XIII

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Summary: XIII
Review: XIII is an excellent fps. It has a crappy ending and horrible save games but still is one of the best releases of 2003. The President has been assasinated, You are found on the beach by a life gaurd with a bullet wound and the number XIII tattooed on you. You have lost your memory. Powered by the Unreal 2 engine the graphics and sound are fantastic. It has comic book style graphics complete with "BAM", "AAAGH" ect. The voice of XIII by David Duchovney does not fit the charecter. I have Win98Se, PIV 2.4Ghz, 512mb Ram, Geforce Fx and it runs great. The level design is excellent and i liked the selection of weapons, you can use objects like bottles, chairs, mops ect to knock out people. The biggest problem is the horrible save game system. It does allow you to quicksave anywhere but when it loads it will be at the start of the level or at checkpoints. This may not be a big problem if the developers knew where to have points but they do not. There should have been checkpoints after boss levels but there is not always one. They are a big problem in stealth levels.

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Summary: Cool Game, Lame end
Review: XIII is one of those games that makes you think that there is hope for the computer games industry right up until the end. Not going to spoil it for you but you'll end up wondering what the producers were thinking. XIII has a comic book look to it with a first person shooter setup. The game does have it's moments and you'll have a heck of a time with the boss battles, but overall I was feeling gyped by the time I finished. I wished I had waited to pay $19.99 for this title and wouldn't have felt so disappointed at the end.

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Summary: XIII looks fantastic.
Review: XIII looks promising. Especially, with its FPS, and cel-shaded gameplay. It has a huge array of weapons to use agaisnt enemies. And from what I've seen and read it looks like it will be a great game. It even has multiplayer and online capabilities. Also, it has an incredable story-line. This is a definate must buy for any gamer.