Gabriel Knight: New Orleans Sights

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Spikey · #26 Post by **Spikey** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:17 pm

I guess if your imaginary power is strong it can still be scary. Earlier I stated that you don't feel like Gabe himself and all, but actually it's much more easy to imagine I'm Gabriel and Grace cause it's all so vivid and real, and in this time etc. <img src="http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/spikey8.jpg" style="border:0;"/>

Snarky · #27 Post by **Snarky** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 9:12 am

OK, so I'm back from The Big Easy. It was a good time, definitely, and I thought I'd show you all some pictures of the real locations out of GK. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... lasses.gif ALT="8)"> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfa ... uarter.jpg" style="border:0;"/> This is a street in the French Quarter, where most of the action in the game is set. <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/jackson01.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/jackson02.png" style="border:0;"/> Jackson Square, with the St. Louis Cathedral in the background. There aren't any binoculars there in reality, because you don't really need them. <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/stlouis01.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/stlouis03.png" style="border:0;"/> Inside the Cathedral. The game looks pretty close to reality, but it omits the stained-glass windows on the left (replacing them with confession booths), and adds a door on the right. <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/stlouis02.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/stlouis04.png" style="border:0;"/> I think this is a confession booth, though it's kinda different on the inside from what I expected. I couldn't find any secret passages to any underground hounfours. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /laugh.gif ALT=":lol"> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/voodoo.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/voodoo02.png" style="border:0;"/> I'm not sure this is the Voodoo shop, but it's certainly a Voodoo shop. <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/police01.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/police02.png" style="border:0;"/> The police station from the outside. There's a beignet cafe next door, so I don't see why they have to wait for the guy with the cart. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... tongue.gif ALT=":p"> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/bourbon01.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/bourbon02.png" style="border:0;"/> This is Bourbon street one block from Gabriel's bookstore (which is in reality a laundromat). It's taken from about the same position as the view of Gabe's newspaper being delivered, except in the other direction and from street level. <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem00.jpg" style="border:0;"/> Outside of St. Louis Cemetery #1. The game doesn't reveal that it's in a bad neighborhood where tourists have to travel in flock to avoid being mugged. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem04.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem06.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem01.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem10.png" style="border:0;"/> It's really quite beautiful, though... <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem05.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem11.png" style="border:0;"/> Yup. <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem07.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem09.png" style="border:0;"/> The tomb of Marie Laveau. The game took some serious liberties with the geography around this area. <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem08.jpg" style="border:0;"/> Voodoo offerings and whatnot. The only marks on the tomb are several sets of "XXX", said to represent the Trinity (but really only a tour guide invention). <img src="http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/parade.jpg" style="border:0;"/> New Orleans by night. This is a pretty accurate representation of my experience of it. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"> Though you can't really see it, this is at the St. Joseph's Parade, where anyone who can plausibly claim to be Italian-American gets to walk down the street in a funny and/or indecent costume. In summary: New Orleans -- go there! Not for Mardi Gras, but at a time when you can actually see the city in between all the tourists. <div style="text-align:center"><hr /> Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.</div>

MusicallyInspired · #28 Post by **MusicallyInspired** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 10:31 am

It's interesting to see the real places compared to the game screenshots. Thanks for those! Very interesting. Must have been an experience!

Kurdt · #29 Post by **Kurdt** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 1:24 pm

I've got a trip planned with friends this summer. We shook on it just the other day, so it's still in the sketchy stages, but it'll happen. It'll probably be around either late June or early July, depending on when we get it set up. It ought to be tons-o-fun. ----------------------- CrisS Writer/PR Assistant King's Quest IX: Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining <a href="http://www.kq9.org">www.kq9.org</a> <img src="http://www.howtobeahero.com/images/type ...  <a href="http://www.howtobeahero.com">Be a Hero.</a>

Snarky · #30 Post by **Snarky** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 12:50 am

I'm told the city gets swelteringly hot in June-July (well, May-September, actually). Hope you can take it! <div style="text-align:center"><hr /> Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.</div>

Akril · #31 Post by **Akril** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 3:23 am

Someone who uses "GK" and "overrated" in the same sentence?? KINDRED SPIRIT!

I might as well do my part in the balancing act by saying that Mr. Knight is one of the more unsavory characters I've ever moved around; I can't think of any I have disliked more than him at the moment.

And I could go into a rant on how he's blackened the good name of accidental supernatural tourists everywhere, especially Jack Flanders,* but I won't. Wait a minute...

Akril

*Incidentally, his latest audio adventure that happens to take place in New Orleans has recently come out. more than 20 years (in real time) dealing with voodoo and spirits and he finally visits The Place (not before having a few disturbing dreams about a zombie). All the ambience in the story was recorded on-location. Wish I had a couple sound bytes to show off here. Memorable quote: "Zombies love beignets."

Edited by: Akril15 at: 3/15/04 9:26 pm

Kurdt · #32 Post by **Kurdt** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 12:13 pm

Ah the only reason you say that is because you like the more G-PG range stuff. KQ7's your favorite, for goodness sake!!! <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... tongue.gif ALT=":p"> Seriously, though, whatever floats your boat. If you don't like it, that's fine by me. I'm not forcing you to have good taste, <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... tongue.gif ALT=":p"> . You can like whatever you like. It IS a free country, after all. Oh, and Snarky, I live in Houston, TX. I can handle New Orleans weather without breaking a sweat...well, not a big one, at least. ----------------------- CrisS Writer/PR Assistant King's Quest IX: Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining <a href="http://www.kq9.org">www.kq9.org</a> <img src="http://www.sighost.us/members/thelongwa ...  <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/thelongwayhome">Have you ever loved someone so completely that the mere thought of letting them go made the pain too much to bear? Imagine what would happen if you truly did lose that person...what would you do then?</a> <img src="http://www.howtobeahero.com/images/type ...  <a href="http://www.howtobeahero.com">Be a Hero.</a>

Spikey · #33 Post by **Spikey** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 3:12 pm

I really like those pics!!! I now have a strong desire to go to Rennes-le-Chateau and photograph, and I probably will do so within the next five years. Who's with me??? <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/eyes.gif ALT=":rolleyes"> <img src="http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/spikey8.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <a href="http://rustedpipe.vega.net" target="top">Rustedpipe.vega.net</a>

Akril · #34 Post by **Akril** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 10:35 am

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>Ah the only reason you say that is because you like the more G-PG range stuff.<hr></blockquote> A very common misconception. I enjoyed the LSL games, TLJ and Beneath a Steel Sky immensely. Some things simply are what they are. Akril <a href="http://www25.brinkster.com/akril/KQ9/KQ ...  <a href="http://wssqid.web1000.com/index.html">W ...  <a href="http://www25.brinkster.com/akril/Torin/ ... l">Torin's Passage</a> <a href="http://www25.brinkster.com/akril/ZBS/ZB ...  <a href="http://www.geocities.com/akril_us/index.html">My main page</a>

Snarky · #35 Post by **Snarky** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:12 pm

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>I might as well do my part in the balancing act by saying that Mr. Knight is one of the more unsavory characters I've ever moved around; I can't think of any I have disliked more than him at the moment.<hr></blockquote>Yeah, he's pretty unsympathetic, though quite charismatic. I have played worse, though. Igor in Igor: Objective Uikokahonia is such a selfish, cowardly bully that you have to wonder about the people who made the game. (They most recently made the Broken Sword-lookalike Runaway, which I only played a tiny bit of.) And Guybrush... err, "Paul Cole" in the semi-professional Escape from Delirium is such a <a href="http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/p,2 ... tId,20964/" target="top">whiny little crybaby</a> that after a while I just referred to him as "bitch". <div style="text-align:center"><hr /> Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.</div>

Fender178 · #36 Post by **Fender178** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:32 pm

I just bought both GK1 & Gk2 and a sound track for $14.50. Is this sieres any good because I havent played it before.

fov · #37 Post by **fov** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:40 am

Those are great pictures! I was in New Orleans last week for a conference. My hotel was in the French Quarter and I did a lot of walking around Jackson Square. Didn't get to the other locations though (I was working too much) so it's neat to see your pictures. Did you go to the Napoleon House? I meant to, but didn't get a chance. -emily

Snarky · #38 Post by **Snarky** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:51 am

Your conference wasn't by any chance T3 - Jazzing up the Classroom, was it? <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /laugh.gif ALT=":lol"> I was meaning to go to the Napoleon House (my guidebook also recommends it as a nice place for a drink), but my company preferred entirely different kinds of bars. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"> It's a shame, coz I walked past it a couple of times, and not only does it look promising, it's also very different from the way it's shown in the game. It has big French windows that open to the street, and the entrance doorway is on the opposite side of the room. Fender, if you've already picked up GK1&2, they're definitely worth playing (well, at least 1). They're very highly regarded by most people. I found the first one a bit disappointing when I played it a while ago, but still a solid game. Just be prepared that the story is relatively hackneyed. <div style="text-align:center"><hr /> Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.</div>

Fender178 · #39 Post by **Fender178** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:19 am

Ok thanks Snarky.

fov · #40 Post by **fov** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 3:17 am

Nah, I was working the American College of Cardiology show (I write patient education). Jazzing up the Classroom sounds more fun! I have never played GK1 all the way through (and it's been years since I stopped in the middle) so I loaded it onto my laptop and started over on the plane on the way there. It definitely enhanced the New Orleans experience (or should that be the other way around?) I thought it was cool that I could identify the cathedrial and Jackson Square by sight, only having seen them in the game! I am now continuing the game on my home computer... just got through the conclave and headed to Rittersberg. Now if only I could convince my company to send me to Germany... <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /happy.gif ALT=":D"> emily

tonyT852 · #41 Post by **tonyT852** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 4:48 am

The only thing I didnt like about GK1 is the map thingie...I mean that you just choose the location and you're there...it kinda ruines the sense of adventure...I think it would be more fun to travel the streets of New Orleans yourself.Thats what adventure game means-KQ5 is an EXCELLENT example: KQ5 is really the classic adventure for many reasons,like the fact that there is no stupid map,you go from screen to screen the entire game.you make your own way from place to place...now THATS a REAL journey in my opinion. BTW..Just wondering..do u know of other adventure games based on real locations like GK1?

Kurdt · #42 Post by **Kurdt** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 11:08 pm

Well, the rest of the GK games are all set in real places. GK2 is really in Munich (a girl on the Sierra/VU boards posted her pics by the Marienplatz in Munich) and GK3 is set in the real-life town of Rennes-le-Chateau (another guy on the boards posted his pics of the chapel and other locations there). As for other places set in a real place, I really don't think so. Then again, I could be wrong. ----------------------- CrisS Writer/PR Assistant King's Quest IX: Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining <a href="http://www.kq9.org">www.kq9.org</a> <img src="http://www.sighost.us/members/thelongwa ...  <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/thelongwayhome">Have you ever loved someone so completely that the mere thought of letting them go made the pain too much to bear? Imagine what would happen if you truly did lose that person...what would you do then?</a> <img src="http://www.howtobeahero.com/images/type ...  <a href="http://www.howtobeahero.com">Be a Hero.</a>

Snarky · #43 Post by **Snarky** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 3:31 am

Of course, there are a lot of games that are set in real locations, but where the screens aren't anything like any place at those real locations. Sometimes, real locations will be used for backgrounds, even if the nearby terrain is invented. For instance, in Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, <a href="http://amberfisharts.com/hosted/foa/" target="top">the Azores look pretty much like the Azores</a>. Another game that uses identifiable locations is Ripley's Believe It Or Not! -- The Riddle of Master Lu. Ripley travels to the Easter Islands and Danzig (Gdansk), among other places. <div style="text-align:center"><hr /> Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.</div>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub57.ezboard.com/broyalquestfor ... >Snarky</A> at: 3/20/04 9:31 pm

Kurdt · #44 Post by **Kurdt** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 7:20 am

Ripley's Believe It or Not has a game? Is it an adventure? ----------------------- CrisS Writer/PR Assistant King's Quest IX: Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining <a href="http://www.kq9.org">www.kq9.org</a> <img src="http://www.sighost.us/members/thelongwa ...  <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/thelongwayhome">Have you ever loved someone so completely that the mere thought of letting them go made the pain too much to bear? Imagine what would happen if you truly did lose that person...what would you do then?</a> <img src="http://www.howtobeahero.com/images/type ...  <a href="http://www.howtobeahero.com">Be a Hero.</a>

Klytos · #45 Post by **Klytos** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 7:26 am

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>Ripley's Believe It or Not has a game? Is it an adventure?<hr></blockquote> If it is, is it any good? It sounds interesting. <div style="text-align:center">He is more than even he knows himself to be. Trust him, even though he will not always trust himself. He will become a great champion, even to those who curse his name and will never know of his greatness</div>

Kurdt · #46 Post by **Kurdt** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 7:39 am

*just went to a gaming site* Apparently, it IS an adventure game! I just caught a screenshot from Quandry reviews and it looks pretty promising. As I was looking, I also came upon a Ripley's Believe It or Not trivia game that was published a couple of years ago by none other than <bum bum buuum!!!> Sierra. Weird. The adventure game's from 1995, though, and published by an unknown. ----------------------- CrisS Writer/PR Assistant King's Quest IX: Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining <a href="http://www.kq9.org">www.kq9.org</a> <img src="http://www.sighost.us/members/thelongwa ...  <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/thelongwayhome">Have you ever loved someone so completely that the mere thought of letting them go made the pain too much to bear? Imagine what would happen if you truly did lose that person...what would you do then?</a> <img src="http://www.howtobeahero.com/images/type ...  <a href="http://www.howtobeahero.com">Be a Hero.</a>

Snarky · #47 Post by **Snarky** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 8:01 am

Yeah, The Riddle of Master Lu is an excellent adventure game that remains relatively obscure. I guess this has to do with: - A frankly bizarre licence tie-in (which is excellently integrated into the game, mind) - A corny title - A poor cover Once you get into playing it, though... Ah, man -- it's so smooth! From the way the screen fades to black and white when you pause the game to the superb integration of FMV with 3D rendered environments, everything about it is classy. It also has one of the biggest, most elaborate and inventive puzzles I've seen in a graphic adventure: the Danzig basement puzzle. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /happy.gif ALT=":D"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /laugh.gif ALT=":lol"> The logical, challenging puzzles are combined with a solid story full of period detail that demonstrate extensive research. I especially like the way you can pick up exotic stuff in the locations Ripley visits and ship them back to the "Odditorium". It gives you something to do if you're stuck on the puzzles. It's kind of like the minor treasures spread all around Daventry in KQ1, except that in this game they actually have a purpose: when you go back home, how well your museum is doing depends on how much good stuff you've managed to send back. Anyone who likes Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis or Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers should play this game, which is similar in many ways. <div style="text-align:center"><hr /> Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.</div>

Kurdt · #48 Post by **Kurdt** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 10:57 am

What do you think my chances are of finding it through non-illegal means? ----------------------- CrisS Writer/PR Assistant King's Quest IX: Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining <a href="http://www.kq9.org">www.kq9.org</a> <img src="http://www.sighost.us/members/thelongwa ...  <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/thelongwayhome">Have you ever loved someone so completely that the mere thought of letting them go made the pain too much to bear? Imagine what would happen if you truly did lose that person...what would you do then?</a> <img src="http://www.howtobeahero.com/images/type ...  <a href="http://www.howtobeahero.com">Be a Hero.</a>

Snarky · #49 Post by **Snarky** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 8:22 pm

<a href="http://www.chipsbits.com/cgi-bin/order. ... ML.IR.html" target="top">Fairly good</a>. <div style="text-align:center"><hr /> Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.</div>

Kurdt · #50 Post by **Kurdt** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:15 am

Saw that website on Underdogs right after I posted. I'll probably order in to get it delivered sometime in the next couple of weeks, when I get moolah. ----------------------- CrisS Writer/PR Assistant King's Quest IX: Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining <a href="http://www.kq9.org">www.kq9.org</a> <img src="http://www.sighost.us/members/thelongwa ...  <a href="http://www.batmanbegins.com">2005</a> <img src="http://www.sighost.us/members/thelongwa ...  <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/thelongwayhome">Sometimes you have to take the long way home to actually get there.</a>

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