The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery

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1995
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The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery (1995)

Werewolf Horror Adventure Drama Horror Mystery

Shortly after moving to Rittersburg to take over duties as the lone "Schattenjager", Gabriel Knight is called by the townsfolk to investigate the killing of a child believed to be caused by ... Read allShortly after moving to Rittersburg to take over duties as the lone "Schattenjager", Gabriel Knight is called by the townsfolk to investigate the killing of a child believed to be caused by a werewolf.Shortly after moving to Rittersburg to take over duties as the lone "Schattenjager", Gabriel Knight is called by the townsfolk to investigate the killing of a child believed to be caused by a werewolf.

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Trivia
The game (like many American movies) uses phone numbers starting with 555 which are invalid in the US. However in Germany numbers starting with 555 do exist.

Goofs
When Gabriel asks his lawyer about the "Koeniglich Bayrische Hofjagdloge" his pronunciation is so bad that not even German native speakers could understand a single word of it. However Gabriel's lawyer does, although he admits he never heard that term before.

Quotes
Gabriel Knight: What do you think of the club philosophy?
Preiss: It works, doesn't it?
Gabriel Knight: Does it?
Preiss: We're all animals! Why deny it?
Gabriel Knight: So you don't believe in suppressing anything?
Preiss: Why would I want to suppress my urges? If your body wants something, it must be natural.
Gabriel Knight: Well what if you get the natural urge to rip someones throat out, shouldn't they suppress?
Preiss: Well, fortunatly my insticts are to pleasure, of the equally sticky, but less fatal kind.
Gabriel Knight: What about those whose instincts are fatal. Shouldn't they suppress?
Preiss: I believe that nature, handles that situation when it occurs, Herr Knight.
Gabriel Knight: How?
Preiss: In the wild when a member of society does not conform, he is hunted down and executed. End of mutant instinct, and its genetic bloodline.

Alternate versions
When the game was first released in Germany it was the un-dubbed and un-subtitled version which had a few scenes censored (for example, von Zell sitting in his cave and eating flesh from a human bone). The screen would go black and instead of being able to see what's happening you'd see a short message on the screen (in German) just describing the scene. When the game was later released in its localized German version it was uncensored.

Connections
Followed by Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (1999)

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10/10

More like a book...

I cannot say anything else of this FMV-IF-game that it is magnificient. Great cast, great plot, great music, amazing atmosphere. After the stiffness of the early game Dean fits in the role of Gabe like a fist in the crack. The feelings when played through were more like having read through a magnificient book series than having played through a game.