The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery Reviews

• Download patch to play on Windows XP

  
  By AEPQQEWDWDQ8E on 2005-07-26
  I just recently was able to play this game for the first time since I bought it back in the early 90's. Fortunately, I was able to find a program created by this gamer over in Italy, of all places, who has spent his free time creating patches for this particular game. There are 2 programs - one that just allows you to play the game on later Windows platforms (since the game came out before Windows 95 was even around) & one program that also allows you to save all 6 discs on your hard drive (rather than putting each in to play & can make the game run slowly) or to create one dvd for the whole game. There is also a download to make the first game, Sins of the Fathers, playable as well.
  
  It was an extremely easy download & I was able to play the whole game through with no flaws or errors with Windows XP. I was so happy, because I love the Gabriel Knight series. All these years later I had just as much fun playing as the first time.
  
  So, if you have either of the 2 older games, or are considering buying them, the website with the downloads can be found at http://www.vogons.zetafleet.com/gkpatches/ (found info on a message board at http://forums.adventuregamers.com/showthread.php?t=5590&page=5&pp=20).This way you can enjoy the games for many years to come. I think Beast Within holds up particularly well after all these years.
  
  

• One of the best from the Golden Age of adventure games

  
  By AVMNNN989FKDC on 2005-04-03
  This really is one of the very best computer games ever made -- gripping, funny, scary, heart-pounding, challenging without being impossible, and compelling. If only they made them like this all the time!
  
  Writing and acting are both first-rate, A-movie level. Graphics are utterly believable -- whatever isn't live action or photographic is beautifully done. Interface is intuitive and requires little or no time to learn. The puzzles are seamlessly integrated into the story; no sudden chess problems because hey, we have to have a puzzle and we don't know what else to do. The story is definitely Mature, partly because there's sexuality, butchery, and monsters, and partly because the storyline deals with complicated adults doing complicated things. Watch especially for a subtle undertone of homoeroticism. Sizzling!
  
  One caveat, however. This game won't play easily under anything more recent than Win 98, and it would really prefer Win 95 or DOS (hah! as if). You can wriggle around to make it play on a more advanced machine, but it's not easy and the game crashes often. If you have an older machine, however, this game's for you.
  
  

• A rare scare for gamers

  
  By A8IFUOL8S9BZC on 2006-04-20
  This was an interesting mystery game that proceed to get more and more creepy as I went along..They just don't make game stories like this anymore, where you actually feel like you are a part of the story as opposed to having some story shoved down your throat...I miss the integrity the Gabriel Knight mysteries used to provide, in fact I just plain miss old school adventure gaming in general...
  
  

• Nope. Not for me.

  
  By A22RL6OVEMNIKK on 2005-04-18
  Just didn't like the genre. Fairly good adventure game but certainly not the best. So-so for me.
  
  

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• Gabriel Knight Sins of the Fathers
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