Reader reviews for Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers page 5

The strong character and plot development ensure a highly immersive and engaging experience all the way through. Most of the puzzles are really well designed. And the game even surprised me by taking an unexpected locational turn in the final third. The music and voice acting are fantastic (Tim Curry FTW!)

When this was first released in 1993, I was busy devouring fantasy/sci-fi adventures and wasn’t into this investigative thriller kinda stuff. But I’m so glad I went back to check it out now. I can see why it is often lauded amoungst the best adventure games ever made.

The only minor issue I had with this game was its slightly over-complex interface. Separate tools for “open”, “pick up”, “operate” & “move” could easily have been combined into one “action” tool. And 1 “talk” tool could replace “chat” & “interrogate”. and an “action” tool in inventory could’ve replaced “read”, “look at” & “open”.

Despite (by today’s standards) a horrible user interface of well over 7,000 cursor icons (possibly a slight exaggeration) and what now appears to some to be dated graphics, what this game does well it does so well that 5 stars are justified.

The Characters are first rate, as is the writing and general level of background detail. The story is gripping and definitely the most “grown up” story I had played when it came out. The way the story progresses over the days is excellent too.

While the voice acting splits opinion I think it is excellent, from a surprisingly all star cast (Luke Skywalker and Lt Worf? Really?!). To my ears, the narrator and Tim Curry are excellent as is pretty much all the rest of the cast.

Whilst the puzzles are quite hard in places they are generally logical and pleasing.

No other game has drawn me in like this one and I have lost count of the times I have replayed it.

This is a must for every adventure gamer. Don’t let the graphics or anything else put you off, seriously you won’t even notice these things after 15-20 minutes.