The original Gabriel Knight is probably, in my opinion, one of the greatest games ever made. It had an excellent story, great gameplay and very memorable music, not to mention an amazing host of voice actors who all played their roles brilliantly. So the remake? It's really good. It does its best to take the 1993 hit and modernise it, and I'd say it succeeds. It's no easy task to recreate something which had 90s design philosophy in it. Many people criticised the Monkey Island remakes - but really they were no different from the originals. Anyway, the remake to me looks really nice. I like the backgrounds especially, they are beautiful, and with several new screens, New Orleans looks even prettier than before. The character models are decent enough, definitely an improvement over Moebius' characters. The animations are a little jerky at points though, which isn't a major issue but still noticeable. The voice acting - put simply - is not the original voice cast. Every character has been recast, and I can understand why. Curry in GK3 was not great at all, and that was only 6 years after GK1. It's clear he would never have been able to do the new voice well. On the other hand, the new Gabriel is fine. Sounds accurate to Curry's GK1 Gabe and in some areas actually sounds a lot more believable. Curry's voice in places was somewhat comical. I can't exactly say the same for the other voice actors. They're close enough to the originals, but they don't quite have the passion of the originals. This doesn't ruin the experience though. What else? Well the music is fantastic. Robert Holmes is still Robert Holmes. Other than that, I'd say this remake is certainly worthy of your time if you enjoy the original, despite its shortcomings. Besides, the flaws of this remake don't detract from the story at all. It's still an amazing, tense and awesome story and that has not changed at all. The puzzles are still great too. Definite recommendation from me.
