Gabriel Knight 2 : The Beast Within - The Opera Scene

The opera sequence near the end of the game GK2 The Beast Within. It is the first performance of a long lost Wagner opera about werewolves called "Der Fluch des Engelhart" [The Curse of Engelhart] which was composed to 'save' King Ludwig over hundred years ago.
Friedrich von Glower is invited as one of the special guests. Gabriel has made his way on the stage for the third act as Engelhart.
If you are afraid of getting spoilt, don't watch this!

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• gabriel
• knight
• II
• werewolf
• lost
• opera
• werewolves
• wolf
• wolves

[WhiskeyTester]

why god? Why did all the good games have to die? I miss adventure games, the dig, full throttle, gabriel knight, phantasmagoria, those were the good times. Now everything is just "SHOOT IT! OK, GOOD JOB!"

[doubleas2380]

GK was so awesome. Tim Curry, Dean Erickson, so awesome.

Miss your work, Jane.

[LatinoHeatChamp]

i still play the beast within, since its release.

its so awesome =D

[brucebeertje]

@Gelbsy

I have read that the the books came after the games and that some elements were changed. So maybe the book isn't exactly following the story in the game.

[brucebeertje]

@ReadeRomke

That would be awesome. But there is one simple answer. Money!

The Tex Murphy series was also an incredible series. And the main character who also made the games said it was too expensive to make and not enough demand for it.

[killingamps]

@ReadeRomke Perhaps the BEST game ever, certainly the best FMV game ever!

[Gelbsy]

Remember too. That Gabriel wasn't even supposed to of been there on stage. The crystals and music was solely to transform Von Glower. If Gabriel HADN'T snuck out of the basement and transformed (howled), Von Glower would of remained his normal self. Only just though.

[Gelbsy]

@diablo888

If I remember correctly, in the book. Ludwig turned into a wolf where he was practicing/listening with Wagner with the music and crystals etc. I guess the effect it had on Ludwig was a carbon copy onto that of Gabriel.

If you see, Von Glower sits down and isn't as bad, not until Gabriel howls and obviously Glower transforms.

[diablo888]

@Gelbsy very interesting, I never read the book! But then what caused Gabriel to turn into a wolf in the first place?

Id say the crystals DID have an impact on the whole scenario. Just look how they cut to the chandelier right before Gabriel transforms, then howls which makes von Glower transform. although I guess he can control the transformation until he is in the basement.

Still the whole concept of this Wagner opera and how it unfolds here is simply a masterpiece of a story to be told!

[ReadeRomke]

This game is a masterpiece!

[ErikNorseman]

I recommend that you all rewatch this video while imagining that it's all about how Von Glower really needs to use the bathroom.