From Paris to London and beyond, the trail becomes a race against time as dark forces from Europe’s turbulent past are woken from their slumber. When a mysterious painting is stolen during an armed raid on a Paris gallery, George Stobbart and Nico Collard are thrown, seemingly by chance, into the investigation together. Enjoy the award-winning scripts, and widely praised voice-acting.Experience the very best in adventure gaming: from unique puzzles and deft subterfuge to cipher solving and time-honoured detective work.Immerse yourself in the rich storyline and interact with unforgettable characters.Follow the adventure across Europe, in classic 2D hand-drawn locations.The latest explosive episode in the iconic Broken Sword series.“We’re delighted to be bringing this iconic story to the format and look forward to existing fans enjoying it, while opening it up to a new audience too.” “ Broken Sword 5 – The Serpent’s Curse is a classic point and click adventure which will appeal to iOS gamers with its combination of brain-busting puzzles, wonderful narrative and globe-trotting adventure,” says Charles Cecil, founder, multi-award winning developer Revolution Software. In addition, Broken Sword – Director’s Cut – iPhone has achieved a Metacritic score of 91 per cent. In 2011 Broken Sword went to number one on iTunes in every major European territory and notched up an impressive 5 million downloads. Revolution’s classic 2D mystery, Broken Sword 5 – The Serpent’s Curse: Episode One, is now available on iOS a platform perfectly suited to the game, as proved by the popularity of previous Broken Sword releases on the format. This is adventure gaming at its very best.Broken Sword 5 – The Serpent’s Curse: Episode One now available on iOS George and Nico’s greatest adventure comes to brand new format It’s time to experience George and Nico’s worldwide adventure in a whole new way, with brand new puzzles, hilarious new jokes, and the distinctive, rich story that made the series so deservedly renowned. 'Broken Sword: The Director’s Cut' introduces an intricate new narrative thread, alongside the classic story that has charmed millions of players. Guide George and Nico on their globe-spanning adventure, exploring exotic locations, solving ancient mysteries, and thwarting a dark conspiracy to reveal the secret truths of the Knights Templar. One of the all-time classic adventures, multi BAFTA-nominated 'Broken Sword: Director's Cut' pitches sassy journalist Nico Collard, and intrepid American George Stobbart into a mysterious journey of intrigue and jeopardy. When Nico Collard is invited to interview statesman Pierre Carchon, she finds herself inextricably drawn into a terrifying conspiracy. Oh, and since I'm declaring that interest, I'll also add that I got paid for my work at the time, and get nothing at all from any sales. There's also new artwork from Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons Some of the puzzles have been much improved, including the legendary goat puzzle, and as mentioned there's now a rather fine hint system that will give you progressively more clear clues should you get stuck, and a diary that updates as you progress, reminding you of what's been happening, and including whichever jokes I could sneak in. It has a whole new opening story, interwoven with the original beginning, this time giving a background to Nico and building on the main plot. Anyway, that aside, this version originally developed for Nintendo DS and Wii, then iPhone, is now available on PC. Really stand-out stuff, a league ahead of anything else that's ever existed. Especially the new diary and hint system - I mean, the quality of writing there is just exceptional. A pretty major declaration of interests here: I worked on the Director's Cut of Broken Sword, now available on Steam and GamersGate, from concept to release, and thus am in no position to tell you whether it's any good or not.
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