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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 59
  2. Negative: 8 out of 59

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  1. Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Fan of series, but this is bad. The game is sluggish. The puzzles are uninspiring. There's no sense of thrill. While this game as it is would have seemed fantastic in 1996, today, it's a relic. It's a shame, I love the voice acting and the art, but the game itself is poor.
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72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Sep 22, 2015
    74
    Genre fans will of course be happy of this revival, but the writing isn't as good as we hoped.
  2. Sep 18, 2015
    75
    Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse is an intriguing proposal for the fans of the adventure genre. The price is right, and the game itself is pretty good.
  3. 75
    It’s definitely a shame the animation is so awkward and stiff; it pales in comparison to the visual splendor of the hand-drawn backgrounds, and it’s nowhere near as impressive as the graphics of The Shadow of the Templars were in 1996. Still, it’d be an even bigger shame if that put anyone off from experiencing this classically-inspired adventure.