Broken Sword 5 is a classic old-school point&click adventure. It is the 5th part of a series with ups and downs and it is definitly not one of the downs.

Obviously some people learned their lesson after Broken sword 3 which always seemed like a very weak action adventure in some parts but still had a decent story and Broken Sword 4 which was clearly one of the worst adventure games I ever played. Broken Sword 5 is obviously "back to the roots". No more crate puzzles, no more running aroud using your keyboard with messed up controls to escape someone you can't even see properly because of the bad camera position... Just simple and plain point&click!

The story is clearly told and makes some sense (to be honest I didn't understand all the twists of Broken Sword 4 and it had some logical flaws, so this is a point I realy appreciated) although of course it has some mystical components (this is a Broken Sword game, after all).
You will meet some old faces, of course. I don't think I will spoil all too much if I say that Pearl and Douane have their appereance and, other than Douanes appereance in Broken Sword 4, this appereance isn't utterly nonesense.
The graphics are beautiful. The music is good enough. The german dialogues were mostly well translated.

Any cons?
Well, the solutions to some of the puzzles are a little bit stupid. And I hated the one music puzzle. But fortunately, they re-inserted the hint function which gives cummulative hints until you get the solution, so you won't ever need to watch a walkthrough and spoil your fun (because most people will rely on a walktrough once they have googled it).

Recommendation? Yes!

Broken Sword 5 is a classic old-school point&click adventure. It is the 5th part of a series with ups and downs and it is definitly not one of the downs. Obviously some people learned their lesson after Broken sword 3 which always seemed like a very weak action adventure in some parts but still had a decent story and Broken Sword 4 which was clearly one of the worst adventure games I ever played. Broken Sword 5 is obviously "back to the roots". No more crate puzzles, no more running aroud using your keyboard with messed up controls to escape someone you can't even see properly because of the bad camera position... Just simple and plain point&click! The story is clearly told and makes some sense (to be honest I didn't understand all the twists of Broken Sword 4 and it had some logical flaws, so this is a point I realy appreciated) although of course it has some mystical components (this is a Broken Sword game, after all). You will meet some old faces, of course. I don't think I will spoil all too much if I say that Pearl and Douane have their appereance and, other than Douanes appereance in Broken Sword 4, this appereance isn't utterly nonesense. The graphics are beautiful. The music is good enough. The german dialogues were mostly well translated. Any cons? Well, the solutions to some of the puzzles are a little bit stupid. And I hated the one music puzzle. But fortunately, they re-inserted the hint function which gives cummulative hints until you get the solution, so you won't ever need to watch a walkthrough and spoil your fun (because most people will rely on a walktrough once they have googled it). Recommendation? Yes!