Directors cut and Reforged

[MrBlackwell]

What the differences between both?

[RedSnt]

Reforged looks, from the few screenshots I've seen, like a remaster of the original Shadow of the Templars, and Director's Cut is different version altogether of the original, with more of a point of view from Nicole Collard.

[Grandmaster of Pwn]

im confused about this as well. ive played this series since forever and love it. however i am quite unsure about the difference between this and directors cut... im a little hesitant to buy this again (for like the 10th time ;) )

[Fideo]

Reforged doesn't include any of the Director's Cut content. It is the original game that was released in 1996. You play with George and see the story from his perspective.

Director's Cut adds new scenes where you play as Nicole. You see the story from the perspective of both characters.

[Grandmaster of Pwn]

thats interesting. it had been such a long time before the directors cut that i played the game, i did not realize it added new scenes. did it cut anyhting for the directors cut? im wondering why they dont "reforge" the directors cut. i hope there wont be a reforged directors cut in 5 yrs again.

to me its like "what is the best version of this game?" it seems reforged might be a bit inferior to directors cut if a lot of new content is missing

[F.o.B.]

The director's cut is based on the Game Boy Advance version of Broken Sword.
The reforged version is based on the original PC version and will also feature some scenes that were created for the original game but have never been included before.

https://youtu.be/KcVDGYhmorU?t=2638

[adventureFAN]

Ah ♥♥♥♥, here we go again

[eirinn]

Originally posted by Grandmaster of Pwn:

to me its like "what is the best version of this game?" it seems reforged might be a bit inferior to directors cut if a lot of new content is missing

Not a big fan of the additional content in Director's cut to be honest. It doesn't add that much in the end, and especially the DC beginning is much more slow-burn compared to the the original. Best of both worlds would be of course a DC reforged version where you can turn off the additional content :D I'm really tempted to play this finally with a "lossless" graphic

[slider86]

Originally posted by Grandmaster of Pwn:

to me its like "what is the best version of this game?" it seems reforged might be a bit inferior to directors cut if a lot of new content is missing

I mean the extra content of the DC ruined the game so why would you want that?

[Breepzz]

I played the original version yeaaaars ago, iwant to redo it, finaly do the 2 and 5, director cut it's better than the reforged you think?

[kit_havok]

I'm actually disappointed they didn't include the Directors Cut scenes with Nico for a remaster, even as an option..... more is always better.

[funnyml]

Originally posted by kit_havok:

I'm actually disappointed they didn't include the Directors Cut scenes with Nico for a remaster, even as an option..... more is always better.

I think it is planned to make those sections accessible as a separate option in the future.

[letecipauk]

Originally posted by Grandmaster of Pwn:

thats interesting. it had been such a long time before the directors cut that i played the game, i did not realize it added new scenes. did it cut anyhting for the directors cut? im wondering why they dont "reforge" the directors cut. i hope there wont be a reforged directors cut in 5 yrs again.

to me its like "what is the best version of this game?" it seems reforged might be a bit inferior to directors cut if a lot of new content is missing

Quite a lot of script was cut for DC, basicly every dialogue in game was cut in some way, they also removed some animations and cutscenes, removed a goat puzzle and all ways you can die and puzzles where you can die.

DC does add Nico sections which some people dont like, and they do mess up intro which was classic.

[ni0g0s]

Directors cut is the worst version of the game.

[slider86]

Originally posted by ni0g0s:

Directors cut is the worst version of the game.

Absolutely. It ruins the experience.

[Ð⍙︎ℕ︎ ♎♂]

I would like to preface that I speak as a big fan who has all the original physical versions of the time (yeah, I'm quite old) all the versions on Steam and GoG and also the rare physical collector of all the Revolution games released a few years ago, as well as this KickStarter. And I replay the entire series on average about every 2 years.

They had the opportunity to make the definitive version of Broken Sword by adding the additional content of DC to this Reforged but without cutting any of the original content (which was done in DC because it was taken from the Game Boy version, so due to hardware limitations and the new graphic interface).

They could have also simply put both intros.
It wasn't that difficult to make the player choose.

They could, but they didn't. A real shame because a "real" Director's Cut would have been the apotheosis.

I hope they implement it later but I see it as difficult.