The religion He has been part of video games for a long time, but this is one of the first occasions in which he directly uses the biblical figure of Jesus as the protagonist. On the one hand, there is a game developed by SimulaM and defined as a “simulator of Jesus”, which goes by the name I Am Jesus Christ and it is currently listed on Steam with a release date of 2022.
According to the development diary of I Am Jesus Christ, SimulaM uses Unreal Engine 5 and is currently playtesting the prologue. The frame rate per second suffers but visually it looks good. The game uses the first-person perspective of Jesus himself, overlooking the Sea of Galilee and chronologically set in the messiah’s early years of service.
Under his power he can expel demons and the game enters a spiritual dimension where he must not only repel them, but also avoid attacks that are a kind of orbs of light. As it is a game in development, its mechanics are still in progress and can be improved.
The inquisitor
The other game is the radical opposite of a simulator. Developed by the Polish studio The Dust, I, the Inquisitor is a dark fantasy title based on the series of novels by Jacek Piekara, set in a universe where Jesus did not die on the cross but decided to take revenge with all the anger inherited from his heavenly father. However, this happens 1500 years later and under the identity of Mordimer Madderdin, an inquisitor Jesus.
Yes, there are plenty of reflections of true history with organizations acting in the name of Jesus, but we’ll leave that critique to the game.
I, the Inquisitor is a non-linear adventure with difficult moral choices and unique abilities. The game takes place in Konigstein, but Mordimer can travel to the ‘Unworld’ to uncover people’s hidden secrets and disarm them in interrogations. On the combat side, he can use the edge of the sword, but brute force is not enough against an ancient evil that stalks the world of the living.
I, the Inquisitor It will be available on an undefined date for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
