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twisty on 7/12/2003 at 10:26

Has anyone here played this yet? I've almost bought it a couple of times but have ended up picking up something else instead. I'm suprised that it hasn't been mentioned on GG since its release.

Tej on 7/12/2003 at 10:29

VIII? Or do you mean XIII?

David on 7/12/2003 at 10:39

XIII I assume.
I bought it for the PC when it came out. It's good fun, good action and some stealth that suprisingly doesn't suck. It certainly isn't deep, just a shooter with some unique things like the popup boxes when you headshot someone or using furniture to knock enemies out etc.
For those in the UK I was in GAME yesterday and saw they had XIII for £19.99 (all formats too, I think) which is a steal.
Well recommended :thumb: I look forward to the sequel which is set up in the last few minutes :)

Scots Taffer on 8/12/2003 at 14:25

Kind of like a 24 plot twist, huh?

Well I'm working my way through it although a buggy quicksave feature isn't helping me much. :(

David on 8/12/2003 at 14:36

It isn't buggy, it explains it in the manual.

Scots Taffer on 8/12/2003 at 14:44

I don't read manuals. ;)

edit: No, it doesn't explain it actually. It says yes, you have checkpoints from which you play from in retries, but it doesn't say anything about the function of the Quicksave. You press it, but you can never load from that point, it takes you back to the start of the level which is extremely irritating for example in the stealth alarm snow base level.

doctorfrog on 8/12/2003 at 17:27

I'm curious, is David Duchovney's (sp?) voice in the game, the way it is on the TV commercial? He's got a curiously young and dead-sounding voice for the way the character looks, IMHO. I'd imagined it would be more like the captain from Sealab 2020.

twisty on 8/12/2003 at 22:12

Yeah, uh XIII.

Renzatic on 8/12/2003 at 23:45

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I'm curious, is David Duchovney's (sp?) voice in the game, the way it is on the TV commercial? He's got a curiously young and dead-sounding voice for the way the character looks, IMHO. I'd imagined it would be more like the captain from Sealab 2020.

Yup, David Duchovney does the voice for XIII in the game and in the commercial. He does a great job at it, but I do agree that the voice doesn't really fit the way the character looks.

Myoldnamebroke on 9/12/2003 at 00:52

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