Victorian England

Victorian England is a 2016 first-person horror video game for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. It is based on the Jack the Ripper killings during the Victorian era in England.

Gameplay
Victorian England is a story-driven campaign told in first-person narrative and set in England during the Victorian era. The player is incapable of combat, except for scripted sequences. Without any traditional weapons, players have to navigate with parkour: vaulting over low obstacles, crawling and sliding through narrow gaps. The player also may have to engage in puzzles and investigation sequences which have the player search for clues and gather evidence, put them together and then come up with a conclusion.

Plot
In 1888, police detective Harold Brown is investigating on the Jack the Ripper case after discovering the corpse of prostitute Mary Ann Nichols with her throat slit twice from left to right and her abdomen mutilated with one deep jagged wound and several incisions across the abdomen. After the investigation, another prostitute named Annie Chapman was murdered with Brown investigating her corpse as well. They discovered Chapman had also suffered a slash to the throat and abdominal wounds. After investigating these two murders, Brown and the other police officers knew a serial killer was on the loose that needed to be caught. They then found a letter titled "Dear Boss":

''I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they won't fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track. That joke about Leather Apron gave me real fits. I am down on whores and I shant quit ripping them till I do get buckled. Grand work the last job was. I gave the lady no time to squeal. How can they catch me now. I love my work and want to start again. You will soon hear of me with my funny little games. I saved some of the proper red stuff in a ginger beer bottle over the last job to write with but it went thick like glue and I cant use it. Red ink is fit enough I hope ha. ha. The next job I do I shall clip the ladys ears off and send the police officers just for jolly wouldn't you. Keep this letter back till I do a bit more work, then give it out straight. My knife's so nice and sharp I want to get to work right away if I get a chance. Good Luck. Yours truly''

Jack the Ripper

Dont mind me giving the trade name

''PS Wasnt good enough to post this before this I got all the red ink off my hands curse it No luck yet. They say I'm a doctor now. ha ha''

After reading this letter, Brown used it as evidence in the case and found a trail of red ink on the ground which led him through the streets of London to discover the corpse of another prostitute: Elizabeth Stride. This was blamed on Jack the Ripper and upon investigation, she had no mutilations except for her slit throat. Brown then found the corpse of prostitute Catherine Eddowes who was killed and mutilated by Jack the Ripper in the square with her face being greatly disfigured, throat cut and intestines were pulled out. Brown received a postcard and a letter at the scene, the postcard titled "Saucy Jacky":

''I was not codding dear old Boss when I gave you the tip, you'll hear about Saucy Jacky's work tommorrow double event this time number one squealed a bit couldn't finish off straight off. Had got no time to get ears off for police thanks for keeping last letter back till I get to work again. Jack the Ripper''

The letter at the scene was titled "From Hell" which was accompanied by a preserved section of a human kidney. The letter read:

Mr Lusk

Sor

I send you half the 

Kidnae I took from one women

prasarved it for you tother pirce

I fried and ate it was very nise I 

may send you the bloody knif that

took it out if you only wate a whil

longer.

signed

Catch me when you can 

Mishter Lusk

Brown collected the letter, half kidney and postcard as evidence to the investigation, feeling his getting closer to the killer. Then another letter was discovered before Jack committed another murder; titled Openshaw with a box also containing another half of a kidney. The letter read:

Old boss you was rite it was the left kidny I was going to hoperate agin close to your ospitle just as I was going to dror mi nife along of er bloomim throte them cusses of coppers spoilt the game but I guess I will be on the job soon and will send you another bit of innerds

Jack the Ripper

O have you seen the devle

with his mikerscope and scalpul

a-lookin at a kidney

with a slide cocked up.

Jack the Ripper then later committed one final murder: Mary Jane Kelly was his victim, being another prostitute. Brown discovered her naked body in a bed with the whole surface of the abdomen and thighs were removed and the abdominal cavity emptied of it's viscera. Her breasts were cut off, arms mutilated by several jagged wounds, face hacked beyond recognition of the features, tissues of the neck were severed all round down to the bone, the viscera was found in various parts, left calf showed a long gash through skin and tissues to the deep muscles, heart absent, pericardium was open, right lung was minimally adherent by old firm adhensions and right thumb showed a small superficial incision.

After five murders turning up, Brown decided to gather everything around to track down Jack, coming up with a number of possible suspects including Montague John Druitt, Seweryn Klosowski, Aaron Kosminski, Michael Ostrog, John Pizer, James Thomas Sadler and Francis Tumblety. After gathering the clues, Brown made his way to an abandoned house where Brown, alone without police help, discovered it was indeed Jack the Ripper's house after finding a kidney and photographs of the murder victims being crossed out with the same red ink he used in his letters. Brown searched through the house to find a key and opened it to a hidden basement, were many knives, skulls and newspapers were found on the Jack the Ripper murders. Brown then found a mutilated corpse hanging, before being attacked by the killer.

Jack the Ripper's identity was hidden throughout the entire moment where Brown escaped the basement and then managed to shove Jack, causing him to trip over and the identity of the killer is revealed as Francis Tumblety. Francis explained his reasonings for the killings as he wants to get rid of prostitution and a small fight led to Jack being punched in the face, stunning him temporarily while Brown flees from the killer as he pursues. However, Francis catches up to Brown, so Brown causes him to get accidentally stabbed with his own knife in the stomach. Brown pulls the knife out before telling him that Jack the Ripper is now gone and forgotten before Francis dies and a newspaper and photographs show the police finding Francis's house and that Francis was the killer and now Jack the Ripper is dead.