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Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

The adventure of Gabriel Knight starts with gathering materials for his new book, and ends up becoming a fight for his very soul. During his investigation he discovers that he is the heir to the title of “Schattenjäger”, or “Shadow Hunter”, which has been passed down in his family from generation to generation since times long forgotten. He must now face countless dangers in New Orleans, Africa and Germany, each bringing him ever closer to unraveling the mystery behind suspicious voodoo murders. Haunted by nightmares, he won't give up until he reveals the truth. In this "full-talkie" version o

Release date
January 28, 2010
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Sierra
Publisher
Activision
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The adventure of Gabriel Knight starts with gathering materials for his new book, and ends up becoming a fight for his very soul. During his investigation he discovers that he is the heir to the title of “Schattenjäger”, or “Shadow Hunter”, which has been passed down in his family from generation to generation since times long forgotten. He must now face countless dangers in New Orleans, Africa and Germany, each bringing him ever closer to unraveling the mystery behind suspicious voodoo murders.

Haunted by nightmares, he won't give up until he reveals the truth. In this "full-talkie" version of one of the best horror adventure games ever created you can listen to over 7,300 lines of recorded dialogue performed by professional actors including Mark Hamill and Tim Curry. Allow yourself to be sucked into this amazing neo-Gothic story full of dark secrets, nightmares and tons of atmosphere! A gripping, captivating, supernatural detective psycho-thriller The first part of one of the greatest stories ever told in a video game, written by the talented Jane Jensen Well-designed, memorable characters with a whopping 7300 lines of recorded dialogue A gripping, captivating, supernatural detective psycho-thrillerThe first part of one of the greatest stories ever told in a video game, written by the talented Jane JensenWell-designed, memorable characters with a whopping 7300 lines of recorded dialogue

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★ 9.4/10GOG · 2,731 ratings
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★ 5 / 5
Even in the once diverse point and click adventure game genre, the Gabriel Knight games were an oddity. What set them apart was the professionalism…
★ 4 / 5
It's too bad I was never able to play this around the time it came out. After I played it for the first time a…
★ 5 / 5
I'm so happy that GOG.com has decided to release this classic game on its website. This game series is one of my all-time favorites, and…
★ 2 / 5
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is generally considered to be one of the greatest point and click adventures of all time. If true, it's…
★ 4 / 5
If this were 1993, I would definitely add another star and write about how the voice acting is great, the action is compelling and the…
★ 5 / 5
As an avid fan of point-and-click adventures, I decided to pick up this game on sale and played through it over the course of a…
★ 5 / 5
Gabriel Knight was the brainchild of Sierra game designer Jane Jensen, who had previously worked with Roberta Williams on Kings Quest VI with great success.…
★ 5 / 5
I have been playing a slew of adventure games over the past two years, mostly thanks to GOG and their awesome old-school releases. I think…

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★ 5 / 5
The elements that were taken out of the old game for the new are unfortunate. Even with the much, much improved graphics, the original game…
★ 4 / 5
This was definitely an enjoyable game, but some of the puzzles definitely required a walkthrough as the solutions were so unintuitive. The remake does a…
★ 5 / 5
When I first played Gabriel Knight back in the 1990s, it was easily the best-written game I had ever encountered up to that point. It's…
★ 5 / 5
Fantastic game from the early 90's. I remember being so pleased when I finally cracked this game back in 1993.
★ 5 / 5
I am 30 and remembered a game called Police Quest from many many years ago that my dad gave me. That's how I then came…
★ 4 / 5
I've always been a fan of point-and-click games; i found the character of Gabriel Knight very interesting- this game has a great atmosphere!

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