Then He created the first humans, creatures with imperfections so they wouldn't be able to gain power over time. But with a great virtue: love. The firstborn waited until the time was right and escaped into our world. Seven Sumerian priests fought and conjured him into a great ziggurat. That's because everytime he escapes, he takes a piece from our world into his world, entrapping pieces of history into parallel universes. Ever since that time, special warriors are trained to await the Firstborn and to defeat him again. Every seven warriors disappeared in the ruins of Al Khali city, never to return. Now it is time for another seven.

Great story, ha?! At least it's long. And it's written by Clive Barker, English author, film director and visual artist. He is known for the "Books of Blood", for the "Hellraiser" movie, and for his first attempt in the games industry as a co-producer for Undying. He decided it's time to return to the games industry and he involved himself into a new project. Along with Codemasters and Mercury Steam, they created a horror-fps, the game being released for PC, XBOX 360 and PS3. Supernatural powers, the base theme for Clive Barker's universe, make no exceptions in this game. So where do you fit in this complex set up? Somewhere in between.

Characters

In the first levels you are Captain Devin Ross, the Jericho Squad leader. A very skeptical person towards paranormal, he will change after his own psychic abilities manifested during a raid in Taliban. He is able to revive dead people, becoming an indispensable person and quickly recruited by the Department of Occult Warfare.

He is killed rapidly by Arnold Leach (a dedicated member of the Jericho society who becomes possessed by the Firstborn) , so you don't have too much time to use him. But he will remain with his team in the form of a spirit who can take control of his team-mates. In this way you can jump (in the spiritual form) from one team-mate to the other and control the whole team to eradicate Al-Khali city and its strange creatures. So let's see who are the other members:

- Captain Xavier Jones (the second in command he is skilled in astral projection and empathy; he uses Patrioteer assault rifle),
- Lt. Abigail Black (the telekinetic sniper who was abused in her childhood; she uses a sniper with a rocket launcher attached to it; she can control with her mind the bullet of her gun through different targets; she can also make paths by pushing objects),
- Sergeant Frank Delgado (he is the result of a life-long pursuit of alchemy and shamanic wisdom; he can use only his left hand, the right one being encased in a protective shell containing a parasite flame spirit which he can uses to kill enemies instantly; the use of the spirit is limited due to loss of health; he uses a mini-gun and .50 caliber semi-automatic pistol),
- Sergeant Wilhelmina 'Billie' Church (she is a blood mage trained in ninjutsu; she serves as a scout and assassin for the squad; she carries a machine pistol and a deadly Katana),
- Corporal Simone Cole (a reality hacker who can manipulate space and time; she is the one that creates the checkpoints and who fills the ammo of the squad by rewinding the time in their ammo belts),
- Father Paul Rawlings (a chaplain in the military; he knows a lot of history about Jericho Squad and sometimes he assumes command replacing Ross; he carries two Desert Eagles and can heal from a distance; he can also drain health from other creatures and redistribute it to the squad members)