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The
discovery of a mutilated female body is the opening
sequence, one which the player can't avoid. In fact,
there are several scenarios which the player is guided
through without much interaction on his part. These
are very atmospheric and even quite exciting to read,
but if this were all I wanted to do, a book would have
sufficed. Fortunately the game comes in three parts
and there IS sufficient interaction within them to appease
most of us text input addicts.
When
the player gains some control over his fate he finds
that the action is played in 'real time', and therefore
decisions have to be made quickly and accurately. This
is no hardship really, as there is a RAM SAVE facility,
but it doesn't allow for too many wrong moves. Most
of the action seems to be taken up covering ones tracks
and moving from place to place as quickly as possible
without being discovered by the local Peelers, who are
soon hot on the Rippers' trail.
The
location, event and object descriptions remind me of
the adventures created by a certain Rod Pike, but as
I quite like his games and the St Brides ladies emulate
his style competently, Jack the Ripper works
very well for me. The topic isn't overflowing in taste,
and some of the graphics are unnecessary, but the style
of the text coupled with the atmosphere and excitement
created, all add up to making it a must for the adventurers
collection. You are over eighteen aren't you?
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