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    Even on this board, that title's* a fairly obscure reference

    Anyhoo -- Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is getting a major upgrade, from the guys who made the (legal and free) King's Quest successor, The Silver Lining. The modernized GK has much higher resolution, re-made graphics and artwork to suit the resolution bump, re-done music, etc. The only downside is that they had to re-record all of the dialogue with new voice actors, as the originals (from 20 years ago!) were either unusable or just not available, and the quality of their ripped voice tracks from the old discs wasn't up to snuff...which is a shame. In the original, the main character was voiced by Tim Curry, doing a surprisingly not-entirely-shitty New Orleans-area accent (he reportedly spent a few months in the French Quarter to practice). (With a cameo by Mark Hamill, as well). From what little I've seen, the new guy does a decent job, too, so it's not all bad. (You can probably find vids of the Curry voiceovers on YT, and the original game itself is available on GOG)

    For those unfamiliar: This was one of the last Sierra-style point & click adventure games. In this case, it was a mystery story about Voodoo-inspired murders set in and around New Orleans, with plenty of real-world scenery used for backdrops. I don't think the ratings were around for the original release, but the modern one is almost certainly rated M for blood, violence, and other graphic imagery. They used the Unity game engine, so it's a 2D game that's actually modeled in 3D, just to be confusing.

    Yes, I'm a fanboy

    Worth checking out.

    *The title is what the game's smooth, sarcastic ol' Creole-maman-ish narrator says when you examine the coffee machine in your office (at around 50 seconds)
    Last edited by EricKei; 09-12-2014, 06:47 PM.
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