XIII (pronounced: Thirteen) is a first-person shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Paris and published by Ubisoft for most platforms except for the OS X version, which was published by Feral Interactive. Loosely based on the 1984 Belgian comic book XIII, the player controls (through a first-person view) the protagonist Jason Fly (XIII), a confused and amnesic man who searches for his identity throughout a comic book-style, cel-shaded world. Found stranded on a beach by a lifeguard, Fly is accused of having killed the President of the United States. The accusation later transpires as mistaken, as Fly finds himself facing a gang of 20 conspirators (“The XX”) who aim to overthrow the government. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox and OS X.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | 800 MHz Pentium® III, AMD Athlon™ or equivalent | Intel Pentium III / AMD Athlon MP |
| VRAM | 256 MB | |
| RAM | 128 MB of RAM | 128 MB |
| OS | Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP (only) | Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP (only) |
| Graphics Card | 32 MB DirectX® 8.1-compliant video card that supports Hardware T&L; ATI® Radeon™ family (models 7000-9800) and NVIDIA® GeForce™ family (models 2-FX) supported | nVidia GeForce 6200 LE / AMD Radeon Xpress 1200 Series |
| Direct X | DirectX 8.1 | DX 8 |
| SOUND CARD | DirectX 8.1-compliant 16-bit sound card | DirectX 8.1-compliant 16-bit sound card |
| HDD Space | 1.2 GB free space needed to install and play | 1.2 GB |
| CD-ROM | 4x or better (not recommended for use with CD-RWs) | 4x or better (not recommended for use with CD-RWs) |
| Game Analysis | The game centres on the main character, who has awakened with amnesia, using a variety of weapons and gadgets to uncover the mystery of his identity. The characters and weaponry in XIII are cel-shaded, giving a deliberately comic book style appearance, including onomatopoeic words contained in bubbles for sound effects, for example when an RPG explodes, the word "BAAOOOM" shows up close to where the explosion occurred. | |
| High FPS | 200+ FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
| Note | Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse | |
| Optimization Score | 10 | |
