Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within

I just couldn't get over FMV. There is substance to this game but gameplay was very limited. These sequences grounded me in reality, actors were laughable and underlined shallow characters, even the main protagonists acted like a part of some soap opera. Were they directed to do that? It truly was an interactive movie and not a particularly good one. Despite using 6 CDs it seemed like there are only things which are absolutely necessary to advance the story and even then they didn't have time to do it properly. Jokes were falling flat and when I did laugh it was not intended by the game. It took my focus from what's good in this game to everything bad and ugly. It is nice that they introduced Grace as playable character which was an influencing move. It was fully fleshed out in the sequel where these characters existed in the same space and I enjoyed different commentaries on various objects.

One of my favorite point and click adventure games of all time. I really wish this would get revived somehow, maybe as a show or something.

I love this game. This was Sierra's foray into achieving better visuals by combining video with gaming. It was ahead of its time. I like poking around to find clues. There is no school like the old school!

Great story, good acting overall (and I mean ACTING, not voice overs, real acting with real actors), great music, interesting characters... It's a shame we don't have many more games like this nowadays.

This was the first GK game which I had the privilege of playing (also the first Windows game which I bought!). Both my brother and I spent many hours playing this together to try and figure out the various puzzles, thoroughly enjoying the FMV sequences as well. I still remember getting stuck on the "splicing" part and that was the first time I used a walkthrough as well! Overall one of the best story lines in a video game, and if you enjoy any of the Jane Jensen stories from the GK series then give her books a try as well. Great stuff!