The Inquisitor
NEED TO KNOW
RELEASE February 2024
DEVELOPER The Dust
PUBLISHER Kalypso Media
LINK theinquisitor.game
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, and it's fair to say this one was fairly unanticipated too. There's a backstory to The Inquisitor that may cause some to cross themselves in disbelief, but also a vampiric investigation with enough third-person action and adventuring to attract a new crowd of the faithful.
This particular inquisitor has nothing to do with Monty Python or Warhammer 40,000. His story traces back to the climactic event of the Christian gospels, that moment on Golgotha we're all taught about at Sunday school, when Jesus gets down off the cross and sets about making his displeasure at his unpleasant treatment abundantly clear. Remember that?
If this all sounds a bit far-fetched, it's because it's based on the work of a Polish fantasy author. Such things have a, and Jacek Piekara is the latest to lend his stories to the medium. It's not his first foray into gaming, however: he co-created , a 2D point-and-clicker with a hint of about its graphics, in 1998. You can get it on GOG.
