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Broken Sword
''Broken Sword'' is a series of adventure games. The first game in the series, '' Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars'', was released and developed in 1996 by British developer Revolution Software. Its sequel, '' Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror'', was released a year later, and was followed by '' Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon'' in 2003, '' Broken Sword: The Angel of Death'' in 2006, and '' Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse'' in 2013. A remake of the first game in the series, known as '' Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – The Director's Cut'', was released in 2009, and a remake of the second game in the series, ''Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror – Remastered'', in 2010 for iOS devices; other platforms followed in 2011. The main protagonists of the series are George Stobbart, an American patent lawyer, and Nicole "Nico" Collard, a French freelance journalist. While Nico does not appear as a playable character in the original version of ''The Shadow of the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shadow Of The Templars
''Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars'' (also known as ''Circle of Blood'' in the United States) is a 1996 Point-and-click adventure, point-and-click adventure game, and the first in the ''Broken Sword'' series, co-written and directed by Charles Cecil, and developed by Revolution Software. The player assumes the role of George Stobbart (voiced by Rolf Saxon), an American tourist in Paris, as he attempts to unravel a deep conspiracy involving a sinister cult and a hidden treasure, seeing him travel to various locations around Europe and the Middle East. The game's storyline was conceived to feature a serious tone and heavily influenced by research on Knights Templar by Cecil, but was also interlaced with humor and graphics in the style of classic animated films. Development of the game saw considerable work to achieve its presentation. Artwork was conceived by Eoghan Cahill and Neil Breen, who particularly drew the backgrounds in pencil and digitally colored them in Adobe Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
