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Decent game, lacking story, and repetitive fighting

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Pariah started out with a lot of promise. The storyline seemed like it was headed towards something great. The weapons and scenery started out unique.

However, once I got to the final level, I realized that there was very little storyline. After beating the game, I realized that I wasted several hours of my life.

The scenery looks nice at first, but they you realize that there are only 4 different types of scenery that was being constantly recycled.

The weapons too seemed very similar and without much change between them. There were basic weapons such as a machine gun, shotgun, and sniper rifle... but nothing truly unique or interesting (especially for being a sci-fi game).

One good thing I can say about this game is that it was not too short and not too long. It seemed to be a good balance as far as that goes.

xbox 360

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It is a shooter game, and worth playing. Plays well on xbox 360 system.Good price.

rental at best

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I really wanted to like this game - Pariah is rather pretty with great environmental textures and decent character & vehicle models. And it has a feature that allows you to make your own maps and share them with friends. I really wanted to like Pariah. Sadly, pretty graphics and customizable maps aren't enough to make this game a winner. Pariah is clunky - character movement feels slow, especially when compared to other shooters such as Halo 2, Far Cry, and Black. And the driving segments of the game aren't much better with vehicles that are difficult at best to control. The plot is uninspired with very little character development and even fewer reasons to care about the characters. The weapons aren't particularly inspired, and they lack a certain "omph" that leaves you feeling disconnected - though the gun upgrade system is kind of neat. Enemy AI isn't too bad, but their "catch phrases" get old after hearing them for the three hundredth time. Worse, at least if you care about online play, is the lack of xBox Live support for this game - the game supports it, there's just no one playing this game online. When I logged into xBox Live to find downloadable content and a quick match, there were none to be found; so don't expect to play this game with other people unless you have three friends sitting on the couch with you. The game does give you the option to play against computer controlled bots, but those are a far cry from real people. Bottom line, not a bad game if you can get it for $10 or less, but you get what you pay for. You could do worse, or you could just pick up a copy of Halo.

Graphic is OK. The playing experience is like most other 1st person shooter. Not better. Nothing new.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The Graphic is OK. The playing experience is like most other 1st person shooter. It's not better. There's nothing new, and no excitement.

great game, excellent option to play

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game uses the same motor of unreal.

Anyone who have played half-life and anyone of their sequels maybe will like to play Pariah.

The quality of the graphs is very good and the ambient of the game and history are similar to half-life.

I finished it in two days, seems to me a good election for those who they like the series of games that consist of ending the enemy.

great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

pariah has had mixed reactions since the day it was released. but the truth is people love it. it even spawned a branch-off(warpath). it has seven upgradeable weapons a keen story and great lush graphics and game play. all in all it i quite a game.

great game that gets way too much crap

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm a guy that swears by the unreal series (particularily the original unreal and the return to na pali mission pack) so when I heard that digital extremes did another FPS, I immediately went to amazon and ordered the game.

it was only AFTER I ordered the game that I found out how much crap this game gets - and now after playing it, I wonder why there are a lot of bad reviews for it.

most of the crap it gets is for the storyline - which, I thought, was excellent. you just need to get to the last level to really understand what's going on. you're INTENDED to not have a clue until the end.

anyway, onto the gameplay...I love it. weapons are great, levels are great, and this game introduces a few cool new aspects of gameplay to the FPS scene. also, the drop-in/drop-out 2 player coop is really awesome. the only reason I gave this game 4 stars was because of the multiplayer aspect of the game. there were far too few maps - if there were more, this game would definetely rank up there with some of my favorites.

so...yeah. in a nutshell, I highly recommend this game.

Solid

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Pariah is a solid game -- nothing exceptional about it, nothing that will cause you to remember it after you've played it, but it's a good time

Pariah, the best fps' since Doom 3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Pariah has been beaten down time and time again, but the funny thing, is that it gets back up every single time. Many people say it sucks even if they haven't played it but the truth is they have no freaking clue what they are talking about.

The graphics are insanely good and the characters are way better than Halo or Halo2 COMBINED. It is a much better game than both Halo games as well.

After playing this I really think that first person shooters will actually have GOOD stories of wich Halo greatly lacked.

Multiplay is a little crazy and I only like to play it to see what kind of maps people can come up with.

I love this game and would choose it over any other fps out there. WAY, WAY better than Halo 1 or 2. I never want to put the controller down when I play this game.

Ratings

Graphics:10
Sound:10
Replayability:8
Controls:9
Drawn In Atmosphere:10
Fun:10
Multiplayer, Co-Op:10, Multiplay:7
Overall:9.25

Adios, and I'll see your maps on Xbox Live.

"Doe-Ray-Me-Fa-So long, Sucka!!!"

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: June 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Nope. This game got on my last nerve. I was absolutely compelled to take it back to the used video game shop & get my money back in less than a week. First I want to point out how annoying the voices of the AI enemies are. There are two main things they say when they notice you, being;

1)"Doe-Ray-Me-Fa-So long, Sucka!" and
2)"You can die fast or you can die slow, your choice, Doc!"

or something like that. I tell you, when you've heard each of these inane litanies for the 100th time, you get [...] After such audio masterpeices as "Halo" & even "Raze's Hell" (who ever heard that game's AI chatter?) you really see how shoddy "Pariah" is in the voice department. Graphics were just so-so. At the time the game came out, being on Xbox, this thing should've looked better. Game play just did not impress me in any way. If you are gonna do a first person shooter you need to do it really well or bring something new to the table. No such luck here.

Maybe to online Xbox Live game play is good? I did not have Xbox Live at the time I owned a copy of "Pariah" so maybe the game has a redeeming multiplayer aspect.

...That single-player story mode was for the birds.

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