Police Quest 4: Open Season (Part 1)

You play the role of John Carey, a detective of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Your best friend Bob Hickman, an undercover detective, has been killed. The coroner concludes that he has been given a slow acting poison and has endured horrific torture until his death. Your superior, Lieutenant Block, has given you an order to find the killer. The evidence at this time points toward a gang killing. As you proceed with your investigation, more evidence begins to surface. You are ambushed at South Central, but quick thinking has kept you alive. Soon, the word comes in that Officer Garcia has also been murdered and that the MO is the same as Bobs. You begin to gather evidence about the case just as when more killings occur. Again they are killed in the same manner as the others, with a body part severed off. The citizens of Los Angeles are now afraid to leave their homes. The word is spreading that a serial killer is on the loose. Pressure is put on you to find the killer and close this case. There are a lot of clues that lead down blind alleys, but your trusty notebook, the coroner, and the findings by SID shall prove to be invaluable. You interview everyone that is involved in this manhunt. In the end, it is the drudgery of police work that solves this case.

Daryl F. Gates, retired Chief of LAPD, is the co-writer and co-creator of this game. The Manson Family Murders and the Hillside Strangler are among the many infamous cases he has investigated during his career with the LAPD. Co-writer Tammy Dargan is experienced producing police and detective programs on television (Americas Most Wanted). Together they have brought accuracy and realism to this latest sequel in the Police Quest series. Filmed on location in Los Angeles and its urban areas, photographers have used state of the art digital cameras to capture scenes that surely catch the eyes of the gamers. Gates even makes a cameo appearance in this title.