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Posted March 31, 2011
Say hello to XIII - probably the most unique FPS of all time. Definitely one of the best. Discover it, play it and perhaps shed a tear at the lack of a sequel.

[url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/xiii][/url]XIII is a first-person shooter based on the first five volumes of a popular Belgian comic book series. You're put in the shoes of XIII, badly wounded and with no recollection of your past. The American president has been assassinated and all of a sudden everyone's out to get you. Are you the assassin? Were you framed? Whoever you are, you must be damn important and you won't let anyone stop you from reclaiming your identity.
What makes XIII special is its comic book-style design. The characters and weapons are cel-shaded, outlines and all, and there's a whole bunch of stylish features, like visualized sound effects. Imagine shooting a gun and seeing "BLAM!" right next to the muzzle flash. Just how cool is that?
Finally, a great, involving storyline, a perfect musical score, and top-notch voice acting by such actors as David Duchovny and Adam West make XIII an absolutely epic game.
Posted March 31, 2011
I have this on PS2.

I HATE TWIN STICK FPS GAMES.

This is officially wishlisted - I'll get it as soon as I can afford to.
Posted March 31, 2011
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SimonG: Oh, and it is another Ubisoft $ 5.99 release. Looks like we are finally getting reasonable prices from Ubisoft.
It's not the prices I like most (but to be honest, Ubisoft only-10$-per-game/pack policy wasn't smart). It looks like Ubisoft is satisfied with deal they made with GOG up to this day, and I really hope we'll get more of their catalogue (Heroes Chronicles!, Prince of Persia, Panzer General). I even dare to dream of a deal made by GOG/Ubi/Atari/Hasbro which would bring us SSI crpgs.
Posted March 31, 2011
You don't call mangas "comic books", so call this by its real name : "bande dessinée".
Posted March 31, 2011
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Narushima: You don't call mangas "comic books", so call this by its real name : "bande dessinée".
Of course a frenchman suggests we use the French nomenclature rather than the English one. :-P
Posted March 31, 2011
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Narushima: You don't call mangas "comic books", so call this by its real name : "bande dessinée".
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Miaghstir: Of course a frenchman suggests we use the French nomenclature rather than the English one. :-P
Well... to be fair the comic XIII is French.
Posted March 31, 2011
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Narushima: You don't call mangas "comic books", so call this by its real name : "bande dessinée".
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Miaghstir: Of course a frenchman suggests we use the French nomenclature rather than the English one. :-P
Which is ironic, because the XIII series is Belgian. "Franco-Belge" being a term invented by the French mainly so they can count TinTin by Hergé to their BD culture.

(I'm not being entirely serious here, I agree that I shouldn't have used "comic book", but that's what the majority of the world will call them). :P
Post edited March 31, 2011 by Lafazar
Posted March 31, 2011
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Delixe: Well... to be fair the comic XIII is French.
Actually, it's Belgium ... ;-P

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Post edited March 31, 2011 by SimonG
Posted March 31, 2011
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Narushima: You don't call mangas "comic books", so call this by its real name : "bande dessinée".
Really, commander..?
The word "manga" is a well-established word and manga itself is different enough from western comics to warrant a different name, if only because it's "read backwards", so to speak.
As far as I can tell "bande dessinée" is, to all intents and purposes, just "comic strip" in French.
Does this mean that a Dassault Rafale is not a plane, but an avion? :P
Hate to break this to you, but this is the 21st century and the French language doesn't matter nearly as much as it did centuries ago... :P
Posted March 31, 2011
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Narushima: You don't call mangas "comic books", so call this by its real name : "bande dessinée".
Pfff. That chauvinism is ridiculous. William Vance and Jean Van Hamme are not even french (also, Charlier, Herge...).
Grzegorz Rosiński also made "bande dessinée"?. We are speaking in english, and european comic have a real european and occidental identity more than a narrow-minded nationalistic one.
Post edited March 31, 2011 by tejozaszaszas
Posted March 31, 2011
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Delixe: Well... to be fair the comic XIII is French.
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SimonG: Actually, it's Belgium ... ;-P

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Well I meant it was written in French ;)
Posted March 31, 2011
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SimonG: Actually, it's Belgium ... ;-P

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Delixe: Well I meant it was written in French ;)
Oh, so I suppose you are english, as most of the Irishmen.
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Miaghstir: Of course a frenchman suggests we use the French nomenclature rather than the English one. :-P
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Lafazar: Which is ironic, because the XIII series is Belgian. "Franco-Belge" being a term invented by the French mainly so they can count TinTin by Hergé to their BD culture.

(I'm not being entirely serious here, I agree that I shouldn't have used "comic book", but that's what the majority of the world will call them). :P
Yes, they also tried to make the world believe that Picasso was French.
Post edited March 31, 2011 by tejozaszaszas
Posted March 31, 2011
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tejozaszaszas: Oh, so I suppose you are english, as most of the Irishmen.
While there is an effort to revive the Irish language you would be correct I speak English. That's the result of your country being a colony of another for centuries. America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and pretty much anywhere in the world that was an English colony speaks English.

None of this changes the fact I never talked about where the book was from just that it was written in French. If XIII was written in Flemish then by all means correct me.
Posted March 31, 2011
Actually most French people would object to the word "comics" because we do use it, but only for the American superhero stuff.
And most French (or Belgian for that matter, I'd guess) people who actually like Bande Dessinée feel it's vastly superior to comics, so...

Personally, I don't care, you can call it however you like, I'm just explaining why it would be perceived as insulting.
Post edited March 31, 2011 by mystral
Posted March 31, 2011
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mystral: Most French feel vastly superior
There, I fix'd it for you. ;)
Post edited March 31, 2011 by Stumpy
Posted March 31, 2011
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mystral: Most people feel vastly superior
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Stumpy: There, I fix'd it for you. :P
THAT's more true to my experience if you want to be pedantic about it. Maybe the French are worse about it, but they're hardly unique in being arrogant
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