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Broken Sword 1 - Shadow of the Templars: Director's Cut
10 hours playtime
no achievements
it’s been bothering me for a while that i have broken sword 1-3 and broken sword 5, but not 4. didn’t want to buy 4 (even on sale) until i tried out some of the series though, and if they’re all as good as #1 i’ll probably end up doing it.
the story kept my interest well — i’m into illuminati- / templar- style conspiracy stories so that was pretty easy. for the most part i enjoyed the puzzles too, with numerous satisfying to solve. as usual there were one or two that were a type of puzzle i don’t enjoy and i just looked up the solution, and at least one that i simply didn’t understand.
i felt like the beginning was a bit of a bait and switch since you start playing as one character, but then they introduce another less interesting character and play most of the rest of the game as that character. there’s also a completely unnecessary scene i think was intended to be romantic but these days is recognized as assault. those were the only two things i really didn’t like though, and i’m looking forward to the rest of the series!
Yeah, for some reason Broken Sword 4 wasn’t bundled much…only in “Broken Sword Complete” packs on Fanatical over the years. You can also find it DRM-free in the Humble Trove if you’re a subscriber.
LOL, yeah I remember the bait-and-switch going from Nico Collard to George Stobbart in BS1.
stopped my humble subscription 3 years ago — that would have been handy! pretty sure i noticed it at a decent discount in the summer sale, but hadn’t started playing at that point…
Broken Sword 1 and 2 are very good adventure games, high quality classics. 3 and 4 unfortunately came during the era of 3D adventure games with keyboard movement, most of which were crap. These were no exceptions to that crapiness (Box pushing puzzles, ugh). 5 retake the spirit of the first games and it’s very good. Just my 2 cents here as an adventure fan :_)
not sure i’ve played 3d adventure games with keyboard movement — did they still have as good of a story? i can put up with crappy controls (to a degree) for a good story.