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PC News by Ellie Gibson
THQ has announced plans to publish a new instalment in the Broken Sword series for PC next summer.
The first BS title was released back in 1996 and there were only ever meant to be three games in the series - but according to developer Revolution Software, demand from fans was so high that they decided to give in and do another one. Nothing to do with the first games selling 2.5 million copies worldwide and earning them vaultfuls of cash, oh no.
BS4 sees our hero, George Stobbart, falling in love with a beautiful lady who goes and disappears on him in mysterious circumstances. Naturally it's up to George to find the lady and save the world, seeking out some ancient artifact which posesses great and terrible powers along the way.
A THQ bigwig said he was jolly excited about it all, adding something about growing the global business in Asia Pacific territories.
Broken Sword 4 is out next summer.
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fat chance imo crispy
remember, 2d adventure games dont sell /kills Lucasarts and the like for turning into bastards how could you not understand the iron rod thing? It's quite simple. Putting the rod between the doors prevents the elevator doors from closing. This in turns tricks the elevator into thinking its still open and means it can't be moved up/down a floor. This means that the people giving chase can't call the elevator, giving you chance to leg it Quite simple.... edit:(that is, if I assume you meant "bottle opener" and not iron pipe)
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Loved the first one, didn't think the story in the 2nd was anywhere as near as engaging and hence didn't finish, didn't think the the story in the 3rd was as good and also didn't like control/camera etc so didn't even get half way through.
I'll wait for the reviews to say its stunning before I even get interested in a 4th. |
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kangarootoo
18/08/05 @ 12:53
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BS2 was on consoles. You just had to shift the cursor around with a control pad. Not as quick as a mouse, but pretty workable.
I loved the early games despite their flaws. Not played the 3rd one, though reports aren't that good from most sources. Got high hopes for this one. I really like the point and click mechanic and its a pity that as soon as the GFX go 3D the devs feel the need to make the control system follow suit. I didn't think the new controls benefited Grim Fandango (otherwise excellent) or MI4 (not that good anyway IMO). I would guess that the next BS will be direct character control given that BS3 used this method. Sigh.
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boo: "Anybody got Charles Cecil's email address so we can petition for the return of 2D?"
No, but you can harrass Ron Gilbert via his website. He did the Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island and Indiana Jones games, as well as Loom, Full Throttle, Zak McKracken, Sam & Max Hit the Road amongst others. He's the 2D point-and-click megastar. |
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Good! Lets hope its of the same high standard.
"Great news. I thought Revolution were working on a Beneath a Steel Sky sequel first though - maybe its nearly finished." - A new BaSS would be very appreceated :) "2d?" - Yeah, would be nice but i think sephy is right. Its a common developer mistake to think that 3d is always better than 2d. Im yet to find a 3dgame that could generate as much 'feeling' (for lack of a better word) as S&M, Monkey Island, etc. |
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publishers are shit basically
it either wouldnt get a publisher, or it will be hideously executed because of a publishers demands cel shading is the new rotoscaping (in a good way)imo, and rotoscaping went out years ago It's not that I don't want to see one ( i do), just being realistic
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I think the one I saw was BS2. The player wasn't going to spend extra cash for a mouse. The PS1 was loaned from a friend IIRC so it was understandable.
But from what I recall, it should be possible to attach a USB mouse on the PS2, so it could work quite well. It's not, imo, impossible to get a 2D BS4, since it seems that publishers don't take 2D as a curse word anymore. Suppose the novelty of the 3D has worn off. |
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I completed Broken Sword 1 & 2 several times on the PS1, using just the pad, and then several times all over again once I bought my first PC.
I still play them on the PC to this day! I've completed BS3 once on the X-Box, and may well do it again, if only to see my name in the credits under special thanks once more... ;o) |
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deepmenace
19/08/05 @ 09:05
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lets hope they take a long hard look @ farenheit and pilfer all their bestest ideas while retaining the classic broken sword humour.
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Markusdragon
20/08/05 @ 06:30
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You talk about Revolution, but well, you know, we all wanna... get... decent... Aventure games?
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