[Xman]

Originally Posted by samIamsad

I disagree. Well, technically, they are of course. And that's about it. BS2: No threat. No villain. No suspense. No pacing. Whatsoever. Personally, I still enjoyed it, thanks to the funny writing. And the pretty pictures.

Haha! I remember playing BS1 as a kid;

Spoiler:

when Kahn approached me in Ireland my heart nearly leapt our of my throat...ah good times

It kinda lost it's effect the next twenty times I played it...

[Terramax]

Originally Posted by indyjones2131

I heard so many great things about this series and I have been on the desperate search for a good adventure game with danger and clever escapes and real Macgyver action. So far my search hasn't turned up much.

The thing is, the guys who made this got too much success with the first game and rushed to get the second out as fast as possible (there wasn't much space between the launch of the game if I'm right).

Back to BS2, the puzzles don't get that much harder than this. Most of the time in the game you only have a very few selection of screens to search around at the time, meaning that there is little space to make more epic puzzles.

However, even if you don't like the puzzles, I still believe that the game is worth playing for the story alone.

Hope this is some use?

EDIT: The priest bit is no where near the end. It's only half way through.

[Karmillo]

BS2 is also the only one i was ever able to replay, I always try to replay the first but loose intrest half way through

[samIamsad]

Originally Posted by Xman

Haha! I remember playing BS1 as a kid;

Spoiler:

when Kahn approached me in Ireland my heart nearly leapt our of my throat...ah good times

It kinda lost it's effect the next twenty times I played it...

Yay, the original Broken Sword is full of such cool scenes. The script is just way crisper than that of its sequel.

[Boneho Chane]

Originally Posted by fov

If you're not enjoying Broken Sword 2, I wouldn't spend a lot of time trying to hunt down Broken Sword 1. They're pretty similar (although people tend to like BS1 better, I think).

I would have to disagree too. Broken Sword I was one of the finest gaming moments of my life. Broken Sword II seemed like it didn't deserve to belong in the same series. We've had a couple of conversations on this board before about the quality of both games, and I think quite frankly we've all agreed that Broken Sword 1 is by far the greatest of the entire series. I suggest picking the original as soon as possible.

[indyjones2131]

So far it seems that BS1 has NO puzzles really. Just a lot of conversations that involve licking on every topic available.

Tell me there are more frequent puzzles coming up.

The game is still pretty good, but I need my inventory puzzles!!

[jjacob]

Originally Posted by Karmillo

Ok...

Spoiler:

I always had a feeling she was a ghost...or at the very least not who she was claiming to be.
She wasnt in the chest not for hours but for Days, and that was a while ago before george even arived there.

Spoiler:

Yeah I also got the feeling something wasn't as it seemed, but not to such an extent that I thought she was a ghost, and I guess I assumed she was kidding when she mentioned being in there for days on end. So she died there, while playing hide and seek? I wonder why George never "mentioned" that, I just thought he "assumed" she was kidding, or something. Anyway, before this turns into the other thread filled with spoiler tags..

Anyway, I enjoyed all BS games, perhaps not equally, but still thoroughly. Even BS3 was an ace game in my opinion; sure, it had its flaws, and the ending was crappy, but it was certainly a nice addition to the series, and Revolution went out of its way to try something radically different (fully 3D, "action" scenes, ackward controls for some, box puzzles, stealth scenes etc.), that's more than you can say for most adventure developers still in business.

[Boneho Chane]

Originally Posted by indyjones2131

So far it seems that BS1 has NO puzzles really. Just a lot of conversations that involve licking on every topic available.

Tell me there are more frequent puzzles coming up.

The game is still pretty good, but I need my inventory puzzles!!

There are quite few later in the game. Some of them are great.

[Karmillo]

Originally Posted by jjacob

Spoiler:

Yeah I also got the feeling something wasn't as it seemed, but not to such an extent that I thought she was a ghost, and I guess I assumed she was kidding when she mentioned being in there for days on end. So she died there, while playing hide and seek? I wonder why George never "mentioned" that, I just thought he "assumed" she was kidding, or something. Anyway, before this turns into the other thread filled with spoiler tags..

Spoiler:

When george find out the final conclusion from rio he says in a voice over that he doesnt mention her again
I would have liked to ask the aunts about it or even Emily herself but the story ends there atleast there was an end to it though

[indyjones2131]

Really glad to hear there will be more puzzles later. So far I do like the game though.

It did get me thinking how a true investigation based game hasn't really been done right. Sure there have been some good Sherlock Holmes games, but too often these types tend to be more interactive fiction and a matter of just asking everyone everything or examining every clue.

Now I do admit I haven't played these as much as I have the inventory puzzle based games nor could I figure how to better implement investigation.

[Thrik]

Playing adventure games specifically to experience puzzles? My God, what is the world coming to?

Anyway, Broken Sword 1 is far better than Broken Sword 2 in pretty much every way as far as I'm concerned; I preferred the atmosphere, the locations, the characters, the storyline, and — yes — the puzzles.

There's nothing ridiculously hard, but the puzzles are generally not lame and overly intricate; not to mention, it's a cracking game in general. Anybody who doesn't like it at all wants slapping in the face with Still Life.

[Pankake]

Bah!, you can't call yourself an adventure gamer if you havn't completed the BS series! * Dodges the flames *, forget how silly the puzzles are and get cracking already