Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (Wii)

Broken Sword: Shadow of The Templars is a Wii port of the original Broken Sword game. Anyone who's familiar with the original games, or indeed any of the early 90s Point 'n' Click games will love this game. As I said, it's a point 'n' click, in a similar vein to Monkey Island or Day of The Tentacle, but somewhat more serious. You alternate control between the hero George Stobbart and the object of his desires, Nico Collard. It's a nice way of doing things, and it's interesting to see one character visit locations that the other has visited previously. The story is excellent, although it doesn't really pick up until a few hours into the game. This is partly ...  Read the complete review

In the late 80s and early 90s one genre of game dominated my play time. An era before the likes of Doom made FPS all powerful. Way back from GTA3 and its sandbox gaming. The genre was the humble Point 'n' Click (PnC). On consoles the genre was all but forgotten left to PC gamers to pick up the odd title that was until the Wii came. With its pointer system it was ready made for the genre and with everyone else cashing in why couldn't Point 'n' Click makers? The Wii is full of shovelware and remakes so no need to come up with new ideas, get out the old games and re-release them. Could old games like 'Broken Sword' work with modern audiences? I hope so as the ...  Read the complete review

As a fan of the broken sword series from plastation1 through to playstation 2 I was soooo excited to hear that they were releasing Shadow of the Templars for the wii and pre-ordered it straight away. When I first put it on I was a bit dismayed at the quality of the graphics but think this may have had something to do with the fact that I had only recently completed Secret files of Tunguska and the graphics are completely different with Broken sword being more animated and more like the original game. However I soon got over the graphics and believe that any fellow point and click game fan could do the same. They have added extra scenes where you play as Nico and I ...  Read the complete review

Having been a huge fan of the original I was most excited when I heard Broken Swords was being re-made for the wii and DS platform. The type of gameplay and script are ideally suited to the interactive features of the nintendo consoles. The storyline is the same winning formula as before. You start the game playing an unwitting George, who goes to meet someone in a cafe in Paris when a bomb goes off. You spend the rest of the game chasing round the killer, who you learn is always costumed, dressed in different fancy dress outfits. There are plenty different scenes to search around and play in in this game, you are not restricted to one level which really ...  Read the complete review