Homoludens Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 English XIII Demo [August 07, 2003, 1:11 PM EDT] The English-language single player demo for XIII is now available, offering a sample of Ubi Soft's upcoming cel-shaded Unreal-engine shooter, a bit earlier than the "middle of August" that was recently predicted. The demo offers two levels for an 80MB download, which is available from Gamer's Hell. Ha! For those of you too lazy to learn French. "Merde! Incroyable!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixor Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Woooo! Downloading now; thanks for the heads up Trep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egarthen Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homoludens Posted August 7, 2003 Author Share Posted August 7, 2003 "Spread the love, baby. I said spread 'em!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixor Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Wow! I really, really like the style. It's not too polished with my crappy video card, but I'm definitely glad I checked it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleto4_ryan Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 may i start drooling again.....? god....is there anything more to do when we look at those photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homoludens Posted August 14, 2003 Author Share Posted August 14, 2003 Yes. Start saving your pennies so you can buy the full game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Holy crap, the game *does* have a lot of style. I really dig the music. But why, oh, why do they have to use freaking Comic Sans MS as the default font?! That just makes me wanna go "Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan". Comic Sans MS is anything but stylish, in fact it's the worst font they could have ever chosen. (Do you know there's a Society Against Comic Sans MS? Well, there is, and they're doing a lot of good work. Down with Comic Sans MS!) Anyways, can anyone tell me what you're supposed to do in the second level? I try to sneak out the door just as I see the guards turning their back to me on the security camera, but they keep catching me every time. Can anyone give a hint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ysbreker Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Whip out your gun and blast them... they use weapon slots 8 and 9 I believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Ah. And I kept thinking you had to sneak through it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burge Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Seems pretty damn cool to me. Held my interest. And I'm stuck on the Military Base after you go up the lift and kill ppl and then need to find the keys. Where are the ****ing keys?11?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homoludens Posted August 14, 2003 Author Share Posted August 14, 2003 Originally posted by Marek Anyways, can anyone tell me what you're supposed to do in the second level? I try to sneak out the door just as I see the guards turning their back to me on the security camera, but they keep catching me every time. Can anyone give a hint? ...And I kept thinking you had to sneak through it You have a crossbow, Marek honey. Use it. I've used glass shards to wound guards before finishing them off with the pistol, I've snuck up and successfully brained them with chairs and bottles, I've even thrown stuff to distract them. Yes, the stealth component does work, not in the same way as Thief or Splinter Cell, but more like NOLF2 or Deus Ex (w/ minor skill upgrades). As far as the lean function, if the full game doesn't provide it, use the combination of XIII's 'sixth sense' (that tiny pulsating circle on the lower left of your HUD), the 'tap Tap TAP' of the guards, and quickly strafing from and back to your hiding place (as in NOLF1). Try these in the demo. In the military base level, go into the cold storage room and grab the chair. Crouch sneak to the corner just before the elevator. When the guard looks the other way sneak up to him and bash him. Later on, when you finally let General Carrington out of his holding cell, grab the chair and wait for him to lure the guard in. If you time it well you'll be able to brain the guy with the chair. More tips: the fire extinguishers and metal drums of flammable liquid can be blown up with a couple of shots, killing or severely injuring whomever are close enough. Also, did you guys know you can carry bodies? Holster your weapon and train the cursor onto a body. If a grasping hand icon appears, press enter/action, and you'll pick it up and carry it. You can also use enemies as human shields, but I don't know how to do it in the demo. You can do pistols akimbo, too. In the military base level there is a pistol on a table in the room you lowered yourself into with the grappling hook. The second pistol is in one of the lockers in the guards' sleeping quarters. Pick it up, choose it from your inventory, and then right click. Akimbo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burge Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 This game is frustrating (IS A SAVE FUNCTION REALLY TOO MUCH TOO ASK??111) but it's style keeps me on drawing me back and I also like the different strategies you have to employ to kill certain enemies. There's a very good chance I'll be checking out the full ver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corley Motors Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 I downloaded it, but I can't play it:( Because when I was starting it up, it said it needed 32 bit color to play, so I went to change the color to 32 bit, but all I have is 16 and 24 bit. Can anyone help me? BTW, I have XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homoludens Posted August 24, 2003 Author Share Posted August 24, 2003 Sorry, Corley, but I don't think the game supports 16 or 24 bit, and your OS has nothing to do with it, your graphics card is old (at least as far as the next wave of games). In the menu the option is set to 32, and it doesn't slide down from there. Most new games require 32 bits to run now, even Syberia recommends it so you can enjoy the subtle colour palettes. I highly recommend you upgrade your graphics card, even if you're mostly into adventure games. Upcoming titles like Broken Sword 3 and Syberia 2 will most likely require 32 bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huz Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 Ooh, interesting demo - I like the style. What I like less is the way my character continually strafes to the right, though - any tips on how to fix it appreciated! Off for more side-stepping fun in the Military Base, anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homoludens Posted August 24, 2003 Author Share Posted August 24, 2003 I never had that strafing problem, Huz. Try rebooting Windows. It seems other people have had little problems like sound popping and such, and once they rebooted everything was fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huz Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 Oops - I (lazily) had only tried logging off and on again - rebooting fixed it. Thanks! Top update - bastard! Now it's crashed! Ah well, quality game. My stealth skillz need some practice though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corley Motors Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 Thanks Homs Since I'll need to buy a new graphics card or whatever to play the demo, I'll probably just wait 'till it comes to consoles, because I'm not really a PC gamer(I hate having to upgrade a certain hardware everytime I buy a new PC game. I'll play low requirement games like Roller Coaster Tycoon and stuff though.). Thankies though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 I liked the demo a lot. It has style and is original, although it is not like the (belgian ) comic at all. The comic is one of the best around nowadays. Great drawings and an intriguing story! Especially the first albums are very good. Read it if you have the chance! (The story writer also writes Thorgal (there's a Thorgal game) and Largo Winch (TV series)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huz Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 Bah, curse stylishly addictive FPS games everywhere. How do you lower yourself down the pit with the electricity and the unreachable hook and the guard and the falling to your death EVERY TIME?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homoludens Posted August 27, 2003 Author Share Posted August 27, 2003 Here's what to do, Huz. When the electric charges briefly stop, lower yourself to just below the bottom most conduits, whip out the crossbow, wait for the guard directly below to step into the middle of the room (right under you), and snipe him with a head shot. It's very important that you hit him the first time, or he'll see you and take cover. After killing him, lower yourself just a tiny bit more. You'll see the cartoon words 'tap Tap TAP' emitting from the second guard on the catwalk. Remember, the 'taps' stop when he stops, he may not be able to spot you while he's walking, so timing is crucial. If you're good enough you can kill him with your assault rifle (it looks like a M4 to me) or a well timed grenade from its launcher. If you want to do it hardcore and not quicksave/load use the swinging on your grapple hook; you'll be a harder target doing so, and you can time your shots with the swings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burge Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 Originally posted by Homoludens If you want to do it hardcore and not quicksave/load use the swinging on your grapple hook; you'll be a harder target doing so, and you can time your shots with the swings. You can save?!? How the **** did you do it? I completed the whole thing without saving once. It was hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homoludens Posted August 27, 2003 Author Share Posted August 27, 2003 No no! Sorry if I made it sound like you could, but the demo doesn't have a quicksave function. What I meant was that if you're in a hardcore playing mood pretend that it has a quicksave option but don't use it at all, forcing to you really be resourceful, cunning, and exploitative of your environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twifkak Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 You've confused me. We're supposed to pretend that there's a quicksave function just so we can then not use this imaginary quicksave function, and trick ourselves into thinking that we're hardcore, when really, we're doing nothing different except lying to ourselves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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