Jack the Ripper
Since August 31, 1888, the identity of Jack the Ripper has eluded criminologists. Using the actual clues and evidence assembled from years of painstaking research, now you can solve the mystery. Travel around…
Jack the Ripper is an adventure developed by Galiléa, released 29 January 2004 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Jack the Ripper is
Jack the Ripper is an adventure game developed by Galiléa and released in 2004. It was published by MC2-Microïds. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Virtools Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Since August 31, 1888, the identity of Jack the Ripper has eluded criminologists. Using the actual clues and evidence assembled from years of painstaking research, now you can solve the mystery. Travel around authentic Victorian London locations in search of clues and interview over one hundred actual persons and suspects. Only you can stop Jack before he strikes again.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical, horror and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Jack the Ripper holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 6 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Jack the Ripper launched on 29 January 2004, within three weeks of Pokémon FireRed Version, Metroid: Zero Mission, Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen and Pokémon LeafGreen Version. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Pokémon FireRed Version, Metroid: Zero Mission, Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, Pokémon LeafGreen Version.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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