PC gamers: Try the XIII demo yet?

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http://www.gamershell.com/news_BXIIIBDemo.shtml
Oh lord. Talk about a game just oozing style. Haven’t seen a game with this much style since Grim Fandango. Anyway it’s a cel-shaded graphic novel-style FPS from Ubisoft. Great jazz soundtrack. It’s actually based on some french graphic novel. It’s a must see if you like FPS and/or graphic novels.

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I was just playing it last night, actually. Pretty cool. Then I downloaded the Tron 2.0 demo. T’hell with XIII! XIII don’t have lightcycles!

(I’ll probably still end up buying 'em both, though.)

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Lately, I’ve been more into FPS games with less scripting and more RPG elements (Deus Ex 2 is the one I’m waiting for). That said, the unique style of XIII drew me in. Particularly liked the visual “tap…tap…TAP” warning you of approaching enemies.

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Hmmm…I was just over at Gamers Hell in another window looking for a demo to download.

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll let you know what I think later.

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I gave it a spin.

You are right the music was cool. I am a big fan of ultra-realism in an FPS such as the Rainbow Six stuff or Splinter Cell or even Wolfenstein to some extent. Needless to say, I was underwhelmed by the whole comic book style presentation. My main bitch was the hit system. Many times a target was far enough away that your reticle cmpletely covered him. Accurate hits were not possible. It seemed somewhat random if a shot would hit even though the reticle was on. Probably that one thing alone is enough to ruin it for me.

That said, it did have a very nice style just as you said in the OP. Interesting approach to the FPS genre thats for sure.

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Neat game. I rather liked the style.

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I’ve probably put more hours into the Rainbow Six line of games than any other. Mostly in Rogue Spear though all the latest incarnations are also by Ubisoft. I can’t stand games that don’t have a one headshot/one kill system anymore. Luckily this game has that. I thought the hit/collision system was actually pretty good. There was that one part on the beach where the targets were pretty far away but watching them fall off the cliff in a different frame was priceless.