WTMG’s Leo Faria: “I made sure to replay the original XIII on the Gamecube while playing this remake, and to my surprise, that one still holds up. It’s faulty, that’s for sure, but its issues were mostly a consequence of the technical limitations of the time, not sheer incompetence. The XIII remake is best described as absolutely incompetent. A game from 2020 shouldn’t look, play, sound, and perform worse than a 2003 title that wasn’t even that hardware demanding back in the day to begin with. I am baffled with how unfinished and unpolished this game is. I may have played worse games this year, but I seriously doubt any of them, be it Fast & Furious or Road Bustle, infuriated me as much as this remake. The more I play it, the more I loathe it.”
