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A good addition to the Broken Sword series

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is the third in a series of Broken Sword games. However, you do not need to have played the previous games to be able to play this one. The earlier games will simply give you a little bit of the back story of some of the characters and items in Sleeping Dragon. (I do recommend the other Broken Sword games; Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars, Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror)

This game follows the same format as the earlier Broken Sword games, but now has better graphics. If you are new to the Broken Sword games, these games are a sort of mystery/suspense adventure where you have to solve the mystery using your brain. (not simply shooting everything that moves) Any serious "action" is usually played out in a video clip. Playing as one of the characters(George Stobbart or Nico Collard) , you investigate the scene, talk to people, pick up clues, and use items to solve different challenges/puzzles that allow you to progress in the game. Probably too slow for the die-hard action/adventure gamer, this game is more of a mental challenge. Think a modern Sherlock Holmes with a nice touch of modern humour.

For those who are familiar with the series, there are very few changes. One interesting change is that after some of the action clips, your character is given a short time (sometimes only 1 second) to respond to what has happened (usually something perilous) If you do not respond quickly enough, your character dies and you must try again. But no worries, you start at the video clip again, and can keep trying until you get it right.

I have only been able to find this game available for the PC platform (The two previous games I mentioned are also available for Playstation and possibly some other game consoles) Because of this, you use the arrow keys to move and the keyboard to perform various actions. It can take some getting used to, but if you are a PC gamer, you should have no problems.

Love the graphics

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

After playing and enjoying the first two Broken Sword games, I couldn't resist buying this game to see George and Nico in 3D. The 3D character models and scenery are top notch and that is really is the reason I gave it 5 stars. You even get to revisit a couple of locales where the first game started and seen in 3D they are even better.

Some of the gameplay is a bit painful as most of the puzzles involve getting into locked buildings or getting past armed guards. The first two games were more detective/adventure stories while this one features adventures and puzzles. Solutions to a few of the puzzles eluded me and I had to get hints from uhs-hints.com. I don't like cheating like that and would prefer a few more in-game hints.

The interface is easy to learn but unfortunately there is no option for using a mouse. There are a couple of different setups for the keyboard if you don't like the default but I found happiness with my Logitech Dual Action game pad.

I didn't have any problems installing or running the game except that it was slightly incompatible with my SoundBlaster X-Fi Gamer sound card and I had to set the X-Fi to Entertainment mode to even start the game.

To sum it up, great graphics, characterization, dialog and story, with minor shortcomings like occasionally monotonous break-and-enter puzzles and limitations in the interface and camera control.

Hindered by annoying copy protection

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: December 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The copy protection for this game installs a system driver and causes the game to take over a minute to start each time. Super-annoying.

absolutly brilliant

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game was top of my christmas list as i liked the first two games so much due to the storyline. It's just briliant and i don't think any trilliogy will be able to compeat with this one it is just outstanding. The graphics are good storyline is good charecters are good, just like the first two. If you have played the first two im sure you will know that Broken sword the sleeping dragon is the next game you will buy and play and love. I can't describe how good this game truely is. It took my breath away im am sure it will take yours to.SO BUY IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Bore

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 26
Date: December 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What a bore! This game has stilted characters, bad acting, stupid puzzles (it seems you have to find out things in a particular order -- if not, too bad). Maybe it gets better as it goes, but after about 20 minutes, I couldn't stand going through it again to get the clues in the proper order. It goes into the waste bin.

Still great, but the weakest

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Having loved the first two Broken Sword games, it was a long wait for this third installment. It's a really good game, but it doesn't quite live up to the others. Bearing in mind that I love the Broken Sword series, and this beats 99% of games out there on the market, I have various quibbles. I found the third installment a little serious and always on the edge of peril, and a bit lacking in the light-hearted elements of, in particular, the first game. It still has amusing lines, indeed the script in general is top notch, as it the acting, but the storyline could have been lighter more often. Also, the game seemed short: it took me under 15 hours to complete. I'm sure the previous two games weren't that short. Finally, as others have noticed, the puzzles are a bit repetitive, especially the box ones. On the positive side, I think the transition to 3D worked really well and quite enjoyed the new reflex action/fight scenes - although any more of them would have been annoying. The storyline is good and the acting is great as always. It's also aesthetically good. A BS4 is planned; I still can't wait, despite the various shortcomings of BS3. Overall, still fantastic - the bar is just very high after the others.

George and Nico are terrific--what a find!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game after reading several so-so reviews--I wanted something different with a little humor. I was not disappointed. Broken Sword 3 was delightful. The voice acting was well above average and the scenes were well drawn with sufficient detail. Some of the puzzles required patience, since you have to keep playing to get the clues you need. However, I really appreciate being confined to an area until I found the hints I needed to finish a scene. I like a good story, and this game manages a light-hearted mix of fantasy/myth with some contemporary characters served with a dollop of humor. The bad guy (or should I say, bad gal) was sufficiently interesting that the cut scenes complemented the game play and provided pleasant interludes. Years ago, I loved Grim Fandango and chuckled through Monkey Island I. (For comparison, I quickly resold Monkey Island 3, barely started). For someone who usually enjoys 1st person 3-D adventures, this one has reopened the possibilities of 2-D adventures. I am now buying Broken Sword 1 & 2 in hopes that they are as good as their sequel. Bottom line: I ended Broken Sword 3 happy as a clam to have found it but sad the game was over.

Pipe and slippers.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: January 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you haven't played any broken sword games before then I would advise you to check out all the reviews first. This is a very neat game but it's like reading a long novel or sitting through all lord of the rings movies back to back. This game requires a lot of thinking and problem solving with not a great deal of action going on at times. Don't get me wrong the graphics are great and the voice acting and sound are top notch. It's just different from the tomb raiders or metal gear solids of today. If you want something different and want to use your brain more than your thumbs then this is well worth checking out. All the original voices are back from the first two games and the story is well told and executed to keep you interested. Problems must be solved in a particular order though and you don't get much freedom to solve them in your own way. But don't let that put you off, as most games of this type seem to suffer from the same problem. I did however miss the 2D format from the first games and the point and click interface has now been replaced by a Resident evil type control system. So overall a good game just remember to get out the pipe and slippers before playing!

F U N

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I would have given a 5 star rating for "overall" but there were a couple of random gameplay bugs - not everyone will experience these bugs.

The sound, graphics, and story were excellent. The adventure was fun. Can't wait to play the next one.

A frustrating paradox

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I looked forward to this game and wanted desperately to be able to give it a good review, partly just to reward the publishers for having the guts to publish a story-based game (as opposed to yet another first-person shooter featuring mute Neanderthals with guns). But as other reviewers have said, the interface is so clumsy it short-circuits the game completely. I'm not good at the hand-eye stuff, and this game has some sequences that require lightning reflexes -- coupled with an interface so unbelievably awkward and anti-intuitive that it's almost another bad guy trying to make you fail. And it's all the more frustrating because the story, the characters, the acting, the writing are all so good that I really want to go on with the game, to find out what happens. How could they do the story so well and the interface so badly?

Well, I hear Benoit Sokal (of Syberia fame) is working on another game. Guess we'll just have to wait for that.

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