Developer: Digital Extremes | Publisher: Hip | Format: Xbox (PC)
Reviewer: Craig Gallagher There’s an over abundance of quality first person shooters available. From Halo to Riddick, game shop shelves are full of great FPS demanding your time and money. So, is Pariah worth your time or money?
Like last years XIII, Pariah is being sold on a story driven plot. The story is the basic generic science fiction plot #23; your transport ship carrying an infected prisoner is shot down over a prison-colony planet. Your character, Dr. Jack Mason and the prisoner Karina survive the impact. And soon you are traversing the landscape, shooting people and, continuously crossing paths with Karina as you search for an escape.
The Karina character is supposed to act as an emotional focal point to the gameplay but ends up getting lost in the muddle narrative which doesn’t really expand on the initial premise.
While the story may not be very interesting the gameplay sure is. The action is fast, furious and a hell of a lot of fun. Unlike some FPS ammo conservation is never an issue. There’s an over abundance of it scattered around the landscape, allowing you to blow the shit into everything that moves and some things that don’t.
Pariah is one of the most beautifully crafted environments this reviewer has ever seen in a game. You will at spend time doing nothing more than trying to get to higher view points just so that you can take in the environment.
Over all Pariah is a worthy addition to any gaming collection, but it just misses out on classic status. Next time the developers should spend more time on the story and a little less time on hyping the game. [Hype, isn’t that not caused by PRs and journalists? - ed]
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