Clive Barker's Jericho
| Clive Barker's Jericho | |
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| Developer(s) |
MercurySteam Alchemic Productions |
| Publisher(s) | Codemasters |
| Designer(s) |
Clive Barker Joe Falke |
| Writer(s) | Clive Barker |
| Composer(s) | Cris Velasco |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter, survival horror |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Review scores | |||
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| Publication | Score | ||
| PC | PS3 | Xbox 360 | |
| Destructoid | 7/10 | N/A | N/A |
| Edge | N/A | N/A | 5/10 |
| EGM | N/A | 4/10 | 4/10 |
| Eurogamer | N/A | N/A | 7/10 |
| Game Informer | 6/10 | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Game Revolution | C− | C− | C− |
| GameSpot | 6.5/10 | 6.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
| GameSpy |   |
N/A | |
| GameTrailers | N/A | 5.9/10 | 5.9/10 |
| GameZone | N/A | 7.8/10 | 8/10 |
| IGN | 5.6/10 | 5.6/10 | (UK) 8/10 (US) 5.6/10 |
| OXM (US) | N/A | N/A | 7.5/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 57% | N/A | N/A |
| PSM | N/A | |
N/A |
| Aggregate score | |||
| Metacritic | 63/100 | 60/100 | 63/100 |
Clive Barker's Jericho, sometimes referred to as simply Jericho, is a first person shooter survival horror video game with author Clive Barker providing the premise of the storyline. 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.
The game also features several "quick time events" where the player must press the corresponding buttons or keys shown on screen in order to successfully survive. Additionally, each team member has both a primary and a secondary attack, either in the form of an alternate fire such as a grenade launcher on a rifle, or a secondary weapon such as a sword or pistol that can be dual wielded. While the game is a first person shooter, the ability to control different members of one's squad adds a tactical element; players must determine which squad member is appropriate for each particular job. Not only does each squad member have different strengths and weaknesses, but they also each have a unique ability (or supernatural abilities in some cases). This allows the player freedom in choosing a playing style that suits them throughout much of the game. However, during certain instances, certain characters are unplayable.
The squad's supernatural abilities play a prominent role in the game. The character the player originally controls is a psychic healer (medic) with the ability to fully heal fallen comrades that are close to death. Other squad members have other powers, such as summoning a fire demon, slowing time, firing a guided bullet, and leeching life from enemies to add it to one's own.
Certain depictions and ancient scriptures dictate a being created by God in His own image before the creation of Adam and Eve; according to 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 mankind, giving the species two sexes, feelings, and love.
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