Broken Sword: The Angel of Death Released Tomorrow! Are You Getting It?

[JamieSI]

Well Broken Sword: The Angel of Death is in stores tomorrow! There has been 7 new screenshots released to celebrate this announcement by THQ which look really nice. Are you guys going to be getting it?

http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/brokenswordtheangelofdeath/screenshots.html

[Dale Baldwin]

My copy arrived this morning :P

[HeinzHarald]

Of course.

[RLacey]

Lucky guy, Dale.

[MDMaster]

Will not buy it at full price, at least I don't think so.

[Spricee]

Will buy, but not right now. I have my hands full with other games.

[Hammerite]

i will buy it at some point.
i'll get oblivion out of the way first tho.

[Jelena]

I'll get it eventually. I've got plenty to play and I think I'll wait until the price drops.

[I Love Cookiemonster]

I got it, I got it. My local gameshop was selling it already, and it's installed and the beer is in the fridge. Now i can't decide if i should start playing it now, or wait till i've eaten and watched JAG.

Our cover is bi-lingual. I have no idea if i spelled that right, but it's in Dutch and French and it looks like crap. The design of the manual is beautiful though.

[mat]

Is the DVD Multi Language or just one language?

[aries323]

HI :)

Since I'm on a budget this fall (spent way too much money on games etc. in the spring & summer), I'm not getting any games at all this fall. I'll wait till
wintertime or springtime 2007, I think.

So in - short NO, I'm not getting a copy of BS4 this fall, let alone any other game...

aries323

[JamieSI]

If anyone has tried it yet, let us know you're thoughts on the game! I should have a review up soon :)

[Dasilva]

Knowing PC games, the price will drop very quickly, just wait a month or two if your not sure.

[I Love Cookiemonster]

Is the DVD Multi Language or just one language?
Multi

[Matt M]

My copy arrived this morning. So far I'm very impressed with it. Some of the puzzles are quite challenging, which is good ;)

[Jobabob]

I had to register just to post this (im a lifetime lurker),

do you guys not notice or ban for blatant astroturf? (viral marketing)
This person registered last month and is clearly a marketeer for strategyinformer, THQ or both.

[Roman5]

Any improvement on the mouse speed?

[I Love Cookiemonster]

Any improvement on the mouse speed?
There is improvement but it's still a bit slugish

[Reflection]

I don't think it will work on my PC, so no.

[Roman5]

There is improvement but it's still a bit slugish

Hmm, you'd think they'd monitor the feedback from the demo and completely fix the mouse so there's no sluggishness.

[eriq]

I'm so jealous Dale! I want a copy! I guess all of us in the US won't be able to get it for some time?

Maybe I should order a copy from the UK.

[Melanie68]

I had to register just to post this (im a lifetime lurker),

do you guys not notice or ban for blatant astroturf? (viral marketing)
This person registered last month and is clearly a marketeer for strategyinformer, THQ or both.

I'm not an admin or moderator so I have no power but to me, he is kind of plugging his own site and it does come off as a bit of marketing (given his name especially - JamieSI) but he's not trying to sell anything and is promoting an adventure game so it doesn't seem harmful or virulent to me. The ones that get axed are the click this link for a free <fill in the blank> or any gold farmers get booted lickety-split. :)

[linverson]

Will this game run on an intel 915GM integrated chipset videocard? I have laptop PM1.8 (850) with 768mb ram?

I know it will not work on my p4 1.6 @ 2.0 w/ 512mb ram and gf2ti w/ 64mb ram...or can it?

[rtrooney]

No interest in this game at all. So, no, I will not be getting it.

[Jobabob]

I'm not an admin or moderator so I have no power but to me, he is kind of plugging his own site and it does come off as a bit of marketing (given his name especially - JamieSI) but he's not trying to sell anything and is promoting an adventure game so it doesn't seem harmful or virulent to me. The ones that get axed are the click this link for a free <fill in the blank> or any gold farmers get booted lickety-split. :)
I just hate people who advertise so subtly, i'd rather they just said 'hey heres my site with some new reviews on it', rather than 'hey guyz this new game is coming out talk about it and generate free marketing plz'

The fact his other thread promotes another THQ game is the iffy bit, if he owns strategyinformer it doesnt really matter.

Anyway, yes I am buying this and it arrives in the post tomorrow :P

[I Love Cookiemonster]

Will this game run on an intel 915GM integrated chipset videocard? I have laptop PM1.8 (850) with 768mb ram?

I know it will not work on my p4 1.6 @ 2.0 w/ 512mb ram and gf2ti w/ 64mb ram...or can it?
it probably won't run but try the demo

[Jackal]

I just hate people who advertise so subtly, i'd rather they just said 'hey heres my site with some new reviews on it', rather than 'hey guyz this new game is coming out talk about it and generate free marketing plz'

It was hardly subtle in either case. But as long as it's not overdone, we'll allow adventure-related links. Most people just ignore self-promoting threads or links, anyway, because everyone knows it's annoying. ;)

[MdaG]

I have around 20 adventure games waiting in line to be played.I think I'll give some of those a shot before I add to the list :-P

[jannar85]

Doesn't the demo have like... lots of bugs? I only got error messages when I tried to run it - I don't remember what they were though, but I'm careful to buy it, if it still doesn't run on my laptop...

Btw, BS3 ran nicely. Is this game demanding more than BS3?

[AlleyCat]

One day when I've finished moving all the boxes of the third, I just might look it up on ebay

[HeinzHarald]

Btw, BS3 ran nicely. Is this game demanding more than BS3?

Yes it is. If you got a lot of error messages you either didn't have the latest version of DX9.0c installed and/or your graphics chipset is too weak to play the game (very likely).

[Lucien21]

Dale,

Is the cursor as sluggish as the demo?

[CrimsonBlue]

Go to Eurogamer. They gave the game a 7/10. Pretty strong for Eurogamer.

[JamieSI]

Here's the Eurogamer review: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=67661

PS: I'm not a THQ staffer, I wish :p I'm the site Manager of Strategy Informer but I do really enjoy adventure games, and this website :)

[RLacey]

I officially hate Royal Mail. They can deliver the same product to Southampton a day early, but there's no possible way that they can deliver to a Portsmouth postal address on time :shifty:.

People wonder why I'm bitter and cynical...

[HeinzHarald]

Hmm, you'd think they'd monitor the feedback from the demo and completely fix the mouse so there's no sluggishness.

??
I'm surprised they managed to better it at all. Didn't think they would. I believe the demo arrived the 27th. That's less than three weeks before the game's official release. They never announced when it went gold, but I believe around two weeks before release is common (it couldn't possibly be much less). So at best they had a week to monitor feedback on the demo, and to make changes in the code. That's not a lot of time.

[Dale Baldwin]

Dale,

Is the cursor as sluggish as the demo?
No. It's definitely improved.

[Wimli]

I still have to play Broken Sword 3, so I won't be getting this one any time soon. I'll probably pick it up when it's reduced in price next year or so.

[jannar85]

Yes it is. If you got a lot of error messages you either didn't have the latest version of DX9.0c installed and/or your graphics chipset is too weak to play the game (very likely).
I had DX9.0c installed, but I only have Mobile Intel 915GM/910GLM Express Chipset.

Don't say that BS4 won't work for me either. Sigh. First Dreamfall, now BS4, and my laptop is only 6 months old...

[Jobabob]

Here's the Eurogamer review: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=67661

PS: I'm not a THQ staffer, I wish :p I'm the site Manager of Strategy Informer but I do really enjoy adventure games, and this website :)
Thanks for your honesty!

Damn game didnt arrive today, roll on saturday post.

[Roman5]

I now have my copy of it. I don't get how people are saying the mouse cursor speed is improved? It's extremely laggy for me, well, same as the demo. Also got a microsoft visual C+ runtime error and the game crashed.

[Dobee]

Lucky that I got my laptop in April intended for non-on board graphic card as the gap in prices for on board and non-on board isn't huge...I bet most new games won't be supported by on board ones!

I had DX9.0c installed, but I only have Mobile Intel 915GM/910GLM Express Chipset.

Don't say that BS4 won't work for me either. Sigh. First Dreamfall, now BS4, and my laptop is only 6 months old...

[MartyMcFly]

Okay, heres the strange thing. I meet the requirements, and my card is supported (radeon x300, 128meg) I also have a gig of Ram.
With the unofficial omega graphics driver, it crashes after a short time of play...the way it works is, the game freezes. Then, the screen goes off (power light orange), then comes straight back on (power light green). After the screen is back on, i can't see anything, but i can hear the game still playing. (eg i can hear the menu if i press escape, or george running if i use the movement keys).
To combat this, i tried reverting back to the old official drivers(dated 2004) that came with the pc. This then seemed to solve the problem, no more crashes.
Great! So i update to the latest OFFICIAL drivers for my card, dated afew months back on this year (2006)
The crashes start again! So i have had to go back to the 2004 drivers. What effect this will have on other games i am yet to find out. What could be causing this?! (On all drivers, i did the obvious thing: i turned off any screensavers, or the screen powersaving...so that isnt the problem).

PS: No matter what drivers i use, i also always get a sluggish mouse...game plays fine, no slowdown, but the mouse is just slooooooow. Driving me abit mad.

Last night in preperation for the game, i defragmented and error checked the harddrive. I also did disk cleanups, and a full virus check. Just wish i could have smooth sailing. (At the moment i can play with the old drivers, but this isnt ideal. and the mouse is still doing my head in!)

I love the game, i played 3 hours as best i could: its a good game. But the issues are just doing my head in...the first 3 were always very stable for me. This one just takes the cake.

[Siedler]

Damn, I wish I could play it with the full 1680x widescreen resolution but mouse gets sluggish and I'm quite sure FPS is terrible. If only I had the money to upgrade my system (2600+, 9700 Pro, 1028MB). ;(

[Alfredo]

I have my copy for four days now and I like it, so I'm gonna buy the game later this week.

[Hammerite]

i'm getting it in about an hour.

[RLacey]

It's good fun so far. And I've actually got stuck, which is a far cry from the oh-so-easy Sleeping Dragon...

[eriq]

I have my copy for four days now and I like it, so I'm gonna buy the game later this week.

so you'll have two? Send me a copy! ;)

[sparklyowl]

can anyone help me, how do i keep the switch off to stop the live wires in the rundown building near the beginning of the game im not doing very well am i lol
any help would be much appreciated
Thanx

[oerhört]

can anyone help me, how do i keep the switch off to stop the live wires in the rundown building near the beginning of the game im not doing very well am i lol
any help would be much appreciated
Thanx
You need an extra pair of hands.

By the way, the game has a hint website, wich you get to by clicking "extras" in the main menu, and then "hints".

[sparklyowl]

cheers your a absoulte star thanx
:)

[HannibalUltor]

Shadow of the Templars is probably my favorite game, but I have been a little disappointed by BS 2 and 3. Angel of Death looks to be more interesting to me than 3 at least and the demo was fun. I ordered my copy (import) from the Just Adventure store. Can't wait!

[SakSquash]

Wow. I hadn't realized it was so close to release. I'll def. be getting it since I loved the 1st, 2nd and 3rd games in the series.

[oron]

well well what do u know broken sword only came out today in israel
i'm so going to get this game now i just really hope it will work
because the demo had bug thingy :shifty: