{"id":5420,"date":"2022-09-20T19:48:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T00:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/?p=5420"},"modified":"2022-09-20T19:48:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T00:48:27","slug":"revisiting-history-with-the-xiii-remake-first-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/revisiting-history-with-the-xiii-remake-first-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting history with the XIII remake: First impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I wish I could say I had fond memories of the original XIII, but honestly.. I never got to play more than a brief portion of a demo when it came out. I just didn’t have a machine with enough beef to play it: The post-processing to create a simple comic-book style visual also required a little more than what I could summon in my gaming rig at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So much fun watching them fall like this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Still, it stood out among a number of noir titles of my youth.. No One Lives Forever, Max Payne, and XIII were iconic, each in their own way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What amuses me even further is that a XIII remake flew completely under the radar for me: I had no idea it existed until last week. While sick as a dog, I saw a news story about a remake of the remake fixing all the gripes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needless to say, I have a rig that can play it now, so I bought it, and just now had some time to sit down and give it a bit of a play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Taking a hostage: An interesting strategy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have to say, first impressions? It’s.. Interesting. It really plays like a game from that era plays, down to the 100 hitpoints, the ability to carry numerous firearms, and the occasional iffy communication as to what you’re supposed to be doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The game never told me to let the hostage go.. Or how. So, I carried her all the way to the end of this level until I figured out I could karate-chop her to drop her.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’ve got no doubt that they’ve fixed a lot of issues from the initial release about 2 years ago. I also have noticed there is still some jank here and there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, at least initially.. I’m feeling OK about it. It honestly feels like a game from my youth with just a bit of extra polish for a modern era.. And now I’m a little older, a little wiser, and more appreciative of stealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The aforementioned karate chop: It was effective.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Part of me wants to take my time here and really savor the experience.. Gaming felt much different to me in the past, and I was a little less cynical back then than I am now (and I was also more willing to put up with 20 FPS framerates and awful graphics back then).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come back for the full review later on, where I’ll break it down in full.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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