XIII takes you through the darkest parts of America's corridors of power, as you discover the ugliest government secrets.

The President of the United States has been assassinated. The day this happened, you woke up on a beach with no memory, and the Roman numeral XIII tattoooed across your chest.Your only clue is the key to a safe deposit box in New York. You'll journey there to learn who you are -- and discover the hideous truth about a massive conspiracy.

Your identity, the President's death and America's future are all shrouded in mystery, but somehow intertwined -- it's up to you to figure out how

Your internal sixth sense detects enemies when they come -- use your cleverness and fighting skills to take them out

Work with a dizzying array weapons, from silent crossbows to furious automatic weapons -- you can even use chairs, bottles. even enemy soldiers as human shields

Innovative new multiplayer system with new game modes like Barfight and Cover Me

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XIII has a lengthy one player mode. There are 12 levels, connected by a good story, although the plot is far from original. This can get difficult, especially because enemies always hit you.

XIII is also online. It supports up to eight players with Xbox Live. There are 30 maps, which support deathmatch, capture the flag, and team deathmatch. There is no lag at all.

XIII is one of the best FPSs on the market. As for which version is better, they all have exclusive content. The PS2 version has an exclusive multiplayer mode, but it isn't very fun. It is like deathmatch, but you have to only kill certain players. The Xbox version has 8 players online, and voice chat. The Gamecube version is the only one that has split-screen multiplayer.

Overall, XIII is a must buy.

8 of 9 found the following review helpful:

This game ROCKS!!!Dec 02, 2003

This game is by far one of the best FPS i have ever played!

Story mode is awesome with 12-15 hours of gameplay that keeps you glued to the tv.

Multiplayer mode is awesome with deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag, and a multiplayer mode exclusive to Xbox: Sabotage. Xbox live makes it even better.

The graphics are unique (cel-shaded) and are made to look like a comic book, which is where the story actually came from (a french graphic novel series).

This game will keep you you entertained for ages!

2 of 2 found the following review helpful:

Good but could be betterApr 27, 2004
By sibs
I bought this game because the creators, Ubisoft, also made Rainbox Six 3 which is an awesome game.

I just finished this game so I thought I would give a review and hopefully give others an idea of whether to buy this game.

I liked this game cause it's different that the other games out there. The comic book feel of the game is definitely a change.

The only thing i didn't like about this game was the number of stealth missions that you had to go through. Also, i wish you could go through the missions with another player. You do have the option of playing against one another of the different maps with the multiplayer option, but it's not the same as going through the missions. And you do have the option of playing this game online through Xbox Live.

All in all, it's still a pretty good game and i would recommend it.

PS: Beware of Mongoose!

2 of 2 found the following review helpful:

Bourne Identity? Some facts, and thinks twiceDec 20, 2003

A lot of people are complaining about the XIII story being a camouflaged plagiarism on the movie "Bourne Identity". That's definitely not true. The story is based on a belgium/french graphic novel by Jean van Hamme and William VanCutsem that started in the early eigthies as a comic book. There are now 14 or 15 parts of the story published with each of it around 48 pages in size. My brother owns them all for a long time and I love to read through the whole story since it incorporates a lot more than combat. It has a very intelligent and deep story for all of you that are interested in more than the fighting in this game. In fact I rate it one of the best, most fascinating, most thrilling and most political involved comic stories ever. It surely pays to look for the comic books as a deeper insight in the world of XIII.

Lots of the parts of the script of "Bourne Identity" are directly inspired by this graphic novel classic and it is more the other way round. B.I. is a rewrite for celluloid of "XIII"

1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

Not the most original game, but definetly one of the funnestAug 29, 2004
By jag22
XIII is a VERY cool game. It has a story you'll actually care about, awesome multiplayer modes (especially sabatoge) and some WAY cool graphics. This is no HALO-beater but this is still a solid entry into the crowded market of XBOX first person shooters. If you are a good gamer and want to have a challenge, play the game on the most difficult setting (it isnt that hard). The quality of this game is incredible and the weapons and everything are incredibly detailed. For example, when carrying the M60 Heavy Machine Gun, you will run slower than when you are carrying a whimpy pistol. Overall, I would give this game a 9 out of 10. This is a definite MUST BUY not only because of its quality, but because of its bargain basement price. WORD UP PZ OUT.

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