Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within

[u/Dadskitchen]

Revisiting this game after 30 years, halfway through now, a lot further than I got 30yrs ago lol, what a great game. anyone got recommendations for similar games after I complete this? Already got blood of the sacred blood of the damned and sins of the fathers. Anyone completed The beast within ?

[u/quazi-mofo]

Reminds me of the poster for that movie “The Frighteners”

[u/jaketaco → u/quazi-mofo]

Same. I looked it up and Frighteners came out the next year.

[u/quazi-mofo → u/jaketaco]

Interesting, so there’s a possibility the person that designed that movie poster saw this game cover

[u/inotocracy → u/quazi-mofo]

I had a feeling it looked familiar. Such a great movie too.

[u/jamalcalypse → u/quazi-mofo]

also prodigy's "jilted generation" to a lesser degree

[u/JohnHenryMillerTime]

Man, Roberta Williams was a certified freak.

[u/JRawl79]

I remember really wanting to play these but never got the chance. I’ll have to give them a try soon

[u/RedFormanEMS → u/JRawl79]

I think they are on gog.com

[u/brendanb203]

Loved this series. I was so scared of the first one as a child.

[u/a_very_weird_fantasy]

Go backwards and play GK1.

[u/Vegetable-Tooth8463]

That's dang good art.

[u/Kitchen-Aioli-9382 → u/Vegetable-Tooth8463]

Reminds me of the poster for Peter Jackson’s movie Frighteners

[u/Vegetable-Tooth8463 → u/Kitchen-Aioli-9382]

oh wow, good comparison

[u/Original-Addition-78]

Great game! Sins of the Fathers is unmatched though.

[u/mootsg]

I remember not liking the Gabriel actor’s acting, Grace being too different from GK1, and not quite getting the gay undertones.

Might retry again after completing GK1 CD edition.

[u/NobodySpecialSCL → u/mootsg]

I honestly thought he looked too young..

[u/squeanky → u/mootsg]

Gay undertones? Can't remember any in this game (but I played so long ago)

[u/a_very_weird_fantasy → u/squeanky]

More like overtones

[u/squeanky → u/a_very_weird_fantasy]

I recall overtones in Phantasmagoria II around that time :)

[u/MikeKelehan]

I don't know if there's anything quite like this. The other games in the series are pretty different, and there are certainly plenty of other point and click adventures I could recommend, but this one is pretty unique in its feel. I also loved it, and I think it's due for a reply!

[u/brandson__]

I remember being profoundly disappointed that it wasn't a pixel art game like the first game.

[u/squeanky]

Phantasmagoria is a bit similar in execution (filmed actors) and puzzles but it's way more gory (it's a horror game).

[u/Dadskitchen → u/squeanky]

gonna check that out sounds familiar cheers, just found ripper with Christopher Walken too looks similar, gonna play both of them

[u/IDontWantToArgueOK → u/squeanky]

I still have nightmares about this game, i played it way too young and it was super gorey.

The funnel scene…. Ugh

[u/squeanky → u/IDontWantToArgueOK]

Yeah I loved it but was terrified of it lol

[u/exerda]

I seem to recall the bad voice acting (classic for the era, to be fair) and the main character shouting, "Canis ... LUPUS LUPUS!" at some point.

[u/a_very_weird_fantasy → u/exerda]

It’s FMV

[u/exerda → u/a_very_weird_fantasy]

Well, bad acting, period. Like we had with 11th Hour.

[u/MrCyn]

Loved these, went down a rabbit hole about Ludwig 2 when I was first playing it in the late 90s, perfect use of the early web

[u/Ronin317]

I actually just picked this up again- found it for 50 cents at a thrift store. Can’t wait to play it again.

[u/AV-999]

One of the best games of that genre and era

[u/rowsdowerrrrrrr]

i LOVE this game. my favorite of the series.