Time Took To Complete: 10.5hours. Walkthrough used; Episode 1: 1, Episode 2: 5.
I haven't played a Broken Sword game in a long time but I definitely remember liking them. So I am not sure how faithful this one was to the series. It might have been a bad one or what I used to enjoy in previous Broken Sword games, I have simply outgrown or don't enjoy any more. Because this game was cheesy as hell. To the point it almost felt like a morning cartoon for the kids. I really didn't enjoy that aspect. A lot of one liners and jokes simply fell flat. Made for a bit of a grind through the story.
Speaking of the story, it is telegrammed to hell and back. You can read everything in seconds and then the game does the "OH SO AMAZING" reveal. Sorry bud, figured it out ages ago. It's not fun when you are always 10 steps ahead of the game. Anyone who has ever read/ seen a mystery story will find the story very predictable.
The characters, especially George was a bit of an asshole. A game starts with a very cool touch and makes itself out to be a considerate story, and George to be a caring character. But then there were SO many moments in the game, whether through gameplay or dialogue that made George an absolute asshole. Not the "oh George!" kind of fun asshole, but a full on "um WTF, I don't want to play as this guy" type of asshole. So really bad balance struck there on that front. Nothing charming about George.
Another big minus for the story for me was it's got religious roots. Which I automatically find really boring. Nothing against religion (believe what you want - may peace with you), I just don't enjoy it as an aspect of my adventures. So that was another misfire.
The gameplay followed in the story's footsteps for the majority of episode 1. Very simple tasks and logics that you just 'click your way through'. Rarely was I switched on, and rarely did solving a puzzle satisfy me. I guess they took feedback from Episode 1 because Episode 2 steps up the 'difficulty'. But of the 5 times I used a walkthrough only couple were "OK you got me, game" kind of deals. The rest were cheap tactics like finding a click-able thing in the environment that was kind of 'out of the way'. Basically a pixel hunter kind of "puzzle".
So I haven't got much satisfaction from gameplay either to be honest.
So why did I finish it is a good question. First of all, the scenery art is absolutely gorgeous. That was one of the things that brought a smile to my face. When a scene loads up and you get the stunning visuals.
Another reason was; I just wanted to finish it :)
But having done so, I am left with not a very memorable adventure and worse, wondering what I liked about this franchise in the first place!
Maybe I need to go back to old ones and find that out. But as far as this outing, it was a big fat MEH from me;
4/10.
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