It may not have the official name (thatās lost somewhere in Activisionās archives), but upcoming PC adventure game Precinct is, from the designer down to the fundamentals, trying to be something fans of the classic Sierra series will be very interested in.
Police Quest founder and designer Jim Walls is leading development on the project, which sounds like it will mostly follow the original seriesā template, albeit with some modern twists.
The old Police Quest games were notorious for making players follow the letter of the law in everything they did ā thanks to Wallsā time as a police officer in the California Highway Patrol ā and Precinct is no different, as youāll need to āfollow correct police procedureā.
The big difference now though is that Precinct will be played in the first-person perspective, and alongside traditional adventure game puzzles and dialogue thereāll also be āintense fast action gameplay sequencesā like āshootouts, high speed car chases, investigations, foot pursuits, hand-to-hand combat, and moreā.
Police Quest veterans will remember thereās always been a bit of fast-twitch reflexes needed at certain points in the series. Hopefully itāll now require less save game reloads to get right.
Currently seeking funding via Kickstarter, the plan is to create a five-game series for the PC, with additional formats to be included if they hit their stretch goals.
Those interested in the game ā or even adventure game history ā should check out the Kickstarter page, because the pitch video doubles as a great little Police Quest documentary.
Precinct [Kickstarter]
