Merscom announced today it is working jointly with Starz Media and Overture Films to develop and publish a game based on the upcoming feature film, Righteous Kill. The film stars Robert De Niro and Al Pacino as two veteran New York City detectives who are on the trail of a vigilante serial killer. The movie's theatrical release is on September 12, 2008.
The Righteous Kill game is scheduled for release late summer and is a hidden objects game where the player takes the role of a rookie cop, newly assigned to a special division of the NYPD. This unit is dedicated to the pursuit and capture of vigilante killers. The game will consist of 15 levels and 16 environments. In addition, there will be multiple mini-games that move the player along in the story.
FTG Writes: When we bring a rookie detective into the task force, there’s an unwritten rule between us pensioners: screw with the rookie every way you can. At some point, you get tired of all the cocky upstarts that think they know it all. Little do they know, most of them will wash out within the year. What we do isn’t so much “hazing” as it is preparing them for the real world. Not every case is guts and glory like they’d make you believe on TV or in the movies. Most of ‘em boil down to grunt work that no one really wants to do. So why not make the rooks do ‘em? Let them run around thinking that every crummy piece of evidence is going to break their case. We stone wardens have put in our time around here, so why not have a good laugh while the newbies earn their keep? That’s how we have a little fun around here at the Righteous Kill division.
A thriller adventure, Righteous Killlaunched on the Mac App Store today, care of G5 Entertainment and Starz Media. The game is a hidden object mystery inspired by the film of the same name.
AR: G5 hits us with another hidden mystery thriller, this one called Righteous Kill. It details the investigative adventures of Officer Vasquez and NYPD’s Vigilante Unit as they hunt for clues to prove the guilt of Terry Collins, who is suspected of perpetuating an extrajudicial execution of a criminal who escaped justice. It is loosely based on the movie of the same name.
The movie looks good, but I don't think this is the best idea. Sounds like a True Crime knockoff at this point (which then makes it a GTA knockoff in my eyes as well). At best Meh/4 stars.