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Gabriel Knight 2: One of my top games ever!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Just a quick word on the Gabriel Knight Series. Although its been a few years since i last played GK2, i can honestly say it has been my favorite adventure game of all time. I literally had dreams about it for a week. Great plot and great European setting. Also look into Siberia and Siberia II.

Great value for some amazing classics

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I just picked this limited edition box-set ..., and definantely am thankful I did. If you can find it somewhere, grab it.

GK games did for mystery games what 'Command and Conquer' did for real-time strategies. Add the supernatural element and you got two great classics! The soundtrack CD that comes packaged is worth the price alone, as Robert Holmes composes some of the most beautifully eerie music.

If you see this LE box-set, snatch it up!

Stinks, felt it was a waste of money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 25
Date: March 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because the guy in the store told me that it was cool, he said it was like Myst, that it was not. I did not like this game. Sound stinks, graphics stink. I cant belive sierra put this one out, usually their games rule, like Hlf-Life, and SWAT, I thought this was a dissappointment.

Gabriel Knight- he moves...he talks...zzz....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: May 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Can anyone tell me why each new GK-game is thought to be so great? I honestly don't see it. Maybe it's my gaming history: after Zork (Nemesis + GI)and Riven, most games don't get five stars from me anymore. But really, Gabriel Knight! I'll focus on The Beast Within: a clumsy little figure trying to move around, having to take each turn at least three times before succeeding, talking like he's been on some very potent tranquillizers (remember? "It's meeee, Gabriel Kniiiight"), making stupid, boring comments with every step he takes. As for the storyline, I couldn't get the grip of his endlessly going back and forth between the few places available to him in each level. It wasn't my kind of logic. I'll give some pros as well: I liked his female counterpart a lot better than I did the man himself, and I thought the Munchen city map was very handy and original. Of course, these are all details and highly subjective. Nonetheless, I have given my warning. Time can be better spent.

An impressive collection of a small number of games!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: November 10, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The Gabriel Knigth games, while they don't exactly represent Sierra's finest work, are among some of the most interesting and compelling adventure games released in the post text-parser world. Both games--Sins of the Father and The Beast Within--have some excellent moments, and offer more extensive and more interesting play time than you will find in many modern-day adventure games. If you aren't familiar with the series, or you want the games to keep, you should definitely consider this package.

was not to crazy about this game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 21
Date: March 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was not to crazy about the beast within game, it is not to exciting and I found it to be boring.

The Best Gabriel Knight Mystery Yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game was well worth the wait. Solid graphics, challenging puzzles, good dialogue, and the likelihood of a Grace/Gabriel lovematch kept us entertained for several weekends. Hope Jane is working on the next game in this series!

Play catch-up if you haven't played these yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

While now rather dated, the storylines are what drive this series. Having played the first on a bargain bin several years ago, I found the second in a used store after coming to realize that it was out of print. Now you don't have to go through the turmoil I did. Both are available together and the storytelling is solid and the gameplay is fun. The graphics on the first one don't look like much by today's standards, but they both led me to this series, and the newest game in the series to me is even better than the first two storywise. Gabriel Knight has become my favorite series, and I will keep putting my money down several months in advance for a copy (the time delays for GK3 were almost unbearable). Overall, if you like games, particularly adventure games, with solid storylines, this series reigns over the entire market.

Purfect Blend Of Fact And fiction

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The Gabriel Knight series will appeal to you if you love a game where fact and fiction blend so well together that you begin to question what is real and what isn't. The first game blends Voodoo and New Orleans together. The second blends Ludwig II of Bavaria, werewolves and Germany. This game will also appeal to you if you like characters that are meaty and juicy and not Heros and Heroines of Aesops Fables. The Gabriel Knight series have finally delivered a "thinking persons" game. Well done Ms Jenson!

Two excellent games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Two excellent games in this bundle. The characters are well drawn, and keep you interested and involved. The first game is characteristic of Sierra's adventure games from the early eighties - blocky, hand-drawn graphics. GK2 is full-motion video, and one of the best examples of the genre. It truly will make your heart race.

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