XIII
Rated: M for Mature, 17+ only for violence and language
Reviewed by Walter Chaw
A fairly standard first-person shooter game that, until someone betters Halo, is always doomed to bad comparisons. Its cal-based art is amazingly cool, granted, but the gameplay, while smooth, is really familiar. Essentially a James Bond title with stylized graphics, the large number of levels and nice selection of weapons don't do much to disguise the fact that this is just an aggressively ordinary shooting game that completists will enjoy, but the casual would do well to avoid. You wake without your memory, people try to kill you and someone calls you "13" - fight to stay alive and to learn the secrets of your identity. XIII is voiced by David Duchovny in his standard, laconic drawl - little else of interest including an online 16-player multi-deathmatch function that's fun, but nothing that Unreal Tournament didn't do as well years ago.
GAMEPLAY - B
GRAPHICS - A
SOUND - A
OVERALL - B
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
Rated: E for Everybody
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True Crime: Streets of LA
Rated: M for Mature Blood Gore, Mature Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Vviolence
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XXII
Rated: M for Mature Blood and Intense Violence
A great game based on the immensely popular french comic series. The game takes you inside a world of paranoia, power and conspiracies. Your job is to find out who killed the president. It starts with you waking up on a new england beach with no memory but you have XXIII tattooed on your chest. You must master covet infiltration and heavy combat to win this game. The games allows up to 16 players to play at the same time. You need a Playstateionion 2 network adapter and a broadband connection. The best part: you get to resue hoscue hostiages and hunt down terrorists.
