The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight® Mystery
Sierra On-Line · 2016 · Adventure, FMV, Point & Click, Mystery, 1990's
PC
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About The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight® Mystery
Where shadows end, the hunt begins.
From the darkly prolific mind of creator Jane Jensen comes the second Gabriel Knight® mystery: The Beast Within. We find Schattenjäger, or shadow hunter, Gabriel and his assistant Grace Nakimura deeply embroiled in a murderous mystery that unravels half a world away.
Play as both Gabriel and Grace as they are dispatched to Munich to solve a series of mutilation murders thought to be the work of werewolves. Gabriel confronts his own demons while Grace traces an historical mystery, that of the strange demise of Mad King Ludwig II. The hunters become the hunted, and the only hope for deliverance lies in the most desperate of schemes…
From the darkly prolific mind of creator Jane Jensen comes the second Gabriel Knight® mystery: The Beast Within. We find Schattenjäger, or shadow hunter, Gabriel and his assistant Grace Nakimura deeply embroiled in a murderous mystery that unravels half a world away.
Play as both Gabriel and Grace as they are dispatched to Munich to solve a series of mutilation murders thought to be the work of werewolves. Gabriel confronts his own demons while Grace traces an historical mystery, that of the strange demise of Mad King Ludwig II. The hunters become the hunted, and the only hope for deliverance lies in the most desperate of schemes…
- Solve the enigma that surrounds Gabriel, Mad King Ludwig II, the Black Wolf and the strangely powerful Lost Wagner Opera, in this spell-binding mystery.
- Perspectives change and two stories unfold while you play as both Gabriel and Grace.
- Experience a contemporary drama steeped in European history and lore.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
After playing and finishing the first game in the past, I finally tried this one and Jane Jensen did a great job with this game. I am not a fan of FMV projects, there are few that are worth trying and this is one of them. I enjoyed the atmosphere, the setting, actors and their performances, it is really an interactive movie. It feels like you are watching a mystery movie, but you can make interactions and control the main character. If you loved the first GK and you were thinking if the GK2 is worth trying because it is not classic old school adventure, then you should not wait any longer.1 found this helpful
The absolute Stilton of cheesy nineties FMV adventure games.1 found this helpful
This game is probably the greatest mix of FMV and Point and Click Adventure. It's so very 90's, and I love it1 found this helpful
f*ckass game, never touching it ever again. 10/10 would recommend though. [b]pros:[/b] - campy - funny - interesting characters [b]cons:[/b] - interactive elements could have been highlighted - the puzzles are unintuitive sometimes1 found this helpful
Finally finished my first play through that I startted more than 30 years ago. I have a distinct memory of talking my mom into buying me this game when I was a kid and our crappy 90s PC could barely handle it and I was clearly too stupid to progress, and now here I am and i feel... well not much. GK2 is somehow one of the most impressive point and click games I've ever played while also being the most dated and frustrating. Peak era FMV games are really unique in that they briefly, in their time, felt like a generational leap into the future of gaming. yet those same games also feel so trapped in their time and aging so badly. GK2 felt so long and bloated in places. Grace's research chapters drag. One is literally just spending an hour at a museum reading exhibit cards. Travel gets repetitive af. The annoying obtuse thinking issue of just having to click everything on everything until something works is an annoyance compounded by frustrating timed game over segments in late game. The final puzzle is downright maddening. I can go on and on with reasons why you shouldn't play it, least of all it's weird disconnect from the characters, tone, and world of Sins of the Fathers. Yet…
Its a little campy in terms of effects, but it was the 90s. I am a HUGE fan of the series though: HIGHLY RECCOMEND. PS: the first one scared the CRAP out of 12 year old me in the 90s.
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