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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.

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.

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.

GREAT GAME!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 16
Date: August 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Okay I'll admit I was weary of buying this game as I'd heard it wasn't really an adventure but more of a hybrid. I found this to be compeletly false. This is strictly a third person view, adventure game. While not the normal point and click (you have to use the arrow keys like in Grimg Fandango and SOMETIMES a choice of up to four keys). I disagree with the previous reiveiw that this was hard to do without a joystick. I don't own a joystick as the only games I play are adventure games. While I will admit the game controls took me about five minutes to figure out, it didn't take away any enjoyment of the game, in fact it feel as though I'd just sloved the first puzzle! Honestly from me I felt the use of these buttons incorperated more enjoyment, with this game as sometimes (when George or Nico would have to climb a wall by pressing w or do they jump by pressing s)was a puzzle all in itself. There by making the game feel more real and the puzzles fully a part of the game. Also while I only play adventure games I am mediocore at them at best often falling to the use of walkthroughs. I found I only had to look at a walkthrough for this on the first stealth sequence as I'd never had to do one before. Yes there are some places that require stealth however the timing is easy to do, and for a person who hasn't played a game other than an adventure since pac man, I still didn't have too much trouble with it I can honestly say it didn't distract from the game. My only complaint was I felt the story could have used a bit more of an ending but with broken sword 4 currently in the works I don't mind too much :). I really loved this game and I rarley say that, infact the last time I liked a game enough to review it was.... the longest journey. I love the direction and chance this company took with trying out something different from the same old point and click (I never thought I'd type that before!) and hope to see more games like it in the future. Trust me if you liked the Gaberial Knight series or if you just want a good adventure check this game out.

Disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: June 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love this genre of games and this game sounded like it had a lot of promise. It has turned into the most disappointing game I have ever played. In my opinion, it is a follow-the-directions kind of game. There are few, if any, puzzles. There are many scenes in which you die and then have to repeat the whole scene over and over and over again in order to move on. I actually purchased a game controller because one scene could not be accomplished via the keyboard. Well, the game controller didn't help much either. This game volleys back and forth between boring and frustrating. Not a good combination. Save your money. Don't buy it.

Broken Sword goes 3-D

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game has excellent visuals, a decent story, and good play control if you have a game controller because playing this game on the PC without one is very difficult. Aside from the 3-D graphics and different control style it is still a graphic adventure game like the first two Broken Sword games which makes it good if you are a fan of those or similar games.

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.

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.

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.

Good ... not great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 23 / 25
Date: April 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First a confession: I'm a lousy (albeit enthusiastic) gamester. I had to rely on a walkthrough just to get through a Nancy Drew game (I'm NOT a youngster, by the way).

So, when I say I was able to play the entire game with almost no 'hints' you get an idea of how relatively easy it is. That's not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, I preferred it over the completely illogical and complex Myst-type puzzles.

The story was a bit hokey (and that's being kind) and I don't understand why they had to "hunk" up George. If I'm not mistaken, in the first Broken Sword game he was a bit of a bumbling nerd -- but charming and at least not an Indiana Jones clone. And does every female character in these games have to look like Lara Croft, with the obligatory short shorts???? Let's try something different once in a while!

Still, that didn't detract too much from the fun of the game. Oddly enough, once I got used to the controls, I didn't have any trouble moving the characters around and I thought the graphics were very well done for the most part.

I did have a few other 'pet peeves' I need to get off my chest, such as:

a) Nico's constantly stretching and flicking link off her shoulder -- these gestures were annoying and distracting. Was the stretching some adolescent male programmer's idea of sexy, perhaps?

b) no way to bypass certain cut scenes so if you did "die" you had to sit through them again (and again and again).

c) when both Nico and George appeared together, the graphics were terrible. She kept disappearing and reappearing, flicking around the screen, etc. Not a glitch, exactly, just poorly done.

d) too many dumb "move the boxes" puzzles. For once, I was good at something and by the time the end game came I though if I had to shove one more box around the screen, I'll kill George and Nico myself and align myself with Sussaro (the bad guy).

Okay, lots of pet peeves and complaints ... but I still give the game a 4 since, compared to so many other adventure games, it had enough good moments -- at a good price -- to put it ahead of the pack.

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