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2003

Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon

Find it

Tonight at a glance

Platforms
XBOX · PC · PS2
Mode
Single player
Age rating
PEGI 12
Violence
Strong
Frights
Mild

Why tonight?

  • It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.

The story

Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon moves away from the 2D point-and-click concept from the earlier games and features a full 3D world, with a camera that does not rotate, but uses fixed cinematic perspectives, combined with full 5.1 sound. For the Windows version the game is no longer controlled through the mouse, but now through the keyboard, for the movement of the characters as well as all the actions. The player alternately controls George or Nico. Next to typical adventure gameplay such as exploration, conversations, and searching and combining items, there are also a few action sequences. The characters can duck, sneak, hang from ledges and move crates to reach higher areas.

  • Fantasy
  • Thriller
  • Historical
  • Drama
  • Mystery
  • detective
  • female protagonist
  • graphic adventure
  • steam
  • bink video

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

Production

Players
71 / 100 · 87 players
Critics
60 / 100 · 1 critic
Developer
Revolution Software
Publisher
THQ, The Adventure Company, Revolution Software, Kalypso Media, Marvelous Entertainment

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