The Beast Within is a direct sequel to Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, the first in the supernatural mystery adventure series telling the story of a bookstore owner and writer Gabriel Knight, the last offspring of generations of Schattenjaegers (shadowhunters), whose task is to fight the evil forces that abound in the world.

After leaving New Orleans, Gabriel moves to the Ritter Castle in Bavaria, Germany, his family heritage. One day, a group of peasants approach the castle, and the elder tells you about a terrible death of a little girl, who was killed by a vicious wolf. Suspecting the wolf could be a supernatural creature, the peasant asks you, the Schattenjaeger, to purge the evil. The investigation brings Gabriel and his assistant Grace Nakimura to the mysterious Hunter Society and to Bavaria's dark past.

The Beast Within utilizes a cast of live actors and full-motion video technology: the actors are filmed over photorealistic images of Munich and its surroundings, and nearly every interaction with the environment leads to a FMV sequence. However, unlike most interactive movies that were popular in this era, The Beast Within is a full-fledged adventure game, with a lot of dialogues, detective work to do, and puzzles to solve. Unlike the first game, it is entirely controlled through point-and-click actions. All the icons have been replaced by a single cursor.

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Alternate Titles

"狩魔猎人2" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
"תעלומת Gabriel Knight: החיה שבתוכו" -- Hebrew Spelling
"The Beast Within: Ein Gabriel Knight Krimi" -- German Release Title
"TBW" -- common abbreviation
"Ta'alumat Gabriel Knight: Ha-Khaya she Betokho" -- Hebrew Title
"GK2" -- informal abbreviation
"Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within" -- Informal Title
"Gabriel Knight: A Fera Interior" -- Brazilian Title
"Gabriel Knight 2" -- informal title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
	The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery	Windows	$9.50
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User Reviews

Is it possible for something to be above the best!? Yup, I guess it is :)	Windows	MAT (34669)
A great testimony of the epoch, and a high-quality adventure game	DOS	JazzOleg (53181)
The epitome of a good full motion video game? Not even close.	DOS	-Chris (7380)
The Quality FMV Game	Windows	Game22 (42)
A victim of the dreaded FMV-death	Windows	Joakim Kihlman (257)
More good than bad things	Windows	frin (148)
Excellent, but what does Richard Wagner and King Ludwig II have to do with werewolves?	Windows	Black Wolf (36083)
The Gabriel Knight Series sets the bar for other adventure games to beat	Windows	mclazyj (28)
One of the better FMV efforts available	Windows	Afterburner (481)
Very good, but WHY an interactive movie style?	Windows	Gav Powell (26)

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The Press Says

Just Adventure	DOS	2003	A+	100
Just Adventure	Macintosh	2003	A+	100
Just Adventure	Windows 3.x	2003	A+	100
Adventure Lantern	Windows	Apr, 2006	94 out of 100	94
Adventure Lantern	Windows 3.x	Jun, 2006	94 out of 100	94
Quandary	Windows	Apr 21, 1996		90
Adventure Gamers	Windows 3.x	Jan 23, 2004		90
PC Games (Germany)	DOS	Jan, 1996	88 out of 100	88
WomenGamers.com	Windows	Aug 05, 1999	8.5 out of 10	85
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Jan, 1996	69 out of 100	69