The 2022 remake of XIII is a second chance that successfully honors the legacy of the beloved cult classic.
DualShockers Writes "XIII has had a complicated life. The comic book turned video game ended with a glaring cliffhanger and next to nothing to follow it up for two console generations. That is, until the ill-fated Playlogic remake, which was such a broken mess that publisher Microids hired a new developer, Tower Five, to rework the remake into something playable. Better yet, it'd feature online multiplayer, restored mechanics cut from the original game, and a total visual redux to more closely match the original game but better. Was it worth the wait?"
Neil writes: "Remember the joys of XIII from 2003? Remember how those brilliant memories were ruined with the release of the remake in 2020? Microids have acknowledged that things weren't great, but have promised to fix them, reworking pretty much everything in hope of dropping a major update to the game in September. And it's about then when a Switch version will hit home too."
I naively bought this game purely out of nostalgia, having not seen the reviews at the time, and it was a total mess, I ended up barely playing it. They claim they've basically remade it, fixed the bugs and 'fixed' the art style etc, so hopefully they're being truthful, and I can actually revisit XIII and finish it.
Assuming they are being truthful, fair play to them for sticking to it and correcting the game. Time will tell though.
Lol why? The remake is nothing beyond a meme at this point.
Some things are better left dead
Well..No Man's Sky used to be a letdown as well, look how it changed now.. I think it is worth it to give them a chance.. it can't ve worse than it is now, hopefully they can fix things
I just started playing this game a few weeks ago and couldn’t believe the issues and figured they would never fix it but wow I’m shocked. Good for them!
The 9 GB patch that was put out today helped as it is smoother but still has bugs. At least the developers are trying to fix the broken mess and have gotten the game into a playable shape.
I grabbed the update a few nights ago to try out - HUGE improvement. It is now a respectable remake of the original. 100% worth a revisit.
Also, huge kudos to the developer for actually revisiting and correcting all the issues & mistakes. Most devs just launch things and leave them as is when the feedback is as negative as it was about this game, I can't think of another game that has undergone such a huge rework like this post-launch.
Glad they put in the legwork to make this a proper remake for past buyers.
The good press, and word of mouth, might make this one of those you see doing well during sales over the years.
Good to know that devs finally fixed remake's issues