Description
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 All the icons have been replaced by a single cursor.
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 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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Trivia
In the game's opening movie, the camera shows a close-up of a scar on Gabriel's arm (aquired in 'Sins of the Fathers'). Problem is, the scar is on the wrong arm!
There is no sign of the chapel in Schloss Ritter which was featured so prominently in 'Sins of the Fathers'.
Apparently, 'The Beast Within' was originally supposed to take place over nine chapters, instead of six. The additional three would have you playing in the past, as King Ludwig II. They were cut due to time constraints, budget, and the fact that this would have commanded more CDs in an already huge game.
Kay Kuter (Werner Huber) seems to like the bartender gig. He also plays one (Griswold Goodsoup) in 'The Curse of Monkey Island'.
