ChrisSZ: Which game are you talking about? BS 5?

7.5 hours is impressive. You skipped a lot of speech and did not try every dialogue option, right?

Without skipping anything it took me almost exactly 15 hours (1st episode 8 hours, 2nd episode 7 hours).

In the end I am quite satisfied with the whole game after the lame 1st episode. The 2nd part had more action, more challenging puzzles and a good conclusion.

groze: Took me between 15-20 hours, separately, to finish both 'parts', and around 12 hours on my second sitting through the entire game.

I understand some of the frustration people have had with the game and the anger directed at Revolution, but I think they're being a bit too harsh and too eager to judge and attack the devs. I loved the game, in all honesty, I think it's up there with The Smoking Mirror, high in the point & click adventure pantheon. Revolution returned to form with this one, despite the things that didn't go so well at first. Having played through both parts separately and in one go, I can say they nailed it. The two parts have different pacing, but overall I think it benefits the game more than doing it harm. It's funny but also dramatic when need be, witty, amazingly written, strikes all the right nostalgia chords, while still being able to feel fresh for newcomers. I have nothing against the puzzles and their difficulty, I never got stuck for hours and I never found them too simplistic or easy, as well. I've said this before, and I'll say it again: we need to understand most of us have been playing point & click adventures for decades, we understand these games' particular logic and we learned how to approach the puzzles. It's not the devs' fault the puzzles might seem easier, it's just that we got good and point & clicks.

I recommend this game to anyone even remotely interested in adventure games.

DSDallago: Agreed. I thought the game was great. Not a masterpiece, but very, very good. Playing the whole game straight thru, it's amazing to witness the transformation from the slow, leisurely pace it starts out with to the fast, suspenseful pace it picks up 45% through. I hate to say it, but people who were patient and waited for the whole game to be released are getting a heck of a bargain to experience that blind. But the dialogue in this game was marvelous, the voice acting was great (Nico sounds the best she has sounded since BS1), the graphics were jaw dropping at certain scenes, the nostalgic value was refreshing, and most of the puzzles were very well-done and in tune with the rest of the game. It boggles the mind that there are Broken Sword fans who did not enjoy themselves playing this game. I imagine these folks are just bitter at the long wait to get part 2.

And, from what I see and for what it is worth, most professional reviewers are loving this game.

Senteria: I fully agree. It was a true broken sword experience that was just as good as the first broken sword series, although the first one is hard to top of course. :)

DSDallago: And, from what I see and for what it is worth, most professional reviewers are loving this game.

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.

ZarkonDrule: I was about two & a half hours on part one, and a bit over three hours on part two. My completion time was 6:14 (which included some time trying to get by a bug in the game).

Part one was a letdown - it was so horrifically easy that my two & a half hours includes just about every dialogue option possible, since the puzzles were such a breeze given the small cast and linear progression - I think there were probably barely more characters in the entirety of part one then there were just in Ireland in BS1.

Part two was much improved. Puzzles were a lot better thought through, although I wasn't a fan of how the tabula one worked.

Best to worst:

BS1
BS2
BS5
BS3
BS4

There is a fairly big gulf in quality between 2 & 5, and a MASSIVE gulf between 5 & 3. Puzzles in 2 are better then 5, and the villains in 2 are light years ahead of the villains in 5. Seriously, this games antagonists are really poor.

Overall it was a fairly fun experience saved by episode two.

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.