You’re a murderer! Fahrenheit places you straight into the blood-covered shoes of a character who has just slaughtered someone. Problem is, you don’t remember a thing about it, or why you did it. The cops are closing in, wanting to stick you behind bars for life, so it’s up to you to find out how on earth this happened.

The problem is not unique; plenty other perfectly respectable people have turned into murderers too, killing individuals they’ve never met before. Dark forces are at work.

Fahrenheit is promising a chilling ride indeed, an adventure game with a plot so thickly twisted as to choke the life out of your paranoid body. Using similar techniques to horror films, it aims to generate a highly atmospheric and haunting atmosphere.

Developed by Quantic Dream for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC, Fahrenheit is scheduled for release in September. We’ll bring you a review if we dare peek out from behind the sofa…

Adam Shirley