Will this still have Tim Curry playing Gabe?

[robomagon]

Also, Mark Hammil, Jim Cummings, Micheal Dorn, etc?

[St1ka]

The 20th Anniversary Edition will by voiced by an all new cast, the reasons for the decision range from some of the actors being retired to SAG fees. The current voice cast has previously worked with Telltale games with productions such as The Walking Dead.

[tatankasamoyed]

That's a major letdown. It's too bad that they simply couldn't use the original voiceovers. I remember really enjoying this game as a kid when it was first released. But without the original voice actors, I'm not too excited about this updated version. I'll be quite content to wait for a deeply discounted sale price now. I suspect others gamers who have played the original and were impressed by Tim Curry's work will be disappointed as well.

The store page not surprisingly withholds that disclosure. I think the argument could be made that calling it a 20th Anniversary Edition is a bit misleading, epecially by not noting something like "Voice work recorded by an all-new cast."

[robomagon]

@tatankasamoyed
Although the sound quality is a bit low by modern standards, I'm almost %100 certain that someone will mod the original voices into this.

[tatankasamoyed]

@robomagon
I was thinking along that exact same line as I wrote my post. It would be cool if the new developers structured the game in such a way to facilitate such a mod. But if it deviates significantly from the original, it may be challenging to implement, especially with new content being added. Time will tell.

[Avoozl]

To be fair though.. The voice cast is not the game. :) IIRC I had the non-voiced version of the game when it first came out.

[Grut]

Will the game make sense without playing the first game in the series?

I keep hearing great things about GK series, but it was a few years before my PC gamer period started.

[Sweet Martabak]

@Quark
this is the remake of the first game

[CJraptor]

Gosh darn it... That really sucks to hear it won't be the same cast. I was so excited. Gabriel Knight has long been a game spoken of between me and my parents (we played it as a family before their divorce). I was even more hyped because of the fact that this version also happens to be coming out on my birthday! Oh well... I guess I will have to wait to read some reviews and listen to it myself before a purchase.

[Glitch Babe]

引用自 Stika：

The 20th Annivery Edition will by voiced by an all new cast, the reasons for the decision range from some of the actors being retired to SAG fees. The current voice cast has previously worked with Telltale games with productions such as The Walking Dead.

You should really put that on the store page. A lot of people will be angry if they buy this game and don't end up with the best thing about the original game.

[Mallorn]

I'm surprised you were expecting this game to have the original cast. With todays standards I'm sure they would have to redo the whole voice recording.
You could mod this, but with the extra content promised I'm sure it will have silent passages.
Btw, I played the game without the voice acting so I'm not dissapointed by it.I'm just interested in replaying the game I loved so many years ago.
It wouldnt hurt to add it to the store page though.

[ReadyToPlay]

These are the reasons for the voice recasting according to the FAQ:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:s2F1a-f4BlsJ:www.gabrielknight20th.com/frequently-asked-questions/+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

"Unfortunately the original recordings were lost and stripping the audio from the game did not result in acceptable quality. Because of this, rerecording was a necessity. The original actors are twenty years older—even if they were interested in reprising their roles, they probably wouldn’t sound like they did “back then”—and the cost of getting some of those actors wasn’t practical for the budget of this project. Recasting was our only option.

We turned to Bay Area Sound, a studio that does voice recording for a ton of adventure games including Telltale’s The Walking Dead, Sam & Max and Tales of Monkey Island as well as Jane’s game Moebius. (In other words, this isn’t their first time working on a reboot of a classic adventure series!) They helped us cast great actors true to the spirit of the original cast. The voices have already been recorded and Jane’s very happy with the results. We’ll reveal more details about the cast as the mid-2014 release approaches."

[SapienChavez]

引用自 Stika：

The 20th Annivery Edition will by voiced by an all new cast, the reasons for the decision range from some of the actors being retired to SAG fees. The current voice cast has previously worked with Telltale games with productions such as The Walking Dead.

no sale. sorry.

maybe when its $2 or so.

I understand the why and its a shame.

ps- glad to see the work got to a local (for me) company. The Walking Dead seems to have a few Nor-Cal references... the Heiro and Tahoe t-shirts really clued me in ;)

[The Space Ferret]

I was excited when I saw this game on the storefront. The GK series is my favourite in Sierra's adventure game lineup, and this is the first 'remake' I've seen that actually doesn't look like ass. Then I find out the original voice cast won't be in it, which really deflated my interest in this game. I still have the original disc, so I'll just keep playing that instead. It still looks good after all these years.

P.S. Jim Cummings is my favourite voice actor.

[St1ka]

We have issued an official statement regarding the original voice cast which can be found here.

[St1ka]

Also, just to let everyone know I've moved the thread to the correct sub-forum. Carry on everyone!