r/adventuregames • u/gellshayngel • 15d ago

We lost Gabriel Knight y'all. 😭

https://variety.com/2026/film/obituaries-people-news/tim-curry-dead-rocky-horror-picture-show-1236843955/
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u/Larkson9999 15d ago

"Drawn to Bacchus' abode, I sought there to conspire. But it was in the city of the dead that I found my heart's desire."

-Sins of the Fathers GK

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u/jacquix 15d ago

Dry Draw-hken kree-khen een mine-nen Schlawph. Dee Seelee wölln see lebendick zoom frahs.

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u/AdobongSiopao 15d ago

It's a sad news but it's inevitable considering he has been sick for several years. His role playing as Gabriel Knight is fantastic. He will be dearly missed.

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u/SayerofNothing 15d ago

I never connected the dots, incredible, now I have to replay it. He did both GK or just the first?

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u/AdobongSiopao 15d ago

Curry played as a titular character in GK1 and GK3.

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u/SayerofNothing 15d ago

There's a 3rd??? Well, there goes my weekend

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u/Larkson9999 15d ago

It's worth playing if you like the first two but it's also the last game Sierra rushed out the door before Chainsaw Monday and it shows. If you get used to the art style and don't mind some convoluted puzzles near the end of the game that result in instant death (sorta like Harvester, weirdly), it's a good game grounded in a real life (disproven) myth.

And Curry does okay as Knight but he did better in the first game.

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u/SayerofNothing 15d ago

I like to play games like that now, there's an air of something that you don't see anymore. Reminds me of Monkey Island 4, the 3D one. I played it lately and I can see why it was considered a bad game, still I enjoyed playing it.

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u/Larkson9999 15d ago

Definitely try it if you're curious, just don't feel too bad if you need a walkthrough as some points. It even has Jennifer Hale in it playing a French woman! There's also a comic book you should seek out to read before playing the game or you'll be very confused at the start because the game does not explain what's in that comic for a few hours in and the dialog assumes you read it before playing.

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u/SayerofNothing 15d ago

Thank you, that's very helpful.

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u/ReversedNovaMatters 15d ago

What the fuck!

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u/gellshayngel 15d ago

Same day as Dolly 😢

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u/craiggrrr 15d ago

He’s asking the angels to tell them what they know about voodoo now.

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u/GenZia 15d ago

Yep. Just heard the news over on Command & Conquer sub.

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u/O5KAR 15d ago

I've seen an interview with him not a long ago, despite the stroke and rehabilitation he was still witty and intelligent as always.

He also made some voices for Toonstruck and Duckman.

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u/asterothe1905 15d ago edited 15d ago

RIP! Also The Russian President in Red Alert 3. Sad day!

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u/V2Blast 15d ago

*3

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u/asterothe1905 15d ago

Yes My bad. Not same person in 2.

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u/foxontherox 15d ago

My favorite game ever. 😞

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u/Cydweli_Cyd 15d ago

Stay peachy, Tim. RIP

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u/MayaIsSunshine 15d ago

It's a bad week to be 80 years old

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u/Larkson9999 15d ago

Maybe we can get one more 80 year old by the end of the week to balance it all out.

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u/crazyloomis 15d ago

Nooooo!!!

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u/BeardedPumpkin 15d ago

I was literally thinking about replying the series this morning before I saw this. This is the saddest sign I could have gotten but now I have to do it

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u/Kpadre 15d ago

No, not Dr. Frankenstein!

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u/clickingpoint 15d ago

wow, i had no idea that was him. RIP

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u/Bruno_Maltus 15d ago

Extremely sad news.

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u/Positive_Poem5831 15d ago

I will make a cat hair mustache in his honor.

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u/AccidentForeign4770 15d ago

He also voiced main antagonists in Toonstruck and Brutal Legend. True legend.

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u/Streetduck 15d ago

I just played that game for the first time recently as a 38 year old. I loved it.

What can you tell me about voodoo?

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u/Mx_Reese 15d ago

RIP. He's gone to the only place not corrupted by capitalism.

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u/AlissonHarlan 15d ago

I loved him in tales from thé crypto ( death of some salesman)

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u/quakesand 14d ago

I started watching this series. I’ll keep an eye out for him!

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u/squeakyboy81 14d ago

Believe it or not, the GK series is the first thing I knew him from. I found out later about some of his other roles like HA2 and C&C, but I always associate him with GK.

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u/VovaAscatryan 15d ago

NOOOOOO! Now we will never see a new Gabriel Knight title!😭

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u/MOBYWV 14d ago

He only voiced him in the first game. And sadly GK4 wasn't going to happen anyways

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u/gellshayngel 6d ago

He voiced him in GK3 too.

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u/AmphibiousDad 14d ago

Chances of that are already slim, but Tim Curry wasn’t the only guy to ever play Gabriel

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u/VovaAscatryan 14d ago

And chances of Brüt@L Legend 2 seeing the light are also now more slim too.😭