Posted on: March 3, 2018

caetydid

Games: 170 Reviews: 3

Not perfect but very enjoyable

I've finished this game together with my 8yrs old daughter and we enjoyed it a lot! While many of the critical points which other reviews point out are true this has been probably our favorite game for a long time and kept us going on until we had finished it. We occasionally peeked at walk throughs since some riddles stroke as not exactly as very logical. On the other hand this does not usually keep us from enjoying a game. Just the box riddles were a real nuisance. This game seems stable. I was running this under Linux with Wine 3.0 and experienced like two freezes or so. Also the graphics requirements seem low - I had no troubles with my integrated Intel HD4400. Sound-Gfx-Music and overall artwork are outstanding (if you consider how old the game is and how low the requirements are) and lead to a beautiful atmosphere with a intriguing story. Can recommend for dark, cold, recreational winter days. Easter Egg: Once you have completed the game there is a message that additional features are enabled. I did not find anything except there is now a artwork gallery of concept arts available under extras... maybe that is what they mean ... :)

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Posted on: July 13, 2022

idkfa

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Games: 1143 Reviews: 14

A good game except the boss "battle"

Game's OK, more on the easy side. The writing is pretty good, the steering gets the job done. Even the stealth sections are not as bad as they sound (usually it's better to run while the enemies are far enough). But the boss confrontation just sucks, be warned.

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Posted on: September 14, 2023

Barangolo

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Games: 35 Reviews: 4

You cannot open this door, it is locked.

The developers for some reason decided to jump on the 3D bandwagon as it seemed popular at the time. It did not improve on the series, as the strength of the Broken Sword series is the cartoon-like point&click aspect, the artwork and the humor. Turning it into a wannabe "parcour" game that is zero skill based as you just have to click on whether to climb a wall or drop from it, while at the same time the running around is quite clunky with the controls, it basically makes zero sense. Especially since the 3D design takes away any quality artwork that made the first two parts strong. Sure, there are some funny dialogues in Glastonbury, but the humor has lost a lot of its touch as well, the characters have fallen flat and the tedious running around from door to door in search of clues or between characters does not make the adventure exciting but quite tedious. I was getting PTSD from the concrete buildings just to find out how to enter a building in a slightly different way. Skip this part of the series, you will hardly miss a thing.

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Posted on: January 10, 2024

hrvi

Games: 41 Reviews: 2

Budget went missing???

When I first played demo in 2003 I was amazed with the beauty and played it many times all over again. When I later bought the whole game I was negatively astonished to see the effort was put arguably in only the first third of the game. The rest falls flat completely. Today, when I am explaining it to me I can only come to the conclusion that the ambition was too high and the budget insufficient to decorate each location properly in the new 3d world. I really think 3d was a bite too much to chew. Last boss missing and empty locations with little characters (savings on acting) support this theory. Escape from Monkey Island, although much more difficult is better with 4.5 stars rated by me. This barely, and I mean barely, only on account of its first third, gets 3 stars.

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Posted on: May 8, 2024

scorpzz

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Games: 165 Reviews: 2

I had fun

There is no arguing that 1,2&5 are better, I still had a great time with this on the ps2 a long time ago and having a great time with it again, theres just no denying the charm of the Broken Sword universe.

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