I don't know why, but Pariah is really a pariah amongst this year's titles. It's true that you cannot ask a virtually unknown company to develop a kick-ass game, but this is not a Russian developer with three or four people working on a project, but Digital Extremes. The awesome Digital Extremes! It's amazing how someone can invest time, money and human resources in what looks like a parody. Depression is a common thing nowadays and I tend to get it each time I'm forced to play such lousy games. It's true that the industry doesn't produce just AAA titles, but I'm surprised to see their hate for originality, plot twists and/or really innovative features or gameplay.

     I will not let you experience the pain of the 18 singleplayer levels, so I will briefly tell you Jack's history. Btw, he resembles David Duchovny as his face is so calm that you'll think he's the waiter, not the soldier. So, he was flying over a dangerous zone with a babe frozen inside a container. The ship goes boom due to a missile and they crash right in the middle of the enemy territory. The babe, later named Karina, wakes up and that's when everything starts to go wrong. Unfortunately, there are so many "Find Karina" objectives that even my wife noticed them and slapped me on my shoulder. After coming back to my senses due to the violent near stroke I experienced, I asked: "What?" and she said "Hey, she has my name". "Yes dear", I replied "and if you were in her shoes, I'd probably be a lot happier". Fact is Karina's got a virus and what you don't know right from the start is that you got it too.