Dave writes: "At first glance, XIII looks like a video game. It has graphics, sounds come out of the speakers, and a character moves when you touch the pad. But sit down to play it, and you’ll realise that it’s held together with sticky tape and paper clips, collapsing into scraps when you play for more than five minutes."
“XIII is a linear first-person shooter with a neat graphical style that offers simple fun akin to a game that belongs in an arcade. However, FPS veterans may be put off due to its linearity and general lack of depth.” - Mary Billington from Video Chums.
Being a remake of the 2003 game of the same name, XIII launched in November 2020 to an overwhelming assault of negative reviews - Author: Kyle Doherty for Game Hype UK.
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Although the late 2000s Turok wasn't my favorite, I would love a new entry. Open world survival with shotguns and dinosaurs. Not sure how we'd get the fusion cannon, but that would be pretty sweet too.
Lol
All of these games are pretty much universally praised. Outside of Timeshift I literally own all of these.
XIII, The Darkness 2, Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Timesplitters: future perfect, Bulletstorm are awesome games
I played them all, they are all good in their own way
I used to be obsessed with FPS games
The original was incredibly mediocre. Not sure why anyone expected more out of this.
They put out a patch and it is still unplayable.
Stealth dropping your last generation game on launch day for next gen consoles is a garunteed way to stay under the rader and hardcore fans claiming it sucks will be drowned out by next gen talk.
At least on ps5 it has way less tearing and runs stable at 60fps.
Why did they do this again? I remember the original being free as a bonus on many PC mag cds/dvd back in the day after it bombed on release. It was barley teetering on un-playable. All of XIII’s “charm” was lost or unrecognizable in that mess. Some things never change.