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| 24 FEB 2003 at 2:17am |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Well, I've finally reached Schattenjaeger status, and I think there's a confession I have to make. It's a dark little secret, and now that I've become a Schattenjaeger, I can't hide it any longer.
I haven't played the Gabriel Knight games.
Not any. Not Sins of the Fathers, not The Beast Within, not Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Dam ned, none, zippo, zilch, nary a one.
Is it because I don't have them? Well, I'm embarassed to say the the first two games are sitting in my closet in the form of the Gabriel Knight Mysteries. The third game can easily be picked up online for about ten bucks, so that's not a problem.
Is it because they don't look interesting? No, I'd say all the reviews I've read, and all of the opinions I've seen expressed here indicate they're some of the best graphical adventures every made.
So, what could it be? I think somewhere deep down inside my subconscious is telling me to save them, to treasure them, to only open them in case of an emergency, so to speak. There are many good adventure games. There aren't many truly great games, and there's nothing like the feeling of digging into an adventure that you know is going to keep you enthralled for days or weeks or even months of fun.
I'll compare it to reading Tolkien. I wish I could read Lord of the Rings again for the first time. Likewise, once you've played a great game, there's no way of getting that first feeling back. Grim Fandango, Obsidian, and yes, for me, even Myst have all been that way for me.
Some day, I'll be in an adventure gaming funk after playing a stinker like Mystery of the Nautilus, and I'll need something to restore my faith in adventures. At least that's my theory.
Well, I feel lot better now that I've got all that off my chest. I now return you to your regularly scheduled anarchy. And I really should be playing Obsidian, anyway!
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| 24 FEB 2003 at 2:29am |
GayleSchattenjger
Posts : 2544
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | What!!! You haven't played even one of them. They are taking up room in your closet collecting dust. That is very unadventurer of you.
The Schattenjaeger Clan is not going to take this lightly, one of our own and never even played any of the games.
Well, if you hear wolves howling some dark, stormy night, I would run to the closet and load one of them as quickly as possible before the Curse of the Schattenjaegers Who Haven't Played The Game is placed upon you.
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| 24 FEB 2003 at 2:33am |
InlandAZGuild Master
Posts : 5586
Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | The Schattenjaeger Clan is not going to take this lightly, one of our own and never even played any of the games.
Waaaaaaaaa - Shhhhhhh... Don't wake them -
GK is a good series, one of my favorites.
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| 24 FEB 2003 at 2:43am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7058
Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Andromus (24 FEB 2003 2:17am)
I haven't played the Gabriel Knight games.
I'm both sorry for you and envious at the same time. You probably understand why.
The other day when I was compiling the difficulty list, I came up with slightly over hundred adventures that I played. I know there are a few more that I forgot plus several foreign language adventures that hardly anyone knows.
But the point is that there are still lots of well known and good adventures that I never played. Obsidian, Bad Mojo, Sanitarium, Duckman, Bad Day on the Midway to name a few. I do not feel like I'm running out of adventure games to play. So go play GK now
I forgot my sig.
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| 24 FEB 2003 at 3:27am |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Gayle (24 FEB 2003 2:28am)
Well, if you hear wolves howling some dark, stormy night, I would run to the closet and load one of them as quickly as possible before the Curse of the Schattenjaegers Who Haven't Played The Game is placed upon you.
Wolves? Nah, there aren't any wolves within....er, was that the beagle next door I just heard, or...something else?
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| 24 FEB 2003 at 4:56am |
JoGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | I haven't played the Gabriel Knight games.
Thats's sacrilige!!!****
How can you possibly have such self-restraint?
Wish I could play them as new and fresh again though.
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| 24 FEB 2003 at 11:32am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Andromus (24 FEB 2003 2:17am)
I haven't played the Gabriel Knight games.
Off course you haven't, silly.
You weren't even a Schättenjaeger.
So now that you are, I advise you to start with GK1.
As you can see I haven't played them also, but I'm counting the posts, I'm counting the posts.
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| 24 FEB 2003 at 11:42am |
StammerGuild Master
Posts : 3894
Joined: 5 JAN 2003
Status : Online | I haven't come here to tell you what all the others did!
the reason i am posting to this thread is because i really liked (and agreed) what you said about Tolkien!!!
Yeah you are right ....... i would give everything to read lord of the rings again without knowing what will happen next!!!
The feeling you have when you read Tolkien is undescribeble........simply the best author *aaahh* now i am moved :'( :'( :'( :'(
Resistance is not futile, we're gonna win this thing, humankind is too good, we're not a bunch of under-achievers! We're gonna stand up, and we're gonna be human beings. We're going to get fired up about the real things, the things that matter! Creativity, and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit.
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| 24 FEB 2003 at 1:50pm |
Friday the 14thSchattenjger
Posts : 2908
Joined: 5 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Andromus: What you saud pretty much fits my desription too, I have played (and compleated) GK3 though but when it comes to a lot of other games I'm a BAAAAAAD adventure gamer too. . I blame it on too litte time.
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| 24 FEB 2003 at 9:28pm |
szcaxJourneyman
Posts : 935
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I am sooo jealous of you.
However, I understand why you haven't played them. I haven't played any of the Tex Murphy games, and I have Overseer in my drawer and Martain Memorandum on my HD. No UAKM though... waiting for that to show up on the used games rack at the local EB. I take comfort in knowing that I have some grade-A material just waiting for me to dive into. I'd just rather play some second-tier abandonware and save classics for a time when I don't have to worry that distractions in life (such as school work) will force me to put it down for a while.
Black holes are where God divided by zero
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| 24 FEB 2003 at 10:50pm |
JoGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | Ooh, I'd love to get hold of Overseer, saw it on EBay here but the price went up too high.
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| 25 FEB 2003 at 12:20am |
JPSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 217
Joined: 24 NOV 2002
Status : Online | This is really sad and I'm quite embarrassed to admit it but I love the Gabriel Knight series so much that I actually have the background themes that came with the GK Mysteries Limited Edition installed on my computer!
Whenever I shut down for the night I hear wolves howling in the distance, when I empty the recycle bin I hear them growling behind me, and with other operations I am treated to the dulcet tones of Dean Erickson saying something like
" I think I'm going to have to analyse that"
Ok, it is sad, but what can you do? Without a GK4 to play I have to make up for it somehow!
Bow down before the one you serve&&You're going to get what you deserve !
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| 25 FEB 2003 at 12:27am |
CarlaJourneyman
Posts : 836
Joined: 12 JAN 2003
Status : Online | I simply can't believe my eyes!!! You have the GK Mysteries and you're not playing them... ???
on't you ever feel your (gamer) life is lacking of smth, and you just can't find out what that smth is? Well, I'll tell you Andromus, you seem a nice person...I experienced the same emptiness -in my game life- before playing GK saga...
So, don't do this to yourself! (You could play at least one of them...just to know how it feels )
[b][center]Aut inveniam viam aut faciam[/b][/center]
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| 25 FEB 2003 at 2:16am |
| Deleted User | Warning!!
You will wait for too long, buy a new computer, destroy the old one, move to the contryside and finally the games will not run on your machine...
aahahhaaahaaaa you're doomed!!
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| 25 FEB 2003 at 2:36am |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Randdom (25 FEB 2003 2:16am)
Warning!!
You will wait for too long, buy a new computer, destroy the old one, move to the contryside and finally the games will not run on your machine...
aahahhaaahaaaa you're doomed!!
Nope, I'm doing a dual boot with Windows ME and Windows 98SE. I will most certainly get rid of Windows ME in time, but Windows 98 is staying with me, safe and sound. I intend to be running old games for a very, very long time.
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| 25 FEB 2003 at 2:42am |
| Deleted User | Tutuutuuut!
Murphy's laws: the worst will occur!
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| 25 FEB 2003 at 3:01am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7058
Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Malia G (25 FEB 2003 12:27am)
So, don't do this to yourself! (You could play at least one of them...just to know how it feels )
Listen to this Andromus... this was from a person who chose a character from GK as her alter ego
I forgot my sig.
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| 25 FEB 2003 at 5:17am |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | on Feb 24th, 2003, 8:20pm, Malia G wrote:
So, don't do this to yourself! (You could play at least one of them...just to know how it feels
Originally Posted By MichalN (25 FEB 2003 3:01am)
Listen to this Andromus... this was from a person who chose a character from GK as her alter ego
Oh, that's what I'd tell myself at first, that I can start with one game, and I can stop anytime I want. But before I know it, I'd chain-play all three games back to back, and end up as another one in of the legions of GK junkies crying out for a GK 4....which, come to think of it sounds like fun!
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| 25 FEB 2003 at 3:48pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | A few months ago I could have said the same as you, Andromus...but I saw the light!
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 27 FEB 2003 at 12:34am |
szcaxJourneyman
Posts : 935
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | All those "junkies crying out for a GK4"... they're doing it for a reason.
Play the games and you'll figure out why.
Black holes are where God divided by zero
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| 27 FEB 2003 at 12:39am |
sennebecGuild Master
Posts : 3334
Joined: 15 NOV 2004
Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | it's a schattenjaeger's duty to play GK...
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