The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery (1995)
DOS · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)
4.11 from 140 ratings
686 members have it in their collection · 9 playing now · 422 backlogged · 70 wish listed
How long? Main story 12h · 100% 42h (from 3 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- Sierra On-Line
- Publishers
- Sierra On-Line
- Genres
- Adventure, Point-and-click
- Themes
- Action, Horror
- Series
- Gabriel Knight
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Jun 30, 1995 (Worldwide) DOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
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Rating distribution
5 stars
52
4 stars
61
3 stars
20
2 stars
5
1 star
2
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status floridavice991 May 27, 2018
Shitty games like this is the reason Sierra went bankrupt. Too bad they couldn't learn to make decent games to save themselves.
Status JosephFoster Apr 15, 2018
Okay; just finished it.
Y'know what this game is like? It's like being offered anal and getting shit on. I knew the risks, and overall I'm happy with outcome, but I can't say I'm going to remember it too fondly.
Status JosephFoster Apr 15, 2018
You know what? Fuck this game. This game has me absolutely sold in so many ways; it does so much right. The cheesy FMV acting; Jane Jensen's incredible ability to write such likeable characters; a plot as impressive as the one found in the first game (a difficult task in and of itself.) And yet, yes, fuck this game.
When …
You know what? Fuck this game. This game has me absolutely sold in so many ways; it does so much right. The cheesy FMV acting; Jane Jensen's incredible ability to write such likeable characters; a plot as impressive as the one found in the first game (a difficult task in and of itself.) And yet, yes, fuck this game.
When playing a point and click game, I shouldn't have to constantly wonder to myself, "Now what am I trying to achieve here?." It should be clear to me. There's a million and one ways to make it clear. But this game rarely ever gives you any indication whatsoever. The most difficult aspects of this game have not been the puzzles that have been presented to me - though it does suffer from the occasional 'who in the absolute shit-wank would've thought of that?' puzzle. The difficulty has been working out just what the dick the game wanted me to do, wherein I believe the problem lies.
I shouldn't be having to think of this as a 'game'. I shouldn't be having to wonder what it is the game designer is trying to get me to do. And yet there has been more than one occasion where I've completed all the tasks I've been presented, only to be left lost and without direction. Welcome to me roaming around the fucking map for 3+ hours talking to everyone AGAIN, examining everything AGAIN, waiting to hit the right trigger to let me actually continue playing the cock-wombling thing.
If it wasn't for Von Glower making me question my sexuality, I'd have moved onto other stuff by now.
It's a shame because I LOVE what it is TRYING to do. It's just not doing it very well. I'm on the last chapter and I'm struggling to have the patience now. I'm salty as piss.