My husband and I were out at the local mall yesterday and decided to pick up another game for the XBox 360. We have XBox Live so that we can take advantage of things like demos for various games before we buy them.
I’m not that up on first-person shooters, but when I was asked to vote on whether we should get Jericho or Conan I voted for Jericho. It was pointed out to me that Ron Perlman does the voice of Conan in that game, which is superior than the voice acting in Jericho, but the game itself seeing it played and playing it in demo. It was God of War with Conan. Seemed pretty pointless to me when we’ve already had God of War, and it’s sequel played to death in this house. Jericho is new, different, written by Clive Barker and has zombies. All pluses in my book.
I think the clerk at Game Stop was amused by our discussion.
But Jericho was what came home with us, and it’s very interesting. The graphics, of course, are stellar, and the acting is good especially compared to something like Two Worlds. The plot device is a threat of apocalypse, and involves a team of army specialists who all have paranormal powers who are trying to prevent the end of the world. This interests me doubly because of my own following of the occult. I’m fascinated to see how things are portrayed.
