nice mystery thriller with creative puzzles

Broken Sword 5 provides overall a solid elaborated criminal case with a touch of mystery, and a whole lot more varied puzzles challenge the logical thinking skills and creativity of the player / the player.

Looking for the perpetrators of the American George Stobbart and the Frenchwoman Nicole Collard explore numerous locations in Europe and thereby meet widely varying characteristics. The action and the puzzle design have come throughout varied. However, falls on the overall picture that the first half of the game featuring a pretty leisurely narrative pace and rather simple puzzles. In the second half of the developers / inside these weaknesses but eradicated consistently: a thrilling story, real puzzles beads and a striking extra breeze Humor ensure a high-class adventure pleasure. What we can use in the game for. As a cockroach all truly reminds us of the hamster from "Day of the Tentacle".
The graph consists of detailed drawn, colorful scenes and characters in a stylish comic look. The orchestral music adheres discreetly in the background and always fits the situation. The German dubbing is well done: George, Nicole and most other figures were set to music by matching, professional speaker / -Innen. Criticism of GameStar, the dialogue director THAT CONDITION awkward, we can not understand.

Finally, we come to the position of Broken Sword 5 in the tradition of computer games. First, it is in fact quite close up to the 1st and 2nd part. Secondly, there is so little new, high-class adventure games that the appearance of the 5th part is a real cause for celebration. Finally, we recognize compared how thin and uninspired, the actions of many FPS and RPGs are now advised. The adventure genre remains indispensable.