E3 2003: XIII Xbox Hands On/Screens News

Ubi Soft have certainly got a strong show at E3 this year, one of their hottest titles on show was XIII for all formats.<br><br>We got the chance to sit down with the developers whilst trying our hardest to perform head-shots to various enemy targets.<br><br>XIII is a new first person shooter that uses the overly-popular cell-shadding technology. However it works really well and creates a fantastic comic-style appearance.<br><br>The action is fast and the gameplay moves along effortless, with the use of cut-scenes slowing the action down. The developers have used pop-up windows to highlight key actions/events in the game. One example saw us walking along a moutain side next to a river, in the top left hand corner a new window appeared showing a boat approaching with a group of enemies. The use of these windows is unique to XIII, the Xbox versions allows for animated scenes within the windows whereas the PlayStation 2 version only has static screens.<br><br>We shall be bringing you a full Hands On Preview shortly.