Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned

by Vivendi Universal

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• ASIN: B00001LAE2
• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 17, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (97 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,928 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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Amazon.com Review

Jane Jensen's spooky private eye is back for another round of supernatural mystery in Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned. This installment offers greater challenge and interactivity, with a fantastic 3-D engine designed specifically for the game. Each scene offers multiple vantage points and may or may not bring you another step closer to solving the game's ultimate mystery.

Play as Gabriel or his assistant, Grace, as they race against time to locate the young kidnapped son of a dethroned prince in the small French town of Rennes-le-Chateau. The backdrop is used to heighten the tension and add detail to the story, for just over 100 years ago bizarre real-world happenings enriched the parish church and may have led to the local priest's untimely demise.

The game offers a great balance of puzzles and investigative problem solving, often shifting from one to the other between scenes. Only rarely are hints offered, so if you get stuck, you may have to do some real-life investigation to track down other players who have published online help, but you shouldn't have to be an enlightened master to make it through the game. For the most part, persistence pays off, and the lush visuals and outstanding voice talent should help ease the sting of frustration enough to keep you going through the rough spots. Gabriel Knight 3 appeals to the eye, ear, and mind as well as the sense of the macabre--pick it up before the conspiracy hears about it!--Rob Lightner

Product Description

 You set out to solve it...Product InformationThe best-selling adventure series is back! Blood of theSacred Blood of the Damned is Jane Jensen's third Gabriel Knight mystery.Based on a real-life enigma GK3 puts you high in the mountains of Francein the unassuming town of Rennes-le- Chateau. The first demand for a Gabriel Knight 3 arrived by e-mail exactly four daysafter the release of Gabriel Knight 2. It was soon followed by hundreds morefrom fans and game reviewers around the world. When The Beast Within won thelion's share of 1996 game awards the future of the series was assured. Nowfinally designer Jane Jensen has unveiled the latest mystery to puzzle herintrepid shadow hunter...We do hope you're not afraid of a little intrigue?Blood of the Sacred Blood of the Damned is set in a small village and valleyin rural Europe. The village Rennes-le-Chateau is a real village and is thelocation of a Great Enigma -- either that or a Great Scam depending on yourlevel of beliefThe case begins when Gabriel is invited for a weekend at the home of acurrently dethroned royal scion. Grace is delighted assuming that at lastthey're moving into the kinds of circles a family like the Ritters ought tohobnob with. But it turns out that the 'Prince's' motivation for invitingGabriel was not a social one. He has a new infant son and is concerned for hissafety because the Prince's family has been plagued for generations by what seemto be a secretive sect of vampires.It turns out the Prince was right to be afraid. The very first night Gabrielwatches guard over his infant son the boy is kidnapped. Gabriel gives chase andwinds up at the train station. He follows the kidnappers to Rennes-le-Chateaubut quickly loses their trail.Gabriel will come to realize that the mystery that surrounds the Prince'sfamily and the mystery of this ancient little town are not only connected butwill involve both very real current political agendas and ancient secrets. Onceat the town Gabriel discove

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35 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you love mystery novels, you'll love this game!, November 28, 1999

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Michele McFadden (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (CD-ROM)

This is truly the next step in interactive fiction. While you may think of computer games as just kids stuff, "Gabriel Knight - Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned" will change your mind. Imagine stepping into your favorite mystery novel, and becoming one of the characters. You get to walk around, explore, question suspects, solve puzzles, uncover secrets... This game has everything: mystery, romance, history, great dialogue, beautiful European scenery. If you've never played a computer game before, make this your first! And if you are already a gamer, this game is like nothing you've ever played before. It brings adventure gaming to a new level.

P.S. There are two other games in this series, which give great background to this story. You don't need to play them first, but you can find them both in the title "Gabriel Knight Mysteries: Limited Edition".

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best Gabriel Knight, October 23, 2003

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Kostub D. "kostub" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (CD-ROM)

This game is the epitome of adventure games. It has a great suspense story, which half based on history. The Gabriel Knight games have really made history a really interesting. This incarnation of Gabriel Knight has an excellent 3D world. The graphics are way better than the first game and there is no interactive movie wierdness of the second. The game is organized in time blocks. After you finish all the tasks for one block you move to the next. This gives an excellent effect of time flowing by as you proceed through the game.

The puzzles are intuitive, as they always are in Gabriel Knight game, but not easy. There is no trying to use towel with a fish to try and accomplish your next task. I also loved the non-inventory puzzles with Grace which did involve some creative thinking.

The game has its usual installation troubles on XP as with all other Sierra games. But I dont blame them, the game wasn't designed for XP but it still works on it. So here is the tip: When the installer asks you that it wants to run its tests before installing, do *not* run the tests. They will fail. And you will have to restart your computer in order to try again. The game will install, even if you dont run the tests.

28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Contreversial Adventure GAME Mystery..., December 9, 1999

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patrick cruz (Sunny California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (CD-ROM)

I have just completed the Game Gabriel Knight 3 Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Dammend and I would like to share my thoughts to all perspective buyers.

First and foremost It is a GAME... Not to be taken seriously by people... I say this because the Adventure mystery revolves around the enigma of "The Holy Grail." This is very contreversial because it touches on the "alternate" theories which are Heretical to the Christian faith. Again not to be taken seriously... I myself am a Devout Roman Catholic who happens to love a good mystery and I did not find the game offensive in my faith.

I have been a follower of the Gabriel Knight mysteries and I was not dissapointed with this third installment. The story is engaging and intelligent. It dares to ask the question which is often left out because of the Religious Taboo surrounding it. It is intended mainly for entertainment and not as a vehicle to bash the faith.

A little known fact to first time players, this game took 2 years to complete. It is a marraige of current 3D animation technology and 2 years of historical reaserch of the enigma in the real life mystery of Renne Le Chateu, a contreversial town located in the old country of France.

The voice acting of Tim Curry who reprises his role a Gabriel Knight is excellent. He brings the character of the New Orlean Cajun back. The cast of characters are great, all having their own agenda and mystery to solve. The sound track is flawless and the location is enticing.

The game engine used was quite revolutionary. I am using a old 233mhz computer and it still ran smoothly with the aid of my old voodo card.

I highly recommend this game to Mature and Open minded players. To my fellow Catholics out there.... It is just a game.