Field reports spoke of strange phenomena during bombardments, projectiles that seemed to change their path in mid-flight to reach hidden positions, interrogation led by unidentified collaborators that obtained information without a word being uttered, and sudden deaths in inexplicable conditions (heart attacks, spontaneous combustion) of high Republican commanders inside their underground refuges. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War changed everything. Initially these documents were dismissed and filed. In the 1930s reports reached the UK Security Service that a German occult society, deeply entwined with the Nazi hierarchy, was investigating paranormal warfare. The roots of the activity stretch back further. Recent Department of Occult Warfare paranormal excavations revealed concentrated levels of activity at Al-Khali during the War. This war, unprecedented in global reach and casualties, was only ended through the deployment of nuclear bombs dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing hundreds of thousands of civilians in two devastating strikes. World War II began the era of industrialized, global, modern combat.
Below are three of the layers The Jericho Squad will visit. He was marked for assassination, and although the operation appeared to be successful, it seems he may have survived.Įach "level" in Jericho, is broken up into what Barker describes as "the layers of a disgusting, rotting onion." Each slice is dedicated to a specific era of time the Firstborn has taken from the earth. However, his unscrupulous behavior and nature would eventually have him expelled. One of their most brilliant members, Arnold Leach, was recruited in 1962. The Department of Occult Warfare was created in the 1930s to combat the unexplained and meet Nazi Germany's own research into the paranormal. However, none of these teams have ever returned from their Mission. They would always disappear into the ruined city of Al Khalid that had been built atop this bedrock of strife and somehow succeed in banishing the Firstborn back to the Abyss. Ever since that time, there would always be a secret order that would train seven warriors to await the Firstborn's attempts to escape.
Seven Sumerian priests met its arrival and fought to contain it, successfully entombing the place of its escape within a great ziggurat. There, it waited and watched until it was able to reach out with its power into our world. Neither light nor dark, both terrible and beautiful to behold, it disturbed the Almighty who banished this flawed creation into the Abyss. You will traverse through multiple planes of existence, including Ancient Rome, the Crusades, WWII and more!īefore Adam and Eve were created, God fashioned the Firstborn. * The game takes place in Al-Khali, a city formed over 6 different eras and ruled by evil. * Abilities can be combined to create new powers * Each character has unique paranormal abilities * Squad first person shooter (Squad FPS) mechanics deliver tactical action * Direct your squad as they watch your back and follow your orders Additionally, members can combine their paranormal powers for even more substantial attacks * Switch between and play all six squad members- use the best member for particular combat situations.
Jericho is an all-action first person shooter (FPS) combined with darkest horror from the twisted mind of horror legend Clive Barker 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. 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. Players journey through hellish locations and slices of time combating gruesome and twisted enemies.
Clive Barkers Jericho delivers an overload of sensory horror.