- Publisher: The Adventure Company
- Release Date: Dec 8, 2003
- Also On: PC
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A stunning achievement in interactive entertainment. With a solid story, engaging characters, stunning visuals, and delightful dialogue, this is one adventure you simply won’t be able to tear yourself away from.
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Its humorous, has a good plot, a good mix of different characters and is just a fun game. So sit down, relax and enjoy the game just try not to pull your hair out from the puzzles.
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Edge MagazineA fairytale comeback. Extravagance was one of the signatures of the graphic adventure: extravagance to bring them in, and a cracking story well told to keep them. Both tenets of the Broken Sword series remain intact here, and that's all the devoted fans could have wanted. [Christmas 2003, p.94]
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A new classic of the adventure genre. It looks unique, sounds excellent and has a plot with more twists and turns than a break-dancer in a tornado.
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Cartoonish graphics, incredible voice acting and an engrossing story all make this a game to look at, that is - if you can get past the horrible interface and somewhat repetitive block puzzles.
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Yes, this game is very linear, but it is entertaining and easy to get to hop into the mix and play.
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Xbox Nation MagazineA good story told well is a rare thing, but for the third time, Revolution has done just that. Players looking for an intelligent adventure will find few better Xbox titles than this. [Mar 2004, p.82]
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TotalGames.netNot the revolution we had expected, perhaps, but it's still got classic Revolution written all over it, and that's just about fine with us.
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One of the best console adventure games in the last few years. [Jan 2004, p.151]
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Official Xbox MagazineThe design has managed to capture the essence of the genre while making everything contextual to your controller, an impressive feat. [Jan 2004, p.84]
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A refined, immersive, superbly scripted, and generally well-executed adventure. It's possibly the best example of sustained convergence yet experienced in a videogame.
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Cheat Code CentralFull of narrow escapes, intelligent puzzles, great graphics and an engaging storyline, Broken Sword is like a good novel come to life on your Xbox.
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The characters are memorable, the dialogue is sharp, and the puzzles (when they’re original) are usually pretty entertaining.
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With its blend of cinematic style, 3D immersion, sharp writing, and likeable characters, it's otherwise an adventure game that does the genre proud.
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An involving graphic adventure, but it's noticeably hampered by its technical flaws and well-meaning attempts at action sequences.
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Every bout of loading takes 20-30 seconds, and there are so many of them that it really starts to kill the atmosphere after a while.
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#38 Most Shared Xbox Game of 2003
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 16
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Mixed: 2 out of 16
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Negative: 2 out of 16
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Mar 12, 2018This game has personality and ambience. Like it a lot discovering all misteries, just got confused with that ending.
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Dec 19, 2015
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SteveD.Jan 9, 2004