XIII
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 player…
XIII is a puzzle developed by Ubisoft Paris, released 18 November 2003 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Mac. It currently starts at $1.95 at GOG. The main story takes about 10.8 hrs to finish.
What XIII is
XIII is a puzzle game developed by Ubisoft Paris and released in 2003. It was published by Feral Interactive. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The President of the United States of America has been assassinated and you're the world's prime suspect. The FBI, the CIA, and a gang of murderous killers are trying to hunt you down. Stricken with amnesia you remember nothing, not even who you are. You're on your own and there is no one you can trust. All you have is a safe deposit key, a mysterious tattoo, and a gun. Clear your name, solve the mystery, and catch the true assassin before he strikes again.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, stealth and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 40 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the XIII series
XIII is the first of 5 entries we hold in the XIII series. The next entry was XIII in 2004.
How it was received
XIII holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 148 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10.8 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $1.95, that works out to about $0.18 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz (4 CPUs), 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 3GB+ // Radeon 4GB+. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.95 at GOG, 85% below its usual price.
What it launched against
XIII launched on 18 November 2003, within three weeks of Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for XIII yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Remakes
Quick answers
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