Clive Barker’s Jericho (v1.0)

A ruined city outside ordinary time becomes the battlefield for a supernatural military unit facing an evil older than humanity. Clive Barker’s Jericho is a grim, gory first-person shooter that trades clean sci-fi corridors for blood-soaked ruins, occult rituals, and grotesque creatures drawn from Barker’s particular brand of horror. The Jericho Squad enters the sealed city of Al-Khali to stop the Firstborn, an immortal being whose existence threatens reality itself. Its tone is relentlessly bleak, with mutilated soldiers, cursed historical battlefields, and imagery that leans far closer to horror cinema than a conventional military FPS.

Combat revolves around leading a seven-person paranormal strike team, each member carrying a distinct weapon set and supernatural ability. You move through the perspective of different squad members, shifting control between specialists to use telekinesis, ghostly possession, healing, fire magic, ranged weapons, or explosive force where the fight demands it. Gunplay is direct and often intense, but the squad-switching system gives encounters a tactical layer: one character might clear monsters with heavy fire while another protects the team or attacks enemies beyond normal reach. Death does not always mean failure, either; fallen characters can continue the mission by possessing surviving teammates, turning the squad’s bizarre spiritual powers into a practical survival mechanic. The campaign remains linear, pushing players through ancient Sumerian, Roman, Crusader, and World War II-inspired nightmare zones.

What separates Jericho from other mid-2000s shooters is its commitment to an unapologetically nasty horror aesthetic and its playable ensemble. The mechanics are sometimes rougher than modern squad shooters, and the enemy waves can become demanding, but the shifting perspectives prevent the campaign from feeling like a standard corridor crawl. Fans of Clive Barker’s Undying, F.E.A.R., and darker Xbox 360-era action games find plenty to enjoy in its oppressive atmosphere and creature design. It suits horror-minded FPS veterans best, especially players willing to overlook dated presentation for a strange, ambitious supernatural shooter.