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Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
Released On: Nov 17, 2003
82
7.1
All Platforms
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
82
81% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
19% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
82
81% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
19% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Have you ever played a game that's so good that the simple knowledge of its existence is enough to put a smile on your face? This is one of those games. Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon is a shining example of what this genre is capable of, and it comes as close to perfection as any recent adventure game has.
A must have for anyone that is looking for an engrossing story or adventure and wants a change of pace from mainstream gaming genres.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 110 User Ratings
7.1
52% Positive
57 Ratings
57 Ratings
35% Mixed
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
13% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 110 User Ratings
7.1
52% Positive
57 Ratings
57 Ratings
35% Mixed
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
13% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
The graphics are first rate, the dialogue was tight and witty, and most importantly, the story is fantastic and the game plays out like a well written book.
George’s finely crafted witticisms and Nico’s finely crafted, er, investigative skills make the game a pleasure to play; moreover, the plot is engrossing and really pushes you to keep gaming in an effort to uncover more of the nefarious scheme being perpetrated.
Dynamic plot twists and cut-scenes flow through every exotic locale, and the later-game mechanical conundrums are worthy of the Broken Sword series. [Feb 2004, p.86]
Many of the puzzles are somewhat straightforward in design, and while ensuring players are less likely to hit those infuriating brick walls typically found in the genre's great titles, your input into the proceedings once again tends to feel slightly shallow and less rewarding than before. [Christmas 2003, p.108]
I enjoyed this one quite a bit. It may actually have the best story in the series, but the abundance and preponderance of block puzzles, plus the control scheme keep it from achieving greatness
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The game still looks pretty good in 2021, but a camera movement and controlling of characters killed all enjoyment of the game.
If you REALLY feel, you need to experience a story of George and Nico, be prepared that from time to time you will start hate yourself for playing this part of Broken Sword.
The only thing what pushed me to finish it was a need of the feeling of the completion, but in the end it wasn't that sweet as I suppose it would be
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Reasonable story.
Poor control system.
Iffy graphics (some ok at best, some rather poor).
Got this when it came out but I never finished it. I recently started it again but found the controls so horrible, and the puzzles annoying, that I ended up watching a series of walkthroughs on YouTube (from half-way though Prague) BS1 & 2 were almost perfect (even the directors cut) but this is less than average
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Low rating because of the EXTREMELY POOR controls. The difficulty of the game is figuring out the default controls. There are few options to customize the controls. You will spend the first hour trying to figure out the controls to make your charter do the obvious. I quite playing and uninstalled this game because of the extreme frustration factor in the key controls. The game play is VERY basic, and not fun at all.
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Summary The murder of an underground hacker in Paris is just the beginning of this extraordinary adventure for George Stobbart and Nico Collard in the highly anticipated Broken Sword III. Powerful seismic events are shaking the world. An Ancient Conspiracy, the Secrets of the Templars, and a fiendish source of pure Evil are responsible... [The A...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PlayStation 2
- PC
- Xbox
- GameCube
Initial Release Date: Nov 17, 2003
Developer:
- Revolution Software
Publisher: The Adventure Company
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