''Jekyll and Hyde'' is an adventure video game by

Cryo Interactive Cryo Interactive Entertainment was a French video game development and publishing company founded in 1990, but existing unofficially since 1989 as a developer group under the name Cryo. History Cryo was formed by members of ERE Informatique ...

. It was released for Microsoft Windows in 2001. The game is based on the 1886 novella ''

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is a 1886 Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old ...

'' by

Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as '' Treasure Island'', '' Strange Case of Dr Jekyll ...

. A PlayStation 2 version was planned but was eventually cancelled.

Gameplay

Set in 1890 London, this game puts the player in the role of Dr. Jekyll, whose mission is to save his daughter, Laurie, from her kidnappers by recovering certain mysterious and magical artifacts in one night. Dr. Jekyll has no choice but to reactivate his laboratory equipment and bring back his dreaded alter ego, Mr. Hyde.

Reception

Although the sound effects are praised, ''Jekyll & Hyde'' didn't receive many positive reviews from critics. IGN says "Good voice acting is unfortunately overshadowed by the lack of animation when characters are speaking...if almost nothing else is good about a game, sound cannot save it."

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criticized the game's confusing camera angles and bad control, saying "it seems less like a game and more like a parody of the action-adventure genre."

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2001 video games DreamCatcher Interactive games Fiction set in 1890 Video games set in the 1890s Video games set in London Adventure games Cryo Interactive games Video games developed in France Windows games Windows-only games Video games about mental health Video games about shapeshifting Video games based on Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde {{adventure-videogame-stub

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