Microids have introduced that the notoriously terrible XIII remake is getting a remake later this yr, alongside a Nintendo Swap port.
Initially developed by PlayMagic, the remake of the beloved cel-shaded shooter XIII launched on Home windows PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One again in November 2020 to common criticism. The sport was a buggy mess on launch, with frequent complaints about cutscenes not taking part in, scripted occasions not triggering, damaged physics, efficiency woes, and quite a few different points. Now, Microids hopes to make issues proper with a complete overhaul and Nintendo Swap launch on September thirteenth.
Over a yr in the past, Microids contracted French developer Tower 5 to utterly remake the XIII remake and convey it to Nintendo Swap. This overhaul can be a free replace to the sport and guarantees to repair the varied points players complained about on launch. The replace will even tweak the artwork fashion to make it extra devoted to the unique, and eventually introduce the promised multiplayer mode.
Yow will discover a trailer for the upcoming Nintendo Swap model beneath.
Yow will discover a rundown (through Steam) beneath:
WHO ARE YOU, REALLY?
XIII is a remake of the cult first-person motion sport that was initially launched in 2003. You play as “XIII”, a person with out an identification, in a solo marketing campaign with quite a few twists and turns. Impressed by the eponymous graphic novel, the sport contains a utterly reinvented and distinctive cel-shading design. In XIII, gamers may also participate in fierce multi-player fights.The nation stays in a state of shock following the assassination of President Sheridan. You get up, wounded and with amnesia, on a abandoned seaside on the east coast. The one clues as to your identification are a tattoo of the quantity XIII close to your collarbone and a locker key. Despite the fact that your reminiscence is failing, you uncover that you’ve got the reflexes of a extremely skilled skilled fighter. You set off seeking your previous, discovering that you just performed a task within the homicide of the President of the US of America, and revealing probably the most astounding conspiracy ever hatched within the nation’s historical past.
Options:
- The remake of the 2003 cult FPS initially launched on PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo Gamecube.
- A brand new creative course that respects the unique work and its iconic cel-shading design.
- Quite a few references to the eponymous graphic novel, with onomatopoeia, speech bubbles, panels and extra.
- Music and voices from the unique model.
- A conspiracy-based plot with quite a few twists and turns.
- Various gameplay with motion, infiltration and exploration phases.
- A panoramic solo marketing campaign with 34 ranges.
- A brutal arsenal of 15 weapons to get your reminiscence again.
- Fierce multi-player fights.