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Game Information
- Platform: Xbox
- PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- XIII utilizes next-generation Unreal Engine technology
- Cel-shaded graphics and the unique flashback visuals add to the novel effect of the comic license
- Varied gameplay - an unusual mix between stealth with commando like infiltration and action
- 8 Chapters / 37 Missions across massive stylised environments
- A story-line based on the first 5 XIII comic books
- Complete interactivity allows for players to use objects as weapons (e.g. bottles/barrels)
- Using enemies as a human shield
- Original multi-player mode "Cover Me", with a 2-man team where a sniper player has to cover the player trying to reach a flag.
- A variety of weapons at the players disposal including 4 guns, multiple blade throwing knives and a crossbow.
- Xbox live up to 4 players
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
As stylish a game as you'll see, XIII is a virtual testament to why you can have both style and substance under the same roof. Adopting a comic-book style throughout, from the wonderfully compiled cut-scenes through to the cel-shaded in-game graphics, it follows the adventures of agent XIII, finding him initially stranded on a beach with no memory of what went before. As the game progresses, he keeps getting flashbacks to help fill in some of the blanks, no doubt part-inspired by the number of people interested in killing him.
The gameplay itself takes the form of a first-person action-adventure, and a thumping good one at that. There's nothing particularly original about mixing in action, puzzle solving, exploration and stealth, but rarely has it all hung together as well as it does here. Put simply, XIII is a delight to play, with well-thought-through levels, generally fine enemy AI and, when the tempo is racked up, plenty of guns a-blazing and a healthy dose of tension to boot.
On the visual side, we've seen cel-shading as graphical style in games before, more often than that leading to some bland visuals once the novelty has worn off. Not so here. The level of thought and care that has gone into the look and feel of XIII is there for all to see, and for it to be married up to such a compulsively addictive game is just the icing on a really rather delicious cake.
Should you buy it? Most certainly, you should. If you don't, then the next time you lament the lack of care and adventure in your collection of games, then you really will have brought it all upon yourself. --Simon Brew
GamesMaster Magazine
"The design, the depth and the style make this an FPS masterwork. 94%."
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Firstly, the controls may not suit left-handers (I don't know, I'm right-handed) but I found them to be pretty much perfect. A good test is whether you can zoom in your sniper scope and pop somebody in the head without fuss. Easy. (The same cannot be said for Timesplitters 2 for example). Clearly, this is a very personal issue, but I don't want prospective buyers to be put off by the almost exclusively negative reviews on this page.
The story works well. The levels are not too hard so you shouldn't get frustrated (I would have liked to have had the option to skip flashbacks after I'd seen them once). There were just enough stealth sections for me as I'm not a fan of creeping around for hours on end (see Ubisoft's massively over-rated - in my opinion - Splinter Cell) and often you can retrieve the situation even if you get spotted. I found this game to be absorbing, atmospheric and 'cool' (there, I've said the word).
Whilst it is true to say that XIII revisits scenarios which are the stock in trade of FPS games, it does add to the genre. Take for example the animated, comic-book cutaways depicting nearby activity such as a guard catching a crossbow bolt in his eye.
Don't take my word for it. You might hate it as much as the other reviewers did. But give it a chance - you might love it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Having recently replaced my busted gamecube for an Xbox i decided to buy this game, as i had previously owned it on GC, and what a difference the Xbox makes!
The controls are so much easier, and you can really tell the power of the Xbox is there. It has an excellent plot and a refreshing take on graphics, that should keep you immersed until you complete the game.
The ONLY minor fault this game has are the stealth missions, especially later on, where a seconds is all a guard needs to make you fail a level.
Oh and the Multiplayer in my view is fantastic. Team Deathmatch in Bristol Suites is bliss. I have to admit a couple of the maps are a bit too ordinary.
Anywhoo, i completely recommend you buy this outstanding game if you own an Xbox, it really is worth it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
THis was one of them games that I played not realy expecting that much, in fact, as a christmas present it spent about 6 weeks before it was played. However, after completing the first three levels, I was truly hooked.
It offers a new twist to your usual FPS with a cell shaded delivery / cartoony graphics and it also carries cartoon types features reminiscent of your olden day Batman shows whith "visualised" sound effects (such as BOOM, tat tat (for gun fire) which offers a pleasent change.
So far as the game itself, story line is excellent, almost compeling, very playable but perhaps the biggest feature for me was the range of levels. There are approximately 36 different levels which cover a massive range of areas, from your mountain side pursuits, to your beach front chases, jails, banks, federal buildings, forests, canyons mixed in with a whole range of weapons and mission types (i.e. stealth / guns blazing and protecting people) there is plenty here to keep you coming back.
Once complete replay value is probably not the highest and I have heard the live provision is not the best, although I cannot clarify this.
Overall... a top game, and definately worth a peek.
It offers a new twist to your usual FPS with a cell shaded delivery / cartoony graphics and it also carries cartoon types features reminiscent of your olden day Batman shows whith "visualised" sound effects (such as BOOM, tat tat (for gun fire) which offers a pleasent change.
So far as the game itself, story line is excellent, almost compeling, very playable but perhaps the biggest feature for me was the range of levels. There are approximately 36 different levels which cover a massive range of areas, from your mountain side pursuits, to your beach front chases, jails, banks, federal buildings, forests, canyons mixed in with a whole range of weapons and mission types (i.e. stealth / guns blazing and protecting people) there is plenty here to keep you coming back.
Once complete replay value is probably not the highest and I have heard the live provision is not the best, although I cannot clarify this.
Overall... a top game, and definately worth a peek.
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Published 16 months ago by char79
The most sarcastic reveiw evarz
Ladies....gents last night a heavenly light awoke me I imeditly cried "hath pity on me whatever you may be" to my foolish mind i did not realize it was XIII a trancending... Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2010 by Jack Hammer
oldies are sometimes the best
i think that the fact that this game was styled as a comic is a brilliant original idea.
the gameplay itself is fun, not to hard and a good choice of weapons. Read more
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Published on 30 Aug 2007 by A. Fraser
a simple message a review by tallard
cell-shaded graphics, role-playing, great comic style, it's all here! Here's the general info. You're XIII, part of a conspiracy, and you suffer from amnesia(memory loss). Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2006 by Tom Allard
Stylistic And Stylish
From the opening scene , where you find yourself , an amnesiac , stranded on a beach when you suddenly get attacked , through to the ending ( no - I won't give it away ! Read more
Published on 10 July 2005 by DocBhoy
I liked it...
I don't see much wrong with the game, I have played far worse games. I think its really cool; just use the checkpoints or you start from scratch everytime.
Published on 6 Aug 2004 by Andy
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This is the best game i played last year! With 35 full action variety levels and about 15 mulitplayer maps, amazing online play, not to mension a fantastic bloody graphics and the... Read more
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