What to say.... – Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition Review

I played through all 3 original GK games. As well as all of the games in the Kings Quest and Space Quest series. They are all excellent and worth your time, but Sins of the Father is something special. The other series I mentioned were great fun. Challenging puzzles, large environments to explore and witty and clever writing. All of those elements were present in SotF as well, but it also added a story with real depth and character development. This is the very first game I can remember playing that actually felt like an interactive film. The whole thing worked so well in large part to the exceptional voice acting. Actual speech in games was relatively rare in 1993. Outside of intros and cutscenes, it was almost unheard of. Not only was every line of dialogue voiced, it was done so by the likes of Michael Dorn, Mark Hamill, and Tim Curry! This is where the problem is. The updated graphics are fantastic. As far as I can tell, it is scene for scene, line for line, identical to the original; save for one thing - the cast. No Tim Curry. No Mark Hamill. No Michael Dorn. The new actors aren't bad, but for people that have played the original, it's a glaring omission. Original GK: SotF - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️* GK: SotF 20th SE - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ *Yes, that is 6 stars out of 5. Yes, it is THAT good.
Review by SecularSurfer on Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition.