Product Description

While writing a series of articles about horrible murders in the Low Side District of New York, the young reporter Jimmy Palmer will soon become involved in a game of cat and mouse with an illusive and deadly character - Jack the Ripper. Along Palmer's dark journey he will foster a friendship with a young singer, Abigail, the "Irish Nightingale," and meet numerous other colorful characters of this poor district. Beginning with the search of witnesses to the crimes, Palmer's snooping will soon l

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6847 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Dreamcatcher
• Model: 625904402509
• Released on: 2004-02-03
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: 3.00 pounds

Features

• A thrilling investigative experience with the illusive and deadly Jack the Ripper
• Exploration, inventory-based gameplay with a suspenseful storyline
• A mass-appeal theme based on true historical events
• Virtools Engine allows for special effects and detailed graphics
• Numerous puzzles of varying complexity--environmental, tactile, auditory

From the Manufacturer
While writing a series of articles about horrible murders in the Low Side District of New York, the young reporter, Jimmy Palmer, will soon become involved in a game of cat and mouse with an illusive and deadly character--Jack the Ripper. Along Palmer's dark journey he will foster a friendship with a young singer, Abigail, the "Irish Nightingale," and meet numerous other colorful characters of this poor district.

Beginning with the search of witnesses to the crimes, Palmer's snooping will soon lead him to investigate suspects. His daily editorials trigger the interest of the serial killer himself, who begins to correspond with Palmer via the newspaper, leading Palmer to surmise that this killer is the infamous Jack the Ripper!

Features:

• A thrilling experience with realistic and unforgettable characters and a compelling storyline
• Virtools Engine allows for special effects and rich, beautiful, and detailed graphics with a user-friendly interface
• A mass-appeal theme based on true historical events
• Exploration, inventory-based gameplay, suspenseful storyline
• Numerous puzzles of varying complexity--environmental, tactile, auditory

Customer Reviews

Dark and Seedy Game
This game actually made some horror game lists - and for good reason. It's quite dark and scary. If you are interested in an adventure game that has a good story, some easy puzzles and solid voice acting at a good price this is your game.

The graphics in this game are functional and seedy with some nice rendered backgrounds and characters. The story line along with "puzzles" that fit into the story are quite good actually.

I myself usually play 3rd person adventure games but this game is on my top 10 best games along with ganes like Syberia and The Longest Journey.

The puzzles are very basic and easy to solve without using a walkthrough which was a real plus for me.

In my opinion, this game is what all adventure games should be - a great interactive story. I can recall not too long ago paying $59.99 for games exactly like this one - this game is a real bargin.

Not quite what I expected . . .
For a while, I've been really interested in Jack the Ripper (and as Silkner says in this game "And serial killers in general"), but this just isn't as exciting as the actual murder cases. The slaughterhouse part was really creepy, though. Your boss in this game, Bur, really would've made a great killer, because you can just tell that he only cares about his job, and wants to see if The Daily to find a story as good as that. However, his face just doesn't match the actual Ripper's face. [..]But, then again, neither does it match in this game.

I beg to differ on the horrible reviews
Okay, so I admit that I am not the most PC game savvy and for this reason, I enjoyed this game. It is very similar to Post Mortem and Still Life (not surprising, as they are made by the same company). Yes, it is tedious and repetitive, but it is simple, puzzles are easy, the story is linear, you can't really screw up, and I appreciate this in a game! The graphics are pretty cool, as is the music.

I play adventure games to pretend I am really there, in the game, trying to figure out the mystery. I don't need shoot-em-ups or puzzles that take me all day to figure out. If you're like me, you'll probably enjoy this game. You just need to go into it knowing that you are not looking at an Oscar-caliber experience. Take it for what it's worth and you may just have some fun! :)