Okay, I have to admit to having played to death the original Gabriel Knight games, well at least the first 2, the third just never grabbed me due to a clumsy control system and ugly graphics, decent story though.

The first game was one of those adventure gaming classics if you were, like me, of a certain age. It was, and indeed still is a pretty dark game. Bringing in ritualistic murder with voodoo trappings and a story of... ah, I won't spoil it.

The major complaint some people had with the game before this remake was even made was that the original voice actors were not available. Let's face it, 20 years on they probably wouldn't have sounded the same, though the first time I heard Gabes voice I tried not to think of Tim Curry and it was a bit jarring at first but either I quickly got used to it or his voice settled down. Whoever replaced Charity James as Grace Nakimura did an admirable job though she doesn't quite have the snark.

A nice touch is that in every scene you can look at an 'archive', like a production section and there are things like a comparison shot of the old version of the game with the new section, concept drawings, a few video interviews.

The game interface is a little less clumsy than the original Sierra interface and overall I thoroughly enjoyed it. When talking to a character the close up portraits are nice, though I think Magentia Moonbean looks a bit younger than the game suggests.

It's not perfection, there are certain characters you could visit freely before like Grandma that are only accessible after a certain day and a couple of silly little puzzles, but if you're an adventure fan I recommend this.

I only hope now that they do a remake of Gabriel Knight 2.