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This is Broken Sword…

“As I picked myself up, all I could hear was the ceaseless drone of traffic. Life went on around me, but the explosion was to change my life forever” – George Stobbart

I recently treated myself to a free copy of Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror Remastered for my iPhone. A chance to have George Stobbart in my pocket again, yes please! And being free is always a nice bonus. I’m a lover of point and click games, so the Broken Sword series was a must for me. Sadly only the first two games have a place in my heart. The others didn’t seem as perfect, they were buggy and frustrating. My love for George and Nico nearly died, I was so upset with what had happened to the series. The cartoon animation added to the charm of the game with George’s wit and Nico’s snooping. A Broken Sword 5 is meant to be in the works, but sadly I may give it a miss. The games aren’t the same anymore.

George Stobbart; he’s America!

I discovered Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars when I was in high school. A Playstation One magazine included a demo disk and Broken Sword was on there. I glanced briefly through the other games available and none got my attention, except an odd point and click game. I hadn’t played any point and click games since Monkey Island, so I had to have a peep. Intro seemed interesting; a crow, the Eiffel Tower, a cafe, blonde gent, a waitress, a clown (shudder), an old man, bomb blast! Wait a minute, bomb blast? What is going on here? I then become George Stobbart, an American on a vacation who has now stumbled into an adventure of murder, mystery and of course mayhem. Is there any other sort of adventure? Of course George isn’t alone in his fight for survival, we need a heroine, a woman who gets the job done and in this case that woman is Nico Collard. Nico is a French journalist who meets George just after the bomb blast at the cafe. Their lives are now changed forever.

Nothing like a bomb blast to find your soulmate!

That was back in 1996, time flies doesn’t it? Being able to experience the games again on my phone is a dream come true. So if you want a game to play whilst putting up with the family over the Christmas period, then grab Broken Sword for £2.99 or hopefully Broken Sword: Smoking Mirror may still be free. If not, it’s still worth that extra couple of quid.

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2 responses to “This is Broken Sword…”

  1. Steven Thomsen-Jones avatar
    Steven Thomsen-Jones

    Broken sword are indeed some classics of point and click games. Still have the CDs around somewhere, and I think re-purchased on Good Old Games. Well worth a revisit from time to time.

  2. Mimi avatar
    Mimi

    it all.Standing outside the FireWe call them coolThose htears that have no scars to showThe ones that never do let goAnd risk it the tables being turned We call them foolsWho have to dance within the flameWho chance the sorrow and the shameThat always come with getting burned But you got to be tough when consumed by desire Cause it’s not enough just to stand outside the fire We call them strongThose who can face this world aloneWho seem to get by on their ownThose who will never take the fall We call them weakWho are unable to resistThe slightest chance love might existAnd for that forsake it all They’re so hell bent on giving, walking a wireConvinced it’s not living if you stand outside the fire Chorus:Standing outside the fireStanding outside the fireLife is not tried it is merely survivedIf you’re standing outside the fire There’s this love that is burningDeep in my soulConstantly yearning to get out of controlWanting to fly higher and higherI can’t abide standing outside the fire

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