XS (DOS)

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Description

In the far future, gladiator-style blood sports were revived. The hero of the game gets informed of them through an associate, whom he believes to be dead. In order to get to the bottom of the mystery, he has to become a player in those cruel battles, where only the most ruthless survive. Everyone fights to death, because the loser's fate is worse than just death - the meat of defeated contestants is used in fast-food burgers...

XS is a first-person shooter that consists entirely of these gladiatorial arena battles, in a certain way simulating deathmatch competitions in a single-player frame. The player has to fight through a number of rounds of free-for-all combat, being able to choose two weapons before a match begins. Otherwise, the game follows standard FPS rules, with strafing, jumping, occasional platform-hopping, etc.

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Alternate Titles

• "XS: The Game that stalks back!" -- Tag-lined title
• "XS: Shield Up, Fight Back" -- European tag-lined title

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Sound engine: AIL/Miles Sound System
• Theme: Future sports / Brutal sports

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Critic Reviews

All Game Guide	1998		80
PC Player (Denmark)	1996	78 out of 100	78
PC Action	Jan, 1997	68 out of 100	68
PC Games (Germany)	Feb, 1997	66 out of 100	66
PC Player (Germany)	Mar, 1997		60
PC Joker	Feb, 1997	57 out of 100	57
GameSpot	Feb 18, 1997	4.9 out of 10	49
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Jul, 1997		40
Power Play	Feb, 1997	39 out of 100	39
Gamezilla	Aug 17, 2000	30 out of 100	30

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Trivia

Banned in Germany since 28.06.97

Related Web Sites

• XS - SHIELDS UP - FIGHT BACK - SCI (official game page at the SCi Games website from 1996, archived by the Wayback Machine)