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The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
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The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery

Jane Jensen's 1995 full-motion-video sequel, a werewolf mystery in Bavaria that is one of the best FMV games ever made.

Gabriel Knight has moved to his family castle in Germany. When a child is killed near Munich and werewolves are blamed, he and Grace Nakimura take the case, which leads back to the mysteries of King Ludwig II.

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About the game

You switch between Gabriel and Grace across six chapters, each following their own leads.

Real Bavarian locations, castles and an original opera tie the story to real history.

History

Written and designed by Jane Jensen and released by Sierra On-Line in 1995 on six CDs.

Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned followed in 1999.

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Ways to play

GOG.com Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
Paid Open

Extras

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Official extras on GOG Buying the GOG version also gets you these extras, free to download from your GOG library:
Manual (14 pages)
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