Product Description

A supernatural horror action game with a story devised by the master mythmaker, novelist and filmmaker Clive Barker. Mingling the darkest elements of Barker's horror fiction and films, Jericho deals with the mysterious reappearance of a lost city in a remote desert. When a form of evil that goes right back to the dawn of days resurfaces from there, a Special Forces squad, trained in both conventional warfare and the arcane arts, is sent in. Their mission: hunt down and destroy the evil that lurks at the heart of the city before it destroys humanity.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1665 in Video Games
• Brand: Codemasters
• Model: 40167
• Released on: 2007-10-23
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: Xbox 360
• Dimensions: .30 pounds

Features

• All-action FPS combined with darkest horror, modern weapons & paranormal powers
• Squad gameplay that adds tension and action and switch between & play all seven squad members
• Control over a dozen supernatural weapons and abilities at a time through squad mechanics
• Each character has unique paranormal abilities
• Horror and action like nothing you've seen before

Amazon.com
Clive Barker’s Jericho is a terrifying squad-based horror first person shooter (FPS)game based on an original concept and story by legendary horror writer and filmmaker Clive Barker, the creator of Hellraiser.

An ancient evil has broken through into our world and is threatening to spread itstaint 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. Clive Barker’s Jericho delivers an overload of sensory horror. players journey through hellish locations and slices of time combating gruesome and twisted enemies. A squad-based horror First person shooter, the Jericho of the title refers to the Jericho Team, a seven-man strike force that protects government interests from paranormal threats. Trained in both conventional warfare and the arcane arts, each Jericho Team member is an expert in different para-psychological disciplines, including telekinesis, pyromancy, blood magic and exorcism.

Features:

• All-action first person shooter combined with horror from the twisted mind of Clive Barker
• Modern weapons and paranormal powers
• Switch between and play all six squad members
• Direct your squad as they watch your back and follow your orders
• Squad first person shooter mechanics deliver tactical action
• Each character has unique paranormal abilities
• Abilities can be combined to create new powers
• Takes place in Al-Khali, a city formed over 6 different eras and ruled by evil

Customer Reviews

Nothing spectacular, but still an enjoyable game
Back when the Demo of this game came out on Live, I played it, didn't understand it too much, but enjoyed it and was waiting to get it. Granted I got it a couple of weeks ago, but still got it nonetheless.

Reviewers always rip games open and have this perception that every single game must have just about 100% of every single element that is supposed to make up a great game. Certain gamers need to realize, like reviewers, that every game will not include 100% of every single element.

Granted this game doesn't offer much in the ways of non-stop heart-throbbing-action or things to make you completely scared being a horror game and all, but still was an enjoyable story to follow through for the most part.

The graphix are nice and there are some nice elements of gameplay when using the weapons and magic of the characters. But overall the game mostly focuses on telling you a story as you play along without involving you too much in it. This is one the first FPS's I've played that was mostly only driven to show you a story without involving you too much into playing in it. sounds kinda boring to some, but a nice change of pace for myself and i'm sure others can find some enjoyment in it too like I did.

Achievements are easy to get in the game and the replay value is moderate to moderately low. I will find myself playing through it again for another round of the story, but after that I don't see myself playing this again for a long time.

Buy it and Try it! Now that it is cheap it would be stupid not to!
I got Jericho as a gift and did not really know what to expect. When I finally sat down to play it I was HOOKED. I have not played a more fun game on xbox 360 apart from COD4. The game is long and SCARY. Turn the lights off and play this in the dark alone with the creepy music turned up. You will not be able to last long.

My one real problem with the game is that it is set in historical times but is VERY historically faulted, especially in the Roman levels. But it is a video game and I can let that slide.

SERIOUSLY buy this game, especially because it is cheap now. If I thought it was well worth $60 then anything less is a steal. The game is intense, fun, dark, and well worth the purchase.

Cheers

The Ugly Side of Design
An anomaly appears in the middle of the desert and a seven member unit, the Jericho squadron, is deployed to deal with the situation. Jericho is by no means a normal group of people, either: each person has the power to heal and, as the game progresses, each person develops two types of arcane powers that help dispatch baddies. That's a good thing, too, because the thing you have entered is not just a portal leading into a place like Hell or Summercamp or another Blah you do not want to visit. This place leads into a hole where God itself went to bury the first and worst mistake in creation.

While this game has some tendencies that are seen in a lot of first-person shooters, Jericho also has an inventive way where you can be any player than you fancy at the time. Simply depress the button and you can be a strongman with a gattling gun, a preacher with a fiery disposition, a sniper, a body leaper, or a lady with a really bad attitude and some blood magic to boot. The thing that makes this game stand out, aside from the gore itself, is not what you can do inside the game. It is what you are trying to accomplish and the tale you are being told while you waltz from one horror to the next.
Clive really made a good showing when you decided to pop up in this tale.

The graphic nature of the game is a lovely thing, too, and gets worse as you go in. You go from roads lined with people to monsters that have some of the most terrifying things done to them and that becomes second-hand. It really doesn't take long to figure out that you have walked into a nightmare with 360 graphics kicking down the doors. The flow of the game moves at an uncanny speed --- in some ways that is a beautiful thing and, in some ways, that is something that makes the game go a little too fast. I personally ran through the game too fast because I wanted more of the story, and wish I would have taken the time to smell the, umm, decay? Still, you can always go back through and check out the game with more difficult standards to deal with (and they are difficult).

The game does have some cons as well as those pros, including the respawning of some enemies, repeat bigger enemies that are not quite boss strength, and little missions that require you to make use of all of your team members. That isn't that bad, but I could do without having to leap into a person to open a gate or take the money shot at a button that opens some far-off switch. It also throws enemies at you that are amazingly hard to kill, and the tactics they use are not genius but a mixture of specific types of enemies ( foot soldiers to distract you while a walking bomb slips into your unit) can be devastating).

If you think the game seems too quick for you, check it out by renting it and see how much you like it. I personally didn't think I would want it in my life, but playing lead me to a breakthrough and made me want to beat it on all settings. Some of the achievements are beastly as well, not allowing you to casually walk around and collect bonuses. In a world paved with bodies, however, it is not always the easy way you want to dance.