Comments on: Jericho’s Walls Come Tumbling Down

By: LKM

LKM — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:36:38 +0000

Played the demo on my PS3. Two reactions: Wow, this game is pretty. Wow, the framerate really sucks. Am I the only one getting constant

By: Rock, Paper, Shotgun » Blog Archive » Retrospective: Republic Commando

Rock, Paper, Shotgun » Blog Archive » Retrospective: Republic Commando — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:42:01 +0000

[...] been contentedly replaying RepCom as a result of RPS readers mentioning it in regard to Clive Barker’s Jericho, a game that also tries to bring squad play, a dynamic often associated with wilful complexity and [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:23:53 +0000

thought it was pants personally. the most entertaining part was the falling down tube, cracked head bit and the way my nasty disects you imo.

By: James Lyon

James Lyon — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:17:22 +0000

“I mean, you could easily do the same thing with The Chaos Engine and reference a game that was actually good.”

Or Lost Vikings, etc.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:18:05 +0000

I’m trying to work out why a generic monster suddenly becomes a ‘one shot and you’re dead’ threat just because it’s in a QTE. Sure, falling down the big hole, that makes sense. But you can take loads of hits from those guys when they’re just trying to kill you normally.

By: Alistair

Alistair — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:17:22 +0000

I wonder if the QTEs, thinking of the two in the demo, have the seeds of an interesting melee system. With more than one action at a time available, tied to various parts of the screen/opponent, I think that would fit well with a choose your blow/block style of combat. Much more chance for skill (imagine the fencing version) than the usual click to slash.

By: David

David — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:27:19 +0000

It reminded me of Brute Force. Remember Brute Force? Yeah…

By: Alec Meer

Alec Meer — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:52:42 +0000

Republic Commando (which I’ll pen a retrospective on at some point if I can track down a copy) was at least 3.5 times better than Jericho.

As AK says, Jericho’s fun sadly subsides as the game wears on, though the dialogue and characters remain just the right kind of godawful to prompt regular bigLOLs.
More in my PC Gamer review next month, top chums!

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:35:21 +0000

AK: I’ll admit, I wasn’t thinking it was scary. Just enormously /schlocky/.

Lyon: I think I once did a similar rant re: Daikatana with Eden too actually. Except I think this is closer. I mean, you could easily do the same thing with The Chaos Engine and reference a game that was actually good.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:29:47 +0000

FROM THE MIND OF VISIONARY CLIVE BARKER…

THE ULTIMATE FACE OF EVIL

A CREATIVE ODYSSEY, UNLIKE ANY YOU’VE EVER KNOWN

But first, a Sewer Level!

By: James Lyon

James Lyon — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:18:34 +0000

Sounds a little like Project Eden, too, no?

By: AK

AK — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:50:49 +0000

I’ve played quite a lot of this.

It’s seriously one of the most relentlessly gloomy, tiresome games I’ve ever played.

The combat feels weedy and imprecise and I don’t care about a SINGLE member of my squad ’cause the script and voice acting are so half-arsed.

Clive Barker’s idea of ‘scary’ – oooh, a flaming baby! A man with a spike for a neck! – hasn’t been even remotely chilling since the mid ’90s.

HATE.