Clive Barker's Jericho hands-on impressions

Over at the almighty CVG, Jerichorecently got a playtest and the impressions from the players overall could be described as: stunning. We'll summarize their thoughts and skip most of the story-revealing bits for those who want to sleep tonight:

• Every member of the "Jericho Team" has a special set of brutal weaponry and their own psychic abilities. These abilities range from exorcism and alchemy to clairvoyance and telekinesis (Hmm, Psi-Ops, anyone?).

• You can swap control between any of these characters at any time during the game. Their powers are described and, yeah, they're pretty darn neat sounding.

• Don't worry, a slick AI controls the other characters you aren't in the eyes of.

• The graphics? Amazing. The atmosphere? Sinister with dark ambience. Basically, it does the FPS-Horror cross-genre justice. Gruesome enemies with a fantastic atmosphere... sounds hot.

• You're in first-person at all times. Climbing up cliffs, scrambling through a narrow passage... this is a true first-person title.

Sounds pretty impressive. There are other things, like timed button sequences (or something similar) and rain/blood splattering against your screen/eyes, but those aren't new. They'll certainly add to the atmosphere, though. We'll keep our eyes open for more information on this cute title.