Broken Sword 2.5 released.

[The Dude]

Some of those ingenious Germans have been working with a fan made sequel to the semi-classic adventure series Broken Sword, and it now seems their labouring have resulted in some downloadable code. The artwork looks nice enough but let's hope that the writing is better than this short synopsis from the homepage:

The last months were quite a blow of fate to George Stobbart. First he had to leave Nico for one year because of an important trip to the USA, then his beloved grandfather died of a cancerous growth. But that was not everything. When George receives a telegram from France one day he already has a foreboding of evil. The consigner is–Nicole Collard, Paris, France. His presentiment shall turn into cruel certainty: Nico is dead! "First my grandpa and now Nico?", George thinks and takes the first plane to Paris.

On his arrival: Rain, storm, like an appropriate divine answer to George's situation. In Nico's apartment the next shock: Nico is alive. Totally bewildered he tells her about the telegram but Nico seems not to be surprised. On the contrary, she asks George to leave the apartment. She does not seem to take delight in the unexpected reunion.

Still sorting his thoughts in the Cafe della Chandelle Verte–where everything began–George hears an alarming story about Nico from Andre Lobineau making the unpleasant thought germinate in him that the Neo-Templars could still exist…

Anyways, since it's free it can't really hurt to try it out, interested parties can grab the download here: http://www.brokensword25.com/downloads/vollversion.htm (If speed is of the essence I'd suggest the torrent download, got around 1.7 megs/s out of it.)

Edit: Voices are in German with english subtitles.

 

[LCJr.]

You can also get it from Gamers Hell.
http://www.gamershell.com/news_61130.html
Add computergames.ro to the list.
http://computergames.ro/en/downloads/vi ... -game.html

 

[Mareus]

German voices? Oh, crap. I just can't imagine hearing George talking German. Is there an option to turn the voices off?

BTW, game looks awesome. I just love that cartoony graphic.

 

[The Dude]

Yeah, you can mute the voices. I have played a short bit now and encountered like 5 in-jokes in 10 minutes. I think it's pretty key to play the two prequels before playing this one. The writing so far is ok, though the game haven't really kicked off yet. I'll play some more when I have time.

 

[trustno1code]

Woo, finally. Have been waiting for this one for a long time. Their website sure got more flashy since the last time I've seen it.

Looks great, revisiting some of the locations from BS1 will be cool. I'm wondering if I should wait for the english voice overs... the German version is supposedly pretty good, they even have the original German voice actor for George (and dammit, Rolf Saxon was supposed to do it but pulled out eventually).