The third game in Gabriel Knight series takes our hero 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 supernatural beings are pulling the strings behind the scene, and get involved in a suspenseful mystery with a rich religious background.

"Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned" is a 3D adventure game. Playing as Gabriel or Grace, you move through the fully 3D environment, which you can also view and explore from first-person perspective using the "camera" option. You interact 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 your knowledge of the game's story.

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Alternate Titles

"狩魔猎人3" -- Chinese title (simplified)
"Гэбриэл Найт 3: В поисках Грааля" -- Russian title
"GK3" -- Common abbreviation
"Gabriel Knight 3: Testamento del Diablo" -- Spanish title
"Gabriel Knight 3: Sangue Profano" -- Brazilian title
"Gabriel Knight 3: Krew Swietych, Krew Potepionych" -- 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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User Reviews

A paradise for religion and mythology freaks	Unicorn B. Lynx (53162)
Another kickass GK game which unfortunately tones down the terror in favor of the "edutaiment" value....blah!	Zovni (9114)
A flawed classic	jTrippy (50)
"I didn't sleep for four days playing this game....."	Andy Roark (263)
Gabriel Knight returns in his last adventure for now	Black Wolf (37274)	unrated
Millennium Mystery	MAT (34845)

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The Press Says

Adventure Zone	Aug 19, 2008	10 out of 10	100
Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks	Mar 09, 2002		100
Game Over Online	Dec 30, 1999	92 out of 100	92
Just Adventure	2002	A-	91
Quandary	Dec 16, 1999		90
Power Unlimited	Dec, 1999	8.8 out of 10	88
PC Games (Germany)	Mar 07, 2001	80 out of 100	80
Meristation	Jan 30, 2000	8 out of 10	80
ESC Magazine	Jan 22, 2000	7 out of 10	70
Armchair Empire, The	2000	7 out of 10	70

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Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Still The Greatest	9	St_Martyne (3557) Feb 23, 2009
And that f'ing puzzle is not only stupid ...	9	Schadenfreude (578) Oct 02, 2007

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Trivia

There are lots of easter eggs found in GK3, but you can't access them unless you press CTRL+SHIFT+~ when you start loading up the game to bring up the console. Type SetFlag and press [Space], type egg and press [Enter].

During the game, click on an object and you'll see an extra icon labeled "Easter Egg". Click this icon for an easter egg. For example:

* Go to the old ruins at Chateau-de-Blanchefort and click the EGG icon on the sign to see Gabriel flying.

* While following Prince James' men (Day 1, 6-10 PM), click the EGG icon on either man. Are they drunk or what?

* Click the EGG icon on Jean anytime

* Go to Rennes-le-Baines, enter the tavern, and click the EGG icon.

* Click the EGG icon on the chicken wandering around the yard at anytime.

* Click the EGG icon on Grace to make her do the splits.

* Go to the kitchen during Day 2, 10-12 PM. Click the EGG icon on the refrigerator.

* Click the EGG icon on Emilio during Day 1, 10-12 PM while he's sitting in the lobby reading a newspaper.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Andy Roark (263) on Nov 27, 1999.