XIII

When I heard previews about this game it sounded really awesome. My friend got it right before Christmas and he said it was awesome. I got the money and I bought it. Let me tell you, I was blown away. Things just kept getting cooler. You could move bodies, take hostages, knock people out using funiature, it was awesome. The graphics were great, it look like i was watching a movie/comic book! The celebrity voice actors only add on to what may be the best FPS of the year. With a very unique and in-depth storyline with tons of weapons, areas to explore and one of the coolest numbers tatooed to your head, what could be better?

I'll admit the bad things now. The game is long. I mean, really long. The auto-aim is pretty clunky. In the sneaky missions, it's not like Metal Gear Solid, when a guard sees you, you get a chance to hide and wait, you have to kill the guard right away otherwise you might lose by getting an alarm sounded on you. You may forget what happened early in the game by the time you get far in it. Many areas of the world look the same and many of the objectives area very clear.

All-and-all, I give this game a 8.5 outta 10. That's 'B' and a well-earned one.

At first glance you will think that this game is horrible but it is really challenging and fun! You are a secret agent, you wake up on a beach (If I'm not mistaken it is in Staten Island) and a lifeguard spots you and you don't remember a thing. Then when you reach a bank where you have a key in your pocket for a bank in Manhattan. You go there and you arrested for killing the president! This game is action packed, and is even more fun using Xbox live! However it is on all three systems as well as on some cell phones. The game is comic book based and the game really relates to the comic book style, for example if you shoot someone in the head three frames will pop up in the corner and you will see the bullet hit the guy in the head, it sounds gruesome but it doesn't look that bad, this is a must have for every gamer out there. This game is what all the James Bond games want to be!

I first read a review for this game in Maximum PC, who seemed to enjoy the game. I decided to buy it, and it was worth the $50 and even more. This game had great gameplay, and a good plot. The only downside in my opinion is that this is the type of game that you play once. It ruins the game to play more than once because you already know the plot. But games where you don't play more than once are also games in which people desire a sequel. This game is one of my personal favorite games, and is actually number 3 on my list, which reads Half-Life 2, Half-Life, and XIII.

Overall: 91%

I finished playing XIII today and I can tell that this is by far a great game! Not only the graphics are unique (in a comic book style that will definitely blown you away, unless you hate comic book style graphics...), but everything including voice actors, great number of weapons and a great story that is barely seen in a FPS game are all great! However that are some low points that must be reported. I've been fascinated to know that David Duchovny, star of one of the greatest movies I've ever seen, Kalifornia, is the voice actor for the character XIII. But sadly Duchovny's voice in this game is kind of boring. He speaks like he's depressed or not feeling very well at doing a video game character. His voice is by far not as great as other actors like Ray Liotta as Tommy Vercetti or William Fitchner as Ken Rosenberg both from Grand Theft Auto : Vice City, who made a masterpiece of a job performing Tommy and Rosenberg. I understand that there always will be the low points in the career of an artist, but just give me an explanation for Duchovny's bad performing in XIII, even though he's a great actor, a great performer in my opinion. If you get past Duchovny's bad performing, you'll find that the others are great and I think that this game is more special that many other FPS around there, for being so long! We can't find FPS games like XIII around there... at least not much... But I've always been dreaming of playing another game which could be in the same style of Strife. Heard of? Well, play XIII if you like FPS games... and comic book style graphics also...

Amazing gameplay, great gadgets, cool visuals and storytelling.

Mediocre plot and voice acting.

Horrible save system. I mean horrible! Might be the worst part of the game because you can't save manually and everytime you fail (or die) you restart from the previous checkpoint.

8/10 want to play the sequel!!