Posted on: October 22, 2014

alburl

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Very good remake but not the original...

The Gabriel Knight series is one of my favourites in the gaming world, so when I heard about this remake I pre-ordered. It's been very well done, but as a fan of the original I have to say it's lost some of its charm. Going from a 2D layout to a 3D one means some things had to be cut. For example, Gabriel can no longer climb the ladder in the book store, but Grace still tells him to "get down". Another one is that Gabriel no longer hugs his Gran when he goes to see her. These are small things but I feel it was a shame to omit them. The story is the same, with a few minor changes in puzzle item locations, and the inclusion of a few new puzzles and screens to keep it fresh for returning players like myself. The screens have been faithfully recreated and updated for our modern platforms with HD and the music has been amazingly remastered. The voice actors do an awesome job, although a part of me misses Tim Curry as Gabriel. Overall, I really enjoyed re-playing the original story in its updated form, although I can't help but feel the time put into making this would have been better spent on giving us a Gabriel Knight 4...

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Posted on: October 16, 2014

akg1486

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Good back then, but no better now

I was introduced to Gabriel Knight through "The Beast Within", and I absolutely loved it. (I even fell in love with a Japanese-descendent girl a few years later, just because she looked like Grace! What a time that was! But I digress.) So to me, GK1 became like a prequel. The pixel art felt like a step back from the (fairly successful) Full Motion Video of GK2, but once I got into the story I found that I didn't really care about how it looked. The pixels made the clock puzzle difficult, since it was hard to see what the symbols were, but otherwise this might as well have been text-based. The remake feels less genuine, in a way. Not as soulful. Gabriel doesn't hug grandma anymore. The scene with Wolfgang does not nearly raise as much emotions as the original. And the voice acting is not as good. Many of the actors try to emulate or copy from the original, rather than doing it in their own style. Only Tim Curry can say "I really don't wanna die. Can we try that again?" with the same, slightly sarcastic, southern drawl. The changes that are there are mostly for the worse: silly puzzles added here and there. (But I do like the new Schloss Ritter scenes!) One should never go back to streets where one has lived, or revisit old love interests, and perhaps the same is true for computer games. If you are the kind of person who re-reads old books, why not give it a try. It's like a new edition with new shiny pictures, and it brings a bit of difference. Have you never played GK1? Do it, but you might as well play the original.

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Posted on: January 2, 2020

Pandoraadict

Jeux: 5 Avis: 1

looks good

quick question, the game looks good but before i download it can you confirm if it's an FMV game like Pandoras Directive, which I love. thanks

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Posted on: October 17, 2014

rackatack

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Good remake, but ...

I have nothing to say about the story or the game itself, except that I'm also disapointed by the voice actor, I didn't remember that Gabriel could sound as perverted as Larry Laffer, some movements might look clumsy, but I think it's because all the animations have been pre-rendered so you can't realy have smooth interactions with everything, but it's not that disturbing. The graphics have been polished, and it's easier to spot the things you can interact with than with the old game. Overall, nice game except for the voice of Gabriel ...

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Posted on: October 19, 2014

Lerpukka

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Bug-ridden adventure

I've been playing for two days now and I barely have had any progress in the game. While playing I found a way to softlock the game during Day 1 and it took me a while to figure out how not to do it. That was on day wasted of my weekend. After that I started to play Day 2 in the game and almost got through it. Almost, because the game had a fucking bug that prevented me to progress to Day 3. I had done everything there was to do but the needed dialog option just did not show up. So after playing 8 hours I decided to reload Day 2 and managed to proceed to Day 3. To sum things up, during my weekend I managed to find some game breaking bugs that the development team did not and they pretty much ruined my experience with the game. Please test your games before releasing them.

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