Pariah MP Demo

weapons + movement + animation + netcode all seems bleh. par for the course for an unreal engine game I guess.

Well i just had a chance to try it.

Its games like this that make you realize how good a game like d3 actually is. Sorry but even with the weapon upgrades, this plays like pure shit.

For a min i wasnt sure if i was on my xbox or what...

disappointing..

I have to say... the upgrades make all the difference... After upgrading my weapons, I was kicking ass. They make some serious difference when using weapons. I can't imagine someone playing with unupgraded weapon beating anyone who upgrades them.

Once you get into the weapon upgrade system it's not too bad. It's a tad generice, but nearly as bad as some people have said.

Time for my own unsolicited opinion.

What I didn't like:

The game needs some polish. Things aren't smooth at all no matter what I set graphics at. Now I'm wondering if its actually the network performance. I also don't care much for the weapon feedback. You can't tell if your doing significant damage or not to your opponent (or if you're hitting him/her at all for that matter)

What I liked:

When people say "its a Halo rip-off" I usually roll my eyes as its a comment applied to every Sci-Fi shooter now. The thing is, this IS quite a bit like Halo, right down to the vehicle controls. Basic weapons are mediocre but I think thats the point, you work to get those upgrades and once installed, things get much better. I found many people not aware of the upgrade system so they're under the impression that this is as good as it gets. The menu interface shows DE's experience with shooters, Its clean, simple and easy to navigate.

The game really does have much potential but unless these rough edges are addressed this will tank on the PC end.

It must be really harsh to spend months/years working on a game, to see people online disregarding it with throw away comments :(

Seriously :~(

I'm downloading this thing anyway.

Looks like the MP is no different than the SP demo on the OXM.

Bland, boring, and extremely generic.

There is absolutely nothing that sets this game apart.

You know driving around in that tractor type buggy, using a playermodel with that big beard, gives the whole thing such a neo-amish tone :p

Well, it's really to early to render a fair impression. All the servers ping too hig for me to really get a feel for the game. Sniping is right out, but I got lots of kills with the grenade launcher.

That being said, I'm failry disapointed with the art direction. From the team that gave us UT2003 with the cool Egyptian team and (even though I don't like the design) fairly unique Mr. Crow and the cool looking Iron Guard, this game feels and looks so utterly generic.

The weapon models are well made, the levels are fairly well designed if a bit blah, but playing CTF I just felt like some big corporation's security goon facing off against another corporation's goon squad. It was totally bereft of 'cool'. I couldn't even tell the two teams apart at first. In a TDM match I had to aim at someone to see his name, then go to the scoreboard to tell if I should be shooting at him or not. Granted there's some of that the first time you play any new game until you get used to what differentiates the teams, but it felt somehow, pronounced here.

And since this MP demo doesn't come with the one thing that sets this game apart from every other game, the MP level editor, it's hard to judge whether this game will even register as a blip on anyones radar.

To be clear, the game isn't bad at all, but it's not exceptional by any means. I just don't see the hook. The SP game might be cool for the story, but this demo hasn't really done anything for me in terms of me wanting to run out and buy the game.

At worst I'm just disapointed that DE hasn't come up with something a bit more exceptional, since I was a fan of their work on UT/UT2003.

The weapons suck!

Same old, same old. worth a dl if you want to play unreal tournament 2005.

there's nothing here that really hasn't been done before.

the weapons seem really weak, it's hard to actually "hit" enemies(the hit detection needs adjustment imo), the netcode was great(which is a testament to the unreal netcode) the musical score is standard fare along with the sound effects, the physics aren't impressive, the maps are nothing special and basically I WASN'T HAVING FUN!

i mean, it just didn't feel fun to me to actually play anymore. everything just feels "blah".

it's yet another boring "futuristic shooter" from digital extremes.

they really, really need to do something different. it's getting old fast.

demo 5/10.

I seem to have the same problem as I had with the Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Demo. No matter how I reconfigure the controls, the character always feels like sidestepping to the right. And there's no way to stop him from turning round, round, round, round... Quite annoying. Anyone knows what's the problem? The exact same problem on two Unreal engine games seems odd, and all my other Unreal-engine games works fine.

And yes, I made sure there are no conflicts in the contolbindings.

duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/pariah/Pariah/1/thumbs/4.jpg

A thought...why don't publishers include an optional poll to fill out when the player exits the demo? At worst the player clicks "no thanks" and doesn't fill it out.

I think this is the reason you don't see many early mp demos...

Absolutely horrible. Could you possibly be anymore generic? =/

It has potential...but unfortunately this is probably as good as it's going to get since it's going gold soon.

Player Control - horrible, player feels way too slow

Vehicle Control - annoying, could maybe get used to it, but not natural

Weapons - Cool variety of weapon loadouts. Powerups were actually more fun then I anticipated. Grenade launcher gets really useful when you upgrade it to be remote detonatable. Other weapons seem to weak. Sniper rifle didn't kill on direct hit upclose. Most weapons give very little feedback that you hit the guy as opposed to just scorching the earth.

Sound - i'm fine with it. Good for the most part. Nice ambient music, weapons and effects were good.

Gameplay: I only played the assult mode, has potential, got some fun out of it for 2 rounds. May go back for more after studying.

Graphics - mixed bag...rocky terrain looked very Quake2. Some neat effects, what was up with the weird visor your guy wears with the plasma gun? For the most part seem very 'console'. Things are bigger then they should be for a PC game (menus, text, weapons, special effects, etc)


Bottom line: Could have been an 8/10 game if it didn't have such a 'console' feel to it. I've spent way too many hours playing with tight controls of Quake, Counter-Strike etc to put up with such hokey pokey.

Score: 7/10
Verdict: Not buying it.

I noticed most players online are missing something - the weapons are upgradable, and get a bit more interesting/deadly when you do. You have to hold X and click on the weapons.

Picking up the orange things that dead players drop allows you to upgrade, but it seems like some servers start the players off with upgrade points.

Fucking awful. Cookie cutter gameplay mixed with horrible netcode or maybe just horrible servers, though i was on an official demo server it was still terrible. Don't bother downloading

How is it? Been waiting for this one for a long time...

i'm seeing little blue triangles, when firing rockets with this buggy.

straight to the bargain bin

Splitscreen Coop??

http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/pariah/Pariah/1/thumbs/Coop2.jpg

I'm guessing its X-Box version, right :(

Can I rape bots?

Ooh look, it's a UT2004 full conversion with slightly different graphics. :D

Wow. This is BAD. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid.

Like others said, If you want to play UT2K5, give it a shot. but its been re-hashed over and over and its really nothing special.

Looks like an Unreal MOD with highres textures.

0/10

meh, what's next?

The day of truth is upon us.

hmm tis ok if it moved a bit faster and my bullets actually hit when i sniped- must be caues of lag not enuff servers the now, oh im getting lots of error crashes tho =(

but its a pre release demo so quess its forgivable

i like the weapons and adding things ot them to upgrade them, seems ot be 3 upgrades for each , ive only managed to colect 1 upgrsade per weapon so far tho, example heat vision with sniper when upgraded 1 level

potential is there, just a bit faster movement would satisfy me(im assuming errors wil get fixed)

Is anyone finding it really slow? The weapons and environments seem to suit a fast paced game, but the player movement seems so slow to me. With more play it might not turn out to be terrible, but it's not great.

*Raises a glass to Digital Extremes*

Thank you for setting an example for all developers as to how they should handle demos. Pre-release and available freely from any website. You guys kick ass!

Ok the ones with sick internet speeds tell give Us a first impresion!!!!

will the full version have co op on the pc??

Hawt! Lets have a mini shack CTF tryst eh?

How about a singleplayer demo guys?

gonna check it out, it sure does look purdy!

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