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liogm - 16 April 2014 03:01 PM

I love Broken Sword 1 and 2 but disliked BS 3 mainly because of the keyboard/gamepad controls and I never really bothered to try out 4. However, seeing that the retro stylized art is back and the way “the serpent’s curse” looks in general, I feel like I should give this one a chance. Would I be missing out on a lot jumping from the smoking mirror to this? Is the story new? Is it still worth it even if I miss out on some things? Thanks in advance! 

My opinion is that BS5 is closer to the “good old” BS1 and BS2. So, you can jump right to play BS5 and won’t miss a thing. Enjoy!

great! thanks for the replies, I’m definitely gonna pick this one up.

I feel the same here. If the game can end it on the same high note it has been maintaining up till now we can officially deem this kickstarter project a success(a rare title).

I think of all the Kickstarter projects so far, in my opinion, this and Broken Age have been the most successful, but with BS5 more accurately capturing the tone of its classic antecedents.

It wasn’t perfect, but I’m looking forward to seeing how George and Nico’s latest Adventure plays out. Hope it delivers on the promise of the first half and ramps up the difficulty.

Loving puzzles and background art, the feeling of solving old mysteries is coming back.

grrr im really angry. all night i’ve been trying to play part 2. i have episode 1 on my computer with my original saves. on gog.com i download the game file (it seems episode 1 and 2 has merged into one file there). I play the game and restore my save file where george and nico are escaping the fire and then after that the game ends and credits roll… no part 2. wtHELLLLL!!!! Somebody help Is it my computer or is episode 2 not available for mac yet?

aaroncarney - 16 April 2014 10:05 PM

grrr im really angry. all night i’ve been trying to play part 2. i have episode 1 on my computer with my original saves. on gog.com i download the game file (it seems episode 1 and 2 has merged into one file there). I play the game and restore my save file where george and nico are escaping the fire and then after that the game ends and credits roll… no part 2. wtHELLLLL!!!! Somebody help Is it my computer or is episode 2 not available for mac yet?

Sorry to hear about your frustrations. I’ve just downloaded the update and played the tail end of part one, fully expecting to have done something wrong and for the credits to roll, but fortunately it continued. Has your computer made a second shortcut on the desktop? If so, try that one, rather than your original shortcut. Beyond that, I don’t know what to say.

Good luck!

I now have two shortcuts on my computer. “Broken Sword 5” and “Broken Sword 5 Episode 1”, obviously using the Broken Sword 5 shortcut… I have a feeling I might need to just delete all my files and re-download the game and restart it Ugh… episode 1 was a bit dull for my tastes and just wanted to play episode 2 straight away.

Uninstall the game from your computer. The uninstall wizard will ask you to keep all your save files. Obviously you click yes.

Oh wait! I’ve just read some news hidden in the bloody gog.com forums that the mac version wont be updated until tomorrow morning! Not very clear! Why didn’t they mention this in their kick-starter update?!