Review of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers by emric

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”.