XIII is a cel-shaded first-person shooter based on the popular Belgian cult comic created by Jean Van Hamme and illustrated by William Vance. The game is loosely based on the first five comics. The main theme of the game is based on Robert Ludlum's book The Bourne Identity, and features a man who is suffering from amnesia and quite possibly involved in the recent assassination of the President of the United States. The hero knows almost nothing except that he must be important, since everyone is trying to kill him. Gradually uncovering the mystery, the hero, learns more about his secret agent past and his curious name: XIII.

The player unravels clues, trying to solve a conspiracy set in an environment that breathes a comic book ambiance. Footsteps and shots are visualized in text and actions: for example, head shots are shown in a series of still images. Aside from that, the game I has all the typical FPS elements: both stealth and action, more than fifteen weapons (shotguns, crossbows, rifles, ...), interaction with environmental objects and plenty of enemies in levels spread all over the world. During the game, the player can learn a number of skills such as silent walking, lockpicking and dual weapons handling.

[edit description | view history]

Alternate Titles

"杀手十三" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"XIII: le jeu vidéo" -- French title
"Thirteen" -- Common title
"Shashou Shisan" -- Chinese title

[add alternate title]

Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Thirteen XIII	Windows
	XIII		$5.99
	XIII
Please select your country: Not an American user?

User Reviews

High on Graphic, Low on Novel	Terrence Bosky (5239)
Best attempt at a playable comic book yet	Paul Sinnett (496)
A fantastic FPS. Blew away all my expectations.	kbmb (399)
It looked great and played terribly.	Ricky Pugh (7)	unrated

[review game]

The Press Says

GamesFire	Feb 02, 2004	91 out of 100	91
GameStar (Germany)	Oct 30, 2003	86 out of 100	86
Gamigo	Nov 19, 2003	8.6 out of 10	86
Gamesmania	Nov 04, 2003	82 out of 100	82
UOL Jogos	Nov 25, 2003		80
Joystick (French)	Nov, 2003	8 out of 10	80
Game Chronicles	Dec 27, 2003	7.6 out of 10	76
2404.org PC Gaming	Jan 06, 2004	7 out of 10	70
GameSpy	Nov 24, 2003		60
Gamekult	Nov 21, 2003	6 out of 10	60