Broken Sword 4 is two games in one - if you only listen to the audio, it's a decent yet underwhelming Broken Sword installment, but if you look at the visuals it's a bargain bin adventure game you'd buy for a couple of bucks.
Not to say visuals are everything, but if you want the humor of a Broken Sword game, you'll have to first traverse the ugly visuals and the boring start to the game.
It took me several playthroughs before I managed to get past the opening scene and actually get to enjoy some very good jokes, and actually start to enjoy the game.
Sadly, the graphics aren't the only problem of this game - Broken Sword 4 simply feels rushed.
The plot you get to experience is as uninteresting as possible, with yet another templar treasure you need to find.
Instead of Nico you get a companion that just tags along and does absolutely nothing, and most levels are located in closed areas, no matter which part of the world they take place in.
In those levels you'll also encounter a lot of barriers forbidding you from exploring the place, instead you're nudged along a path chosen for you, with a string of mostly easy puzzles strewn throughout, to slow you down.
Puzzles are at the level of come across a locked door, walk two steps right, pick up the only item available, walk two steps left, use said item on door and advance.
You'll rarely want to use a walkthrough, if at all, since even the tougher puzzles can be solved using brute force.
The only problem I had was with the minigames the creators inserted into the game - mainly the computer hacking minigame.
Once or twice they're okay - a cheap way to add difficulty to the game, but they get repeated so many times, after a while I got sick of having to solve them to advance the plot.
Not to say the plot is any good - it's as nonsensical as the solutions to the puzzles, and the ending is a huge whimper, preceded by uninspired puzzles - some tough, some incredibly easy.
Drama just doesn't work in such a humorous game.
