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

This is a recommendation but a tough one. Keep the following negatives in mind: 1. The game is difficult to get working on modern systems but it is possible by following several guides online and using dgvoodoo2. This is not the easiest thing in the world to do. 2. The game has some of the most difficult puzzles in adventure game history. I'd only play this with a full walkthrough from start to finish to reduce time wasted. 3. The user interface is quite awful but you do get used to it. Its kind of unique and eventually you can even start to appreciate it as it allows you to do things that no other game has done before or since. 4. The graphics are horribly dated compared to the first two games in the series. Its got that early 3D look that has aged like goat milk. Despite these big problems, I felt compelled to complete this game as I am a big fan of the Gabriel Knight series. It took me multiple attempts and a lot of configuration changes to get into this game but when I finally got it working and gave it a real chance, it was GREAT. Some of the positives: 1. This game has a fantastic story. Despite all of the horrible problems, the story is just as strong as the previous two games. 2. Although this game has some of the worst puzzles in adventure game history, it also has some of the best. 3. The voice acting is great. Tim Curry is a bit too over the top this time round but it added to the charm. 4. As previously mentioned the unique user interface allows for some great interactions with the environment that you have never seen before and will never see again. 5. The game has a lot of great humour throughout.

This game should not be sold on Steam in its current state. You will most likely not be able to get it running on modern hardware. Such a damn shame.

Don't bother buying this one. It's not functional on modern machines.

I had to install freeware on my computer to get the game working; and then it gave me motion sickness.

O jogo está tão abandonado que é mais fácil montar uma máquina virtual pra jogar. Quer dizer, dá pra jogar até no Steam Deck depois de alguns fixes, mas saiba que isso é inevitável na versão Steam, ou você compra a versão da GOG.

Although it's a little tricky to run on newer computers, it is absolutely worth it. The best of an already excellent series. It is an early foray into 3D animation, so it's polygon animation that is, in some cases, hilariously awful (like Gabriel's partner Grace looks like she's suffering from severe kyphosis/hunchback and everyone's hair is angular). Again, just look past the silliness of the graphics. If you have a thing (I do) for the lost treasure of the Templars, this is one of its best iterations It brings in the material from Holy Blood, Holy Grail (and the writer didn't get sued over it like Dan Brown because she credited this source), which is that the Holy Grail relates to the bloodline of Christ. Any more would be spoilers, but that's just the beginning of the mystery. The puzzles are great, the voicing is great, the writing is great. One thing I really hated about the Syberia games is there were very few things you could highlight that weren't part of the main story. Tim Curry again voices Gabriel, and his dialogue options are hilarious. In fact, click any time you get the "light bulb" icon on anything. You get info, and when you don't, you get Gabriel cracking wise as only Curry can. Also Mosley from the first game has returned, and he's still the perfect foil for Gabe's wit. Grace gets to run a program on an in-game computer. Again, if you've ever flirted with the mystical and things like sacred geometry, you will love this. The interpretation of the treasure and how they handle it is what keeps me coming back (on my 4th playthrough) and, because you can beat the game without scoring all points, it really does have replay value. If you have mourned the loss of the great old Sierra games, grab this!

This game, this story, simply amazing, hermetism, freemasons , priory of sion, conspiracies, Jensen is seriously involved with esoterism, occultism etc. Don't let the graphics fool you or some minor problems that can easily be fixed, this is a great story that is told. I really enjoyed this game more than GK1 and GK2.

mount a virtual cd before playing