Unique comic-book cel-shaded style
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“The cel-shading and action panels remain a visual masterstroke. It’s like playing through a European graphic novel.”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗
XIII - Classic
Worth buying? What 291 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 291 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Ubisoft Paris Studio2020FPS · Stealth · Action
$12.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 41 min ago
The verdict
A stylish cel-shaded comic-book spy shooter with a great soundtrack and story, but clunky gunplay, a punishing save system and a port needing fan patches. Skip it if you dislike dated mechanics or tinkering.
Great for
Fans of retro shooters, comic-book style and 007-like spy stories who don't mind patching and tinkering
Main risk
Broken saves, sparse checkpoints and a port needing fan fixes can cost hours of progress and patience
What players love
Engaging spy conspiracy story
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The storyline is interesting - slowly discovering who is involved in a conspiracy and diving into the rabbit hole of the operation behind it kept me invested.”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗
Great jazzy soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“the excellent jazz soundtrack straight out of a James Bond film”
Steam review · 9.1 h played ↗
Better than the remake
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Costs 17 times less than XIII Remake, and is 100 times better.”
Steam review · 62.7 h played ↗
Fun weapon variety and improvised weapons
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Heck, you can even weaponize [i]chairs[/i].”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Runs well on Steam Deck/Linux
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“it runs perfectly on Deck”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Broken or misleading save/checkpoint system
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“It is an autosave system without the save. If you "save" you only save your last "checkpoint".”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Needs fan patches/mods to run on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Mid and not worth the retarded hurdle to get it working on modern rigs”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Broken mouse and no widescreen/resolution support
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The mouse works in the menu but not in the actual game.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Weak, inaccurate gunplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The bullet spread is RIDICULOUS, especially for a game that places enemies so far away from you all the time.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
Frustrating forced stealth sections
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Almost every level requires that you "without getting detected" which means that if you kill even one person that'll raise an alarm.”
Steam review · 19.1 h played ↗
Cutscenes without sound and bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“None of the cutscenes had any audio, and the mouse was extremely inconsistent in menus.”
Steam review · 7.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 / 8 / 10
Processor1.8 GHZ or faster
Memory1 GB RAM
Graphics3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
OSTBC
ProcessorTBC
MemoryTBC MB RAM
GraphicsTBC
StorageTBC MB available space
OSWindows 7 / 8 / 10
Processor1.8 GHZ or faster
Memory1 GB RAM
Graphics3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c
Storage2 GB available space
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