Pariah MP Demo FRIDAY!!

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Pariah's biggest competition is Halo, whether you like it or not. The only way THE INDUSTRY will consider it a success is if it blows the pants off Halo. IMO at this point, it already does.

I don't care what the game was designed to be first and foremost. It all comes back to Halo.
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But it doesn't blow away Halo2 and why would they want to compare themselves to a game that is 3 years old? I don't think they are even aiming for that ... Or do you mean because it is on the PC platform while H2 isn't and won't be? I can't say this is better than Halo2 ... I don't see that in this demo. I'll need to play it on the XBox to make that determination. But you may have a point about Halo CE ... :)
 
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Anuban said:
But it doesn't blow away Halo2 and why would they want to compare themselves to a game that is 3 years old? I don't think they are even aiming for that ... Or do you mean because it is on the PC platform while H2 isn't and won't be? I can't say this is better than Halo2 ... I don't see that in this demo. I'll need to play it on the XBox to make that determination. But you may have a point about Halo CE ... :)
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It only doesn't blow Halo2 away IN THE DEMO. The Gameplay is leaps and bounds beyond, IMO.
 
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Sir_Brizz said:
It only doesn't blow Halo2 away IN THE DEMO. The Gameplay is leaps and bounds beyond, IMO.
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You are more than entitled to your opinion and the game is good ... but better than H2 ... nah. Don't think so ... but I need to play it all the way through to be certain. Still I don't see this matching Halo2 ... maybe UC2 will come the closest. Do you think this is going to be better than UC2 as well? I think Pariah will the third place winner in this race. With H2 continuing to stay in 1st and UC2 coming in a super close second. Maybe people will play Pariah more than UC2 since there are vehicles but I don't think so. Again just my opinion. :)
 
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You are more than entitled to your opinion and the game is good ... but better than H2 ... nah. Don't think so ... but I need to play it all the way through to be certain. Still I don't see this matching Halo2 ... maybe UC2 will come the closest. Do you think this is going to be better than UC2 as well? I think Pariah will the third place winner in this race. With H2 taking 1st and UC2 coming in a super close second. Maybe people will play Pariah more than UC2 since there are vehicles but I don't think so. Again just my opinion. :)
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You are talking about two totally different types of games. UC2 is admittedly MULTIPLAYER ONLY. The Single Player mode sucks everything you can think of.

I am HOPEFUL that Pariah will be the Halo killer. I personally already think the MP is more ENJOYABLE than Halo's is, I hate Halo Multi on both Halo and Halo2. The SP is fun though, and I have spent alot of time playing the SP co-op. If Pariah has co-op on the Box that is at least as fun as Halo2, then I will be hooked. But admittedly, what I am looking for is different than most people.

Yah, the MP has problems. I am not so worried about it right now considering how much constructive feedback DE is getting on the majority of forums. Hopefully they will study it and change some of the terrible design decisions before it's too late. Still, if the Co-op rocks and the MP is mediocre I won't be heartbroken, personally.
 
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Sir_Brizz said:
You are talking about two totally different types of games. UC2 is admittedly MULTIPLAYER ONLY. The Single Player mode sucks everything you can think of.

I am HOPEFUL that Pariah will be the Halo killer. I personally already think the MP is more ENJOYABLE than Halo's is, I hate Halo Multi on both Halo and Halo2. The SP is fun though, and I have spent alot of time playing the SP co-op. If Pariah has co-op on the Box that is at least as fun as Halo2, then I will be hooked. But admittedly, what I am looking for is different than most people.

Yah, the MP has problems. I am not so worried about it right now considering how much constructive feedback DE is getting on the majority of forums. Hopefully they will study it and change some of the terrible design decisions before it's too late. Still, if the Co-op rocks and the MP is mediocre I won't be heartbroken, personally.
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I have to disagree with you on UC2 ... there is instant action support and bots so the offline player can still have loads of fun .. so it is not just multiplayer oriented. However, I do expect the SP campaign in Pariah to be much much richer than the UC2 story. I don't think these three games are really all that different. They are primarily FPS games and so a comparison is definitely in order. And right now ... all the way around top to bottom ... H2 wins PERIOID. IMHO of course. We'll have to see about how Pariah on the Xbox stacks up. Play all three games over the weekend (once Pariah comes out) non stop and back to back ... then tell me what you think. :)

Let's not forget that in H2 you are sometimes the Arbiter and that is just too cool for new shoes :lol: :lol: How will Pariah beat that? And there is no better and more fun weapon than the energy sword (maybe the Grav gun in HL2 but I don't think so). :)

Edit: Please keep in mind I am not into online play at all so with me it always comes down to the SP campaign and the bot support. H2 didn't have bot support so the campaign and co-op mode HAD to be awesome and they are for the most part. UC2 is only going into my collection because there is bot support ... I agree from what I have read the SP mission is boring standard straight forward shoot em up stuff. And Pariah has bot support and a good story ... so it should really be interesting to see how this is going over the summer ... as the BIG THREE so to speak battle it out on the XBox (did I leave any one out?). Man it's a good thing God of War is on the PS2 or no one would even care (DAMN that game is just fantastic!!!) :) :lol: ;)
 
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Anuban said:
I have to disagree with you on UC2 ... there is instant action support and bots so the offline player can still have loads of fun .. so it is not just multiplayer oriented.
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The thing is that botmatch is still in a multiplayer environment. What he's basically saying is that you can't really compare deathmatch to a singleplayer campaign...apples and oranges. Two entirely different types of games, even though they are in the same genre.
 
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Majik- said:
The thing is that botmatch is still in a multiplayer environment. What he's basically saying is that you can't really compare deathmatch to a singleplayer campaign...apples and oranges. Two entirely different types of games, even though they are in the same genre.
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I don't agree with that but I do respect your right to voice your opinion. They are already being compared and they will continue to be compared ... I stand by what I say ... it's an Sci-Fi FPS so it gets compared to other Sci-Fi FPS ... as you said they are in the same genre, coming out within 6 months of eachother and all on the XBox. Plus I did say I'd have to wait but still from what I saw of the vehicles and models and sound effects ... Halo2 wins imo. This won't change before I play the SP campaign of Pariah so I'll just leave this topic alone for now. :) Don't need to get into any huge disputes over games I am not making a cent off of. :lol:

Edit: With all that said weapons may be a toss up or Pariah may have an edge (upgrading weapons is just so damn cool! and FUN!) ... still nothing is more fun than the energy sword ... to me at least.
 
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