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top 20: #4: Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
"The city holds many memories for me, of cafes, music, of love...and of death." What's really impressive is the balance in the game, in every area imaginable. The game is long, but never runs into pacing problems. It is suspenseful and dark, yet light and humorous at all the right moments. The puzzles are plentiful, but never so difficult to cause frustration (okay, except for the stupid chessboard). There may be a bit too much dialogue for some, but it's always enjoyable to listen to, and much more restrained in this aspect than The Longest Journey. We've looked at many games that had a cinematic nature, and Broken Sword is surely one of the greats. It was the unforunate victim of the single most inept marketing job in history by a Toonstruck-focused Virgin, who changed the US name to Circle of Blood and adorned it with the single ugliest cover art in history (take a look here). Thankfully, European sales were very strong, and the PlayStation conversion of the game sold well enough to warrant a very good sequel. Revolution is currently working on the third game in the trilogy, which they promise will completely redefine the adventure genre. We wait to see if their claims will be true, but if not, we'll always have this masterpiece to return to. For its balance and its beauty, Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is the #4 adventure game of all-time. Last time: Due, I suppose, to a combination of not playing the game in two years, first-semester college jitters, stock market fluctuations, the Yankees winning the World Series, and a whole lot of Cherry Coke, I managed to rank Broken Sword at an apalling #17. This marked the only time in the countdown's history that a designer of the game actually registered his displeasure with the ranking, and can you blame him? Anyway, I'm a lot smarter now, and figured out where the game actually belongs. Click here for the complete top 20 of best adventure games of all time!
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