Remake Of Stylish Cel-Shaded Shooter XIII Coming To Switch This November

Loved this game back in the day, so glad it's getting a remake. Hope the devs do it justice.

Never heard of it, but a remake could look gorgeous, now that I watched a review of the original.

And it’s an Ubisoft game? Very strange release.

So it's remade from the ground up? Or is it just an HD remaster?

This wasn't a good game back in the day. Very bland gameplay. It sold poorly too. Odd game to remake.

Looked "Meh" back then, Will probably be meh today.

This is surprising! I loved this game back in the day and thought many people forgot about it. Glad to see that it's still remembered by some.

Loved this game i was younger might pick it up if proce is right.

Cool, i quite enjoyed the presentation of the game back in the day on the PC. Though for some reason i vaguely recall the story leaving me a bit disappointed toward the end. I think it kind of demanded a sequel but never got one,

I had only rented this one once, may check it out again if it peak my interest again.

YES!! Hopefully it does well enough to get the sequel it eluded too

Wasn't crazy about this one back in the day, but I'll give it another look if I can demo it somehow.

I'll be honest, I had this game back in the day, but I remember being really indifferent to it, outside of the cool visuals. Even on the GCN, there were way better FPS options. Even Geist I felt had a lot more going on, XIII mostly made me just want to go back to 007 Nightfire.

@NintenGuy I kind of agree. It didn’t leave a big impression when I played it initially. I noticed it does have a cult following though, with many reevaluating the game in recent years. Will likely be a modest success if they keep it 20 bucks or below.

"The idea is to revive story-driven FPS "missing in today's gaming landscape"

I guess they haven't played Metro: Exodus.

Still think this is in my closet. Remember never finishing it. The graphics at the time were cool.

This made my week. Such a great game, and very excited about this.

This one really did come out of nowhere. I played this on PC when it first released. I think I still have the PC box somewhere, ha ha. This will go well for the Switch.

Well then- that’s just... super! I’ve never played this but I remember seeing a few adverts for it back in the day. Will keep this on my radar and see if it stands up to the test of time.

I beat this on GameCube. Fun game.

XIII had great graphics, a fairly interesting story but pretty forgettable gameplay, partly due to pretty lame level design. These guys will have to step up their game.

Such a great game on the GameCube! I always hoped it would get a sequel

This could be fun. I remember enjoying playing it. I also remember liking that it ran at 60 fps. What I really wish we could get is Timesplitters 2. It had great mini games (the best version of snake I've played, and probably the best lunar lander type game also). The main game is a blast. But most of all the mini games are playable in 4 player mode, and the 4 player split screen ran at 60 fps and was addictive.

Very good news, this is a great game.

I'll keep an eye on it. But somehow a remake of Red Steel would be nicer, in my opinion. And it would be absolutely perfect for the Switch (double Joy-Con controls? with one hand aiming the gun, with the other hand using your Katana?👌)

@NintenGuy it was a great game. I have no idea what your talking about.

One game that needs remake is TimeSplitters 2 or a sequel (TS4). TS3 was not so good but ok. The sad thing is that this company Free Radical, I believe it has been bought by another company who owns Crysis ip. Unfortunately all these years, nothing has happened for TimeSplitters..

This is not a remake of Ubisoft's game.

It's a different game, based on the same comic series.
Hopefully it will stick a bit closer to the original story as well. As well as not end on a cliffhanger in the hopes of getting to do a trilogy.

XIII was a great game. One of the most hidden gem Shooters of its generation. I'm very excited for this. 🙂

I loved this title back on the original Xbox, I always thought it was underrated so whilst extremely unexpected, I'm really glad more people will have the chance to play this!

I'll pick it up if there's multiplayer, because dooms the only fps multiplayer game of any note switch has, but otherwise meh.

First Cel Damage, now this? What other Cube-era cel-shaded games will get a remake next? Simpson’s Hit & Run? Switch port of Wind Walker HD?

Enjoyed this at the time - the cell-shaded look was very cool. Might pick it up if it's a decent price. But i'm sure there are better experiences to be had

Oh! I skipped this game originally. Great announcement.

Funny, I was looking at the Gamecube game on my shelf just yesterday.

Now, can someone please remake Auto Modellista but with decent handling this time?

I really liked this one on GameCube back then.

I really enjoyed this on GameCube and shocked but pleasantly surprised to see it being remade. Hopefully it finds enough of an audience to warrant a sequel as from what I can recall it ended on a huge cliffhanger.

Loved this game back in the day!
Personally cant wait for it!!

@Dirty0814 It wasn't a great game, but if you liked it cool. Don't let my opinion upset you though.

I remember jumping on this game solely for its cool design and it did have that. Cool little things like seeing “tap tap” on the screen when someone was walking outside the door and the closeup comic panels of a headshot with a crossbow were way cool. The gameplay was a little stiff for me initially but the story, music, voice, and graphics all kept me coming back until I just grew to love the game. Great level design to. One minute you could be escaping a prison with deranged cell mates that want to frisk you and sociopathic cops, the next your having a shootout with a gang of white hoods in the KKK in a sanctuary. Loved this game and still own it. But like some have said the ending truly leaves you hanging and it needs to have a sequel to wrap this up. Not everyone liked this game and it shows seeing as we never got a sequel, but it’s getting a second chance and I love that.

This had a bit of a reputation thanks to its graphical style, and was something I considered to buy once it got cheap. Then the GC era died and it vanished from view.

Had this on the original xbox, cube and then later on the PC. Enjoyed the art style and story. I can understand why some people who like fps didn't like it because aside from some large action parts of the game most of the game could be played at a casual pace with stealth playing more of a major part than full throttle bullet action.

Looking forward to this and played the hell outta this on the Cube!!

This was a fantastic game.

This is one of my favourite FPS games! Can't wait

Now it's time for a Geist revival!!

Woo keep the gamecube era games coming ubisoft! That's when I loved you best anyway. Need a Prince of Persia Trilogy (or just sands of time... not picky really) port.

Was really hyped for it back in the day, but it turned out to be a dud. Maybe they can improve it though.

Missed this back in the day, but looking forward to it.

Part of me is excited that Gamecube games are making their way to Switch, and the other part of me is eyeing the copy of XIII I collected for Gamecube last year and haven't played yet and feeling conflicted.

Wow, this is good news, and a total surprise. XIII was a true hidden gem, back in the day. Cool story, great cell-shaded graphics (for it's time, obviously) and fun to play as well, due to the whole comics style kill shots. (the game is also based upon a comics series, so small wonder they took this approach)

I really don't understand all the negative comments. These people obviously don't know how to spot a good game, even if it would hit them straight in the face. Or they're just not into non-generic shooters or whatever...

Here's a Classic Game Room review (albeit of the PS2 version, but that's basically the same, since it was a multi-platform game) that explains why the game was so good, and why you might wanna get excited about it, in case you don't know it yet:

EDIT:
For comparison's and/or completion's sake, here's a review of the actual GameCube version:
(and like the PS2 video, also very positive about the game, by the way, even though there's a bit more criticism... )

YES YES ******* YES!!! Mate I was literally looking at the xbox version the other day like maan me and my bro used to love fighting on this game! Rushing for the m60 and full armour or camping out with the sniper. That mad little mode where you all had shotguns and had to hunt down the singing alien that could kill you with one touch and got faster and smaller every time it took a hit!

(That was some very unlovely language - Matthew010)

I enjoyed it on Gamecube at the time, not sure how it would hold up today though.

@wazlon It's probably not going to be an actual 1:1 version, though. The original game was made by Ubisoft, while this new version will be made by Microids, so the article isn't entirely correct (edit: In saying that it's a remake. It sounds more like it's a game based upon the same story, but because it's made by an entirely different company, the game will probably also be different).

It might be a completely different version, and of course, it'll more than likely look a lot better than the non-HD GameCube version.

Ubisoft please remake Viewtiful Joe as well

Ooh now there's a forgotten gem!

This was such a random greenlight and so unlike Ubisoft; to remaster a sixteen year old game everyone forgotten. Perhaps EA will join aboard and remake Freedom Fighters.

Anyways, I own XIII on PS2. Hardly touched it...probably not going to rebuy it. First Person Shooters are not my genre.

Does it have multiplayer

Yeah, yeah I remember that back when you didn't need to tell people what the Roman numeral was; when education was still a thing... way back when people got an education before a game...

Read the comics as a kid and played the game on GameCube. I remember enjoying it but in the end it was very forgettable, unlike Goldeneye 64 and Perfect Dark.

Never played before, always looked intriguing. Maybe I'll try it now?

Loved this game back in the ps2 days.. used to play splitscreen multiplayer all the time. Easily one of the most underrated FPS of all time! I’ll be buying this forsure.