Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – The Director’s Cut
Short version of this review: Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars -The Director’s Cut is the best game you can get on your iPad. You won’t regret buying it.
Long version:
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars is the first game in the amazing Broken Sword series and it’s my favorite. This point-and-click adventure game was first published in 1996 by Revolution Software and its updated version was released for iPad about a year ago.
For about 10 hours (depends on how fast you solve the puzzles), you will be consumed by the story of George Stobbart, the ever so funny (and handsome) American getting in a middle of a quarrel between modern Templars and Hassassins while visiting Paris. As a nice bonus, you also get to see the story from the viewpoint of Nico, ambitious journalist who is helping George to solve the mystery and discovers some secrets about her own family in the process.
Unlike the original Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars, the Director’s Cut version is slightly shorter. However, it has extra scenes that were not available for the PC game, plus, it has several extra graphical features so you can finally see how George and Nico actually look like.
Luckily, the game is funny in more than one language. So, for those who are not English or want to learn another language, you can change the subtitles into, for example, French or Spanish. So you are not just playing but also learning.
For the romantic types among us, there is a little thing going on between George and Nico which results in…well, why would I spoil the fun for you, right? The controls are simple. If you have fingers and a brain, you will manage.
To sum up, this is a must-have. The Revolution Software studio has done an amazing job bringing this classic back to light. The story is clever and humorous, the characters are genuine, the animated graphics just blow your mind (the Broken Swords stories should have NEVER been done in 3D!!). My only complaint is that there are no more games like this (except for the second Broken Sword game). Well, fingers crossed that there will be more games like this.
BTW: I do not own any of these images.
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