<s>
Pariah	B-Device
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Digital	O
Extremes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2005	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
physics	I-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
was	O
also	O
in	O
development	O
but	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pariah	B-Device
features	O
standard	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
gameplay	O
,	O
largely	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
Unreal	O
franchise	O
,	O
particularly	O
Unreal	B-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
whose	O
game	O
engine	O
Pariah	B-Device
is	O
based	O
on	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pariah	B-Device
notably	O
omits	O
to	O
explain	O
key	O
background	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
plot	O
and	O
the	O
in-game	O
universe	O
from	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
progresses	O
without	O
any	O
context	O
or	O
background	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
identify	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pariah	B-Device
comes	O
with	O
a	O
map	O
editor	O
used	O
to	O
make	O
multiplayer	O
maps	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
ones	O
in	O
the	O
TimeSplitters	B-Device
games	O
and	O
Far	B-Device
Cry	I-Device
:	I-Device
Instincts	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uploaded	O
maps	O
then	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
online	O
or	O
over	O
a	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Ryan	O
Huschka	O
of	O
Detroit	O
Free	O
Press	O
gave	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
two	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
four	O
,	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
All	O
told	O
,	O
this	O
game	O
is	O
no	O
pariah	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
even	O
with	O
its	O
map	O
maker	O
,	O
co-op	O
mode	O
and	O
upgradeable	O
weapons	O
,	O
Pariah	B-Device
is	O
too	O
flawed	O
to	O
seriously	O
compete	O
with	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
's	O
big-name	O
shooters.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Jason	O
Hill	O
of	O
The	O
Sydney	O
Morning	O
Herald	O
gave	O
the	O
same	O
console	O
version	O
a	O
similar	O
score	O
of	O
two-and-a-half	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
Shooters	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
special	O
to	O
stand	O
out	O
,	O
particularly	O
on	O
Halos	O
home	O
turf	O
,	O
but	O
Pariah	B-Device
fails	O
to	O
excite	O
or	O
innovate.	O
"	O
</s>
