XIII

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%

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!!

I played the demo at a game exhibition. The whole cartoon thing is a really cool idea and I was pumped at the prospect of playing the full game.

The story is long and tedious, its full of flashback scenes in a sad parody of Max Payne... entirely boring, no movement to speak of and totally unskippable.

The weapons stink, both shotguns are slow to reload, rendering them totally useless in gunbattles.

More than anything else, the pathways aren't at all clear, so you spend hours wondering where the hell you're supposed to go next.

A great idea spoilt by rotten designers.

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.

The only way to make the game slightly harder is to try to go through the stealth levels completely undetected. But overall, it's way too easy to kill the soldiers, and the bosses are overall not a challenge.

I would have to disagree with the previous comment about the shotgun...that's actually one of my favorite weapons. One shot, one kill for each soldier. It's also really fun and satisfying when your shots land! :)

All in all, it's a relatively fun game and it's amusing to hear David Duchovney and Adam West doing their voice roles...they definitely add flavor to the story! I think it'd be amusing if in the middle of the game, David Duchovney would randomly say "Where's Scully?"