The Good and the Bad - Gabriel Knight Edition.

[Tawmis]

Every game has something good and something bad about it...

So what would you say is good AND bad about the following...

Gabriel Knight 1 -
Gabriel Knight 1 Remake -
Gabriel Knight 2 -
Gabriel Knight 3 -

[Rath Darkblade]

Gabriel Knight 1 -
Best: terrific setting, story, and characters; TIM &@*@ING CURRY as Gabriel
Worst: %&@*%&@ zombies eating your heart!!!

Gabriel Knight 1 Remake -
Best: very faithful to original, also some new puzzles; I didn't even mind the new guy as Gabriel
Worst: one new puzzle (at the house of that lady who reads your future), which I really didn't care for

Gabriel Knight 2 -
Best: terrific setting and story, you can play as Gabe or Grace
Worst: FMV (sorry - I just don't like it); werewolf ending, which is confusing

Gabriel Knight 3 -
Best: great setting and story, and that mind-blowing ending
Worst: graphics are incredibly Meh; death scenes and Gabe scream giving me nightmares ; the infamous "cat-hair moustache" puzzle

[Tawmis]

Gabriel Knight 1 -
Best: terrific setting, story, and characters; TIM &@*@ING CURRY as Gabriel
Worst: %&@*%&@ zombies eating your heart!!!

Yeah, I'd struggle to think of a worse thing for GK1.

Gabriel Knight 1 Remake -
Best: very faithful to original, also some new puzzles; I didn't even mind the new guy as Gabriel
Worst: one new puzzle (at the house of that lady who reads your future), which I really didn't care for

Have it - never played it - so I look forward to eventually getting to it for the channel.

Gabriel Knight 2 -
Best: terrific setting and story, you can play as Gabe or Grace
Worst: FMV (sorry - I just don't like it); werewolf ending, which is confusing

For me the worse was easily the "Gabe as Wolf/Close Doors Puzzle" at the end. Definitely the worse part.

Gabriel Knight 3 -
Best: great setting and story, and that mind-blowing ending
Worst: graphics are incredibly Meh; death scenes and Gabe scream giving me nightmares ; the infamous "cat-hair moustache" puzzle

It's funny because the 3D graphics in GK3 don't bother me, but the 3D graphics in Mask and QFGV are eye sores to me.

[BBP]

GK1:
Best: Terrific story, TIM CURRY, music, characters, puzzles, artwork...
Worst: ZOMBIES

GK2:
Best: Opera, Von Glower and the acting performances of the other supporting characters.
Worst: Werewolf animations, Gabriel, Grace, puzzles. I even find the story less intriguing than the other two.

GK3:
Best: Story, TIM CURRY, theme song, background art, paintings, amount of content, sneaking into other people's hotel rooms, Sand Worm conversations, flirting, LE SERPENT ROUGE
Worst: Haemorrhoid Cream Window Opener

I should get me the GK1 remake I suppose...

[notbobsmith]

GK1:
GOOD: This goes for the entire series, but I like how well researched everything is. Voodoo in GK1. The mostly-true-but-a-little-fictionalized history of Ludwig II in GK2. GK3 was The Da Vinci Code before The Da Vinci Code.
BAD: I know this is about voodoo and zombies and stuff, but Wolfgang cutting his own heart out broke all suspension of disbelief for me.

I never played the remake.

GK2:
GOOD: Surprisingly good acting for an FMV title.
BAD: The werewolf maze at the end.

GK3:
GOOD: I really liked that puzzle on the computer where you have to map out the coordinates.
BAD: The 3D graphics are dated and making the game 3D doesn't really add anything.

Gabriel Knight 3 -
Best: great setting and story, and that mind-blowing ending
Worst: graphics are incredibly Meh; death scenes and Gabe scream giving me nightmares ; the infamous "cat-hair moustache" puzzle

It's funny because the 3D graphics in GK3 don't bother me, but the 3D graphics in Mask and QFGV are eye sores to me.

I think the pre-rendered backgrounds in QFG5 look better than what was available for 3D graphics at the time. They have much more detail. Though I do agree that MOE does look worse than GK3.

[Rath Darkblade]

GK3:
Worst: Haemorrhoid Cream Window Opener

I beg your pardon? I don't remember that bit. (Maybe I blocked it out of my memory). Is this real?

I should get me the GK1 remake I suppose...

Mark Barbolak tries and does pretty well, but he is no TIM CURRY. It's still a good game, though ... as you can see by the fact that Jane was willing to have her name associated with it.

[BBP]

On day 2 there's a long section where you have to burgle people's rooms and the Abbé's office. Unforunately you can open the window into his office a little bit, because "the wood is all swollen."

Luckily you just pilfered Lady Howard's haemorrhoid cream! You put it on the wood and, hey presto, up the window goes.

[Rath Darkblade]

Er ... sure. Because that's exactly how haemorrhoid cream works.

Yes, I agree ... that's as bad as the infamous cat-hair-moustache puzzle. Or is it worse? *ponders* What do you think?

[BBP]

I think it's worse regarding the leap of logic, but at least you don't hurt any animals. It also has less steps.

But somehow I can imagine making a fake moustache out of cat fur and maple syrup. But wood and haemorrhoid cream?

(right now part of me wants to see if it works )

[Rath Darkblade]

Hmm - also, you could definitely get cat hair without hurting the cat. If it's a longhair, it would shed hair all the time. (I've had several longhair cats, and I was forever cleaning hair after them).

All Gabriel needed was a brush ... just run the brush alongside the cat and voila! Cat hair!