Broken Sword: Sleeping Dragon (Jewel Case)

List Price: $9.99 Discount Price: $4.50

Features:

• For 1 player
• Help George and Nico save Earth in this exciting role-playing adventure game
• Travel from Congo jungles to the deceptive calm of the English West Country
• Fresh gameplay with keyboard and mouse navigation for full character control
• Engaging epic narrative; stunning graphics delivered by new graphic engine

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

Broken Sword goes 3-D [Posted on 2006-06-12]
This game has excellent visuals, a decent story, and good play control if you have a game controller because playing this game on the PC without one is very difficult. Aside from the 3-D graphics and different control style it is still a graphic adventure game like the first two Broken Sword games which makes it good if you are a fan of those or similar games.

GREAT GAME!!! [Posted on 2006-08-28]
Okay I'll admit I was weary of buying this game as I'd heard it wasn't really an adventure but more of a hybrid. I found this to be compeletly false. This is strictly a third person view, adventure game. While not the normal point and click (you have to use the arrow keys like in Grimg Fandango and SOMETIMES a choice of up to four keys). I disagree with the previous reiveiw that this was hard to do without a joystick. I don't own a joystick as the only games I play are adventure games. While I will admit the game controls took me about five minutes to figure out, it didn't take away any enjoyment of the game, in fact it feel as though I'd just sloved the first puzzle! Honestly from me I felt the use of these buttons incorperated more enjoyment, with this game as sometimes (when George or Nico would have to climb a wall by pressing w or do they jump by pressing s)was a puzzle all in itself. There by making the game feel more real and the puzzles fully a part of the game. Also while I only play adventure games I am mediocore at them at best often falling to the use of walkthroughs. I found I only had to look at a walkthrough for this on the first stealth sequence as I'd never had to do one before. Yes there are some places that require stealth however the timing is easy to do, and for a person who hasn't played a game other than an adventure since pac man, I still didn't have too much trouble with it I can honestly say it didn't distract from the game. My only complaint was I felt the story could have used a bit more of an ending but with broken sword 4 currently in the works I don't mind too much :). I really loved this game and I rarley say that, infact the last time I liked a game enough to review it was.... the longest journey. I love the direction and chance this company took with trying out something different from the same old point and click (I never thought I'd type that before!) and hope to see more games like it in the future. Trust me if you liked the Gaberial Knight series or if you just want a good adventure check this game out.

F U N [Posted on 2007-02-20]
I would have given a 5 star rating for "overall" but there were a couple of random gameplay bugs - not everyone will experience these bugs.

The sound, graphics, and story were excellent. The adventure was fun. Can't wait to play the next one.

Love the graphics [Posted on 2008-05-26]
After playing and enjoying the first two Broken Sword games, I couldn't resist buying this game to see George and Nico in 3D. The 3D character models and scenery are top notch and that is really is the reason I gave it 5 stars. You even get to revisit a couple of locales where the first game started and seen in 3D they are even better.

Some of the gameplay is a bit painful as most of the puzzles involve getting into locked buildings or getting past armed guards. The first two games were more detective/adventure stories while this one features adventures and puzzles. Solutions to a few of the puzzles eluded me and I had to get hints from uhs-hints.com. I don't like cheating like that and would prefer a few more in-game hints.

The interface is easy to learn but unfortunately there is no option for using a mouse. There are a couple of different setups for the keyboard if you don't like the default but I found happiness with my Logitech Dual Action game pad.

I didn't have any problems installing or running the game except that it was slightly incompatible with my SoundBlaster X-Fi Gamer sound card and I had to set the X-Fi to Entertainment mode to even start the game.

To sum it up, great graphics, characterization, dialog and story, with minor shortcomings like occasionally monotonous break-and-enter puzzles and limitations in the interface and camera control.

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