Terrible Remake Is Being Remade All Over Again
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In 2003, a shooter referred to as XIII was launched. Based on a sequence of Belgian graphic novels, it tried one thing distinctive (for the time) by emulating the comedian’s cel-shaded look, and whereas it wasn’t the best shooter ever made, it was nonetheless extremely cool, shortly incomes itself cult standing.
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Then, seventeen years later, the whole lot went to hell. A remake of the sport was launched, and it shortly grew to become one of many worst examples of this type of enterprise (at the very least till this month, anyway). It was so dangerous, the truth is, that everybody concerned ended up issuing an apology, saying that, “XIII does not meet our quality standards,” and that, “the pandemic has impacted the game’s production on many levels.”
As a refresher, right here’s how I described it:
I’ve put in the sport and tried it out, and yeah, they’re proper. It’s dangerous. Animations are inconsistent (typically wonderful, typically nearly non-existent), the sound is horrible, the “upgraded” visuals really detract from the unique’s whole cel-shaded enchantment, and the builders have inexplicably modified key options of the sport, like swapping out the previous capacity to hold each gun for a restricted variety of slots.
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And listed here are a number of the Steam opinions on the time:
Most disappointing remake of a sport I’ve ever had the misfortune of enjoying. A downgrade from the unique in each conceivable method.
This remake is the laziest and essentially the most disrespectful product I’ve ever seen in my life, a real spit within the face of each XIII fan.
Don’t purchase this sport. Play the unique. At its present state, this one is by no means price full value.
Absolutely the worst “remake” I’ve ever performed.
Now, this could usually be the purpose the place everybody concerned eats shit, the sport goes away, and all of us get on with our lives (particularly for the reason that unique sport continues to be out there for pocket change). But publishers Microids simply won’t let this go, and so 18 months after the remake’s nightmare launch they’ve introduced that they’re mainly going to strive it another time. Only this time with new builders who’ve spent a yr remodeling the 2020 launch into one thing extra acceptable.
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Original studio PlayMagic are gone, changed by French studio Tower Five, and in an announcement launched on the sport’s Steam web page Microids say (emphasis mine):
To obtain the standard requirements and provide an optimum gaming expertise, Microids determined to entrust the event of XIII Remake to the French studio Tower Five (Lornsword: Winter Chronicle). Hard at work for greater than a yr on a serious replace. This replace might be launched on September thirteenth.
On that date, homeowners of the sport will obtain a free replace and benefit from the sport as supposed. The improvement studio reworked your entire sport from the Art Direction to the AI and added quite a few technical enhancements.
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Specifically, a few of these “numerous” enhancements embody (by way of this picture accompanying the assertion) a reworked HUD and “revamped sound design.” I…can not consider one other time this has occurred, particularly on this timeframe, so it’ll be fascinating to test the sport out in September to see how far it’s come.
Screenshot: Microids