DSDallago: The guy on gamespot gave Episode 2 a 6 and Episode 1 an 8….For an average of 7. He stated that down in the comments. Google "Broken Sword 5 Reviews" and go through the most recent reviews. Most of them are in 7-9 range. The Gamespot reviewer was the lowest score I've seen.
irondog: He gave Ep. 1 a higher rating than Ep. 2? Is he nuts? Evidently he doesn't play many adventure games. Episode 2 was
far superior.
Adventure Gamers gave BS5 4 stars and a glowing review for the most part. I don't agree with everything said in it - IMO the new voice of Lady Piermont was terrible, for instance; Fleur was an uninteresting lump this time; Navet was an idiot unlike the odd but interesting Rosso in BS1; and while Duane was great (and nuts) as usual, something about Pearl wasn't quite right. But those are quibbles. The background graphics were beautiful and Part 2, even with that horrendous Tabula puzzle, really redeemed the game for me. If Revolution kickstarts another game, preferably with the return of Shears and Trevor the cockroach, I'll back them again.
Yeah, I've noticed GameSpot's reviews for adventure games are a little….erratic, for lack of a better word. I don't know, maybe they're not really used to them. Or maybe they don't appreciate the finer points of point and clicks that regular players and fans do… I don't know. Like I said, the GameSpot review was the lowest one I've seen.
