XIII - remake of the 2003 FPS

[Falksi]

 

[BLOBERT]

BROS TRU STORY

MY WIFES EX LEFT SOME SHIT IN THE HOUSE AFTER HE MOVED OUT

XIII WAS ONE OF THEM LOLOL

DOOM 3 AND JEDI ACADEMY AND I FORGET WHAT ELSE

 

[BLOBERT]

BROS ALSO A COOL BUTTERFLY KNIFE

BEFORE HE GOT EVERYTHING OUT THERE WERE ALSO MULTIPLE NUNCHICKA AND TRAINING SWORDS AND LIKE TEN GUN HOLSTERS LOLLOLLLOL

I WANTED TO TAKE THE GENESIS BUT I HAD AN ATTACK OF CONSHINSE I ONLT TOOK STUFF HE LEFT BEHINDS FOR GOOD

LOLOLLOL EXCEPT FOR THE KNIFE BUT THAT WAS SORTA HIDDEN AND HE NEVER ASKED FOR IT

 

[YldriE]

BEFORE HE GOT EVERYTHING OUT THERE WERE ALSO MULTIPLE NUNCHICKA AND TRAINING SWORDS

You know you're low on the food chain when your wife dumps the neckbeard to settle for you.

 

[BLOBERT]

BRO LOLOLLOL AND I DUMPED THE HIGHSCHOOL GIRL TO BE WITH HER

THE CURCLE OF LIFE LOLOLLOLOLL

 

[LESS T_T]

The original 2003 game is re-released on GOG by the publisher of this remake, not Ubisoft: https://af.gog.com/game/xiii?as=1649904300

 

[YldriE]

YouTube longplays put it at around 4 hours so I figured why not give this a try.

It's a typical shooter of its era, with interesting visuals and gadgets, but weak shooting mechanics and poor level design.

I can't say I didn't enjoy the romp but don't go fellating a mediocre game just because it was released long ago. Just another 5-dollar game.

 

[Love]

So what was good about this game beyond the artstyle again? I remember trying the ps2 demo and it felt like just another console shooter.

Amusingly enough they created a real cinematic gaming experience by incorporating the elements of a completely other medium. The missions and levels were all heavily influenced by decades of action movies and had some nice change of approach between them and also let you use different weapons and your environment.

 

[DalekFlay]

YouTube longplays put it at around 4 hours so I figured why not give this a try.

It's a typical shooter of its era, with interesting visuals and gadgets, but weak shooting mechanics and poor level design.

I can't say I didn't enjoy the romp but don't go fellating a mediocre game just because it was released long ago. Just another 5-dollar game.

It's definitely nothing amazing, it just has a cool style to it and most FPS games released at the time sucked ass.

 

[unfairlight]

So what was good about this game beyond the artstyle again?

It was fun. The choice of weapons, level design and being able to use various environment objects as weapons led to a very tight and fun FPS. I replayed it this year and it was great as ever. It also had fun multiplayer.

 

[Infinitron]

The cult classic cel-shaded FPS game XIII returns, remade for Xbox One, PS4, Switch and PC - and features music and voice work from the original game.

It’s been 17 years since Ubisoft released XIII (or Thirteen for those who don’t know roman numerals) on Playstation 2 (PS2), GameCube, Xbox, and PC. The XIII game utilized the cel shading art style to adapt the 1984 Belgian graphic novel series into the cult classic FPS.

Now, the XIII game remake is being released for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One, so be sure to check out the new XIII gameplay in this new XIII Remake gameplay trailer.

 

[LESS T_T]

The original game is now on Steam:

 

[fizzelopeguss]

I got XIII with a graphics card back in the day... It was shit.

 

[mindx2]

Is that still David Ducuvny's voice?

 

[DalekFlay]

The original game is now on Steam:

It's been on a superior store for a very long time.

 

[LESS T_T]

 

[samuraigaiden]

Why did cel shaded games go away?

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Why did cel shaded games go away?

Borderlands is still going, is it not?

 

[mindx2]

Hate the snarky voice acting they used. He's annoying.

 

[Farewell into the night]

Oh boi, I rememeber playing the original in the early 2000's. 2003 probably. Fun times. I think it was one of the first cel shaded games on the PC.

 

[Please No]

Oh boi, I rememeber playing the original in the early 2000's. 2003 probably. Fun times. I think it was one of the first cel shaded games on the PC.

No, no, I'm p. sure there were others before it. Like that 3D platformer Dragon's Lair game. XIII is the first cel-shaded FPS that I can think of though.

The comic book animation things you get when killing enemies in this game was super cool and stylish, that was what I remember of the game, otherwise wasn't it pretty basic and sort of console-y? Like NOLF but not as good.

Is that still David Ducuvny's voice?

WHAT?!? I had no idea it was him doing the VA.

 

[samuraigaiden]

Oh boi, I rememeber playing the original in the early 2000's. 2003 probably. Fun times. I think it was one of the first cel shaded games on the PC.

No, no, I'm p. sure there were others before it. Like that 3D platformer Dragon's Lair game. XIII is the first cel-shaded FPS that I can think of though.

The comic book animation things you get when killing enemies in this game was super cool and stylish, that was what I remember of the game, otherwise wasn't it pretty basic and sort of console-y? Like NOLF but not as good.

Is that still David Ducuvny's voice?

WHAT?!? I had no idea it was him doing the VA.

Like an arcady version of a 007 FPS.

 

[Please No]

Like an arcady version of a 007 FPS.

Aren't the James Bond games already very arcade-y in the first place? I've never played them.

 

[baud]

Hate the snarky voice acting they used. He's annoying.

If that's supposed to be the main character from the comic books, I really didn't imagine his voice sounding like this

 

[samuraigaiden]

Like an arcady version of a 007 FPS.

Aren't the James Bond games already very arcade-y in the first place? I've never played them.

Yes, but XIII is a bit more.

 

[sser]

XIII was a pretty average shooter so there needs to be more than just a remake. They better like actually finish the story or something.