Gabriel Knight 4

GK3 Easter Egg

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Jane Jensen: There was supposed to be - at least in my mind. There was never a GK4 in development. The storyline was going to be about ghosts and probably would have been set in England or Scotland.

Some other ideas for GK4 concepts involves witches in Scotland.

Jane Jensen has said they actually had two designs for GK4 one with ghosts and the other with witches. She thought about deciding on the version with witches if she was to make the next one.

The original idea was ghosts (back when I did GK3). But more recently I'd gotten an idea that revolved around witches in Scotland. Unfortunately, there is unlikely to be a GK4.-Jane Jensen

I have. I had an idea of what it would be about at the end of the third game. I can't remember if it's Gabriel or Grace who mentioned that there are these other sort of schattenjäger (shadow hunter) groups around the world. I had an idea that Grace was going to go off and join one of these other groups, and Gabriel was sort of alone and regretful. And then there was going to be a case involving witchcraft. I was initially thinking about Scotland or someplace isolated like the Isle of Mull for that kind of story, and I had some ideas about what was going to happen with them during the game, and their relationship, and what was going on with her.

If I had the chance to do it again, I'd have to sit down and think about whether that's the right story to proceed with, but probably it would be, because I've always loved witchcraft. And that's something I hadn't gotten the chance to do with Gabriel Knight. There are so many great movies out—The Witch, by Robert Eggers, but there was one that just came out called You Won't Be Alone that had some really interesting twists on witch lore. Compared to werewolves, there's been a lot of witch-themed horror movies in the last five years that have had some really wonderful texture, and some interesting twists on the idea of what a witch is.

Behind the scenes

Technically Gabriel Knight 1 involved a ghost, who happened to be a witch as well...

In The Temptation, which acted as a kind of prequel to GK4 story, the story touches on both witches and ghosts. In the story is a glove that allows user to touch the insubstantial: a ghost or a soul eater or night wraith. During the story Gabriel encounters a specter or ghost of "Von Glower".