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| 9 JUL 2005 at 10:27am |
Chris.Schattenjger
Posts : 1842
Joined: 8 MAR 2005
Status : Online | I really enjoyed this game; the puzzles were good, the story was great and I liked the way the cutscenes were made. However I did die quite a lot and that puzzle in the police station went too fast. The ending was pathetic, too. 9.
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 9 JUL 2005 at 2:23pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | This could have been a 10 without the arcade sequence and with a better ending (but what game can shine in that point, tell me).
It's more or less a 9,5 for me, but I give it a 9.
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| 9 JUL 2005 at 2:24pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 6693
Joined: 16 OCT 2004
Location: US, Texas
Status : Offline | .
I gave Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers an 8 but even though the poll will not allow it, would like to go on record with a rating of 8.5.
Although I loved the New Orleans setting, supernatural mystery story, most of the puzzles and of course Jane Jensen's introduction of our favorite Schattenjaeger, the game had some glaring flaws (already mentioned above). Enough so that I cannot round-off to the next highest number in good conscience.
Cheers, Terry
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| 9 JUL 2005 at 4:58pm |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Of the series, this one was the most disappointing for me. I probably wouldn't have persisted with it, had I not wanted to play the games in succession. Of course, the story was excellent, but the game play and dated graphics tried my patience.
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| 9 JUL 2005 at 11:22pm |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | I was going to give it a "10". Then I remembered being killed by zombies again and again in a very clumsy action sequence that didn't fit in with how well the rest of the game was made at all. And a couple of hard to find items. Enough to take off a point, I think. I'll make it a "9".
Still, as Fick says, one of the best balanced adventure games with a superb story and an compelling mystery (nice touch, to tie it in with Gabe's family history) and some good puzzles along the way.
And the creation of the two most memorable characters in adventuring in Gabe and Grace. My only regret is that I didn't get around to play this until relatively recently.
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| 11 JUL 2005 at 3:44pm |
anthonyJourneyman
Posts : 1270
Joined: 11 JUN 2003
Status : Offline | An 8. Wonderful story and reveals extensive information on the subject of voodoo, but the graphics are dated and most people will need some time of slo mo utility to solve the police station puzzle.
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| 12 JUL 2005 at 5:14am |
AntoinettaIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 89
Joined: 22 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Even when I played this game on my old Windows 98 machine, with its lousy 64 Megs of RAM at 750 MHz, I had to use a utility called Turbo, and set this way down to something like 8% before I could get this game to run properly.
Antoinetta
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| 14 JUL 2005 at 8:44am |
Frank BPrivate Detective
Posts : 449
Joined: 10 JAN 2005
Status : Online | I don't think this is such a spectacular game. I am playing it at the moment, and I'm near the end, so I thought it would be OK to vote on this.
I gave it a 6.
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| 3 AUG 2005 at 2:36am |
HelenGuild Master
Posts : 3436
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | I give this game a 10, I LOVED it, but I played this game when it was first released, so my experience is different than if I only played it over the last few years, would probably seem very outdated. But at the time I played it it was wonderful!
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| 27 AUG 2005 at 8:17pm |
Frank BPrivate Detective
Posts : 449
Joined: 10 JAN 2005
Status : Online | I have changed my vote from a 6 to a 5.
I originally stopped playing at day 8 because I got bored, but I desided to give it another go and finish the game. The ending is very linear and filled with timed sequences. I just hate that. I had to restore at various points about 20 times in order not to get myself killed. Most annoying. >
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| 31 AUG 2005 at 5:49pm |
| Deleted User | I gave it a 9. I loved the story, the atmosphere and the puzzles. The timed sequences and zombie dodging were irritating, but, with some nudging by a walkthrough, not frustrating.
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| 8 NOV 2005 at 2:43pm |
WimliGuild Master
Posts : 3259
Joined: 14 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | I gave this one a 9.
The excellent story, characters, voice acting, puzzles, etc are more than enough to overlook some annoying timed sequences.
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| 30 MAY 2006 at 5:23am |
PrometheusIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 10
Joined: 22 MAY 2006
Status : Online | God damn it (am I alowed to write that here?^^) I'll give Gabe a 10!
Who's going to say the Graphic is outdated?!? U know when that game first came out? (btw I don't give a ****[spoiler midtext](buck ) at graphics (as long its an Adventure), if they are good....nice thing, if not, they dont have to!) In "GK - Sins of the Fathers" the optic just fitted the story and everything (got it from "Best of Sierra"-Magazine and there was a related Comic in there, which i realy enjoyed)
I played it several times and would play it again, if my machine would stop speeding the game up so much. It just steals the whole atmosphere. )
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| 5 SEP 2007 at 6:00pm |
JehaneSpace Cadet
Posts : 128
Joined: 15 MAY 2007
Status : Online | Can't give it more than a 9 because I've never finished it - I was too stupid/too slow to get past the *censored* mummies :-[ Except for this minor flaw I loved the game as much as I love the other two in the series. The humour is great, and knowing the other games it's great to see how much Gabe changes from Sins of the Fathers to Blood of the Sacred. You can already sense that there's much more to him and this Schattenjäger-business than the game reveals. The puzzles and story are very well done, some parts were a bit tricky, though - I don't know how many hours it took me before I got the message on the crypt right or rather: before the game finally decided to accept one of the many versions I had tried before. The voice acting is especially cool; Tim Curry is perfect for Gabe.
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| 20 NOV 2007 at 7:40am |
HellSpawnSpace Cadet
Posts : 197
Joined: 19 FEB 2007
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Elfstone (9 JUL 2005 2:22pm)
This could have been a 10 without the arcade sequence and with a better ending (but what game can shine in that point, tell me).
It's more or less a 9,5 for me, but I give it a 9.
Actually there are two endings.
I fear no evil for I am fear incarnate!
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| 25 NOV 2007 at 1:35am |
| Deleted User | I haven´t played it yet.
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