Posted on: October 13, 2016
robochibi
Games: 22 Reviews: 9
Fascinating but frustrating
This was the game that introduced me to point-and-click adventure games and left a lasting impression on me that carried on well into adulthood. The memorable characters and atmospheric creepiness of the French Quarter is chilling and memorable. In comparison to the original game, I preferred the voice work of the original and that was about the only thing that I wished I could have back. Tim Curry's Gabriel Knight imbued much more personality and the original Narrators voice sounded slightly more authentically New Orleans. All other voices were passable; not great, but passable. This was my only issue with this remake which, overall, I felt was highly polished.. But then I was reminded of just how tedious some of these puzzles were. How they must be done in a correct order to trigger events and, therefore, forced quite a bit of backtracking on the player. The puzzles are usually fairly easy to figure out once you have the correct item, but finding that correct item was the actual puzzle at times! The original series required so little performance that one could zip back and forth between locations in seconds. Unfortunately, we are at the mercy of load times and slow character movement in this remake which hampers a game that placed a huge emphasis on travel. When you are stuck on a puzzle and must review all your options then having to move around from screen-to-screen can be your worst enemy at times. It was still enjoyable, but the structure of the original game was a lot of screen switching and I feel this didn't translate well into a remake that demanded a high performance.
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