XIII Multiplayer Demo

by **Buliwyf** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 6:29 pm

posted by IGN:

Get ready for it, guys. It's just minutes away. (And if you didn't already see, the multiplayer demo is making its exclusive debut right here on IGN.)

for those that have IGN insider.

by **Matt174e** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 8:47 pm

Bah, i'll find ways around the exclussive crap, do they expect us to sign up to all these sites for money just to get demos.

by **Drax** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 8:50 pm

whats XIII???

by **Mugzy** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 9:02 pm

Cool, have not heard of this one.. Looks cool! http://www.gamezone.com/gzreviews/p20011.htm

Homepage:
http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/xiii/

by **supersTring** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:00 am

thx for the head's up

fileplanet's hosting it too
http://www.fileplanet.com/files/130000/131078.shtml

by **Jeffro** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:30 am

Drax...wtf is that brown thing running in your avatar?

Creepy me out... :eek:

by **Mugzy** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:34 am

Well, I gave it a try and removed it.. Its all deathmatch which I just can't get into anymore..

by **Chacal** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 1:48 am

Wow. What's really cool (and isn't mentioned anywhere on the ubisoft site) is that it's based on the XIII comic book series, one of the greatest comic series in the world. It's in French (or perhaps it's being translated?). I've read them all. The game visuals closely follow the book.

You have to understand comic books in Europe (especially Belgium) are entirely different from those in the US. They are hard-cover, high-quality works of art. Pick up a "Asterix" comic book at your local bookstore and you'll see what I mean. They're like a novel: a book is usually a complete story (up to 50 letter-sized pages in color), they're designed as a book from the start, not as a daily strip. The quality of drawing is usually quite amazing. I think I'll scan a page and post it here.

What I've seen in the US is either bound collections of daily newspaper comic strips, some of which are quite good, like Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield, The Far Side and so on, or Marvel-style crap.

The XIII series add a complex and intriguing story to that visual quality. So far I believe 15 books are out, I dunno if the series is all done.

Gee, now I'll have to read it all over again.

Here's the XIII series web site (expect Flash animation).

Click on "Entrez", then after the Flash intro click on "OK" under "simple visite".

by **SilverSurfer** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:49 am

yep i read all the comics of XIII

it's one of the best comic there is at the moment

hope you guys get the chance to read it
i read all of them but i thought the series was finished but it woudn't surprise me if they release a new one

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