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tomimt - 08 October 2013 12:51 PM

They can make it or break it with the voice acting. The original has such a great cast (narrator debatable).  I wonder if they’ve managed to secure the original cast to return or if they’ll recast.

And, in the end, this didn’t come as a surprise.

http://www.gabrielknight20th.com/

she says in the interview: theyr recasting completely.
Not sure what to say.

The graphics aren’t my cup of tea at all, unfortunately.
Very inconsistent, almost like directly out of a hidden object game.
Gabriel looks just bland.

im just not sure if i want to play it.
Whats the point of re-recording all the audio if it isnt going to be *fantastic*.
Whats the point of remaking the game for some glossy backgrounds.

tomimt - 08 October 2013 04:49 PM

Multiplatform release.

i guess thats a nice thing in the grand scheme of things… it just doesnt mean anything to me.

I’m disappointed.
I know all signs pointed towards this, but…meh.

I can’t get excited about a remake. Now, an improved edition, that would be another thing…In LucasArts adventure games you could always tell when your cursor was hovering over a hotspot and if so over which one. That’s a feature I feel the first GK could benefit from. Finding the snake scale was like going through pixelhunting hell, a trip I could have done without. Some clues for the more unforgiving puzzles could also improve the game.

But otherwise? GK1 is one of the best adventure games Sierra ever released, even in hindsight. Bar some tinkering with little things here and there the game is good as it is. Looking at the screenshots of the remake, I feel it will lose the charme of the original.
Also, what a waste of time and money that could go into something original instead.
And all for a distant chance of another installment in the series. I doubt it will happen. Only if it will will I feel that the remake will have been worth it.

It certainly is ironic that Gabriel Knight 1 is the one game in the series that is by far the least in need of a remake.

Also, you really can’t compare the lack of new Monkey Island stuff with the potential for new Sierra licensed games.  The Monkey Island plans fell through because Lucasarts collapsed as a company.  Activision, as annoying as they are as a corporate entity, is not in any danger.  They’ve got their shit a lot more together, comparably.

fov - 08 October 2013 05:42 PM

People who don’t think it needs a remake have the original version at their fingertips. But there’s a big opportunity here to introduce the game to a new/lapsed audience and make a case for making new GK games. This is the first time since Sierra shut down that such a thing has even been on the table. I hope that even people who are “meh” about the idea of a remake are excited by that prospect…?

the problem is: i dont see shiny backgrounds and awkwardly detailed faces being the things that make the game embraced by a new generation. Its already on gog. Half of what made the original so awesome was performances like mark hamil. I speculate that the sort of people who wont play gk because its outdated, arent going to be impressed by the visuals here either.

So this game will be available to anyone that pledged more than $50 at the kickstarter, right?

Can’t really complain with it but I agree with the general opinion that this game doesn’t really need a remake… But if it brings back some interest in the series it’ll be cool, and maybe if it’s slightly successful Activision will remember it has a vast adventure legacy in the closet… But I doubt that…

Gee, who saw this coming?

Anyway, I think it looks good. The background art is very high quality, compared to, say, the Monkey Island remakes. The characters are whatever, but they’re fine. The prospect of re-recording the voices seems silly to me, but maybe they’ll actually be re-writing the script as well.

I’m also surprised and pleased that Pinkerton and Phoenix are handling this and that Jane will be intimately involved with the project, as I was under the impression that it was more the sort of thing that was being done without her being hands-on.

Obviously this sort of remake is Activision’s way of testing the water. A sequel is the sort of thing that would demand more production value than a retro-remake and they want to see if the audience is still there.

Frogacuda - 08 October 2013 10:00 PM

Gee, who saw this coming?

That would be me. 

I love the backgrounds, too.  Definitely not a fan of the images of Gabriel I’ve seen so far.  The facial proportions look just awkward enough to bother me, like they were drawn by someone who just doesn’t quite have the chops to correctly render human anatomy.  It’s a bit of a disappointment, definitely, but overall I find myself optimistic about the project.  If any group is going to give it the kind of TLC that hardcore fans demand, it’s going to be POS, since they all ARE hardcore fans.