Pariah

 PC
User Score
5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 42
  3. Negative: 12 out of 42
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  1. MJ
    May 10, 2005
    0
    Boring and frustrating to play, the cool premise fails to deliver any kind of riveting story. Old, stale, and simply not fun.
  2. johnDoe
    Feb 14, 2008
    0
    Put simply,this game is worst than the sum of its parts.The overall mix somehow manages to fail so bad,that even worse games are better...because they atleast make you laugh,while this one is just pure bother.It amounts to nothing,you feel numb while playing.The thing makes shooting a gun boring.Now I see how FPS haters see the genre.
    Failed hard.And whats with the pre-made classes?Who    Put simply,this game is worst than the sum of its parts.The overall mix somehow manages to fail so bad,that even worse games are better...because they atleast make you laugh,while this one is just pure bother.It amounts to nothing,you feel numb while playing.The thing makes shooting a gun boring.Now I see how FPS haters see the genre.
    Failed hard.And whats with the pre-made classes?Who the hey said that if I want to snipe I also want to take a bazooka?No sense combination.Only way to kill a guy efficiently is roadkill here.And even driving sucks.    … Expand
  3. [Anonymous]
    Jun 18, 2005
    0
    This game is unbelievably bad, from the sluggish game engine too the pre-dated game styles and i'll make no mention of the aiming system. This game is bad, so bad that a friend commented that trapping his genitals in the kitchen drawer would have been more enjoyable. Your warned.
  4. Voyou
    May 20, 2021
    2
    Does not provide the entertaining ability to save progress during missions. Which means its entertainment value is a big fat ZERO.
    Also commits the capital sin, common back then, of requiring 2 hands on the keyboard and 1 hand on the mouse, a feat most humans can't accomplish. Despite a console release, only half the gamepad works, which doesn't help.
  5. kndr
    Feb 1, 2022
    0
    Meh. It's just meh. Everything and everyone in this game feels bland. It's also too damn slow.
  6. paymandaylami
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Boring and frustrating to play, the cool premise fails to deliver any kind of riveting story. Old, stale, and simply not fun.

Awards & Rankings

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#76 Most Discussed PC Game of 2005
71
#71 Most Shared PC Game of 2005

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. games(TM)
    70
    Digital Extremes should be reasonably proud of Pariah, even though it falls short of being the be all and end all of the genre that the developer claimed it would be. [May 2005, p.90]
  2. 1UP
    75
    A solid, serious, deeply competent game. This competence may not prove an adequate substitute for the moment-to-moment buzz of the mindless FPS in its terminally adolescent pomp.
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  3. IGN
    78
    It's quite solid in most respects, but it won't tear you away from whatever you're currently hooked on. In fact, Pariah just made me want "UT2006" that much more.
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