 2025

Burrito

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Gry: 1497 Opinie: 51

Skin deep beauty

XIII has a wonderful cell shaded style, a wide range of weapons to toy with, varied environments, a fun scat-jazz inspired soundtrack, and it promises a griping conspiracy-based spy thriller plot. Unfortunately, the weapons end up bland despite their variety, the enemies hitscan so combat is just a game of 'choose a range appropriate weapon and click on their head for a bit', and the plot is more of a set of mashed-together tropes than anything coherent. The big problems IMHO are threefold. 1 - It's mostly a FPS, and the shooting is kind of lame and overly easy. 2 - It couples checkpoint-only-saving, forced stealth sections, and AI / Hitbox jank together into a series of horrid "replay the last ten minutes AGAIN, for the fifth time, because this guard randomly saw through a wall this time around" experiences. 3 - Extremely linear. Not just in that the game requires the player to go from A to B to C, but in that you can lose missions and be booted back ten minutes because you didn't trigger a positional flag, in ways that don't make sense narratively or gameplay wise. There are other issues - Duchovny either phoned in his line reads or only had isolated, out of context snippets to read. (If released today, I'd assume they used a TTS AI to 'read' his part.) Lots of almost Xen-esque jumping puzzles. You can defeat the conspiracy really, REALLY early on, and you get a game over for doing so. Lots of unskippable cutscenes, including in the middle of stealth sections. It ends on a never-to-be-addressed cliffhanger. For all that, it does have a strong, nigh unique presentation that keeps things relatively interesting from start to finish. Remembering the limitations of the hardware it was originally designed for, it's an impressive piece. 3 out of 5 as a game, ~4.5 out of 5 as an artifact of its time.

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