Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars (PS) Reviews

Broken Sword, Shadow of the Templars cam free with my first ever playstation in a group of games, it also so happens to my my favourite game of all time, possibly my favourite. I played this game first when I was aged about 8/9, 12 years later I still play this game at least once a year along with it's sequels, the story is fantastic, ...  Read the complete review

To be honest ive always been a fan of point and click games i can never understand why some people in the gaming community hate it!Broken sword is an excellent example of the genre, ive played other games like this before but this one really got me hooked! Broken sword starts off in Paris where you play a character named George Stobbard ...  Read the complete review

This is the game that got me into the point and click adventure game genre. I was about 11 at the time and my mum bought Broken Sword for my dads birthday, he'd been raving about it for ages so I decided to try it out and instantly loved it. The game begins with George Stobbart, an American tourist in Paris, enjoying a cup of coffee in ...  Read the complete review

After finding this game as a friends house and popping it into his disc drive i was hooked, i was never fussed on 'point and click' games but George had me glued to the screen. This game can be found in most 'Game' stores usually in the 3 for £20 deals or what not, we're practically having the game thrown at us and im not complaining! ...  Read the complete review

I only played this game for the first time this year, after buying it as part of a '3 for £12' deal on the Sold-Out range of games. I don't know how I missed it until then! I love all point and click, and adventure style games in general, and this was ideal for me since I was using a particularly old and slow PC at the time. The game ...  Read the complete review

Broken Sword is now so cheap they're practically giving it away! this is my review for any Playstation owners who haven't yet experienced the delights of this classic game.. You are George Stobbart, intrepid American on vacation in Paris who has to piece together events leading up to the bombing of a Parisian cafe of which ...  Read the complete review

The story begins in Paris with George Stobbart, an American tourist sitting outside a French cafe. Suddenly a clown approaches with an accordion and runs into the cafe. He runs up to a man in a grey coat, snatches his briefcase and runs like hell! Suddenly a bomb in the accordion goes off. The cafe is in pieces and George is lucky too ...  Read the complete review

This was the first of many point and click adventures that I've bullied my way through and none of the subsequent ones have ever been able to stand up against this masterpiece of gaming. It's just hard enough that it'll take most of your resources to work out the puzzles, but not so difficult that you'll need to resort to a ...  Read the complete review

With Revolutions success with Beneath A Steel Sky, Broken Sword was an eagerly awaited point and click adventure game. Coming out at the same time as another revolutionary series began, Quake, Broken Sword managed to get rave reviews and very healthy sales. Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is a magnificent game. I have played it ...  Read the complete review

Broken Sword is a cocktail of gaming genius, classic puzzle/riddle solving and artwork that packs one hell of a punch. Vibrant watercolour visuals make Broken Sword immediately striking, and turn the whole adventure into a delightful exhibition of eye candy. You have to see the game itself to really appreciate the effect this has, but I ...  Read the complete review