Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is a 1996 point-and-click adventure game, and the first in the Broken Sword series, co-written and directed by Charles Cecil, and developed by Revolution Software. The player assumes the role of George Stobbart , an American tourist in Paris, as he attempts to...
The first sequel, Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror, was released a year later, and was followed by three more sequels: Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon in 2003, Broken Sword: The Angel of Death in 2006, and Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse in 2013. This was mainly due to the switch to 3D graphics...
The game is presented in HD and returns to the series' 2D roots, with 3D characters pre-rendered and saved in 2D frames. Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse is a 2D adventure game played from a third-person perspective. Comparing notes, they discover that Medovsky is both the owner of the painting and...
Set in a dystopian future, the player assumes the role of Robert Foster, who was stranded in a wasteland known as "the Gap" as a child and adopted by a group of local Aboriginals, gradually adjusting to his life in the wilderness. The game has a serious tone, but features humour-filled dialogue,...
The Sleeping Dragon moved the series to 3D graphics, and is the only game in the series not to use a point and click interface. The game was originally planned to have similar cartoon-quality visuals as its prequels, but the developers decided to aim at a style similar to Japanese animated films. Criticism...
Lure of the Temptress is a 2D adventure game played from a third-person perspective. Via a point-and-click interface and a system of drop-down lists, the player guides protagonist Diermot through the game's world and interacts with the environment by selecting from multiple commands . Lure of the Temptress...
It is the second installment in the Broken Sword series, and the first game in the series that does not follow the Knights Templar storyline. Though serious in tone, The Smoking Mirror incorporates some humour and graphics animated in the style of classic animated films. Unlike the first Broken Sword...