Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

The Good
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father introduced anew level of story-telling to video games. For the first time, a game could have an elaborate, detail, adult storyline including a deeply trouble protagonist.

The cutscenes are amazing. Stylistically, they hold up even today. Presented in a quasi-comicbook mode, they truly moved the story along. Also, the fully animated cutscenes were similarly fantastic. And the video-captured moment where Gabe gets on his motorcycle -- in '93 this had me going!

The Bad
The windows 3.x version had a few nasty lock-up bugs. Patches became available.

Some of the conversations were long-winded. I recall the dialogues with Gabe's grandmother (while discussing family history) being a little much.

The Bottom Line
Gabriel Knight should be played by all adventure game fans. The game truly was the birthplace of artful storytelling in the video game world.