On my first playthrough of GK1 (which was only a few years ago, actually,) I left the narrator on, and enjoyed it for the most part--but that first playthrough of any Sierra game is always the one where I try to drink as much of the experience in as possible, drawn out narrations included. Actually, despite being in the shorter-is-better camp when it comes to TSL's narrations, I've done the same thing with my first playthrough of each episode so far. With GK1 though, I've turned off her voice in every subsequent playthrough--I just find it makes for a much more streamlined and enjoyable experience when I can breeze through the narrations at my own reading pace rather than waiting for her to catch up.

Actually, I generally tend to feel that way about most games with spoken narrations, unless the narrator is really, REALLY good (like John Rhys Davies in QFG4, for example--I will always take the extra time to listen to his manly British vocals any day of the week.

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