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chrissie - 21 February 2022 03:04 PM

I completely agree!   I liked it a lot as it was more of the same & never understood the negativity towards it. 

There are some advantages to Broken Sword 2 actually over Broken Sword 1:

1) You spend a huge amount of time playing Nico, a real plus.

2) The story is NOT about the Templars.

It did sell very well when first released in 1997, despite the tepid reviews.

Suprisingly, the IOS remake got very positive reviews and it is not that much different than the original in my opinion.

It is one of the best IOS adventure games, the interface works perfectly and the small additions they did make like the hint system really help the game.

I also enjoyed BS2 back in the day, there was plenty of new content for a sequel released just a year after the original game, even with weaker story and puzzles (those sequences with Nico were very brief, close to modern interactive movies). Of course, I played it because I loved the original BS, I had no idea that reviewers hated it and I wouldn’t really care - same as many other gamers I assume. Not sure how I’d rate it today after my fiasco with the first game, some things should be buried in the past.

Doom - 22 February 2022 05:11 AM

I also enjoyed BS2 back in the day, there was plenty of new content for a sequel released just a year after the original game, even with weaker story and puzzles (those sequences with Nico were very brief, close to modern interactive movies). Of course, I played it because I loved the original BS, I had no idea that reviewers hated it and I wouldn’t really care - same as many other gamers I assume. Not sure how I’d rate it today after my fiasco with the first game, some things should be buried in the past.

I do have a PC copy bought in 1997, I was amazed the game came out so quickly after BS1, just one year later. It was a best seller at the time.

It was a favorite of mine in 1997. I was shocked it got terrible reviews. I wonder if it will even run on a modern computer.

Sadly, at the time BS3 came out, it got better reviews but sold far less copies, same with BS4. Broken Sword games were not best sellers any longer. However, the graphics in these installments were amazing at the time.

And as everyone knows BS5 came out and seemed to be almost a direct sequel to BS2. It was a true return to form for me.

I should have BS2 finished today, another replay of BS5 sounds like a plan.

Adv_Lvr - 22 February 2022 08:51 AM

I do have a PC copy bought in 1997, I was amazed the game came out so quickly after BS1, just one year later. It was a best seller at the time.

It was a favorite of mine in 1997. I was shocked it got terrible reviews. I wonder if it will even run on a modern computer.

Me too. Good thing I wasn’t reading game mags back in 1997 My absolute favourite game that year was Zork: Grand Inquisitor though, it was like a portal to another world, while BS2 felt more like a new cool chapter of the same adventure.

Doom - 22 February 2022 12:53 PM

Adv_Lvr - 22 February 2022 08:51 AM

I do have a PC copy bought in 1997, I was amazed the game came out so quickly after BS1, just one year later. It was a best seller at the time.

It was a favorite of mine in 1997. I was shocked it got terrible reviews. I wonder if it will even run on a modern computer.

Me too. Good thing I wasn’t reading game mags back in 1997 My absolute favourite game that year was Zork: Grand Inquisitor though, it was like a portal to another world, while BS2 felt more like a new cool chapter of the same adventure.

I played the Zork game too back in the day and still have a copy of it. Yes, it’s a better game. It’s probably the best adventure released that year.

I gotta try and see if I can get these games to run somehow. Zork would be perfect for a CPT.

Veovis - 23 February 2022 10:18 AM

Adv_Lvr - 22 February 2022 06:46 PM

Doom - 22 February 2022 12:53 PM

Adv_Lvr - 22 February 2022 08:51 AM

I do have a PC copy bought in 1997, I was amazed the game came out so quickly after BS1, just one year later. It was a best seller at the time.

It was a favorite of mine in 1997. I was shocked it got terrible reviews. I wonder if it will even run on a modern computer.

Me too. Good thing I wasn’t reading game mags back in 1997 My absolute favourite game that year was Zork: Grand Inquisitor though, it was like a portal to another world, while BS2 felt more like a new cool chapter of the same adventure.

I played the Zork game too back in the day and still have a copy of it. Yes, it’s a better game. It’s probably the best adventure released that year.

I gotta try and see if I can get these games to run somehow. Zork would be perfect for a CPT.

Broken Sword 2 (and 1) and Zork: Grand Inquisitor (and Return to Zork and Nemesis) run well on ScummVM.

Sounds like I need to download ScummVM then. Sounds like fun.

Adv_Lvr - 23 February 2022 11:51 AM

Sounds like I need to download ScummVM then. Sounds like fun.

An adventure gamer that DOESN’T already have ScummVM???!!!???

Finished Broken Sword 2, as stated previously, I enjoyed it, great fun with some very challenging puzzles.

Now I’m played Secret Files 3, not the best game going by reviews, but I played the previous games so off we go. Good points are graphics and interface are excellent. However, plot is ho hum and the story we’ve heard it before.

Kinda a poor mans Broken Sword game. Anyway, fun so far actually, puzzles are fun and different so I’m enjoying myself.

So… I started playing SOMA…

I can’t handle horror games. I had to disable the monster in Miasmata to play that game. I just finished The Last of Us on easy and was still sweating bullets. And now I’m actually playing a Frictional Game.
There is no way in hell that I could play Amnesia: The Dark Descent without suffering one heart attack after another (not to mention soiling my pants repeatedly). But this time they added a “Safe Mode” where the monsters are still there, but they no longer hurt you. They can still follow you and creep you out, but they won’t kill you.

Frankly, even on “Safe Mode”, SOMA is plenty scary already. The game is absolutely terrifying, even without the danger of getting killed at any time…


Fun fact: my heart rate gets elevated enough during these games to make my Fitbit watch think I’m doing light exercising.

Why do I keep doing this to myself?

I haven’t played anything this year. Lost interest. So of course I’m the last person in the world of adventure games to discover the new TWAU2 trailer. I thought it had been cancelled. BIGBY!      Great trailer, but they should have put Snow in it too. No Bigby without Snow.

And now I have to wait another year. At best. Probably much longer…