
If we compare both versions we can affirm that the new one not only maintains the level of the original, but that in many aspects it even comes out winning. “The new version of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers not only maintains the level of the original, but in many respects it even wins.”
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Whether you played this wonderful graphic adventure at the time or if it is your first time, it is a new and wonderful opportunity to (re) put ourselves in Gabriel’s shoes and help him solve that series of crimes related to voodoo practices that are are taking place in New Orleans. Luckily, in this case, I can assure you that the remake of Gabriel Knight Sins: of the Fathers will receive you with open arms. Yes, “remake”, that word that creates controversy: either you want them to do it with all your might, or you are raving because more than one remastering has not been carried out quite well. Twenty years later, two sequels and after the golden age of graphic adventures, Jensen has decided to carry out together with Activision (the company that acquired the rights to Sierra) a remake of that game. A totally mature graphic adventure of its kind, aimed at an adult audience, with beautiful settings as well as gloomy ones, and with some not exactly simple puzzles, it got us into the story of Gabriel Knight, a writer and owner of a bookstore who decides get involved more than necessary in some mysterious murders that are taking place in the city of New Orleans. The first two Monkey Island had already come out a couple of years ago, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis had just arrived at our homes, Day of The Tentacle improved by far from its prequel, the King’s Quest saga was already in its sixth installment And, as if that were not enough, Sierra surprised us with a new saga that would include up to three games: Gabriel Knight.Īt the beginning of the decade, Jane Jensen turned her talent as a writer and her experience as a developer into a game that today we could describe as a masterpiece and that landed in 1993: Gabriel Knight Sins of the Fathers. Between LucasArts and Sierra, the lovers of the genre rejoiced (or rather rejoiced, because because of my age I had to play them years later) between games that they released. Analysis of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers – 20th Anniversary EditionĮxactly twenty years ago, adventure games were in their golden age.
