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Replay

posted 18 years ago by MaroonSerpent
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I've started replaying this game yesterday. I remember from the previous time I wanted to replay it, I couldn't get the graphics right. There'd be static here and there and missing faces. Last night, it looked like it was happening again, but then I ticked another option in the graphics menu (software rendering) and everything looked fine again! Can't believe I missed that before.

Anyway, the reason I'm replaying is actually that I've lined up all my old adventure games to replay them (paid enough money for them so I'd be stupid not too) and this one's next.

Of course what immediately comes to mind are the novelizations of its two sequels. I wonder why Jane Jensen didn't novelize this one. Especially when you look at the popularity of the subject matter. I mean, she must have hit herself over the head a dozen times when "The Da Vinci Code" turned bestseller.

Has anyone else recently replayed (or is currently playing) GK3?

[–] theCMK 18 years ago

Well, GK3 is probably my favorite video game...the last adventure out of Sierra, and an epitome of great storytelling and design.

I've played through it, like, 5 or so times (so I'm not SO fanatic :) ).

As for a novelization of the third game, the situation at Sierra in and about the time of Gabriel Knight 3's release was extremely volatile. Just a while before the game's release, Sierra was sold, and most original employees were moved or fired. The GK3 team was finishing up as the company began to fall apart. Since Gabriel Knight is owned by Sierra (and now Vivendi), Jane Jensen does not have the rights to the character or story.

Sad, but true.

[–] iamtheman83 18 years ago

I've just recently played it as well. It is an exceptional game and one of the most involving adventures ever made. Although I still think 'Sins of the Fathers' is the best. I'm also ploughing through Jane Jensen's latest novel, 'Dante's Equation' which is quite good. As far as 'The Da Vinci Code' is concerened, I believe GK3 is a more thrilling story even though it has vampirism in it - although the most realistic and beleivable account of vampirism in a fictional story ever devised.

The most enjoyable aspect of this game is the sheer amount of research involved. You can spend hours reading the extremely informative material on the occult that is seamlessly combined with elements of fiction on the SIDNEY database.

However, there is one plot hole that I have not understood yet. How are the circumstances behind the reason why the body of Jesus was kept in the tomb within The New Temple of Solomon explained?

As for GK4 ever seeing the light of day, Jane Jensen has mentioned that she might eventually write a novel if a game is never made because she would still like to resolve the saga completely.