Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition 12+

I'm so happy and grateful this game has been resurrected for the iPad! I played it on floppy disks and loved it then and loved it now. It's a real story with real mysteries to solve, varied clues and puzzles, a world of interesting locations to visit and characters to talk to, and just plain fun to play. I was completely engaged. There's a real learning curve to the gameplay, though, and I was helped by an online walkthrough that taught me certain things about how to play. I won't add them here for fear of spoiling. But I nearly deleted the game in the free part because I didn't understand quite how to play. Once I got a few tips, though, I was off and running and spent days with SotF like I would with a good book, always looking forward to getting back to it. Worth every penny of the purchase price to play through to the end! Thank you, developers!

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.

I've been missing a REALLY GOOD point and click mystery in the App Store. This is it. I never played this back in the day - I was a kid when it came out and it was too mature for me. I have, however, been a fan of point and click adventure mysteries for years and it's rare to find one with an intriguing story, voice acting, an expansive world, and challenging puzzles. Actual detective work, too! Hands down my favorite mobile game so far. It has a nice built in hint system that only spoils as much of the game as you want it to. My only suggestion would be to make some hotspots farther apart. This appears to be a leftover from the PC version, but precise clicking is not as easy when using one's fingers.