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브로큰스워드답게 다른 작품과 달리 장면당 아이템이 적을뿐더러

아이템간 연관성이 뛰어나 불필요한 클릭수를 줄여 쉽게쉽게 넘어갈수 있습니다.

그래픽이 3d 카툰으로 변했다는점이 특징이고 상당히 말끔해졌습니다.

퍼즐은 기존 작품을 따온것도 있지만 새로운 퍼즐도 많습니다.

퍼즐난이도는 딱 중간정도로 적절합니다. 하지만 일부 언어장벽이 있는 퍼즐도 있습니다.

(특히.. 암호해독때문에 한글화가 어려울거같아보입니다. 아쉽게도 ㅠㅠ)


처음에 이 게임이 2파트로 나누어 출시한것과 잦은 버그로 인해 상당히 많은 욕을 얻어먹었지만

현재 2파트가 모두 나왔고 버그도 많이 고쳐졌기에 불편함이 없으실겁니다.

This is easily one of my favourite Broken Sword games.
The graphics are very crisp and clean, old-style point and click like their first game.
Wonderful storyline, puzzles, and voice acting.

Really gets you thinking like MacGyver!

Pros:
- Beautiful handmade graphics
- Nice character models
- Rolf Saxon

Cons:
- Some jokes and cameos from previous games are really awkward (Moue, Piermont)
- Many puzzles are kind of ridiculous
- The story is too straightforward, no way to choose a little alternative path or do things in another order
- Seriously, guys, couldn't you hire people that would be capable of writing a less naive scenario?

As an avid adventure games player, I am really glad that Revolution had decided to make a new Broken Sword and I was more than happy to support the Kickstarter campaign. However, after 2 years of development, I definitely expected more than this.

Many people are jaded by Kickstarters that either fail or deliver a poor product. Broken Sword 5 is proof that in the right hands, your pledge can be put to good use. This was the best Broken Sword since the original and even for an experienced adventure gamer like me, the full game took 12 hours to beat, which is long for an adventure game. They went back to the original style and while they took no risks with the storyline, sticking to fairly predictable themes, created an absolute diamond of a game. Highly recommended!

As a die hard fan of original Broken Sword: Shadow of Templars, I really dislike this game. However, if I'm about to be fair, it's slightly above average. Adventure games aren't that common these days, and if you've never heard about Broken Sword series, for the price, it's not that bad.

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But if you're a Broken Sword fan like me, I would either not recommend the purchase, or buy it, thinking of it as kind of spin off game that has little to do with what made original great. For me particularly, it's the writing, acting and music.

Storyline & characters

Very uninspired and lazy. Dialogues are not funny, painfully cheesy, stuff happens solely for the plot to continue further, characters are (with some exceptions) quite bland, even George (!!!) and you can spot every cliche from miles away. "Hey, this place is not safe, let me tell you all that important stuff at much safer place, and count on me not to get killed on the way there!" Original Broken Sword was playing it seriously, but was packed to the top with dry humor that was fitting perfectly. Here, it's nothing like that. Goofy, lazy, stupid and only here and there you'll catch a glimpse of something funny. A lot of old characters that have been brought back are just pointless cameos without any reason to be there, plus they've all lost their charm. (Moe is nothing like the funny goofball he used to be, now he's really just a guy. A guy without any personality.)

Voice actors are also really bland. They all play it safe, so you'll never get a really bad impression, but you'll never get an impression that they beleive stuff is happening around them. Compared to how amazing they were in first game, once again, it's just a letdown. I personally blame whoever was in charge of voice acting, because actors can only do so much on their own, if they're not told what kind of vision director has. And I don't think they're bad, just badly utilized.

Music and graphics

Music is also somewhat of a letdown to me. Broken Sword 1 had amazing and memorable orchestral soundtrack and each track was carefully selected so it really had a meaning and helped out building atmosphere. Here, it's sometimes decent, but overall I just felt like in case of Fable series, where soundtrack never got any better than the first one. Plus I'm missing those little musical cues when something was happening, again, it's here and there, but not enough. Not terrible, but not amazing.

And graphics - I'm a big sucker for traditional 2D animation, not cell shaded 3D graphics like this one has. It's awkward. But I can understand that once again, budget issues wouldn't allow for traditional animation, or perhaps Revolution thinks this look sells more. I've always adored cutscenes from original, because some of them were like something out of Don Bluth movies (and if you don't know who he is, do some research), here for obvious reasons, it isn't like that. And don't get me wrong, the game isn't ugly, but it feels phony. Also, there is almost nothing going on in background. Remember the rich and animated backgrounds in original? Compared to traditional animation, it's just cheap and once again, takes you out from the overall experience, but compared to other things, it doesn't bother me too much.

In the end, I'm happy for Revolution that they can continue doing what they love, it's better to get something than nothing and frankly, as I've sayed, it's at least an average game. I just wish it was better, and I'm still hoping that one day we'll get that Broken Sword game that will be just as awesome as the first one was.