Playing Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars -- The Director's Cut, it's easy to see how it garnered a cult following 13 years ago. The story and characters are engaging, and the animation system makes for a unique, cartoon-like experience. New story chapters provide a reason for Broken Sword vets to give the game another go, but the touch interface isn't perfect. It doesn't provide anything new in terms of point-and-click gameplay, and the slow pace of these games doesn't appeal to everyone. It definitely feels like a relic from another time -- it's not an exercise in violence, a mini-game collection, or a licensed music effort. But Broken Sword is a solid point-and-click mystery that is a welcome addition to the DS library.
Presentation - 8.0
Graphics - 7.5
Sound - 7.0
Gameplay - 7.5
Lasting Appeal - 7.0
Overall -
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars celebrated its 25th anniversary in October 2021. To mark such a momentous occasion, Alternative Magazine Online is proud to present an exclusive look back at the game’s development with British video game designer Charles Cecil, co-founder and Managing Director of Revolution Software!
Thanks for commenting, Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is one of my favourite adventure games of all time (as I'm sure you can tell). It's crazy that Virgin didn't want to publish it on PlayStation!
Yes, considering their reason not to and what they did end up publishing/published in the past is very odd.
Broken Sword is point and click royalty. Charles Cecil spilled the beans on its future, its Nintendo Switch port and more.
From GameWatcher: "Revolution Software are celebrating their 25th Anniversary with a special collection of the company's full catalogue of adventure games, including the Broken Sword series, Beneath a Steel Sky, Lure of the Temptress and In Cold Blood. The ‘Revolution: the 25th Anniversary Collection’ will be released on the 11th March, 2016 at a price of £29.99 / €39,99 exclusively for the PC."
I think it's about time I jump into this series. Good to see they will package everything into one neat, little unit.
