If you’re an adventure games lover, former adventure games lover, or just a gamer who loves a good joke, chances are you’ve played at least some! Broken Sword games.
Now, I’m gonna just pretend that everyone knows about George and Nico and their luck of getting into trouble.
In the last episode of the series, George is in Paris! (didn’t expect that did you?!) and he meets absolutely by accident with Nico in an art gallery which the company George was working for had it ensured. (trivia: George now works for an insurance company).
As soon as the two get together, hell is unleashed! A devil’s painting is stolen and there you go, you have a mystery to solve, doors to open and Moue’s to make fun of.
I remember loving the first games years ago when I got my hands on them for the first time, especially the colourful environment. And this is probably what BS5 excels at. The 2D graphics are simply lovely, detailed, accompanied by hilarious George comments.
Gameplay-wise, most of the puzzles were easy to solve, once you made sure you crossed your mouse over all that you could’ve interacted with. A rising trend in adventure games is highlighting the interactable objects – which I strongly approve of. I mean, it may take away the joy of pixel-hunting from back in the day, but, really now…was that REALLY ever a joy?
England!
The story was very broken-sword-ish – there’s really no other way to put it. You’ll have the religious crazy dudes to learn about (I really enjoyed the history lessons! 🙂 ) and, once again, you can save the day (yay) by saving the balance between chaos and order. Oh, George, what would we do without you?
While I would recommend this game to anyone, even non-adventure gamers who want to try out the genre, this really felt like it was meant for all the people out there who would never forget that goats can be extremely dangerous and that flowers from Fleur always come with a good ole mystic advice.
P.S. My favorite character in the whole game was a cockroach. I love that guy.
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