Gabriel Knight is a wise-cracking bookstore owner and would-be author. He is the last in a long line of Shadow Hunters, those fated to fight supernatural forces of evil. Tormented by terrifying nightmares, he must spend every waking moment scouring the side streets and back alleys of New Orleans for the key to his dark past. One day, a blood-chilling murder shocks the inhabitants of the city. The police detective assigned to investigate the crime is Gabriel's friend. In the beginning Gabriel collects evidence in hope of using the material for his new novel; but soon he finds himself personally involved in the investigation, and plunges deeper into the world of secret societies and murderous cults.

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a third-person puzzle-solving adventure game. Created by Jane Jensen, the game differs from Sierra's Quest games (e.g. Space Quest) by having a realistic setting and focusing (despite its supernatural elements and humor) on mature themes and detective work. In this way it is more similar to the company's earlier Laura Bow games.

The game's icon-based interface is the same as in Sierra's previous titles, with verb commands that allow interaction with the game world and its inhabitants. Though the game still has plenty of inventory-based puzzles characteristic for classic adventure, its gameplay is heavily inclined towards dialogue. Typically, Gabriel will have to interrogate other characters, choosing conversation topics and thus gradually finding clues and advancing towards the mystery's solution.

The game's locations are done in hand-painted style. The CD version of the game adds full voice-overs to the dialogues, as well as narrator's voice to text descriptions.

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Alternate Titles

"狩魔猎人" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"גבריאל: זיכרונות אפלים" -- Hebrew spelling
"Gabriel: Zikhronot Afelim" -- Israeli title
"Gabriel Knight: Pecados dos Pais" -- Brazilian title
"Gabriel Knight: Lucha Contra Las Fuerzas Sobrenaturales" -- Spanish title
"Gabriel Knight: Les péchés des ancêtres" -- French title
"Gabriel Knight I" -- Informal post-sequel title
"Gabriel Knight: Die Sünden der Väter" -- German title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers	DOS	$8.65
	Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers		$5.99
	Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within		$5.99
	Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned		$5.99
	Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
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The Press Says

Techtite	2000		100
Adventure Gamers	Jan 16, 2004		100
Tilt	Jan, 1994	92 out of 100	92
Gamesmania	1996	90 out of 100	90
Jeuxvideo.com	Jul 06, 2010	18 out of 20	90
Freak	Mar, 1994	84 out of 100	84
Svenska Hemdatornytt	Jul, 1994	80 out of 100	80
Retroguiden	Mar 05, 2010	8 out of 10	80
Power Play	Feb, 1994	72 out of 100	72
High Score	Feb, 1994	3 out of 5	60

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Trivia

This game was one of the first games that included the o-so popular "F" word. When you talk to your buddy at the police station for the first time about the voodoo crime scene, he'll say something about people being "sick f*cks".

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