Main technical issues in the unpatched version: 1. A clean install of the GOG version doesn't let you use 1080p. 2. The mouse was completely broken in the main menu, it felt like there's a huge deadzone on both axes before any movement is registered. Feels absolutely terrible. Solution: Download the latest unofficial patch (1.4.2.1 as of my review) to fix the mouse movement and get 1080p support. -> https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/XIII About the game itself: I played the demo back in 2000 and loved it, sometime later a friend lent me his copy and I played the full game. So I was going into this with some nostalgia. I've replayed it in May 2020 and I have to say this game hasn't aged that well, mostly due to its game mechanics. The main factors for me are the bad gunplay, frustrating stealth mechanics and to some extent the level design. Savegames didn't work for me (you can save, but you can't load them), therefore you have to rely on the checkpoint system. So when you die, you usually get set back to a checkpoint that's way too far back and often makes you replay annoying parts of the level, which can really test your patience. If you didn't play XIII back then, you might want to wait for the remake and see how that turns out. I'm definitely not saying it's a bad game, it's just that the gameplay is a bit lacking from today's perspective.
