Posted on: September 11, 2011

ellarunciter

Игр: 717 Отзывов: 7

Adds a certain touch to it

Broken Sword was one of my favourite adventure game series growing up as a child. The Director's Cut doesn't disappoint. I think this version of the game was designed for Wii, though, and it shows. The newish cartoon style and animations look a little out of place, like someone just pasted these things over certain parts of the game. The original sound effects and voices are of lower volume than the new ones, which is rather annoying. Some of the cutscenes in the game have been modified (especially the end). Oke, so that's the bad things out the way. The good thing is that you get the original game with it, so if you don't like this new edition, you can play that instead. Another good thing is that you can play Nico (always a good thing, as she is my fave BS character), which you couldn't do in the original. The new edition also follows what Nico got up to whilst George was busy glob-trotting for clues. The back story provided is very detailed and makes sense when slotted into the remainder of the story. In other words, they didn't do an Austin Powers by not thinking of the storyline ahead of writing. All in all, and enjoyable experience and it's always nice to play as Nico. Not quite as good as the original, though.

вам это показалось полезным?

Posted on: December 15, 2010

Fedgit

Владелец игры

Игр: 982 Отзывов: 1

Cool.

Conspiracy, secret society, world domination, etc are essential for good thriller. Broken Sword, though deal with those elements, are not dark or gloomy but funny. Quite hilarious mood flow naturally through its plot. Also, if you stuck with some point, you can access hint and do exactly what required current situation(That's the best point in this game. 'cause I always stuck while playing other adv game, waste time for solutions :) ). Although you must play puzzle almost every scene of game(plus repairing something), and whole plot of antagonists are broken off by just mere American tourist is littile bothersome and bizarre :). But this game is cool, fun, and worth playing.

вам это показалось полезным?

Posted on: July 11, 2012

CaptainHayashi

Владелец игры

Игр: 86 Отзывов: 1

Still an excellent experience

Broken Sword has always held a special place in my heart, especially because it was Revolution's follow up to my favourite adventure ever, Beneath a Steel Sky. It's great to see Revolution go back over one of their classics and add more to it, and even better to find the result bundled with the original here on GOG. Broken Sword (both versions thereof) feature the mixture of involving setting, well-approached mystery plot and the same subtle but excellent British humour that made BaSS a classic, and the characters' responses and depth of plot make each playthrough worthwhile and rewarding. The game has it all- drama, comedy, history, danger, and even pixies. Moving onto the remastering, and unfortunately the Director's Cut is a bit of a mixed bag. The new sections are nicely written and help to develop Nico's character, and the new puzzles add a bit of variety to what is otherwise a point-and-click through and through (except one puzzle that actually became a lot easier in the DC!), but as previous reviews have pointed out the presentation is a bit of a sore point; the issue here is that 2010 and 1996 don't mix very well. The new scenes have been created with a different voice cast from the rest of the game, and it's obvious. The new sound doesn't suffer from the compression artefacts of the original game's (which hasn't been re-recorded or remastered for the DC) and the result is jarring (you can literally tell what lines they've changed in the DC at times). The artwork is the same - 2010 Nico is smoothly rendered and well-animated in all the places where 1996 George looks blurry and blocky. The new scenes are, on the whole, quite good (if a bit too sparing and too concentrated towards the start). The new plot steals the show away from the excellent original intro, so I'd recommend playing the original first, but seeing the beginning from Nico's point of view is a welcome change and one that sets George's adventure into a bit more context. My one regret is the change in George at the start of his part from someone who's nearly been killed (and rightly wants to know why) to someone who has an innate and somewhat ill-fitting belief that justice *must* be served and *he* MUST be the one to serve it. I'm giving this a 5 stars mainly on the merits of the game itself, rather than the DC (which would get about a 3 or 4 from me), but it's still worth playing through the remastering. (After seeing the original intro, that is.)

вам это показалось полезным?

Posted on: December 12, 2019

niklasboelter

Игр: 179 Отзывов: 2

No German original

For German speakers: Note that the original German version is not included, you need to buy from a different store for that. The German voice acting in the original is absolutely brilliant and much better than the English version.

вам это показалось полезным?

Posted on: June 16, 2015

UthersonL

Владелец игры

Игр: 1033 Отзывов: 23

Templars vs Assassins before it was cool

One of the more intuitive point&click adventure games (like Syberia or Sam & Max: Save the World). Average length, quite a few chuckles along the way. More than solid - actually pretty good, but not brilliant like Broken Sword 2. The content added in the Director's Cut feels a little redundant. The message decoding puzzles (they are new, if memory serves) are a welcome addition, but the other puzzles (slide-puzzle locks, chess piece placement, etc.) are the typical out-of-place contraptions. The game also comes with the soundtrack you'd otherwise have to pay for on iTunes.

вам это показалось полезным?

Откройте игры CD PROJEKT RED

В центре внимания

Featured

Близко, но не точное совпадение

Broken Sword: Director's Cut

Other ratings

Add a review

Edit a review

Delete this review?

Пожаловаться на этот отзыв

Дополнительные сведения (обязательно):

Пожаловаться на этот отзыв