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Clive Barker's Jericho

Shooter

Time to beat: about 11 hours
Plays offline: Yes

Overview

Clive Barker's Jericho is a horror first-person shooter video game developed by MercurySteam and Alchemic Productions and published by Codemasters. It is produced by Clive Barker. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2007.

Jericho's core gameplay consists of leading the game's seven-man team codenamed Jericho, allowing control of all team members by jumping to each character during certain points in the game, through various environments that have been warped by the Firstborn while fighting off a variety of twisted creatures.

Certain depictions and ancient scriptures dictate a being created by God in His own image before the creation of Adam and Eve; as reported by legend, this being was abandoned by its own Creator. In the game's mythology, this being is called the "Firstborn". God was so disturbed by what He created that He banished it into the Abyss. God then started anew and went on to create humankind, giving the species two sexes, feelings, and love.

Clive Barker's Jericho received "mixed" reviews on all platforms as reported by video game review aggregator Metacritic. Many critics praised the squad-based system, elaborate storyline, Clive Barker's dark style and soundtrack while criticising the character AI, linear gameplay, abrupt ending and difficulty with certain game mechanics.