Broken Sword 1 - the Shadow of the Templars: Director's Cut

Point-and-click adventuring at it's finest!!! This game has pretty much set the standard for what a P&C game should be. From beautiful graphics to an emotionally involved story, to easy to use controls, this game offers everything that you are looking for in this genre. As you play this game, you'll find yourself getting extremely involved in the story. There's no annoying interface to distract you, there are no over-the-top, hard-to-solve puzzles that will chase you away. This game simply presents a great story with easy controls that help you follow along and have fun in the process. A few minutes into this game, and you'll realize what a gem it really is.

For people that know the terms "classic adventure game" and "adventure game logic" but don't have a ton of experience with the actual classics this game may be a bit of a surprise. It takes a fairly restrained, logical (real world logical) approach to puzzles and problem solving which is a nice tact compared to the typical point and click fair. The plot is interesting enough to keep you engaged and, except for a couple of quick revisits in Paris, you don't spend enough time in any one place for it to get stale. The writing is good enough but didn't stand out to me as stellar or exceptionally funny but I did enjoy that the relationship between George and Nico didn't progress in the same cliche manner in which you'd expect. All said this is a solid game at a great price. If point-and-click or adventure gaming are your sort of thing then don't miss this.

The main character George is funny and likable. A murder he witnesses while on vacation in Paris leads him to investigate the Knights Templar. George's inner monologues help add to the game's humor. Great NPCs, possibly the best I've seen in an adventure game. The directors cut adds character portraits during conversations, additional puzzles, more obvious visuals for what can be interacted with, and extra sections where you play as Nicole. The added character portraits are just still shots so they don't add much to the scenes though. A hint systems allows you to ask for help when you want instead of giving annoyed timed hints. Ability to die was removed in the directors cut along with those scenes but it doesn't end up being much of a loss.

In my opinion Broken Sword has one of the best writing in a video game, it's a fun and exciting adventure game, whith great and colorful characters and "disney style" animation, that managed to stay relevant despite it's age. I would wish an HD remake of this, because the resolution is not very good, also some sound remastering wound't hurt. This is a must play for every gamer that likes adventure games, it is among the best in it's genre.

This game, or I must say this saga, is the only one that made me feel like reading a book. Is that well built, is awesome. This is based, as the name says, about templars. You'll even recall some real events from history, which are by the way very well layed out. The story is simply the best of the best from what I've played. And replayable value is over 200%. I mean, I played this game on my old computer, on my new computer, on my phone... buy it now, thank me later.