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It is a great pity that when most people think about the puzzles in Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned, the first thing that comes to mind are cats, moustaches and false ID’s, because the puzzles are actually in general very good in this game!
As I’m sure most of you are already aware of, the game is very much based on a BBC documentary by Henry Lincoln and the book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln. It mainly takes place in the French village of Rennes-le-Château which also exists in real life, and many of the clues and scenes in the game also exists for real. Being a Gabriel Knight game it of course takes the conclusion even further than Lincoln ever did, even though he also stretched his conclusion very far to begin with.
Where the puzzle are the very best imo, are when Gabriel and Grace are following in the footsteps of Lincoln and redoing the “detective” work that Lincoln did, like analysing the artwork in the church (the screenshot), drawing lines between different landmarks on a map to discover they form a shape, searching for clues in 17th century paintings by Poussin and Tenier, and of course the poem known as Le Serpent Rouge.
I must admit that it has been many years since I played GK3, and the graphics kind of discourages me from doing a replay, so I can’t really remember much detail about those puzzles, apart from what I have already mentioned. But what I do remember is that I really loved solving those puzzles, and having seen Lincolns documentary before playing the game, I immediately recognized many of them, though that didn’t necessarily made them easier to solve.
You have to play the game, to find out why you are playing the game! - eXistenZ
This was my favorite GK game. It had many flaws. (The 3D character modeling being the worst for me.) But the puzzles were fantastic. If you say “Serpent Rouge” to anyone remotely involved in adventure gaming, they know exactly what you’re talking about.
For whom the games toll,
they toll for thee.
This was my favorite GK game. It had many flaws. (The 3D character modeling being the worst for me.)
Yeah, also mine.
The 3D characters didn’t bother me at the time, because, well all 3D games looked more or less like that, but it is the main reason I haven’t replayed it.
You have to play the game, to find out why you are playing the game! - eXistenZ
It was the 1st GK game I played, battling with the interface was a nightmare as I found it so ‘whizzy’ (which has put me off also from replaying it) but the story was so excellent with the clever puzzling adding to engagement! 
Well, I for once didn’t like it. It wasn’t just the awful 3D graphics (Grim Fandango that came out a year earlier was incredibly more beautiful). It was also the control of the camera. I found it clunky at best and it really didn’t work for me. It had very solid riddles though. Cat moustage excepted, of course. I do seem to recall that those on the computer analysis were the ones I enjoyed the most (though it’s been a long time since I last played the game).
the book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln
Is that the book that Dan Brown used as inspiration for The Da Vinci Code as well?
The truth can’t hurt you, it’s just like the dark: it scares you witless but in time you see things clear and stark. - Elvis Costello
Maybe this time I can be strong, but since I know who I am, I’m probably wrong. Maybe this time I can go far, but thinking about where I’ve been ain’t helping me start. - Michael Kiwanuka
the book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln
Is that the book that Dan Brown used as inspiration for The Da Vinci Code as well?
Yes, and as I recall, Lincoln even sued Brown for plagiarism, though Brown took a somewhat different approach by focusing on Da Vinci, whereas Lincoln himself mainly focused on Rennes-le-Château and only briefly mentions Da Vinci.
You have to play the game, to find out why you are playing the game! - eXistenZ
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