XIII
A remake of the XIII game from 2003. The game is a first-person shooter where you play as Thirteen, a talented soldier who lost his memory and has been accused of killing the President of the United States…
XIII is an adventure developed by PlayMagic, released 10 November 2020 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What XIII is
XIII is an adventure game developed by PlayMagic and released in 2020. It was published by Microids. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The country is still in shock after the assassination of President Sheridan. You wake up wounded, without any memory, on a deserted beach of the west coast. The only clues to your identity are the number XIII tattooed near your collarbone and a locker key. Despite your amnesia, you discover that you have the reflexes of a fully trained professional fighter. You take the road seeking for pieces of your past, finding out that you played a role in the murder of the President of the United States and uncovering the most horrific conspiracy in the entire history of the country.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the XIII series
XIII is the fourth of 5 entries we hold in the XIII series. It arrived 9 years after XIII: Lost Identity. The next entry was XIII: Limited Edition in 2020.
How it was received
XIII holds a critic score of 48 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 25 points below the year average.
What it launched against
XIII launched on 10 November 2020, within three weeks of Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Assassin's Creed Valhalla. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
Official trailer
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