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Pariah |
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Shooters |
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Digital Extremes |
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Hip Interactive |
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| Related Links: |
Coming Soon. |
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The Unreal Championship games have been held in relative high esteem since their arrival several years ago and with the success of the unreal engine being used to power these games and many others as well including games like Rainbow Six 3 have left a legacy of great playing games in their wake.
While hugely popular on the PC for obvious reason “modding” games has become a real mastery of arts and has even spawned separate games if you look at the Half Life series as an example. For console owners the story is a little different as users can’t gain access to the workings of a game and start messing around. So it’s down to developers to offer some sort of compromise. Free Radical produced an excellent multiplayer game in Time splitters which included the much touted map editor. Although a neat feature to include the feature wasn’t optimized due to lack of online play. Well now Digital Extremes is attempting to re-address this grey area and one that I wish more developers would experiment with. Enter Pariah in its entire map making glory.
Right before we talk about that lets not forget that there is actually a very good looking game here which features an intense and gripping story. A vast and deadly plague has gripped the land and has caused major disease and suffering. On a routine flight aboard a transport ship Dr Jack Mason and patient are suddenly forced to crash land in the prison wasteland known as “Earth”. This contaminated area is rife with disease and perils unimaginable. To make matters worse after almost losing his life in the crash a decontamination procedure is going to take place ( a 50 megaton detonation exploded above sea level). Obviously Jack is going to have to move fast if he is to survive the prison wastelands and the incoming threat of being burnt to death.
In game players will assume the role of Dr Jack Mason (seems like jack is a popular name for our game characters) a burnt out Doctor tired of life and ready to give it all up. However the crash enforces his will to preserve life namely his own. With this renewed vigour the doctor will have to survive and escape the ultimate fate of death that he is presented with.
Pariah is yet another first person shooter trying to claw at your wallet and take your cash when it is released sometime next year. However instead of just offering you another story to blast your way through with big guns using out and out combat and stealth moves; Pariah offers gamers the chance to get involved with some serious map making which can then be shared to others using system link or via Xbox Live.
That aside for a moment as we look at what the game’s single player will offer. The story for Pariah has been scripted by professional Hollywood script writers who have created an immersive and gripping story set to raise the pulses of gamers as they embark on this tale of survival in the extremes. Players will face enemies that will act intelligently to player actions and will form teams and perform flanking manoeuvres as they see fit to make your chances of survival even less than it already is. Players will also be able to customize their weaponry to suit individual needs using the games Weapons Energy Cores for maximum carnage as players unleash their inner demons on those willing to end their lives prematurely. Pariah also promises dynamic sound where players will have to use all senses if they are to survive the hellhole that they are thrust into.
Players will also be able to see how they fare against other Pariah players worldwide using the games comprehensive multiplayer options. Expect the usual game modes here that will also include vehicles to mess around with as well as those customisable weapons from the single player game. As mentioned earlier Pariah will also include the much touted map making tools which could revolutionize Xbox Live. Some of the features that players will be able to perform will be things like manipulating terrain, texture changes, object placement, lighting, environment settings and player spawn points. While this may sound very much like Free Radical’s map maker the fact that you can share with others launches this feature to a whole new level.
While Pariah promises a complete package for the single player and an extensive multiplayer game as well, ones fears are that it will be hard for the developers to make both areas great. If Digital extremes can provide players with a gripping and challenging single player experience coupled with a fairly diverse map making tool and multiplayer then they could well be onto a winner. Anticipation is high for this game when it’s released sometime next year.
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