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Posted November 27, 2013
The biggest point-and-click comeback of 2013!

Broken Sword 5 - The Serpent's Curse: Season Pass, the complete 2-episode package of the newest entry in the fan-beloved point-and-click saga, is available for pre-orders 20% off on GOG.com. That's only $19.99 for both the first episode, that's expected to arrive on December 4, and the second one, coming out Q1 2014.

Murder, conspiracy, mystery, occult, fine art, and--of course--George Stobbart and Nico Collard, the dynamic detective duo: all that is making a sensational return in the long-awaited continuation of the iconic <i>Broken Sword</i> adventure game saga. In [url=http://www.gog.com/game/broken_sword_5_the_serpents_curse]Broken Sword 5 - The Serpent's Curse, makes sure that all the die-hard fans of the series will feel right at home. Even the modern-day graphics go a long way to reflect the style and charm of the classic 2D episodes. What's new, is the actual adventure--bigger, more exciting, and more dangerous than ever before. Make sure not to miss it, as the credentials of the game's development team promise nothing short of a modern point-and-click classic!

The game has been divided into two episodes, one of them expected to launch in about a week from now, and the second planned for the first quarter of 2014. You will get both episodes upon their respective releases when you get our Broken Sword 5 - The Serpent's Curse: Season Pass, now with the 20% discount! That's only $19.99, and the offer will only last until the first episode's release (ETA. December 4, 2013).
Posted November 28, 2013
So... should I have played BS4 before even contemplating this? It's the only game of the series I haven't played thus far.
Posted November 28, 2013
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mistermumbles: So... should I have played BS4 before even contemplating this? It's the only game of the series I haven't played thus far.
Start it as soon as possible. I've bought it almost 4 months ago and I'm stuck at about 15% of game and can't move on since then :/
Posted November 28, 2013
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mistermumbles: So... should I have played BS4 before even contemplating this? It's the only game of the series I haven't played thus far.
Not necessary. As you know, first three games contains their own story, which is completely concluded in the third game - Broken Sword was always meant to be a trilogy. Fourth game is like a bad taste, ruining your feeling after good food. It would be a decent game - if it would not be called Broken Sword.

There´s a new blonde girl in town so George will let Nico be (sic!) + they have sex in a game (as if that would be important - i still remember this being a selling point listed on a boxed version back in the day), and it is definitely trying to run on Davinci´s Code vibe - just plain yuck!

Just as BS5 seems to hit right with everything Broken Sword related, BS4 is hitting everything wrong.
In conclusion: you can play it, just don´t expect it to live up to previous three games.
Posted November 28, 2013
Broken Sword? More like broken gameplay. I don't remember them saying anything about that when they did their kickstater.

I'll wait until both parts of this game is out before I consider buying it. I don't buy half games.
Posted November 28, 2013
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mistermumbles: So... should I have played BS4 before even contemplating this? It's the only game of the series I haven't played thus far.
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Tarhiel: Not necessary. As you know, first three games contains their own story, which is completely concluded in the third game - Broken Sword was always meant to be a trilogy. Fourth game is like a bad taste, ruining your feeling after good food. It would be a decent game - if it would not be called Broken Sword.

There´s a new blonde girl in town so George will let Nico be (sic!) + they have sex in a game (as if that would be important - i still remember this being a selling point listed on a boxed version back in the day), and it is definitely trying to run on Davinci´s Code vibe - just plain yuck!

Just as BS5 seems to hit right with everything Broken Sword related, BS4 is hitting everything wrong.
In conclusion: you can play it, just don´t expect it to live up to previous three games.
...except that 4 is way, way better than 3. Not that 4 was particularly good, mind, but 3 was laughably bad.
Posted November 29, 2013
I can't wait for new Revolutionary game..
Posted November 29, 2013
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oldschool: ...This game may change my mind about Adventure games in general. ...
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Trilarion: I'm just curious. How can a single game that's probably not much deeper or worse than many others change someones relation towards a whole genre?
Generally I despise Adventure games. King's Quest did that with "you can't do that here". As the game play and the interface continues to evolves along with a more compelling storyline, I think this may change my mind about the genre.
Posted November 29, 2013
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skeecher: Broken Sword? More like broken gameplay. I don't remember them saying anything about that when they did their kickstater.

I'll wait until both parts of this game is out before I consider buying it. I don't buy half games.
Dear lord some people can bitch ... You get BOTH episodes and they're only a few months apart, not a few years *cough Half-Life cough*. I think it's cool they're releasing the first part sooner instead of waiting for the entire game to be released - it's a short period of time.
Posted November 29, 2013
I'll bite. I still remember the first game vividly...good times. The dialogue was good, the puzzles mostly fair, but the thing that impressed me most was the artwork. Simply beautiful. The new game looks good to, I hope it will live up to our expectations.
Posted November 29, 2013
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Charon121: I'll bite. I still remember the first game vividly...good times. The dialogue was good, the puzzles mostly fair, but the thing that impressed me most was the artwork. Simply beautiful. The new game looks good to, I hope it will live up to our expectations.
The demo got released today for backers and I find the artwork brilliant. When you step out of the art gallery, I was immediately struck with a very powerful sense of "yay this is exactly right!". The game feels spot on as a Broken Sword game - which, ironically, only the first game managed to do. The second too, but you could tell they had cut a lot of corners (to save money apparently) which made it a little rougher.

The only thing that lets it down, is the animation. Where the first game had brilliantly animated drawings which felt ultra smooth (and which totally knocked me over), the animation here is stilted and wooden - the intro with the eagle, for example, feels weird because, compared to the raven from the first game, the eagle feels very fake and stiff when it flies. It feels wrong.
Posted November 30, 2013
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Red_Avatar: When you step out of the art gallery, I was immediately struck with a very powerful sense of "yay this is exactly right!". The game feels spot on as a Broken Sword game - which, ironically, only the first game managed to do.
Thanks, that makes me even more excited about the new release. Can't wait until Wednesday!

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Red_Avatar: The only thing that lets it down, is the animation. Where the first game had brilliantly animated drawings which felt ultra smooth (and which totally knocked me over), the animation here is stilted and wooden - the intro with the eagle, for example, feels weird because, compared to the raven from the first game, the eagle feels very fake and stiff when it flies. It feels wrong.
I've noticed that in the trailer. The way characters move resembles Flash animation, which I personally find cheap. Oh well, at least we've got the beautiful backgrounds!
Posted November 30, 2013
Is there a confirmation that the 2nd episode will have the same languages for audio? I don't want to pre-order now and get a bad Deponia-surprise.
Posted December 01, 2013
Or a New Beginning surprise ;)
Posted December 02, 2013
I had not realised there was a kickstarter for this game. So out of touch. I'm not normally one for season passes. Might just pick this up as my last more expensive game of the year. The holiday season is taking a toll on the finances.
Posted December 02, 2013
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Charon121: I've noticed that in the trailer. The way characters move resembles Flash animation, which I personally find cheap.
The characters are pre-rendered cell-shaded 3D models. Unless they changed that since last I read about it.

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ChrisSZ: Is there a confirmation that the 2nd episode will have the same languages for audio? I don't want to pre-order now and get a bad Deponia-surprise.
It's being built as one game with the whole thing planned and under way since the beginning, splitting it and focussing on the first half to begin with just allows them to release that earlier. Unlike Deponia and other game series, it's not "release the first part, and hope we get enough traction for a sequel to be worthwhile".

EDIT: That doesn't exactly answer your question, but I would be very surprised if the two part didn't have the same language options.
Post edited December 02, 2013 by Maighstir
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