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Part 9: The Strange Cases of Baron Von Ralick and King Ludwig II Ok, so here and here and here are vids of Grace narrating the cursive text. There ya go, don’t say I never did anything for you all. Also, I had someone message me asking what I was referring to by a “titanium stake” last time. Well, that would be the classic film Howling 2: Stirba Werewolf Bitch starring Christopher loving Lee. Now, on with today’s episode. Well, now that we’re armed with a specific date, to the Rathaus!  The Mayor is most forthcoming now that we have a date…and apparently 200 year old records are stored in file folders now. Go figure. Among other interesting factoids are that Victor’s werewolf was a Baron von Ralick from the nearby town, and that the man was executed by being drawn, quartered, and burned at the loving stake. Ouch.   He also says that the Rittersberg dungeon where the werewolf was kept is right under the Rathaus and is open to tourists. Upon arriving there, Grace has a weird flashback to the intro video, and complains about it being claustrophobic. The mayor says she may come and go as she pleases, and we’re left to explore!  First thing we can do is look at the church, and Grace reflects on one more fact of the trial records: That the werewolf asked to see a confessor.  We also take a look at his cot. Woo. So seeing as Grace has attached special import to his desire to see a priest, I think it’s time to go back to church? Nope, because Grace’s German still leaves much to be desired it seems. So going back to the Rathaus, the Mayor offers to write Grace a note asking for the church records regarding Von RalicK, and says she can bring them back for him to translate. Gee, you’re helpful fella!  My Translate-fu is weak, but I sense nothing menacing about the letter.  File in hand, back to the Rathaus! (Dear god, I love that word.)  Okay, here’s where it starts getting weird. First, there’s a letter in the file, written in English from Buenos Aires asking for information regarding Von Ralick. So, Germans feeling to Argentina isn’t exactly a new phenomenon then. After that, the Mayor reads the confession. Von Ralick was known as “The Black Wolf” for his hunting skills and the terror he held his people in. One day, he raped a young woman from a Gypsy camp and was cursed with lycanthropy from one of the elders.  Unsure of where to go next, might as well hit up the Schattenjager Library again. First Grace checks for something on King Ludwig, but that whole section’s in German. So where else to go?  WERNER! He’s a font of information on Ludwig II, and sings his praises.  HISTORY TIME!! Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm ruled Bavarian Germany from 1864 to his death in 1886, and is remembered as der Märchenkönig, the Fairy Tale King, and is extremely revered by Bavarians to this day. He was a patron of the arts, including Wagner. In fact, he was such a fan of Wagner’s operas that he considered abdicating so that he could follow Wagner around Europe, and it took Wagner himself persuading him not to do it. In 1885, his cabinet was frustrated by what they deemed his out-of-control spending (despite that he didn’t spend a penny of state funds), and conspired to have him declared insane and unfit to rule. The day after he was declared insane, he asked Dr. Bernhard von Gudden, chief of the Munich Asylum and lackey of the conspiracy to accompany him on a walk. At 11:30 that night, their bodies were found head and shoulders above the water near the shore. Ludwig’s death was declared a suicide by drowning despite the fact that no water was found in his lungs and that he was an excellent swimmer. Von Gudden on the other hand showed signs of being beaten and strangled. To this day, no one is exactly sure what happened. Werner on the other hand is convinced that the conspirators had him murdered (which I understand is common sentiment amongst Bavarians). But that’s all we can get here right now, so back to Schloss Ritter I suppose because we still need to explore that lower path in the secret passage.  Or not, we can’t do anything else here.  Instead Grace writes up her research for Gabriel and packs the Journals and Big Book of Werewolf Hunting for him as well. Bu-u-u-t there’s a problem. Grace didn’t get his return address from that letter he sent her.  And the game won’t let me get the address from Werner. Hrmmm. But it turns out that we get the address by clicking the package on Gerde, who gives it up in bitchy fashion. And that done, we mail the package which completes the Grace section and things get supremely weird now, so brace yourselves.  So Grace and Gerde are calling it a night, which involves them sitting in the same room reading and hating each other, when there’s a knock at the door. Both anticipating Gabriel, they race to the door and find…  ….  What the flying bloody blue gently caress? This old couple asks if this is the Schattenjager castle and barges on in. They introduce themselves as the Smiths from Pennsylvania, and that they are demonologists. Apparently Mrs Smith there read about the Schattenjagers somewhere and wanted to see the castle. Grace and Gerde have no idea what the gently caress. Which is fair, because neither do I. Grace tells them that the Schattenjager isn’t in at the moment, and the wife gets upset because she “wanted to compare notes” in the “fight against darkness”. Yyyyeah, I think if they actually get to meet the Schattenjager they are going to be profoundly disappointed. And then Mrs Smith starts having visions. She grabs Grace’s hand and says that someone close to her is in danger from “a black wolf”. Her husband then escorts her out. At any rate, neither Grace nor Gerde has any idea what the gently caress this invasion from another game portends and the chapter ends. Next time: Back to Gabriel! Ensign_Ricky fucked around with this message at 11:04 on Jan 28, 2014 |
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It's nice that we're not the only hunters of the supernatural in this games universe. Mind, we're the most competent, hence our protagonist status, but still.
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I think the lady has already demonstrated greater propensity for the supernatural than Mr. Knight, but sadly her hairdo and lack of narrative focus have kept her potential unexploited.
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Man, say what you will about the quality of this game, but the historical stuff is really lovingly done. I remember that the first time I played the game, I kind of zoned out for a lot of it because I was mostly thinking "come on, bring on the werewolves already", but when I played it again, I started really appreciating it.
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grandalt posted:Well, here's hoping that this strange psychic lady ends up alive at the end of this game, unlike the last one we met in your LP's. After all, what's a game set in Europe without tourists? Dude, if Gabriel ends up wearing this one's scalp as a hat, I take back all the snarky comments I've made about this game.
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Oh poo poo, I forgot all about the Smiths in this game...Xander77 posted:It's nice that we're not the only hunters of the supernatural in this games universe. Mind, we're the most competent, hence our protagonist status, but still. They're not the first brought up. Remember how the book on Lycanthropy mentioned the Manos Del Sol church group in Brazil? Wait a tic...Oh crap, I hadn't made that connection when I played it as a dumb teenager...
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Choco1980 posted:They're not the first brought up. Remember how the book on Lycanthropy mentioned the Manos Del Sol church group in Brazil?
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Xander77 posted:I seriously had to restrain myself from hinting about the thing you just figured out. (I think I kinda did though :/) LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU LA LA LA....
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Part 10: Warhammer 40k Joke Christ I keep falling behind. Sorry folks. Well, back to Not-Tim Curry!  “Grace, you ever feel…not so fresh?”  Ok, seriously, this is a horror game right?  All right, well that cut away was kinda horrifying.  Not so much.  What  The  gently caress??  Oh Christ, they went with a weird rear end dream sequence. Well, back to basics. Let’s check the news. So Gabriel interprets that there was another wolf killing…in downtown Munich. How loving big was Munich in 1996 anyway? Well that’s a little harder to find out, but these days it’s apparently populated by over a million people with an average of 4280 people per square kilometer. Yikes. Especially because this one was found at Marienplatz right near the city hall. Ballsy fucker. Well, I’ve got no better ideas. To Marienplatz!  So first let’s go see Ubergrau…or, actually, he tells Gabriel that he can just call him Harry. He has Grace’s package, so we’ll have Gabe look at that in a bit. I mean that because Gabriel’s an idiot and won’t open his mail now. We can’t ask Harry anything else, so let’s go crime scene hunting.  OH GEE IT’S RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CREEPY HUNTING CLUB I WONDER IF THERE IS A CONNECTION? I mean, really?? Aside from the lackluster acting, the big problem I’m having in this game is the complete and utter lack of subtlety.  At any rate, we get our first look at Kommisar Leber. Just don’t turn around, Gabe. We try using Gabriel’s business card to get his attention, but he looks at Gabriel and then goes back to investigating. rear end in a top hat. So what else could I use…hmm…hey, the evidence report that proves it’s not the wolves from the zoo!  Success!  Not really. He shouts at Gabriel for a minute, saying that he does not have time for Gabriel’s nonsense, and leaves. Hmmm…I have an idea! He’s being an rear end in a top hat and the press is here, I wonder…   Oh this is loving priceless.  Gabriel goes on record, very loudly about how the hair found at the Huber farm is reddish brown, and the escaped wolves are grey. And also how the paw prints do not match CANIS LUPIS LUPIS!! At which point Der Kommissar tackles Gabriel out of frame.  He finally, and very angrily, agrees to meet Gabriel at his office later.   Once at his office, Leber proceeds TO CONSTANTLY SHOUT AT GABRIEL for the most part. Dude is a very angry man, and at his size should probably watch his blood pressure. Anywho, Gabriel makes a deal for information, he tells Leber what he knows, and all Leber has to tell him is standard press release stuff.  Leber grudgingly agrees. So first thing’s first: right away, Gabriel points out that there’s something very wrong with the pattern now forming. All the other murders were at least a 40 minute drive from Munich proper, and now here’s one smack dab in the middle of downtown. Also, Gabriel reflects that wolves won’t kill near their lair unless they have to. Maybe he’s not quite as dumb as this game is reflecting. In addition, he correctly guesses that the autopsies show that the killer is not a “wolf” but is definitely canine of some sort, possibly a hybrid.  Cut that out! Leber is also convinced from the autopsies that there is only one animal based on the tooth impressions and saliva samples. And he is personally convinced that the zoo wolves are not responsible, but the police don’t want that to get out yet for fear of instigating further panic or something. Well, all that shouting took a lot out of me, NEXT TIME: The quest to open Grace’s package! (Oh get your minds out of the gutter you pervs.)
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Gabriel smug smile never gets old. I always found Leber a rather disappointing character, compared to Mosely. All he does is shouting for no reason and that's non intentionally funny, while Mosely was a genuine comic relief. At least they got the same music theme.
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BlueJoneleth posted:Gabriel smug smile never gets old. He's probably shouting because Gabriel refuses to pronounce his name correctly.  Seriously though, that man is really shouty.That article was kind of strange. I'm pretty sure no respectable German newspaper would ever have exclamation marks in their headline. (edit because English newspapers do use them, apparently) And More fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Feb 4, 2014 |
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quote:So Gabriel interprets that there was another wolf killing…in downtown Munich. How loving big was Munich in 1996 anyway? Well that’s a little harder to find out, but these days it’s apparently populated by over a million people with an average of 4280 people per square kilometer. Yikes. Especially because this one was found at Marienplatz right near the city hall. Ballsy fucker. Well, I’ve got no better ideas. To Marienplatz! And who would believe that wolves could actually kill right in the middle of a big city? Would make more sense if it was interpreted as a murder made up to look like wolves did it.
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I love how the werewolf design in the dream sequence (and maybe later, I don't remember. It's been a while) looks strikingly like the American Werewolf In London design. So much of this game infuriated me just because they wouldn't give me the option to flat out say or do things that would end confusions. I'm sure Lieber would be more forthcoming if he knew Gabe was a private investigator hired by one of the victims' family to investigate the murder separately, but no, we have to be all secretive and suspicious.
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Part 11: I Have Come Here to Drink Heineken and Kick rear end. And You’re All Out of Heineken. Ok, so I had to check why I couldn’t open the drat package, and it turns out Gabriel is supposed to open it in front of Harry. Also, you're supposed to use the magnifying glass icon to do it instead of clicking it on Gabriel. Go figure.  Gabriel is pissed that Grace is in Germany, I can only assume it’s because he holds himself responsible for her kidnapping by the Gedde cult, but Not-Tim Curry doesn’t do the best job of making that clear. At any rate we can ask Harry about Ludwig and The Black Wolf now. Harry gives Gabriel the location of a couple of Ludwig’s castles, and Gabriel seems to think sending Grace to them is a great idea…mostly because the closest one is a 2 and a half hour drive from Munich. Unfortunately, Harry knows nothing of The Black Wolf. On a hunch, we go back to der Kommissar, and ask him about these new items. Well, actually we can’t ask about Ludwig, but we can ask about The Black Wolf.  And instead of shouting at us, Leber gets kinda disturbed. He runs over to his files and pulls out a hefty one. In 1989, a teenaged girl disappeared near the Bavarian National Forest. An old lady who lived near the woods said that a huge black wolf got the girl, and seeing as there hadn’t been any wolves in those woods for half a century, Leber dismissed it out of hand.  At that point, Leber asks why Gabriel is looking into things, and Gabriel hints that he’s a sort of PI, that the Hubers contacted via “a friend of a friend”. Leber accepts this, but tells him if he breathes a word to the press and doesn’t keep him up to speed, he’ll seize Gabriel’s passport in an instant.  After which, Gabe decides to send Grace on what he thinks is a wild goose chase regarding Ludwig’s castles. I have a feeling that’s not going to work out the way he wants. So on the way to mail the letter, I decide to revisit old locations that didn’t work before because, well, that’s how these adventure games work, right? And it turns out the clock store is now available to us!  This kindly old fellow points out a clock right on the counter for Gabriel:  Apparently it functions as an alarm clock, and all for the bargain price of 60 Deutschmarks! Surprisingly, the game lets me spend some of Gabriel’s money and we are now the proud owners of a…woodpecker clock. No, really, it doesn’t cuckoo, it knocks. Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn’t it?? At any rate, nothing else new, so we drop off the letter to Grace. Wonder if the creepy  Well, the cops and press have left, so worth a shot.  Xavier says no-one’s there, but he’s welcome to use the club according to his instructions. But I’d rather pump him for info, wouldn’t you? So according to him, the current club was built in 1970 under Baron Von Glower’s “new vision”. A new vision of less than 10 members. Actually, not including Gabriel, there are only 5 members of the Club right now….And the good Herr Doktor Klingmann only joined 2 weeks ago. Just mildly suspicious. Okay, if no-one’s there, time to snoop!  Off-hand, nothing much suspicious here. Well, more suspicious than we already figured. Because these people are obviously werewolves. We can take a closer look at the chairs by the fire…  And we can flip through those magazines…  Except they’re in German. Idiot.  The rest of the room doesn’t yield much, but there is that other door we can use….  Secret exit?  Well, no, it just happens to open on the alley were the body was discovered earlier. Ok, Gabriel, I think we can safely break out the silver bullets and go full-on They Live on this place now. Just a short update today, gonna get a bigger one next time, promise.
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The cuckoo clock puzzle is the most stupid thing in the game, in my opinion. Well I like the plot of the GK series but it could globally have better puzzles.
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I refuse to listen to that criticism, as one of the extremely few things I know about the 3rd game is that it has one of the most gloriously stupid puzzle solutions of all time. If you can't appreciate that, then I'm sorry, maybe the series isn't for you.
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I loved the series for nearly 20 years now. Doesn't mean I can't find some puzzles stupid.
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I can't help but giggle at the really obvious taped on mustache.
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I was absolutely sure that was Prince Humperdink, wearing the Count's beard. Anyways, no love for Leber? He's probably the second most prolific actor in the cast (after Werner Huber , naturally). You might remember him in such roles as "Angry shouty man", "Shouting angry man" and of course his tour de force, "Ill tempered man who is fond of shouting in an incensed manner". His range is... how do you say... tres massive! *Mwah*
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Xander77 posted:I was absolutely sure that was Prince Humperdink, wearing the Count's beard. Did I say I didn't like Leber? Far from it! I can barely wait for him to start screaming again. He's like a tubby, angry, German Reb Brown. 
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Part 12: Von Zell Is A Dick. Also Probably A Killer, But Mostly A Dick Well, I can find nothing else at the Werewolf Club, so we’re back to the best part of any point and click adventure game: AIMLESS WANDERING!! Well, not totally aimless after all: Just to check things out, Gabriel goes by Harry’s office, and we can ask him something about the Missing Persons cases that Leber mentioned.  Gabriel asks if he can “borrow” Harry’s secretary to do some “research”…nah, that’s not fair. He legitimately wants help looking up any missing persons cases within the past 10 years; more specifically those cases that occur near forested areas. Harry agrees, saying he can spare her a little later in the day. Nothing new at the Huber farm, maybe something new at Leber’s?  Yes, actually! We now have the address of the latest victim! Gabriel uses his notepad to jot it down, so we can now look at a brand new area. Oh thank Christ. Exceeept all we had time to do was jot down the phone number. Gabriel, you clod.  At any rate, we go back to the Huber farm and call the dead guy, because why not. He reaches some woman, and as she checks over the names trying to find either “Knight” or “Von Knight”, she lists off a “Von Aigner”. So back to checking every single location again. And I’m loving stuck. So, I had to check the walkthroughs. And yeah, this is another one of THOSE puzzles that there’s no loving way I could’ve figured out on my own. You guys ready for this??? You better be.  Ok, first we go back to the club’s back hallway. Now, see that door on the left? I just assumed it was an open door that led to the alleyway door, but no. It’s a separate, locked door.  The next thing we need is the woodpecker clock, and have Gabriel hang it on the little potted tree there. Now we head back to Xavier and just hang out until the clock starts knocking. When it does, Xavier goes off to answer the door, giving Gabriel an opportunity for further snooping.  And we find some keys, so let’s go open that door now.  Door’s unlocked, but Gabriel wants to put the keys back somehow before weasel boy notices that they’re missing. On the way, we grab the clock, because, hey, it’s 60 marks! Actually, we reset the clock, and repeat the process so we can return the keys. And then we take our expensive clock back, and go in the new door.  Um…  Oh jesus, this is worse than Paul Warner’s office in PHANTASMAGORRRIA 2! Well, guess we better take a closer look.  So there’s a notebook, no idea what the context here is…but Gabriel confirms that these are all men he met last night. We can look around this room a little more…   “What the hell did these guys hunt? Ninjas?”For some reason, I find the idea of a Ninja Rifle extremely funny.  Photos of Vons Glower and Zell hunting. Sigfried and Roy would disapprove of at least one of them.  BUS-TED!!! Von Zell catches Gabriel, shouts that this room is for members only, grabs the notebook, and takes us back upstairs.  And we can take an opportunity to Get to know the good Baron a little more. Not that he wants us to. He’s civil at first until Gabriel comments that good hunting takes practice and  “BULLSHIT!”“HUNTING IS A MATTER OF THE WILL!”So I’m pretty sure Von Zell’s the one who did the little girl. When asked about the endangered species in the basement, Von Zell snaps that they were all obtained legally and storms off in a huff. And now I’m left with no destination again. What to do, what to do…well, it turns out I should’ve had a good look at Von Glower’s card to get his address, as that opens up the Perlach district on the map, so let’s go visit another werewolf.  A werewolf who is apparently a smooth pimp daddy. Von Glower welcomes Gabriel warmly, and we can take a little look around his crib.  The hell is that up on the wall?  “Is that African?” “Indian, actually. From South America.”Uh. Huh. At any rate, our conversation is…perplexing. First of all, we get a little background on some of the other club members, one of whom, Hennemann, seems primed to become a future Chancellor, while Von Aigner owns a butchery. Kinda turned off that weisswurst now. And then, we get into Von Glower’s philosophy. I’m not going to retype out everything, but allow me to sum up: Man has been weakened by civilization and only by getting back to our primal selves can we truly reclaim our “physical power”. Or something. Pretty sure that’s the broad strokes. And then we ask about the Black Wolf, startling the gently caress out of him.  Von Glower recovers relatively quickly, and states that he simply associated the phrase with the spate of killings. (Bull. poo poo.) But that the killings have him derailed. “Nature can seem cruel, but it is orderly. It does not waste or torture; not like this. And with the club espousing what we do…Our philosophy does not support this sort of thing.”And to be honest, he comes off as pretty honest about it. I have a feeling that while he’s obviously involved as the Alpha werewolf, Von Zell is probably the actual killer, and is doing it against Glower's wishes. At any rate, they agree to meet at the club and share a few drinks afterwards. Back to the club I suppose!  And here we see Herr Preiss, described by Von Glower as one of the top lawyers in Munich. Time to pump him for information too, I suppose.  Preiss is an agreeable enough sort. He admits that his own urges tend toward the carnal end of things, but he’s more than willing to dish on Von Zell. Turns out Zell was Von Glower’s golden boy for some time, until the past year or so their relationship began to sour. Then about six weeks ago, Preiss overheard an argument between Glower and Zell where Zell called him “weak”. Preiss wanted to step in on Von Glower’s behalf, but opted not to as it was a private conversation. Also, Zell’s been loaning other members money from his family’s banks, including Preiss, although he admits it wasn’t that much. Thinking back to that journal in the basement, those numbers are probably loan amounts then. And seeing as I doubt a bank would issue a loan of only 30 marks, I have a feeling all those numbers need about 3 more zeroes added to the end, which means that Von Aigner is in the poo poo. Then when asked about The Black Wolf, he says he’s heard of it somewhere, but can’t remember where or what it was about, but he does promise to tell Gabriel if he remembers. At that point, the rest of the club members arrive. Preiss excuses himself for a word with Von Glower, Zell gives Gabriel a dirty look, and goes to chat with Klingmann.  We try to join in with Preiss and Glower, but are gently rebuffed. So we go to talk to Von Aigner and Hennemann, and after getting agreements to speak privately with them the next day, Gabriel lets drop about the murder and Von Aigner gets a little cagey when hearing the name of the victim. They then ask Von Gower if Gabriel will join them for the club hunting trip the next day. Zell starts flipping out, snapping that Gabriel doesn’t have a hunting license, but Von Glower just glosses over it.  Last group to talk to is our old friends. Well, talk to is a strong phrase, really, all we need is one of those German magazines. And we get clever with it, wrapping Gabriel’s tape recorder in it and slipping it back.  After which, Von Glower comes over with a fresh cold one for Gabe, and expressing excitement for Gabriel joining them tomorrow. And Von Zell flips out again.  He starts ranting that Gabriel could be a reporter or policeman, but Von Glower just calmly states that he doesn’t care. Zell storms off again, and Glower apologizes. Gabriel then excuses himself as well, wishing all gathered a pleasant night.  Back at the Huber farm, someone left Gabriel a present! And it’s a good thing he put on the Schattenjager Talisman off camera…  Because the loving Predator is watching him.  And it’s not very happy. And holy poo poo, that’s the end of Chapter 3! So you know what that means next time! More Grace and Gerde being catty and bitchy to each other!!
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I hope it turns out that the hunting club is completely innocent, and they team up with Gabriel because the werewolf is an affront to their philosophy of orderly nature.
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davidspackage posted:You never really get the feeling that Gabe's visits to the club last as long as they should. It's like "hey dudes, pour me a cold o- ok that's bedtime for me *hands untouched beer back*" Yeah, that was a major issue i had with these scenes. They only last long enough for the characters to say their lines, then everybody leaves. Another side-product of FMV limitations, I guess. Anyway, it was around this point when I started wondering how many of these flamboyant aristocrats weren't confirmed bachelors.
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Well, that's the worst puzzle in the game over with, at least.steinrokkan posted:Anyway, it was around this point when I started wondering how many of these flamboyant aristocrats weren't confirmed bachelors. I played this game young enough that pretty much all of that went completely over my head. My, I was a dense girl.
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This is actually the first time I've seen the Gabriel Knight sequel in action and dear God didn't we as a generation abuse Live-Action Video once Seventh Guest came out. Also this Von Glower dude has a slight resemblance to Tommy Wiseau and now I cannot get lines from "The Room" out of my head.
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steinrokkan posted:Yeah, that was a major issue i had with these scenes. They only last long enough for the characters to say their lines, then everybody leaves. Another side-product of FMV limitations, I guess. From a director or editor's point of view, all it really would've taken to fake the passage of time would be a fade to black inbetween two shots, or a fadeover through a shot of Gabe just shooting the poo poo and drinking beer. I mostly blame the director. It's kind of funny, because the tedious choice to make Gabriel have to repeat the cuckoo clock game to put Xavier's keys back shows they were concerned with keeping it realistic. Count me as one that didn't catch the 'subtext' with some of the club members as a kid, too. Preiss just seemed a little eccentric, but nice! I didn't catch that bit about carnalities until much later.
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Cangelosi posted:Also this Von Glower dude has a slight resemblance to Tommy Wiseau and now I cannot get lines from "The Room" out of my head. Gonna be honest, I had to resist the urge to say "I will show them. I record everything." When Gabriel planted the recorder.
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So while bored at work, I've begun transplanting my LP's to a new Blog to preserve my lame attempts at comedy. You can find them here: http://libraryforlorn.blogspot.ca/
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While you are at it you should probably send baldurk a message re. getting the first game archived.
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Part Thirteen: My First LP Gave Me PTSD Ok, Grace what sort of catty bullshit are you going to pull with Gerde this time??  Well, before we can find that out, Grace is having a little snooze by the light of the full moon.  And of course she’s dreaming of wolves. Because why wouldn’t she.  Then we see this woman fleeing through the snow.  Oh, it’s actually Grace. With hair extensions. There’s a few more shots of wolves, and of her running, and finally someone comes to her rescue!  SANTA!!  Or this guy.  Who then turns into a wolf. Because dreams.  And Grace wakes up. Yeah, that really added a whole lot to the story here. No, I need to address this. The dream sequences in GK1 were an ongoing thing right from the beginning of Gabriel’s story, hinting at the dark secrets of the Ritter family’s past. This, this just comes out of nowhere and is just there to be “OOOOOH SPOOOOOOOKY!!!”  Apparently Gerde isn’t up yet. Clicking on the table just has Grace “wonder what Gerde’s up to”.  At any rate, we head into town and pick up the letter from Gabriel. Let’s see what it says!   Seriously, Gabriel, you’re an rear end in a top hat. And not the magnificent one you were last time. Grace concurs, pissed that he didn’t include the return address. Welp, back to the house, and seeing as Ludwig is all Grace has to go on, better check the library again.  Success! A book in English! Let’s read!  At least this isn’t another stupid loving pun name.  So, Dick Cheney is younger than I thought. Good to know.  History Time! The Lohengrin opera (one of Wagner’s) tells of the Swan Knight Loherangrin, the son of Parzival (or Percival for us Anglo heathens), and a knight of the Holy Grail. He is called the Swan Knight as he arrives in a boat pulled by swans to save a maiden who is forbidden to ask his identity. He marries her, and one day, unable to help herself, she asks his name, which he reveals, then returns to his boat, never to be seen again. That’s the broad strokes of the story at least. And a piece of music from it is amongst the most replayed music in Western history: The Bridal Chorus, AKA “Here Comes The Bride”.  It…it’s loving Von Glower, isn’t it? No, wait, when the gently caress did Lycanthropy bestow eternal life? As far as every werewolf legend I’ve ever read goes, they still loving grow old.  His…sensual nature? Eeeew. Anyway, that’s as far as we can read. And out of ideas, I think it’s time to visit Werner again.  All we can do is ask again where Gabriel is, but Werner refuses. But elsewhere in the place…  Oh, god, dare I? Well I’ve got nothing better as far as an idea, let’s hit up the Smiths. I have a feeling this is gonna hurt.  So Mrs Smith explains that as Demonologists, they’re on the front lines against Satan. Grace asks how she knew about the Black Wolf, and she comments that she was simply the conduit. Grace doesn’t buy it, despite being held hostage by a possessed woman previously. Also, they’re one of those couples, where the husband calls his wife “Mother”, which always creeps me the gently caress out. Freud would have a field day. And then she offers to do a Tarot reading.  Well, okay, that’s not exactly the first thing I thought of. As we go further and further in this game, I keep having severe PHANTASMAGORRRIA!! flashbacks. I just know she’s going to start ejecting ectoplasm out her faceholes at any minute.  Anywho, Mrs. Smith does a reading for Grace, and then one for Gabriel, but I’m pretty sure that you need to have the person you’re doing a reading for right there, or it doesn’t mean jack poo poo. However, I’ll leave that to anyone reading who knows Tarot, I will not pretend to be an expert of any kind. Following the readings, Grace thanks them, and they say they’ll be in town to help when she needs it. Well, back to exploring town and…  Well this is new. Gerde is standing at Wolfgang’s coffin and weeping. Upon seeing her, Grace wonders what she’s up to.  And then she sees Gerde tenderly holding the silver heart she left for him…  AND THE PENNY FINALLY loving DROPS. Grace is feeling pretty loving stupid at this point. So we drop by the secret passage and…no wait, I know I just mentioned PHANTASMAGORRRIA!!!, but I swear to loving Christ that’s the exact same passage as Adrienne flees towards the end of the game. Hang on, I just got Archives recently…Holy poo poo, I’m like 99% sure that Sierra just recycled the CG from one game for the other.  ANYWAY, Grace, feeling bad for being a gigantic bitch, decides to pick some roses for Gerde.  Well, really, they’re for Wolfgang. Grace apologizes heavily to Gerde, and after they make nice, Gerde gives Grace Gabriel’s car keys so she can visit Ludwig’s castles. NEXT TIME: Road Trip! Ensign_Ricky fucked around with this message at 10:11 on Feb 17, 2014 |
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Feb 17, 2014 09:48
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You're missing the Smiths video link. Your blog has some sort of a width thing that makes things look hella ugly. Wait and see if the dreams are going somewhere.
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Feb 17, 2014 10:07
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Xander77 posted:Your blog has some sort of a width thing that makes things look hella ugly. It's a work in progress.
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Feb 17, 2014 10:10
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My stepmother actually owns that very set of tarot cards, now that I see them in still.
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Feb 17, 2014 10:33
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Also, no audio links for the reading? You have to hear the way Gabriel pronounces "Guten Tag," at the very least.
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Feb 17, 2014 12:17
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Just checking, did you catch that the dude in Grace's dream is Ludwig? We saw his portrait earlier.
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whitehelm posted:Just checking, did you catch that the dude in Grace's dream is Ludwig? We saw his portrait earlier. Actually, I did not.
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