A trailer for I Am Jesus Christ: Prologue, a preliminary version of the upcoming religious FPS game, bears a strong resemblance to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The game was first announced a few years ago, billing itself as the first game to offer a simulation of the life of Jesus Christ, where players can perform miracles and fight Satan. Although the full version isn't set to release until mid-2023, the free prologue will be available this December.
A recent article from IGN has revealed that players will soon get their first taste of what's been advertised as a highly-realistic Jesus Christ FPS game, with I Am Jesus Christ: Prologue set to come to Steam on December 1. A new trailer has demonstrated a fair amount of gameplay, showing Jesus performing miracles like turning water into wine and healing the sick from a first-person perspective. The game seems to follow the Bible somewhat chronologically, with the beginning of the trailer displaying "Luke 1:1" to indicate where players are in the timeline of Jesus' story.
I Am Jesus Christ's First-Person Gameplay & Miracles Resemble Skyrim
Much of the new trailer for I Am Jesus Christ: Prologue will likely remind many players of Skyrim for several reasons. Although they're set in very different locales, many of the locations in I Am Jesus Christ are reminiscent of those in Bethesda's RPG, particularly the home interiors shown. In addition to the game's first-person perspective, both I Am Jesus Christ's healing the sick gameplay from this trailer and its previously showcased demon combat use a lot of hand animations similar to when players utilize magic powers in Skyrim. The way quests appear on the screen is also very Elder Scrolls-esque, although the style used for displaying questlines in Skyrim has grown greatly in popularity over the years and appeared in many other titles.
It's unclear at this time how much of I Am Jesus Christ is meant to be genuine or satire, something that will likely be brought to light once players have access to the prologue releasing next month. It's certainly not the first religious game to garner a lot of attention, as well as a bit of controversy, for its content - games like The Pope: Power & Sin, a pope simulator based on Alexander VI's life, have faced similar scrutiny. However, the pope-centric title offered much more commentary on the state of religion, whereas I Am Jesus Christ seems to focus more on simple storytelling.
While some of the game's elements, like demon fighting and exorcism, are certainly on the sillier side of things, I Am Jesus Christ seems to play things relatively straight, not so much parodying the story of Jesus but rather just attempting to follow the storyline accurately. Of course, this is all based on limited footage of I Am Jesus Christ, so the game's tone is still hard to pin down. Players can find out for themselves what the full version of the game has in store when I Am Jesus Christ: Prologue launches this December, and fans of Skyrim looking for games with bottomless lore may enjoy the biblical depths the game has to offer.
Source: IGN, IGN/YouTube