They finally fixed the game up enough to be presentable now. Went through the game and only encountered just a few minor problems, mostly comical ones, and the game ran fine.
Gunplay feels a bit floaty at times, and the stealth is passable at best, but the original has similar flaws too. I prefer the original over the remake slightly, even if the remake made some things a bit smoother. Both games are worth it on a sale, especially the original.
In short, XIII is loosely a cousin of the Rareware type of first person shooter, like Goldeneye / Perfect Dark / Timesplitters, etc. A level based / objective based FPS, except this is a bit more narrative driven and stylistic.
The objectives are generally simple, and you usually only have one at a time, and you can't screw them up as bad as you can in the Rareware-like-FPSes, having to restart the entire level after you accidentally planted a tracking bug on a soldier's crotch (don't worry, this has checkpoints). You're biggest threat in XIII is failing a stealth critical area, or falling off a cliff. The combat is relatively easy, unless you play on hard. The boss AI is weirdly dumb, sometimes they just stand there and spin a bit, like they're really shy in the presence of bullets or something. Pretty sure it was better in the original.
Still want that sequel, though.
The remake of the 2003 cult FPS initially released on PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo Gamecube.
