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Posted January 11, 2011
Thanks to industry legend Charles Cecil and Revolution Software, the original version of the acclaimed adventure game is available as an exclusive bonus to gamers who purchase Broken Sword Director’s Cut.

After the release of Broken Sword Director's Cut, we saw lots of you asked for the original game. We've joined forces with Charles Cecil to bring the 1996 version of Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars (a.k.a. The Circle of Blood) to GOG's catalogue. Users who purchase the high-resolution Broken Sword Director’s Cut will receive the acclaimed original as a free downloadable bonus. Anyone who has already purchased Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Director’s Cut can download the classic for free from the bonus materials.

Broken Sword Director’s Cut with the original version of the game is exclusively available at GOG.com for the low price of $5.99.
Posted January 12, 2011
Thanks GOG and Charles, great to see you listening to the Fans. There is nothing like nostalgia.

Great to see Charles Cecil was good enough to provide the original when he would have put a lot of work into the Director's cut version.

Which game is better, I cannot say, but it is great to have both to play.
Posted January 12, 2011
Hum......

http://www.revolution.co.uk/
Posted January 12, 2011
This might have been asked already, but why is it only 200MB or so when my backup files of the original release are like 1GB+?
Posted January 12, 2011
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StingingVelvet: This might have been asked already, but why is it only 200MB or so when my backup files of the original release are like 1GB+?
Better compression? How large is the GOG edition installed?
Posted January 12, 2011
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StingingVelvet: This might have been asked already, but why is it only 200MB or so when my backup files of the original release are like 1GB+?
ScummVM can use compressed audio files, so ogg is used for the complete music.
Posted January 12, 2011
I love you all! GOG!
Posted January 12, 2011
this is really awesome! just like with the Goblins, ultra-fans ask for original and voila: it's here! :D

it also reminds me that I need to finish the second Broken Sword as the original game from my CDs was corrupt and I couldn't get past one of the last scenes...
Posted January 12, 2011
Wow. Just wow.

Awesome work, gog.
Posted January 12, 2011
Nice for gog to have done this, though i already have both the directors cut and orig versions. There is a fan made broken sword 2.5 available free (and legal) which is worth playing, easy to find but mabye gog could put that on the site. Also would love to see broken sword 4 - Angel of death on the site, although that one does have some graphic issue with vista and 7, mabye gog could sort that out. Still it is good to see that Gog do listen. What about some more game posts guys.
Posted January 12, 2011
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rs2yjz: I'm going to stop and play the original first : D
It's the best way around, yep. Play the original as it was released, then look at what's been added and changed. It makes less sense to play an expanded version and then try and judge the original.

Having said that, as I wrote before it's pretty easy to tell when there's new content because of the jarring jump in quality. Not a fan.
Posted January 12, 2011
Thanks for arranging this GOG (and Revolution of course). I like the directors cut on iPod, but I think the original version is better on the PC.

Edit: There seems to be a bug that crashes the program when trying to load and save. There is a thread with a couple of solutions here.
Post edited January 12, 2011 by richardhunt500
Posted January 13, 2011
Man that is awesome if i am ever in the mood for some adventures i'll be sure to pick this up.
Posted January 13, 2011
thank you GOG so much!
Posted January 13, 2011
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richardhunt500: Edit: There seems to be a bug that crashes the program when trying to load and save. There is a thread with a couple of solutions here.
Yah... as I just posted in that thread though, you can just load this version into ScummVM and it works perfectly.
Posted January 13, 2011
w00t

EDIT: I just realized that many user reviews for this game might no longer be up to date because of this...
Post edited January 13, 2011 by SmashManiac
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