Pariah

primesuspect

Anyone play the MP demo? It's not bad. It feels very halo-like. Kinda slow, less arcade-y than UT.

I think maybe I'll get it when it comes out. Hopefully it has a good story to go along with the decent graphics. I hope it's not a HL2 ripoff.

If you download the MP demo, I've been playing a lot lately. I'm "grrbles"

HeartSmasherElite

Download Swat 4 mp demo, battlefield 1942 & btf1942 secret weopons mp

these games are even more fun

FormFactor

Ill grab it, and let ya know what I think... after work. are there vehicals in it?

primesuspect

Yeah, the vehicles are fun. There's not much to the demo - only Team DM, CTF, and a gametype called "front line assault" where you push forward to fight over checkpoints. Sorta like domination.

There are only two vehicles in the demo. A single man motorbike with a gun and a two man warthoggish sort of thing with machine guns and rocket launchers.

It's a fun game. Not too indepth, but the weapon upgrade system is sweet.

Trogan

I'm downloading it now from gigex.com

topherice

I'm downloading it now.

FormFactor

I finally got a chance to get some play time in.

I really dug the graphics a lot, and the special effects are rad too! Like when a rocket hits the ground and explodes, a lot of dirt and debris goes flying around.

It felt a lot like I was playing an unreal mod or something though. A great game to jump in and play a few rounds of when you dont have a lot of time.

Personally I am not a huge fan of Unreal. I dont dislike it, and I do play it once in a while, but I was never very enthusiastic about it like I was about the Battlefield games. But I can definately see how UT fans could dig this game.

primesuspect

It's a bit slow paced for me, not boom boom boom like UT. But I do like the weapons upgade deally. ALthough you end up being reduced to going around desperately looking for weapon cores until you have enough to get level 3 of whatever gun you have - because before that, the guns are useless

Also, the fall damage is ridiculous and needs to be fixed. I got hurt from walking down some stairs

Hawk

I still miss the original UT engine. Even in the next versions 2003-2004 UT's they're sluggish when you run jump etc. Everything they have made since then seems like your the pilsbury doughboy. Slow and lumbering. can't figure out why they stopped using the original UT engine. Other than the sluggishness, I like Pariah. Graphics, layout, design, weapons & upgrade, vehicles all be it, only 2 in the demo. I just hope they (the designers) can figure out how to make it faster. I was really spoiled on the original UT.
Even tried Quake, but that had the sluggish feeling to it too. Then the new UT's came out, I swore they used the Quake engine in them because they felt the same.

profdlp

primesuspect wrote:

...Also, the fall damage is ridiculous and needs to be fixed. I got hurt from walking down some stairs

Wait until you're my age. That sort of crap happens all the time.

TheSmJ

I played it weeks ago (although only a couple times). It felt like a wierd UT2k4 mod. Wasn't that much fun IMO.

HeartSmasherElite

which mp are you talking about pariah or btf 1942

TheSmJ

HeartSmasherElite wrote:

which mp are you talking about pariah or btf 1942

...Huh?

primesuspect

this entire thread is about Pariah, so clearly we are talking about BF1987

topherice

primesuspect wrote:

this entire thread is about Pariah, so clearly we are talking about BF1987

HeartSmasherElite

I know I was just checking if anyone was awake when I posted it.

I played the game it was pretty cool
I like the realism

primesuspect

Well GoGamer was having a 48-hour-madness sale and I got sucked in, as usual. I picked up Pariah for $14.90, figured wtf i'll give it a shot.

It sucks.

The multiplayer is alright, but the single player is just so.... bleh.

unoriginal, poor voice acting, and a totally nebulous and confusing storyline. You never quite know what's going on. The story is pretty much pointless. You just shoot your way through and end up not paying attention. The script writer must have been a kid or something - they got a thrill from using lots of "f words" and other swearing - so much so that it seems totally contrived, like "look, we're swearing cause we can". It's really stupid.

The game is interesting only for the purpose of having a fresh new single player FPS to play through. Some of the weapons are fun, but there's just not enough game there to keep my interest. I beat it in two days.

If you can find it for $10, it might be worth it for the multiplayer (i still have fun with the multiplayer, but it's no different from halo or UT). Otherwise, stay away from this stinker.

That's my mini-review for the week

TheSmJ

You haven't tried the single player demo before buying it? It's been out for a month or two.

tcith

The review in Australian Personal Computing - August 05 (reproduced sections are without permission)

This is not the complete article - just some highlights

"Pariah, finally a case of truth in advertising.

It takes a great deal of moxie to give your game a title that has negative connotations. And lets face it "Pariah" doen't excatly fill you with confidence, does it? Admittedly, it is not as bad as being named "Steaming Pile" but even so, surrounded by the games such as "Unreal", it does look a little pessamistic.

With good reason, it turns out. The primary complaint lies with the Pariah's engine. It's modern version of the Unreal engine - a commonly used graphic powerhouse, with a great deal of scalability across different specs. But in the case of Pariah, the designers we obviously so impressed with the look of Unreal2004 they didn't really spend much time altering things. So the terrain looks spookily similiar to UT2004, whilst the characters look different, only worse...Ouch.

So perhaps the playing style is different? Well, it is, but not in a good way - it's actually slower than the game that inspired it and the netcode, so critical is fast-action shooters, is poor too. Weapons lack impact, and half the time online you won't know if it's your aim, the game or merely the dodgy weapons that are so crapulent.

Couple this with a story line that jumps more than a crusty demon nad you have a recipe for a big fat mess. Appartently your a doctor whose screw-ups have seen him assigned as a nurse to a virus-laden patient due for transportation. When your transport gets shot down, your charge heads for the hills, with you in hot pursuit. And that's about the point where logic surrentders to the cruel mistress that is the game development pragmatism and tough deadlines.

Pariah's action sequencing isn't aided by the fact that it's also a console release title. Too many compromises have had to be made in the way the game unfolds, along with it's derivitive look and dodgy execution, to make it worthy of anything more than a bargain bin purchase at best"

Upsides: If you haven't spent money on it, that's good......
Downsides: ... if you have, that's bad.

Two stars out of Five