When I had begun to play Jericho, (even in the demo stages) I pretty much dismissed the game as an all flash, no substance generic shooter. In all honesty, thats what it is, a shooter. The sqaud mechanics don't really do much for the game, and the psychic powers add some variety now and again, but they don't drastically revolutionize the fps formula by no means. This is not necessarily a bad thing. People play a first person shooter to shoot things, and you get to do that. The shooting is pretty satisfying mainly due to interesting blood effects and kill animation, but the weapons are very stale. Having a squad means the every member is given a set weapon, and power, leaves some room for improvement. I understand trying to give each member a special character, but it actually makes the game less fun. Every character should be able to use different weapons, and the difference between the Jericho members should have been the implementation of psychic powers. As far as the story is concerned, its there, but i don't feel like its really essential to the game. It just gives a reason to push onward with your generic horror religious plot. FPS however are note known for their amazing stories, so this too is not exactly a bad thing. Overall, the game amounts to a pretty average, but enjoyable shooter experience. If one goes in with an open mind and low expectations they would be sure to like the game. Perhaps the inclusion of multiplayer would have helped, but I do not believe it would have been very interesting after seeing the game mechanics of the single player. This is a fun game to play when while waiting for some of the great November releases.
I think that various game review sites genuinely missed the good stuff in this game by not knowing how to respond to something rather new -- an FPS horror game that's not too scary and not too strong FPS game either. ... Read Full Review
Story- Its a great horror story, but not the silent hill type, its not the get scared in the dark type, is the get atacked by alot of horrific monsters nonstop type. I wont spoil the actual strory, because its great and... Read Full Review
