The third game in the series takes Gabriel Knight, the former owner of a book store in New Orleans, and now a Schattenjäger ("shadow hunter") living in a castle in Bavaria, to Rennes-le-Chateau, a quiet town in Southern France. Gabriel and his assistant Grace Nakimura investigate the kidnapping of a baby: the son of Prince James of Albany was taken away, and the trace leads to Rennes-le-Chateau. While exploring the town and its surroundings and getting acquainted with the unusual history of the place, Gabriel and Grace realize that supernatural beings are pulling the strings behind the stage, and become involved in a mystery with a religious background dating back to the very beginnings of Christianity.

Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned is a 3D adventure game. Playing as Gabriel or Grace, the player navigates the characters through fully 3D environments, which can also be viewed and explored from first-person perspective using the "camera" option. The player interacts with people and objects by clicking on them and then selecting one of the available actions. There are many kinds of puzzles in the game: traditional inventory-based ones, detective investigation, as well as complex puzzles based on the player's knowledge and understanding of the game's lore.

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Alternate Titles

"狩魔獵人3：聖魔血祭" -- Taiwan spelling
"狩魔猎人3" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"Гэбриэл Найт 3: В поисках Грааля" -- Russian spelling
"GK3" -- Common abbreviation
"Gabriel Knight 3: Testamento del Diablo" -- Spanish title
"Gabriel Knight 3: Sangue Profano" -- Brazilian title
"Gabriel Knight 3: Krew Świętych, Krew Potępionych" -- Polish title
"Gabriel Knight 3: Il Mistero di Rennes-Le-Château, Il Mistero Macchiato di Sangue" -- Italian title
"Gabriel Knight 3: Enigme en Pays Cathare" -- French title
"Gabriel Knight 3: Blut der Heiligen, Blut der Verdammten" -- German title

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned	Windows	$1.00
	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 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
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User Reviews

Can you say 'cat mustache'?	YID YANG (162395)
Another kickass GK game which unfortunately tones down the terror in favor of the "edutaiment" value....blah!	Zovni (9427)
A flawed classic	jTrippy (63)
"I didn't sleep for four days playing this game....."	Andy Roark (253)
Gabriel Knight returns in his last adventure for now	Katakis (37454)	unrated
Millennium Mystery	MAT (53452)

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The Press Says

incite PC Gaming	Jan, 2000		100
Adventure Classic Gaming	Nov 21, 1999	5 out of 5	100
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Dec, 1999	92 out of 100	92
Game.EXE	Jan, 2000	4.5 out of 5	90
Power Unlimited	Dec, 1999	8.8 out of 10	88
IGN	Dec 03, 1999	8.3 out of 10	83
GamersWanted	Dec 07, 1999	8 out of 10	80
Adventure Gamers	Jan 30, 2004		80
GameStar (Germany)	Dec, 1999	75 out of 100	75
GameSpot	Dec 10, 1999	6.7 out of 10	67

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Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Best adventure series ever.	7	YID YANG (162395) Nov 07, 2011
Still The Greatest	9	St. Martyne (3562) Feb 23, 2009
And that f'ing puzzle is not only stupid ...	9	Dr. M. "Schadenfreude" Von Katze (588) Oct 02, 2007

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Trivia

The plot around the San Greal Secrets book is partially based on the real 1983 novel Holy Blood, Holy Grail. A controversial work on its own, it returned to the spotlights once again amid plagiarism speculations in the 2003 bestseller The Da Vinci Code.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Andy Roark (253) on Nov 27, 1999.