Although it didn’t do too well commercially, Clive Barker’s Undying was one of the best horror games ever made – and with it, Barker proved he was capable of creating great pieces of horror in any medium.
If Jericho didn’t have Clive Barker’s name attached to it, it might have been overshadowed by bigger releases such as Orange Box and Crysis. But that would have been unfortunate, since Jericho is a great game. It does what Undying did, and adds elements of its own to move the genre a step (however small) in the right evolutionary direction.
The game is based on Jericho – a squad of seven 'gifted' individuals who have been trained in both traditional and occult warfare. When the squad is sent to investigate paranormal activity of epic proportions in the middle-eastern city of Al-Khali, they stumble across an ancient evil called the Firstborn that’s trying to make its way back into the real world and wreak havoc.
During their mission (which now is to stop the Firstborn) they enter the prison where the Firstborn is held captive – the Pyxis. They discover that every time the creature tried to escape, a team of seven individuals like themselves were sent to stop it and in doing so, a layer of time and matter would be encapsulated around the Pyxis, imprisoning the brave warriors that saved humanity.
In effect, the Pyxis has accumulated many layers, century after century, and the Jericho squad has to go through each layer of this twisted domain to get to – and destroy – the Firstborn.
At the beginning of the mission, however, their leader Capt. Devin Ross gets killed. Thanks to the twisted nature of the Pyxis, the spirit of Ross stays with the team, allowing him to possess and control any one of the teammates. His occult power of healing gets distributed amongst his squad, allowing them to heal one another if they’re severely injured. You play the role of Ross and through him you can control your squad and hone each of their abilities.
Great Review Nikhil! 
