Previews: Jericho
Presenting Clive Barker’s Jericho.
Clive Barker’s Jericho is a squad-based Action/Horror game based on an original concept and story by acclaimed horror writer and film maker Clive Barker.
The most ancient of evils has broken through into our world and is threatening to spread its taint across the whole of the earth unless it’s stopped. At ground zero lies the Middle Eastern city of Al-Khali, a modern city built atop the ancient ruins of a dozen previous conquerors. All attempts of contacting the citizens of the city have failed. With tensions already running high in the region, this is just the sort of thing that could trigger the apocalypse…
In Clive Barker’s Jericho, players assume the role of the leader of the Jericho Squad – a seven man Special Forces strike team that protects U.S. interests against paranormal threats. Each member of the squad is an expert in modern warfare as well as their own different para-psychological disciplines, including clairvoyance, alchemy, blood magic, exorcism, etc.
I’m not into horror, but I was able to play Clive Barker’s previous effort Undying. It was scary as hell. Your ability to Scrye made you see past events, helping you progress through the game. However, since it gave you supernatural vision, it also revealed a lot more. What appears to be a simple lamppost might turn out to be the site of a hanging. A family portrait might be something else.
Hopefully, Jericho will be financially more rewarding than Undying, which was a critical but not a commercial success.
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