The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery - review | Cannot be Tamed
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- Today I'm talking about one of the best FMV adventure games - Gabriel Knight 2! This game has everything - werewolves, sexual tension, opera, Bavarian history, sausages.
#PCGames #Sierra #GabrielKnight
Gabriel Knight was played on PC and recorded with OBS. I used the version from Steam. Music is from the game's OST.
Intro artwork, logo and banner by: @theMagdalenRose
"Cantina Blues" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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I still remember seeing the box in a department store and asking my dad to buy it for me. I think I'd seen a review in Computer Gaming World, but that was it. It quickly became my favorite game of all time. The music, the atmosphere, the story. I fell in love with Bavaria, Wagner, and the history of King Ludwig II, and this game put me on a path that ended with me living in Germany and becoming fluent in German. The sections with Grace are much inferior to anything with Gabriel, and the ending chase comes out of nowhere, but this game will always be special to me.
That's an unbelievable story, thank you for sharing!!
Love to hear about games impacting people like this!
Great father:)
I think Jane Jenson would be delighted to know her story affected you so deeply. I really was strongly affected by this game too. It's story, it's concept and characters really hit me. Glad I"m not the only one.
@@Cannotbetamed1 Spoiler!!!, No sausages were purchased during the game.
Wouldn’t it be great to see Pam play a character in a FMV? 😊
Yes
Pampire of the Masquerade?
Haha I feel like Pam could play Giorgio Manos from Roundabout!
Pam's so good at doing the voices too, it would be the best ever I'm positive.
@@jba2048 Lol :-)
I remember seeing that cover in magazines back in the day. Finally watched a playthrough this year and it blew me away.
The Baron's intense stares just ooze off the screen. He truly cannot be tamed.
It's true!
@@Cannotbetamed1 I imagine Cannot be Tamed as a person forced to review games and they need to escape the apartment before the sun comes out as she's a Vampire. They should have Perry Caravello as the back up character reprising his role as Scary Perry and Daphney Sugar Rose from A Little Piece Of Horror.
Von Glower is such a great villain. He is essentially a tragic character, forced to suffer for his father's crimes. And death is the only possible escape.
He created an entire philosophy to justify his nature as something good. In the cave scene, he is in utter shock at facing his true self, that he is not as much in control as he would like to think.
Despite his numerous victims, he is highly sympathetic and is himself a victim of circumstances beyond his control.
Another awesome video Pam! I was really looking forward to your review of that game as it is one of my favourites, all genres included. The only part I somehow disagree with you is the attraction between Gabriel and the Baron. I've never seen it as a romantic one, more a deep desire from the Baron to find an equal with which he could form a deep friendship. His previous attempts were all big disappointments for him, but he has great hopes for this one. I wish there was an alternate ending where Gabriel accepts the Baron's offer.
I wish there were an alternate ending as well, that would be great.
This stream was always a blast to watch you play. First, because I was always curious about this title, and secondly due to seeing you thirst over Gabriel and the Barron's steamy scenes was hilarious 😂 This was a very accurate review of the game.
That was a fun one to stream.
The game is honestly already unintentionally funny. Like, for example, the scenes in which the actors try to speak German. And you look at the German version in comparison, where they solved it by simply trying to speak a different dialect.
But apart from that, it's interesting that even as someone who lives in Germany, you learn more about history while playing. (For info: King Ludwig II is more of a Bavarian topic here).
Peter Lucas is undoubtedly the best mortal actor to appear in a 1990s FMV game.
He's absolutely the highlight of this title. Like multiple times better than other casting.
11 years later the actor for Von Glower would end up getting a large part in David Lynch's Inland Empire!
Yeah, that's awesome
I thought Baron Von Glauer's face was familiar. But when you discussed the chemistry between Gabriel and him and the shot better captured his face I was certain, even before you shout him out in the end: played by Peter J. Lucas, who also made my favourite film, David Lynch's INLAND EMPIRE (capitalized in the original title). His line deliveries are awesome, and I recommend the film -- a weird, abstract mystery which you have to watch with an active mind, almost like an point-and-click adventure itself.
Me and my ex had just played this game when we watched inland empire. We were both like "I know this guy..OMG VON GLAUER!!"
Thanks for the uploads, previously, I had not seen anyone else review it!
Canis Lupus LUPUS! Man, I gotta play this game again, it's so damn charming. Really wish they had stuck with both this cast and FMV in general, the third game was a huge step back for me.
I went on a Ludwig II learning bonanza after playing this game. I’m so glad it is still getting some love.
Gabriel is such a dork in this one...and I´m here for it 100% !! I might even like it more than the first one! Canis lupus LUPUS
I remember this game. It was epic. I absolutely love the corny acting from this era of gaming.
Watching you play this live on Twitch was a blast and I am glad you did a follow up from the highlight video.
Pleasure as always Pam and if people haven't already, go over and follow Pam on Twitch!
Hi Lily! Happy Birthday for this past Sunday as well.
Pleasure as always Pam. :)
I haven't played this game since it was originally released but I remember really getting caught up in it and enjoying it quite a lot. All three Gabriel Knight games are pretty great, or at least I remember them all being pretty great. I kind of teeter over whether I'd enjoy trying them again so much later or just letting them live in my memories.
I would really like to play the 3rd again because I remember some great puzzles, but it's so difficult to get past how it looks.
This takes me back Pam. Always wanted to play this series. Thank you so much!
Was going to say "I think I see the paw of a werewolf on your lap at around 1:57," LOL. Someone wanted some attention.
I actually played a lot of Sierra games on an old PC when I was a kid. Mostly King's Quest 1-7. Also Space Quest 3. This game looks fun.
I always love your reviews of FMV games because you really go into depth into aspects of the genre that I've never considered before; like going into specifics about the arrangements of the scenes or the awkwardness of the timing at the beginning and ends of the cutscenes.
I used to hear so much about Sierra adventure games back in the day.
I wonder if newer gamers even know know about this series.
Newer adventure likers will absolutely know about the series as the remake of original was quite well advertised. I also know one fan that has tattoos about GK1 and is around 30 old now.
My absolute favorite FMV game.
Thanks for this neat review Pam! 🙆♀️
Thanks for watching!
Great review and I really love this game, I replay it perhaps every 3 year or so, still enjoyable.
Not only is the beast within a great FMV game, but also a fantastic game. Loved that opera scene, the game really builds up to that moment. Haven't played this all the way through since....1999? so, its due time for a replay.
Always saw these games in magazines back in the day, but somehow never gotten around to trying them out to this day. They're on my gaming bucket list. Along with a few thousand other games. >.>
Damn Pam! I love this review ^_^ . I bought Gabriel Knight 1-3 on steam and they've been sitting untouched for roughly 3 years. That's about to change very soon, followed by me playing Phantasmagoria 1+2.
God I love FMV games. They're a dose of 90s nostalgia for me.
It's such a shame the style only became a short lived trend because imagine how good it they would be with todays more modern technology.
And to be honest, I'm surprised there were no Monkey Island entries that got the fmv treatment but I'd like to see how it would play out. Especially if they can nail a Monty Python type performance.
Pam and Lily always a great time. Love the video great work Pam.
Thanks!
This was the only game in the series I played. A friend bought it and he had it on his computer. As FMV games go, this is at the top of the list in terms of being done well. And you are not wrong, Pam! The erotic overtones were super strong! 😅
Love the content Pam
Thanks!
I was thinking "Didn't Pam already do a review of this game?" But no - i was just remembering the thirsty stream clips. Haha - nice job on this one. Point and Click isn't really my jam, but i'm still happy to watch your review...
Jane Jensen is such a good writer. The way she mixes mystery with facts is insane. Since i live in Germany the game inspired me to visit Neuschwanstein. Haven't found the Wagner Opera Segment though. 🤣
And the other talent is winting wonderful believable characters and their relationships on so many levels. She understands how romance on every level works and giving her total freedom here makes the game a milestone yet to be beaten.
I love all the love you show to the old FMV's, great review. Have you ever played any of the Journeyman Project games? I would love to see you review them if you haven't reviewed them already. I really like these videos.
I haven't played those
These kind of games never get old to me. They are so relaxing
I had a local mom and pop video store back in the 90's that would rent PC games. This was the golden age of CD-ROM gaming, and I vaguely remember getting this one weekend. And for you kiddos, yes, they rented PC games!
i like your videos. those are really cool! thanks tam!
This was the only Gabriel Knight game I hadn't played before watching your playthrough and WOW was this a fun one be in the chat for :)
I love this game that my older brother had recommended it to me. You play as kyle hyde a detective on nintendo ds. Mystery game. Game is called hotel dusk room 215. And my name is kyle.
Bless you for being upfront about the amazing sexual tension between Gabriel and the Baron. When I played through this a couple years back, it was refreshingly explicit when Gabriel was hooking up with one of the Baron's friends and - without question - they were picturing one another in the friends' position.
Loved Grace's chapters for her wit and bravery, but the gosh darn museum section stonewalled me painfully. I'm most looking forward to how Grace changes when I stream the third game.
Appreciate your continued efforts at keeping these awesome games in the internet's recent search history.
The museum and castle can really be tough in terms of finding every single thing to look at.
Only thing this game was missing was our good old pal mostly. Another beautiful game is Gray matter
I remember really digging the magic trick mechanic in Gray Matter, and then the game went on to completely lose me with the pointless red herring quest taking up most of the third act.
Fantastic review! Thank you for this. This has always been one of my favorite series of games, primarily for the story-lines. I still have the DOS CD-ROMS. Try the 20th Anniversary edition remake of Gabriel Knight Sins of the Fathers.
A great video about one of my favorite graphic adventure games, thanks for making it. 💪🏻
I really hope GK2 one day gets a remaster with the same kind of love and attention to detail that "Pandora's Directive 25th Anniversary" is getting.
I wonder if they still have all the original tapes like they did with Pandora.
@@Cannotbetamed1 very likely not. The game video files can be extracted, though, and (if readable by some editing software) might be filterable into a better-looking state.
Looks like an interesting game.
Thanks for the review :-)
wow this one takes me back. I remember watching my older brother play it
Even though it's an FMV game I always really liked the art direction in this installment. It's been so long that I've played it but I just gotta go back to it now to check out that amazing Gabriel/Baron chemistry!
I loved this game. Easily my favorite FMV game, and one of my favorite of the classic point-and-click adventures. The lore behind the game, with the werewolves and the lost Wagner opera...the visit to Neuschwanstein...just excellent. It's funny, because when the game was new, I picked up on the "homoerotic" stuff between Gabriel and Glower (name's a little on the nose, but okay), but it didn't bug me. That's just how monsters were in the 1980s and 1990s. Vampires were, certainly, um...gender fluid, especially as brought to us by Anne Rice, so why wouldn't werewolves be? Today, though, people would probably be looking to burn copies of this game in the city square (good luck, since most games these days are downloads).
A game that subtly suggests "will they or won't they" -- and then, possibly -- "did they"? felt like no big deal when The Beast Within came out. But we've gone backwards in many ways.
I dont think it´s really homoerotic. Von Glower is talking about hunting and killing as werewolves. Of course the comedic value lies there, as Gabriel acts all confused-unease with Van Glower´s apparently (from Gabriel´s pov) gratuitous admiration.
I love how the tension is never explicitly stated but always literal *tension*. Gabriel is fighting his own inner battle to let go. It doesn't need to be narrated or spoken, and it's incredibly effective as a result.
I dont think it´s sexual tension: it´s a predator (killer?) admiration for another (potential) predator. Probably Jensen enjoyed playing with innuendos, and it was even maybe intentional: Gabriel feels confused because he doesn´t know Von Glower is taking about their werewolf connection... hilarious!
Wow thats an amazing game pam i would love to try that game out.
When I see the baron, I see Will Ferrel.
Oh man I haven't played this since it came out. I did love it at the time though
It's very surreal (and unitentional funny) to play this in the German Version , because they "broke" a little the Language Barrier.
I Adore the Figures of Mister and Mrs. Smith, unintentional predated Real Life Marge and Homer Simpson by the Looks
You should do an outtakes video with your dogs interrupting or other funny things.
best Gabriel Knight by a long way for me.
I loved the first game but haven't played any others. This video makes me want to give it a go!
Baron von glower was such memorable character. I loved him
Fantastic video.
Thanks!
If I remember correctly, Ludwig was also supposed to be a playable character, but it was cut out due to lack of time & budget. The only remnant of this is the cutscene at the start of chapter 6, which was going to be a whole additional chapter between chapters 5 and 6.
I always wanted this game back when it came out after playing Phantasmagoria
This is wild! I was born in 89, and some of my earliest gaming memories include watching my dad play Myst, 7th Guest and Gabriel Knight. Now you've shown me all the gay tension I am laughing my head off! My dad must have been made up I was too young to pick up on things like that because it would have been very awkward haha.
You're dog is beautiful, by the way. Does she have her own channel? I would watch her live stream all day 😄
She really should have her own channel.
@@Cannotbetamed1 she might get more subscribers than you, though! 😆
@@mick.pathslcm89 I'd be fine with that
@@Cannotbetamed1 Youre very humble, Pam. I will turn notifications on for the chance of more Lily content 😄
interesting, would love to see how something like this was made.
Love seeing that happy puppy paw at 1:52
She was making herself comfortable during filming.
You've got 88k subscribers? God damn! I had no idea you had so many.
The actor who played Van Glower absolutely stole the show, IMO. I was legit saddened by his end.
Gabriel should have run away with him.
Love this series! ❤
FMVs should come back at some point.
They have.
I remember that game, I forgot the year, but I was in college mostly playing sports games with friends. Oh that and Space Quest VI also Xcom (the original). But I contemplated getting that game many times.
I played this back to back with first one a couple of week ago and I think I liked this more then the first one. Dean Erickson did a great job playing Gabriel but it got a little time to get used to after Tim Currys performance. And yeah the sexual tension is there xD I would love to see this game with better resolution FMV scenes!
Well done, thanks 😎🤘🍻
Ahead of it's time visually but the hair styles and outfits definitely scream "90's" 😂 I had a Saved By The Bell flashback watching this.
The story and game type don't really interest me but you did a fine job reviewing it 🏆
Informative video about a game most people know little about-nice. Hmmm… Beast Within… Cannot be Tamed… seems like it’s on brand.
1. I wonder if Gabriel Knight is related to Nick Knight since both deal with the supernatural? Super-mega-ultra bonus points, if you get that reference, and if you do and we're now officially besties.
2. I haven't seen many but I love the look of real people in artful, green screened, digital worlds. I don't know what it is about it but just works. The only other game I can think of that does it is Noctropolis. I wish someone could figure out a way to do it with the same feel in modern gaming. Make an open world game in this style or something.
3. My theory for why they don't kiss is because the tension is so great, if they gave in, they wouldn't hold back. And, let's face it, as much as they want to, neither man wants to mess up their glorious hair passionately running each others hands through it. If one messed up the others hair they'd win. If both of them mess up each others hair they'd both lose, and they know it. Pride and propriety win the day, sadly.
Just playing this through since about when it was released and got it. Baron was even better actor than I remembered. But Grace was even more worse than I remembered. Adult acting like angsty teen girl. Gabriel actor is quite bad, meaning so over acting. Overall there was few very minor plot related characters that should've been casted for more important roles. Puzzles are quite mixed bag. Mostly very logical, but man like the scene you have to trigger with flower on water is absurd. I couldn't see absolutely anything hinting to do that. History aspect and details are way better than I remembered and apparently older you get, more you can appreciate that aspect of gameplay.
oh i have this! i want to play it later
I was so happy to basically have it verified much later on, that all the homoerotic tension 15 year old me saw as a closeted gay teen way back in 1995 wasn't just a manifestation of my horny brain. It's too bad that Jensen's last adventure, Moebius, had so many issues (mostly puzzle ones honestly, but I liked it more than most) since we now know she was hoping to fully continue it in an M/M direction...
And yes, this game is really a masterpiece, faults and all (fucking mazes.) Honestly, I still every so often have dreams about it..
The dialogue plays with such innuendos but only for comedic value: Von Glower is talking about their werewolf bond, killing together, etc. Von Glower wants Gabriel to become a beast-predator. So objectively the homoerotic undertone between the characters is just a funny situation-misunderstanding.
It would be scary if those characters in that game stared at the player the they move is funny
But... What about the 'famous Munich Glockenspiel'?
I totally forgot there was a Gabriel Knight 2 or a 3 for that matter
When I played Beast Within as a kid, I totally read the sexual tension between Gabriel and Baron Von Glower as intense respect between men with fancy hair.
Is not sexual tension: Van Glower wants Gabriel to embrace the werewolf-predator trait. Jensen plays it hilariously with the seemingly flirty dialogue and Gabriel acting all confused.
That box art reminded me of the Frighteners movie. Used it as a desktop wallpaper way back. Only played first GK game and it was hard af like most pt n click games of that time and never got to finish it. Part 2 at least looks easier and has better "graphics".
I wonder if this series would ever come back, and the lady who wrote them could be coaxed back.
I had this back in the day bit never finished it. It always seemed cool.
Hi pam one game i recommend i played on xbox 360 is back to the future 2015 point and click adventure game. I love how also im named after kyle reese off of terminator and i played it.
I love love this game.
I hate Grace for not giving Von Glower's letter to Gabriel, that letter was so romantic T_T
Grace does give Gabriel the letter in the novel version! So he is allowed to make his own decision there.
@@PKAonline Wow, really? 😭😭Do you remember what Gabriel thought or said?
@@xAnescox I sure do, I think it's handled much better in the book! Gabriel thinks about the temptation that is the Baron (it's a lot more prominent in the book!), but ultimately remembers the horror of Von Zell's lair (it is made obvious that Von Glower must have used it himself because there was black hair to be found) and Von Glower's failed philosophy -- the other members of the hunting lodge all have a pretty big vice, like drinking, gluttony, Preiß's rutting... The chapter ends with Grace coming to check up on Gabriel and asking him if he read the letter. She then asks if they should go along with the plan. And Gabriel says that of course they are going ahead with the plan and that he made his choice long ago. So in the end it's still very sad, but you can feel that it's not an easy decision for Gabriel and he can ultimately decide for himself to be the good guy. I still wish the ending was different, but hey, what's fanfiction for, right?
@@PKAonline Thank you very much, the way you say it seems that the book is very worth reading. I will try to find it, I love this story, my dream is that one day they will make a movie about it.
So this is the game Phantasmagoria wished it was.
The chemistry between Gabriel and Friedrich I interpreted as Friedrich FINALLY having someone young and beautiful like himself to hang out with. All the lodge members are ugly and old, of course he's excited when a handsome person appears. Maybe why he's more candid with Gabriel than the others. I too prefer the company of beautiful people of both sexes without any sexual undertones. It's just the appreciation for beauty. I am also more relaxed and candid in their company. Let's face it: beautiful people make life more colourful and vibrant.
Yeah, but it´s only an illusion.
@@jaconova please elaborate.
A game review and belly rubs at the same time? That's talent.
I wasn't given much of a choice.
@@Cannotbetamed1 Oh I know. We had a yellow lab for 14 years and have had a chocolate lab for almost 2 years now. They don't respect personal space. (I wouldn't have it any other way. Usually.)
Just WHY do I remember the name of the actor who plays GK, 27 years after I first read about the game and never actually playing it? 😂
Tim Curry's voice in GK1 is soooo different than it is GK3
wow, I did not have the same homoerotic persepctive you had. Which is fine, everyone will have their own take on those scenes. I felt the Baron's comments were odd and meant to make the player feel awkard. I did not see Gabriel has having any sort of sexual tension with the Baron. Overall, Great game and a classic in my opinion. I have Dean on my facebook, interesting dude.
Yeah, she is pushing the lgbt agenda for whatever reason. She also implied GK1´s main character was a toxic male, lol. You are right about this one: Von Glower is actually talking about killing together, as werewolves. The dialogues plays with a flirty overtone but just for comedic value. Gabriel doesn´t understand why Van Glower shows such admiration for him: is because they are both werewolves.
OMG! This was one of my favorite point & click not from Lucasart!
Blade Runner, Pandora Directive and Gabriel Knight 2 are my best adventure game .
Great games.
I might have to give this one a shot; I bought the trilogy ages ago, and after playing through most of the first one (the swamp maze glitched out, so I couldn't finish), I just dropped the sequels, because I couldn't stand Gabriel's character. I've played some of the Chou Aniki games, so it won't be the most homoerotic game I've experienced, but runners-up are always welcome.
💟💟💟 nice content
I think they should do a remake with some more romance !
Man, can you imagine if they featured two men kissing in a mainstream fmv game in the 90s? Would have been nuts.
I found it kind of interesting that you feel GK3 is harder to watch these days than GK2. Sure, both didn't age well, as it's always is with early 3D graphics, but the FMV sequences in GK2 are just way too low-res. I have tried to play the series about a year ago and while GK1 was still easy to look at (in it's original version, not the 20th anniversary remake, which is actually quite good, too), I couldn't get into GK2 at all. I had to skip it and already was ready to stop my planed playthrough of the series completely, because I know how badly early 3D games age, but I had at least to try GK3 anyway and was pleasantly surprised. I finished the game without any issues. But GK2? Sadly, there was just no way...
Dear Pam, have you ever played Moebius: Empire Rising, thats a Jane Jenson Game too.
So is the also quite good Gray Matter, which for me, was a better game than Moebius.
Unfortunately I have played it.
@@Cannotbetamed1 I liked the concept of morbius some of the puzzles were a bit to easy
She's not a werewolf.
That you are aware of.
Never liked FMV games they always looked goofy but this one looks interesting and...''sexual tension''. 😂