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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Magnificent: Gets better as the story progresses

I'll admit...when I first saw the opening movie with Dean Erickson behind the typewriter, I chuckled to myself and thought "who the hell is this joker?" Indeed, as the game began, Erickson did little to change this sentiment. But then something happened: he got better and better as the game went on. Don't get me wrong, he's not exactly the same Gabe that was written for Tim Curry, but Erickson has a personality all his own. In the hunting lodge, Erickson reaches the apex of his character. He just seemed so cool and natural, a regular guy (albeit a schattenjager) caught up in an extremely horrendous situation.

But the rest of the acting is also superb. I've played a few FMV games and they were TERRIBLE. God, even the one with Christopher Walken was a disaster. But this game, filled with unknowns, delivers the best acting that I have ever seen in a video game. Kudos to all involved.

The oscar goes to: Peter Lucas. A 200 year old werewolf with homo-erotic tendencies. This guy was great. Funny, charming, likeable, and very cool. You never know exactly what he's thinking.

Also, the girl that played Grace was excellent, which is good because you control her for half the game. In fact, nobody really stunk. Wait a minute, this is a game we're talking about right?

Oh yeah. Great story, great puzzles, great sound/music/video/everything. Jane Jensen is GOD.