Pariah | 
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| From: Softek International
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $1.28
You Save: $48.71 (97%)
New (22) Used (16) from $1.20
Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 11494
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Xp
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 1.3 x 7.5
MPN: 10458
Model: 10458
UPC: 677990104584
EAN: 0677990104584
ASIN: B0007IQGDK
Release Date: March 1, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Use the Use the Weapon Energy Core feature to Upgrade your 7 weapons to suityour unique gaming strategies | | • | Roar through the vast wastelands of Earth crushing enemies under your treads | | • | Ultra realistic, fast paced gameplay in 18 single-player levels and 13 multi-player levels | | • | New twist on multi-player action in the all new exclusive Front Line Assault mode -- plus Capture-the-Flag, Death Match and Team Death Match for up to 16 players |
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Product Description
Pariah takes you into a deep, dark future as a burned-out military specialist. When your transport ship is shot down, you and your infected patient are stranded deep within the prison sectors of a wasteland called "Earth". Hunted by the most vicious killing machines known, severely outnumbered -- with nowhere to turn and no one to trust -- you'll do whatever it takes to survive.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Ok for the price. November 16, 2008
I picked this game up used for less than $10. I would not spend more than that. Its fine for a throw away shooter. Decent weapons and game play. Nice game in between other heavy hitters (half life, bioshock, etc). Forget the story -- not sure what was going on -- didn't care: just wanted a shooter fix!
Note: there was a terrible glitch -- not sure if it was due to vista or not. On several of the levels, there appeared to be blind spots (not sure how else to describe it). As I moved around, the screen would go blank, occasionally it would go away if I moved around enough. Eventually I had to get a cheat to skip the level -- otherwise I could not proceed. The patch did not resolve the issue.
Pariah=Ted Kennedy. Half-Life2=JFK - Far Cry=RFK May 11, 2008
OK. A few minutes ago, I made my third attempt on the final level of Pariah. I won't be attempting it a fourth time, as I don't want to watch the 5 minute cut-scene again. My biggest gripe with this game is the Save system, and the fact that you can't skip many of the cut-scenes, even when continuing after dying. I mean, I saw the cut-scene once already, why show it to me again? Even if you DO think it's a good idea to show it again, why not give me the option to click past it?
The good news is that the environments in this game are aesthetically pleasing, the physics are semi-realistic, and the weapons are interesting. I figured out the weapons upgrade feature a few minutes before I attempted the final map. By that time, I had collected enough of the weapon mod power thingies to up all of my weapons to the max. Clearly, though, these weapon mods do not have much of an impact on gameplay. You don't NEED them to advance.
It's clear that this game is in the same family as Far Cry and Half-Life 2, as the look and feel of the game is very similar to those two titles. However, it just doesn't hold a candle to them in terms of gameplay and story-line.
All in all, though, it was an enjoyable little ride. If you have 10 hours available on a slow weekend, there are worse ways to spend them. A bargain for $10.
 Not Such an Outcast After All March 12, 2008
If you're searching for a good-looking shooter with fun gameplay at a low price like I was, then Pariah is your game. Almost everything in this game seems to work well--the weapons, the levels, the sound--it's rather polished, in my opinion.
Which is not to say that Pariah doesn't have some problems. If you like a good story, for instance, then like almost all games, Pariah is lacking. I've played the entire game, and I'm still not clear what the story is about. You play a doctor who's with this woman who has some mysterious virus, and there's these evil people who want to abduct this woman. You fight these people only to betray this woman later on. At the very end you battle this other stange woman. Who she is and why you must fight her? I don't know.
It doesn't really matter to me, though, because I just want to go in there and shoot things and blow things up. You get plenty of chances to do that in Pariah with very good weapons like a sniper rifle and a very effective grenade launcher. You also have drivable, armed vehicles that are actually fairly easy to control. You can use the mouse to steer instead of the stupid strafe keys! Game developers with brains? It does happen.
What doesn't seem to happen that much is the game itself. It's very short. It's almost like a demo. A few hours and you're done.
Whatever problems Pariah may have, the game is actually very good and very fun. For the price, you can't go wrong.
 Didn't work October 2, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The game would not load properly so I never got a chance to play it. It's not my computer because I have a new Dell with the latest drivers, ect. This company poorly engineers it's games. Thanks Groove. I find certain companies more reliable such as Blizzard, Firaxis, Sierra, and Microsoft.
Crashes every time, no customer support July 18, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Pariah crashes every time I start it. The bug report tool sent an email to an address that bounced. I patched it with the latest patch and it still crashes every time. This is probably the 10th game I've installed on my current computer and the only one I've had any problems with.
EDITED TO ADD:
So, I got this working. It doesn't run on dual core processors, so you need to google "processor affinity" and set it run on only one processor. Also I had to turn off full screen transform and lighting because it would turn my whole screen black every time a grenade went off. It's still a lame game. The incredibly stupid enemies stand up behind crouch cover while reloading. The levels are totally linear, you go, you shoot, repeat. Boring.
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